1,055 Terrorist Attacks Took Place in 2017, Resulting in 6,123 Fatalities

Daily News Egypt

The death toll from global terrorism-related attacks accounted for approximately 6,123 fatalities in 2017, including the Friday Rawda mosque attack in Egypt, according to data from the “terrorist attacks map”, a collaboration between the Esri Story Maps team and PeaceTech Lab, made to present a chronology of terrorist attacks around the globe.

Twila LaMarNovember 25, 2017Egypt, ISIS, Terrorist Attacks StorymapComment

How Social Media Undermined Egypt's Democratic Transition

The Washington Post

Egypt’s 2011 uprising has become synonymous with the successful use of social media to overthrow an entrenched authoritarian regime. Popular and academic literature hold it up as the paradigm of social media’s effects on contentious politics.

Twila LaMarOctober 7, 2016Egypt, Social MediaComment