by David Wolman

The Atavist No. 4, April/May 2011

How a small band of digital activists risked their lives and helped bring down the government of Egypt.

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*NEW* June 13, 2011: We’re pleased to announce the release of the infographic from “The Instigators,” produced by Erik Steiner at the Stanford Spatial History Lab. A companion to David Wolman’s gripping account of the young activists who helped launch the Egyptian revolution, the graphic is a visual history illustrating how their online organizing dovetailed with events on the ground. Click on the image below to download a full PDF of the graphic:

About “The Instigators”: In an exclusive story, award-winning journalist Wolman retraces the forces behind the Egyptian revolution, and uncovers the digital organizing that helped make it possible. Wolman, who began reporting on digital activism in Egypt back in 2008, tells the story of Ahmed Maher, a.k.a. Ghosty, and his fellow activists in a group called April 6 Youth. What began as a simple Facebook group eventually became a virtual operations center, galvanizing and organizing young people to risk their lives—as Maher and company joined forces with other activists to take on an autocratic regime. Now, for the first time, Wolman unspools the riveting tale of how a virtual movement helped spur a real world revolution.

NOW AVAILABLE!

An excerpt of the story is also available at TheAtlantic.com.