Alaa Abdel-Fattah is blogging from his cell

Even from his cell in an Egyptian prison, Alaa Abdel-Fattah is blogging - scribbling messages on slips of paper that make their way to the Internet and spread around the world.

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Equally vital is the technical support - including Web hosting - the blog gives fellow bloggers in the growing political movement on the Internet. Manalaa collects posts from more than 1,000 Egyptian blogs, allowing users to scan the entire Egyptian blogosphere on a single page.