How Egypt's activists used social media and Cairo's taxis

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This has been a remarkable year in the Arab world - three revolutions, continuing protests in Syria and Yemen and discontent in other countries, including Bahrain.

Mishal Husain has travelled across the region for a BBC series, exploring how activists used social media to get their message out.

In this extract she hears how the spotlight fell on Egypt.

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