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Egyptian teenager in Poulsbo seeking contact with family

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exchange program. But so far they are unsuccessful.

Mario said the main way he's seeing what's happening in his home

country is through videos leaked to YouTube by protestors.

In the particular video he shows KING 5, the images evoke echoes of

Tianamen Square as civil protestors calling for government reform in

Egypt clash with military peacekeepers.

Mario was born several years after those 1989 demonstrations, but from

his desk in a Poulsbo host home, he is watching the Egyptian protests

very closely.

"Makes me think what's happening to them," he said. "My dad works in

Cairo next to all this stuff, so, not a good thing."

Still, Mario said, if he was in Egypt, he'd likely be protesting too.

"I have been to all these places they are protesting in," he said, "because

they are very famous places."

Mario said there's not much he can do but keep trying to reach his family.

He still has five months left in his study abroad program, and hopes the

political situation dies down soon, lest he have any complications

returning home.

Meanwhile, he celebrates his 16th birthday in a week, half a world away

from a family caught in revolution.

Lei, Owen. Egyptian teenager in Poulsbo seeking contact with family. Jan. 30, 2011. Available at: Feb. 2, 2011.

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