Suffering from jet lag, I wandered around Tahrir this morning photographing the ubiquitous graffiti and murals about which I wrote yesterday. When I came upon the scene above, the joy of the trek was considerably dampened: Not only was I confronted with the walls erected by the military in an Read More →
Hisham al-Gakh’s poem, translated by Scott Cole… An Honest View of Liberation Square Put away all of your old poems,tear apart all of your old notebooks,and write for Egypt today the poetry that she deserves. Put away all of your old notebooks,and write for Egypt today the poetry that she Read More →
Anthony Shadid, “Chaos Builds in the Streets of Cairo as a Truce Fails” 23 November 2011 Anthony Shadid, “The Old Order Stifles the Birth of a New Egypt” 22 November 2011 Anthony Shadid, “Not Satisfied, Protesters Return to Tahrir Square” 12 July 2011 Anthony Shadid, “Egyptian Military Dissolves Parliament” 13 Read More →
What a beautiful photo. Shadid at work in Imbaba, doing what Middle East correspondents often neglect: Talking with people.
Read More →I gave a short interview to CBC Vancouver’s Rick Cluff on the ‘Early Edition’ this morning, discussing today’s protests in Tahrir Square on the first anniversary of the January 25th revolution. The podcast is available here: http://www.cbc.ca/earlyedition/podcast/2012/01/25/changes-to-bc-ferries-egpyt-anniversary-star-wars-uncut/
Read More →Today, in anticipation of tomorrow’s ‘celebrations’/protests, I reproduce here the names of the martyrs of the Egyptian revolution. May we honour their memory by continuing their struggle, tomorrow and into the future! Source: Dust and Dreams blog, http://dustanddreams.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post.html. 1) مصطفى رجب محمود عبد الفتاح – السويس2) سليمان صابر علي – السويس3) Read More →
I’ve received word of this just-launched documentary project through Maryum Saifee: Introducing: 18 Days in Egypt, A Crowdsourced DocumentaryAs we approach the one year anniversary of the revolution, many of our Facebook and Twitter feeds continue to be flooded with images, status updates, blog posts and videos about the revolution. Read More →
Egypt Independent has just published an important opinion piece by the head of AUC’s History Department, Khaled Fahmy, about the politics of the body in the current revolutionary moment, and how this politics reverberates all the way back to the rise of the modern Egyptian state in the nineteenth century. Read More →
The Mosireen Collective has posted a subtitled version of this terrific video, appropriately entitled, “Don’t Mess With the People”:
Read More →CSF van runs over protester at cabinet HQ 26 November 2011 Tahrir Square stands united after week of bloodshed and betrayal 25 November 2011 Egypt’s Revolution: Reclaiming People Power 25 November 2011 Egyptian officer suspected of being ‘The Eye Hunter,’ shooting protesters 25 November 2011 Tahrir Square protest: ‘Friday of Read More →
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