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ZAWYA
March 21, 2018
Image used for illustrative purpose. Ibrahim, a 23-year-old construction worker who is paid 30 Egyptian pounds ($4.33) per day, carries bricks along Mohamed Mahmoud street near Tahrir Square in Cairo April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh. By Mohamed Farag, Daily News Egypt.
Russia Matters
March 21, 2018
For those in the West who are counting on a Maidan or Tahrir Square–style uprising that will depose Putin, his replacement would be more likely to antagonize the West rather than to seek reconciliation. The second is whether or not the boycott of the election called by anti-corruption campaigner AlekseiÃâà...
Egypttoday
March 19, 2018
Abdel Hamid took one of the new buses from Abdeen Square to Tahrir Square to follow the specifications and operation of the bus and back again. The new buses are part of the company's EGP 1 billion plan to bring a total of 180 buses and mini buses into operation along 18 lines across Cairo in its firstÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 7, 2018
A one time actor and self-described slacker and "salon revolutionary," Pierre got his 15 minutes of (unintended) fame and then some when his spacious 10th floor apartment overlooking Tahrir Square became the not-so-secret nerve centre and safe house - or rather, apartment - of the Tahrir OccupationÃâà...
The Nation.
March 5, 2018
On a winter evening in Tahrir Square, young skateboarders were practicing their moves in front of the huge Soviet-style Mogamma building. Nonchalant policemen and couples of all ages watched, and nobody seemed to notice the dust and the deafening traffic, scourges of life in Cairo that no revolutionÃâà...
The Guardian
March 2, 2018
Tarik Saleh is a Swedish film-maker of Egyptian background who has put together a serviceable noir thriller set in 2011 Cairo, functioning also as a satirical anatomy of the corruption and cynicism that led to the Tahrir Square uprising. It is inspired by the true story of the singer Suzanne Tamim, whose 2008Ãâà...
Camden New Journal newspapers website
March 1, 2018
He is called to a crime scene at the swanky Nile Hilton Hotel, over looking Tahrir Square. A maid has discovered the body of a woman called Lalena – but as Noredin starts investigating, it becomes clear to him that those in power would rather the crime isn't solved. His investigation reveals early on that aÃâà...
An-Nahar
February 28, 2018
This photo shows a supporter of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi standing in the back of a pickup truck bearing his portrait and loudspeakers, in the capital Cairo's Tahrir square. (AFP Photo). CAIRO Egypt's chief prosecutor is reminding his staff to closely monitor the media and start legal actionÃâà...
Vulture
February 28, 2018
... Arab Spring protests early in 2011 that brought down the nation's long-serving dictator Hosni Mubarak. Namira's music was, quite literally, the soundtrack to a revolution. Lyrics from Ehlam Ma'aya were sung loudly and often among the crowds in Tahrir Square, like the ones from the song “Ehlam Ma'aya”:.
Al-Arabiya
February 22, 2018
Egyptian families, particularly women and girls have been traumatized by a number of major sexual harassment incidents that shook the society since the 80s. These incidents were of aggressive sexual nature that took place in public areas and they contributed to the confinement of many young womenÃâà...
VICE News
February 10, 2018
Thousands of Egyptians, young and old, marched on the streets of Cairo in 2011, making their way to Tahrir Square demanding an end to nearly three decades of President Hosni Mubarak's rule. When Mubarak was finally toppled, millions of Egyptians across the country celebrated, believing a moreÃâà...
Gulf Today
February 1, 2018
The Egyptian authorities sealed off Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25th, the seventh anniversary of the launch of the 18-day mass uprising that toppled the country's 30-year President Hosni Mubarak. During intervening years, thousands rather than millions of Egyptians poured into Cairo's streets toÃâà...
UK Progressive Magazine
January 31, 2018
However, the revolution has not ended, the Egyptians are still going at it, protesting at Tahrir Square and elsewhere, people still willing to die for their freedom. I decided to take my own camera and follow the Egyptian Freedom Trail, to document this event through my own eyes. The eight-hour flight to ParisÃâà...
Ahram Online
December 31, 1999
A temporary exhibition highlighting 120 years of archaeological excavations in Deir el-Barsha in Minya will open Thursday evening at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. Under the title Life in Death: The Middle Kingdom at Deir el-Bersha, the exhibition will be officially inaugurated by Minister ofÃâà...
ABC Online
December 31, 1999
In January 2011 music, religion and politics collided in Cairo's Tahrir Square as the Arab Spring protests gathered pace. One man at the forefront of the protests was Ramy Essam. A little-known singer-songwriter at the time, Ramy's life changed on 31 January when the Egyptian President Mubarak gave anÃâà...
Al-Fanar Media
December 31, 1999
Seven years ago, protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square for 18 days, forcing the resignation of Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak. Last month, on the anniversary of the Egyptian uprising, activists released a new online archive of the revolution. The 858 archive is a vast collection that documentsÃâà...
