I SPENT THE WEEKEND GETTING ATTACKED BY SOLDIERS IN CAIRO
At times the soldiers were just a few metres away, on the other side of the coiled barbed wire. Each side was pounding rocks against the shields of the other, the deafening clatter of their impacts filling the air. Over it all hung the swaying arc of a water cannon, making a rainbow on one side of the fighting.
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I SPENT MY WEEKEND GETTING ATTACKED BY SOLDIERS IN CAIRO
There are always some women at the front line of these things, but not that many, and they generally have to put up with a lot of hassle, as men try to “protect” and grope them (or both). All the women, activists and journalists, who go into these environments deserve extra respect. This woman was super cool. Men kept trying to stop her going to the front to throw stones, but she wasn’t having any of it.
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FIGHTING DIRTY WITH THE MOBS IN CAIRO
I woke up in Cairo on Wednesday morning to the news that five people had died in clashes outside the Defence Ministry during the night. Part of me felt guilty: As someone who’s regularly documented the goings on in Egypt since last year, I should have been there. There has been a sit-in outside the Defence Ministry here in Cairo for a few days now, and each night some clashes have erupted. On Tuesday night one person died. There haven’t been enough journalists there to cover it.
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The calm atmosphere gave us time to reflect on a crucial question. Namely – just what the fuck is the army up to? Why are they trying to hang on to power, even though they know that they’re probably going to have to give it up sooner or later (officially, anyway)?
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A lot of people lost their eyes to shotgun pellets, and it’s common to meet people in the square with patches such as this over one eye. One policeman was caught on video apparently being congratulated by a superior for being good at hitting protesters in the eye. Revolutionaries made a ‘Wanted’ poster for him and covered the city in it.
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There was a march on Friday in memory of those killed in the past couple of weeks. This guy walked around slowly holding a photo of his son, Islam Assam Mohammed, who was 20. He was killed by some sort of bullet through the forehead.
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DISPATCH FROM CAIRO: THE PAST FEW DAYS IN TAHRIR
For six days, or 144 hours, Egypt’s loathed police and the young vanguard of the country have been fighting pitched battles in the streets, as the country burns, chokes and bleeds its way towards a (some would say second) revolution.
DISPATCH FROM CAIRO: THE PAST FEW DAYS IN TAHRIR
For six days, or 144 hours, Egypt’s loathed police and the young vanguard of the country have been fighting pitched battles in the streets, as the country burns, chokes and bleeds its way towards a (some would say second) revolution.
IS EGYPT ON THE VERGE OF A SECOND REVOLUTION?
Last week, traders in Cairo’s Tahrir Square were selling chintzy pharaonic souvenirs and the odd t-shirt alluding to the Springtime ousting of Hosni Mubarak. Now, they’re back to flogging scarves, gas masks and safety goggles.
