Tahrir Square
Egyptian passengers walk in the dark following a power cut at the Tahrir Square metro station in Cairo on April 3, 2013.
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Don’t worry, we are behind the museum [the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square] with our slingshots at the ready.
I don’t think artists like myself should be members of political parties or organizers, but we should certainly use our art to speak out against injustice and oppression.More quotes »
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A Review: Egypt's Tahrir Square Revolution
and his entourage took the form of an ever increasing reliance on the security apparatus. The anatomy of mass protests in Tahrir Square 2011, is of great interest, since the security apparatus was not only overwhelmed by numbers, but also overwhelmed by the from Small Wars Journal Read more »
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2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt
FILE – In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Egypt’s President-elect Mohammed Morsi waves to supporters after giving a speech at Tahrir Square in Cairo. It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt’s 2011 revolution: Attacks on prisons that broke out more from The Freeman Chronicles Read more »
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Egyptian research budget ‘unspent’
2011 Tahrir Square uprising prompted an increase in science funding, and since then Egypt’s annual budget for research has risen by over a third to 1.3 billion Egyptian pounds (£122 million). But Nadia Zakhary, the current minister of scientific research, from Chemistry World Read more »
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Egypt's anti-Morsi 'rebels' gather millions of signatures
"no confidence" in Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and calling for early presidential elections, during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo on May 17. By Charlene Gubash, Producer, NBC News CAIRO – Once again, a handful of activists has managed to galvanize from MSNBC Read more »
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In Egypt, even an autopsy is political
of killed Egyptian activists Amro Saad and Mohammed al-Guindi during their funeral outside Omar Makram Mosque in Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 4, 2013. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) What do you think? CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian forensic officials in from Global Post Read more »
