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Posts tagged Jan 25
I read a bunch of twitter posts yesterday about expired teargas being used, again, in Tahrir Square.
Dear U.S
Thank you for your tear gas cans, that expired few years ago.
Sincerely,
The Egyptian People
WFTM: Ahdaf Soueif - Author & Commentator
Meet an Egyptian
Ahdaf Soueif (Arabic: أهداف سويف) (born March 23, 1950) is an Egyptian novelist and political and cultural commentator.
Ahdaf Soueif was born in Cairo and educated in Egypt and England. Her debut novel, In the Eye of the Sun (1993), set in Egypt and England, recounts…
People continue to defy the curfew and rally in Tahrir Square, they say that they would rather sleep under a tank than allow anyone to evict them. This video from Al Jazeera English on Sunday - click here to watch live: http://aje.me/ajelive
“I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.”
~Naguib Mahfouz
Great photos from Egypt by Matthew Cassel. He’s an American (from Chicago) who now lives in Beirut. I met him there last year, en route to the Gaza Freedom March. He’s a brilliant photographer; definitely check his work out. (He’s also on twitter: @justimage)
