Posts Tagged ‘Activism’

Anti-military graffiti لو انت الجيش أنا الشعب

Graffiti in downtown Cairo that reads: “If you are the army, I am the people.”

Workers, Peasants, Students عمال وفلاحين وطلبة

Revolutionary lyrics of Sheikh Imam‘s songs sprayed on the wall, downtown Cairo…

“Metaphysical matters are a waste of time” إن الأمور الميتافيزيقية مضيعة للوقت

Graffiti in Abdel Moneim Riyadh Square, that reads: “Metaphysical matters are a waste of time.”

Anti-Military Police Graffiti ضد الشرطة العسكرية

Anti-Police graffiti in downtown Cairo…

THINK ! فكر

Graffiti in downtown Cairo…

Roots of the Egyptian Revolution جذور الثورة المصرية

I was honored to speak on Tuesday night, together with activists Wael Khalil, Asmaa Aly and Kholoud Saber, at the 2nd Tweet Nadwa, hosted by Alaa, at the Rawabet Theatre. The topic of discussion was the roots of Egyptian revolution. The audio recording of the entire event is available here. You can also check out some videos and photos.

VIDEO – Egyptian bloggers and dissent

Aalam Wassef’s videos over the past years have been inspirational to me and many other Egyptians. I never got to meet him in person till the uprising, and I’m truly honored.

VIDEO – MSM, Social Media and #Jan25 الإعلام البديل والثورة

My talk at Socialist Days 2011…

Tarek Shalaby in military prison

Activist blogger and website designer Tarek Shalaby is in the Military Prison, says his sister Nora. Check out the faceboook page of his campaign and the solidarity campaign of Mos’ab el-Shamy…

Protest against Israel’s embassy in Cairo

On Wednesday around 300 students, largely from Cairo University, held a march and a protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo.

To be honest, it was very weird marching without the Central Security Forces being around or cracking down. At some point when we were standing in front of the Israeli embassy I had to pinch myself, to make sure I’m not dreaming. The last time I took part in an attempt to storm that embassy was in 2002. We were brutally crushed by the police on that day, and I was injured in the back and foot.

Over the following years, there were several attempts by activists to hold protests there, but the closest one could get was the Nahdet Masr statue in the square (half a km away?), before risking live ammunition.

And here were we were on Wednesday, standing over the destroyed Police Special Forces station that used to protect the embassy, right in front of the building. It felt liberating, even when the protest was small.

And in related (fantastic, thrilling) news…

Egyptian FM tells Al-Jazeera that preparations are already underway to permanently open Rafah border crossing, which would allow goods and people in and out of Gaza with no Israeli supervision.