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My heart is torn between East and West. I live somewhere between the present and the past. I don't know who I am.
Just another human being biding their time on this earth. Passionate about current affairs, history, politics (particularly MENA region), religion, cute animals and food. Posts are mainly in English but I may post in Arabic/French/Turkish.
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16 Months of Revolution - سنة ونصف من الثورة
A compilation of my photography from the ongoing Egyptian revolution. The slideshow mainly covers the bloody clashes of Mohamed Mahmoud street, Cabinet, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defence.
مجموعة من صوري خلال معارك الفترة الانتقالية ابتداءً من أحداث محمد محمود ومجلس الوزراء الى اشتباكات ما بعد مذبحة بورسعيد وانتهاءً بأحداث العباسية.
Great shots with excellent composition - they really capture the spirit of the protests but also the hardships we went through - those protests, especially M. Mahmoud were awfully bloody, innocent youths were being murdered before our very eyes and no one stood with us to support our cause. Painful memories but also ones that we must remember, for the sake of the martyrs and their families. Rest in peace brave souls <3
Jarjnaz, Syria: Protests prepare placards to be held up in anti-government protests after Eid prayers today in Syria.
Notice how they have their faces covered; if caught, it is very likely that they’d be arrested and subjected to torture by Assad’s thugs simply for expressing their wish to be free. Freedom of expression: something that you and me take for granted every single day but that the heroes of Syria are paying with their lives to get. Please keep the people of Syria in your thoughts and prayers!
Women display their hands which are painted red, symbolizing bloodshed, and blue, symbolizing peace, during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa 28 September, 2011. (Photo: REUTERS - Mohamed al-Sayaghi) (x)
“Cairo, Egypt: A woman mourns on the coffin of Coptic Christian Mina Daniel, who was killed during clashes with soldiers and riot police on Sunday”
By: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
At least 24 people have been killed and more 200 injured in the centre of Cairo after a protest over an attack on a church erupted into the worst violence since the 18-day uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak as president of Egypt in February.
Trouble began when a demonstration against the attack in southern Egypt was reportedly met by gunfire close to the state television building.
Fighting spread to Tahrir Square and surrounding streets. Hospitals where the wounded were being treated also came under attack.
State television announced that a curfew was being imposed on the city’s downtown area and Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the February uprising that overthrew the former president. The curfew would last from 2am to 7am (midnight to 5am GMT) on Monday.
Appealing for calm after more than 1,000 security force personnel were deployed, interim prime minister Essam Sharaf said: “What is taking place are not clashes between Muslims and Christians but attempts to provoke chaos and dissent.”
“The only beneficiary of these events and acts of violence are the enemies of the January revolution and the enemies of the Egyptian people, both Muslim and Christian”
Get the latest Al Jazeera story here: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/2011101072623285752.html
Vivian Magdy, fiancée of Michael who was killed today talking about him on facebook: “I will miss you my darling”
This breaks my heart </3
خلص الكلام
THIS PICTURE ISN’T FROM PALESTINE, SYRIA, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN…THIS PICTURE IS FROM EGYPT.
It could’ve been your brother/father/uncle/cousin. This is it. You’re either with the thugs and the army, or Egypt and its people still fighting for justice and freedom. Help spread the word.
Death toll in clashes rises to 23. NOSCAF.
*UPDATE FROM @kristenchick: “I just learned the woman sitting in the morgue holding the dead man’s hand and screaming “No! I won’t leave him!” was his fiancée.” </3
Deadly Cairo clashes over Coptic protest - At least 19 people reported killed as riots erupt during Coptic Christian demonstration against destruction of a church.
Vivian & Michael: The top picture shows them at their engagement, the bottom: she holds his dead body’s hand.
When will the army stop destroying Egypt and the efforts of the revolution? WAKE UP WORLD: The struggle of the Egyptian people did not stop when Mubarak stepped down; unnecessary force being used against civilians, civilians being tried in military courts, families of martyrs still haven’t received compensation, state TV still spewing a crap load of propaganda, people still being tried for voicing their opinions, army trying to create non-existent friction between Muslims and Copts to justify emergency law which by the way, has been re-introduced by the army… the list goes on, when will all this injustice end? I think it’s time we got ourselves down to Tahrir again, NOSCAF, NOSCAF, NOSCAF!
This made my eyes water. #Hama out today. A breathtaking picture. #Syria
AMAZING MASH’ALLAH <3
يلا ارحل يا بشار ……….. يلا ارحل يا بشار
ويابشار مانك منا
خود ماهر وارحل عنا
وشرعيتك سقطت عنا
ويلا ارحل يا بشار ……… ويلا ارحل يا بشار
وبلا ماهر وبلا بشار وهالعصابة الهمجية
سوريا بدا حرية …. سوريا بدا حرية …. سوريا بدا حرية …. سوريا بدا حرية
“An Egyptian demonstrator takes part in a protest against President Hosni Mubarak’s regime at Tahrir Square in Cairo on January 30, 2011.” (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images via The Daily Dish)
(via timebreaks)
