Tag: Egypt
The people of Egypt have spoken. Well, their military has. President Mohammad Morsi was told his services are no longer required and was whisked away for his own personal safety. Meanwhile the constitution was suspended and it was declared that an interim government would be installed until elections are held. As crowds packed what appeared to be […]
In Egypt, a radical street art collective called Women on Walls (WOW) has emerged from the chaos of revolution to publicize the struggles that the country’s female population endures regularly. Since WOW was launched in December 2012 by activists Mia Grondahl and Angie Bagela, it has nearly tripled in size: The group now claims over […]
Oh, wow, that’s so cool man how you and your buds climbed those famous pyramids in Egypt and took some photos and Gawker’s like waaaahhh. Tell me about it in Russian. “One of the richest experiences of my life.” Was it now? How you climbed 450 feet upon extremely old and fragile architecture and how you had to hide out in […]
The Square is a documentary on the protests, police violence and the reactionary revolution in Egypt, centered around Tahrir Square in Cairo. See the brutality, the attempts at oppression by destroying cameras belonging to news outlets, and the bravery of the citizens documenting this uprising by sending out raw, unedited video out to media outlets outside […]
“If anyone lays his hand on me, I’ll cut it off,” starts the trailer for Cairo 678, a film that seems very timely and yet, very late. Follow the lives of three Cairene women who experience and finally confront sexual harassment — and frankly, assault — in their daily lives and how these real-life-based incidents led to Egypt’s first anti-harassment […]
