Tag: Cairo
Of all of the images to emerge from the chaos currently raging in Egypt, among the gripping is the one you see above, of a military armored truck toppling off of Cairo’s 6th of October bridge last Wednesday. According to photographer Aly Hazzaa, who took the photo, the Central Security Forces truck fell when its driver […]
As the recent death toll in Egypt surpasses 500, news of Muslim Brotherhood supporters being slaughtered in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square has been an especially tragic manifestation of the powder-keg that is “post-revolutionary” Egypt. Just days before, our photographer found himself embroiled in an MB protest near to that now-tragic location. While this story does not in […]
Lots of people died in Egypt on Wednesday when riot police backed by the military, used deadly force against pro-Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo. Security forces bulldozed two major encampments near Rabaa Adawiya Square and opened fire on demonstrators. Throughout the day, protesters and security forces clashed violently and according to the Associated […]
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 […]
“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 […]
