#tahir square

[think-progress]

Egypt Sentenced A Four-Year-Old To Life In Prison For Murder

He was sentenced for four counts of murder and eight counts of attempted murder carried out at the age of two.

Four counts of murder and eight counts of attempted murder – those are among the crimes an Egyptian court held that Ahmed Mansour Karni committed at the tender age of two. He was also charged with threatening soldiers, damaging security forces’ vehicles, and vandalizing government property.

[dailyqueernews]

Arab Spring's 5th anniversary - Has Washington learned its foreign policy lessons?

Arab Spring’s 5th anniversary – Has Washington learned its foreign policy lessons?

  RT America | January 25, 2016

Five years ago the world was watching the beginning of the Arab Spring, believing that the uprising would bring democratic change to the Middle East. Many of those who risked their  lives protesting in Tahir Square are still looking for dignity in the Arab World. Joining RT’s Ed Schultz is John…

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[agbyaj]

A cool video from Twitter. Makes you realize how different the world would've been without it. 

[pirandonapiramide]

After renewing my visa this Saturday I had the opportunity to visit Khan el Khalili. I had no camera, so the picture are in bad quality. The day was amazing, a mixture of good company and special place.  Hopefully I'll have a chance to be back really soon to take some good photos. 

[youngist]

Egypt: The Next President

Free Arabs: 

This 12 years old boy is just stunningly, incredibly smart. 

Interview by Egyptian newspaper El Wady, in Cairo on Oct 19, 2012

[whaddupdoc-blog]

Incredible scenes

[newslabarticles]

Egyptian Protestors Reach Out To ALP Powerbrokers

Trapped in the midst of another revolution with the aims of changing leadership, the heads of the current Tahir Square protests in Cairo have sought advice from the Australian Labor Party.

With multiple, bloodless leadership changes in the last few years, it appears the ALP have a template that is being much sought after around the globe. Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad is said to be considering the 2010 ALP leadership model, “At first I thought putting a woman in charge was a laughable idea, but just look at Kevin Rudd’s popularity now!”

Ironically, Australians claimed that they would rather effect change by using the mass-demonstration Egyptian method – but that sounded like a lot of work.

Reported by David Piepers

[jdntravel]

Afternoon rally in Tahir Square, Cairo.