"Photographer's description: Pictures taken during the Egyptian Revolution. Text in image: ثروة المبارك (صحيفة الجارديان) – ثروة مبارك 15 مليار دولار – ثروة سوزان 3-5 مليار دولار – ثروة جمال 17 مليار دولار- ثروة علاء 8 مليار دولار- مجموع الثروة تقريبا 50 مليار دولار – الدين الخارجى 33 مليار دولار- الدين المحلى 123 مليار دولار – اذا الشعب يوما أراد الحياة فلابد أن يستجيب البقرمع الاعتذار لأبى القاسم الشابى .Translation of Text in image: Fortune of the Mubāraks (The Guardian Newspaper): -Mubārak 15 Billion Dollars -Suzanne 3-5 Billion Dollars -Gamal 17 Billion Dollars -Alaa 8 Billion Dollars Total of 50 Billion Dollars External debt: 30 Billion Dollars Local debt: 123 Billion Dollars . If one day the people want to live then the cows must obey with apologies to Abi Kassem Al Shaby."
"The first comprehensive description of ancient and modern Egyptcompiled by the 165 members of the Institut de l'Egypte established by Napoleon to accompany his expedition to Egypt in 1798-1801. This exhaustive survey of all aspects of ancient and modern life in Egypt was carried out under the supervision of the mathematician Gaspard Mongethe appointed President of the new Institute (of which Napoleon was Vice-President)."
"Photographer's description: Pictures taken during the Egyptian Revolution. Text in image: (ارحل).Get Out; Get Out; Out. رمسيس Ramses. Translation of Text in image: Leave."
"Photographer's description: Pictures taken during the Egyptian Revolution. Text in image: عيش يتاكل - حرية - كرامة - انسانية. Translation of Text in image: Bread(edible)- Liberty- Human Dignity. Text in image on reverse: DEMOCRACY."
"Demonstrators in the crowd on the groud are making peace signs. Photographer's description: Pictures taken during the Egyptian Revolution. Text in image: مطالبنا: اسقاط الرئيس- حل مجلس الشعب و الشورى الزورين- انهاء حالة الطوارئ فورا- تشكيل حكومة وحدة وطنية انتقالية دستورية لاجراء انتخابات رئاسية- محاكمات فورية للمسئولين عن قتل شهداء الثورة- محاكمات عاجلة للفاسدين سارقى ثروات البلد. Translation of Text in image: Our Demands: Bring down the the President - Dissolutuon of the fraudful parliament and the Shurra Council - end the state of emergency immediately - to form a government of national unity and constitutional transition for presidential elections - Instant trials for those responsible for killing of the martyrs of the revolution - speedy trials for the corrupt thieves’ that stole the country's wealth."
"Photographer's description: Pictures taken during the Egyptian Revolution. Text in image: مبارك SHIFT DEL. Translation of Text in image: Mubārak SHIFT DEL."
An interview between reporter, Ibrahim Abdeen, and Mr. Abdel Rahman Abdel Dayem, the general manager of the Tourist Club in Algeria, from Mecca, about tourism in Algeria.
"Phototgraphers' description: photos and video of Jan 29-Feb 112011BOLLOCKS TO YOU MUBARAK WE Hate You. Translation of Text in image: Demanding the arrest of Mubārak the assasin and his gang."
######, a 46 year old security guard at the American University in Cairo, gives his account of the 2011 revolution in Egypt. Based at AUC’s downtown Tahrir Square campus, for several days from January 25 into the second week of February 2011 he was assigned security shifts at the building at 5 Youssef El Guindi Street, a side street off Mohamed Mahmoud Street. During this time he tells of being able to “hear everything but see nothing,” and about the conversations he had with police officers stationed nearby. He reports on what the police had to say about the events at Tahrir Square, for example their not expecting significant demonstrations on January 25, and recalls meeting police officers who had not slept for four days after the 25th and who feared losing control of the protests. Some police officers and military personnel he spoke with revealed that they did not oppose the uprising against the government.
######, a 41 year old maintenance supervisor on staff at the American University in Cairo, describes his experience of Egypt’s 2011 revolution. He tells of being responsible for managing the resumption of internet connections at the New Cairo campus, which had been cut due to the internet outage after January 28. ##### recounts attending the protests at Tahrir Square, and depicts the coexistence there of people from all segments of society, though he emphasizes the participation of educated young people. He mentions seeing Muslims and Christians sharing food, and did not observe women being harassed. What he saw convinced him to bring his children to the demonstrations at Tahrir Square, because he felt it was safe for them to attend. ###### recalls his doubts that President Mubarak would step down, and tells about driving around aimlessly in his car on the day before Mubarak’s departure, filled with pessimism. He notes that the revolution broke a barrier of fear in the Egyptian people and convinced them of their right to free expression, and discusses his hopes for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
######, an air conditioning maintenance manager at the American University in Cairo, describes his experience in the January 25, 2011 revolution. He tells of his participation in the first four days of the revolution, including joining the demonstrations on January 25 when he was in Tahrir Square by chance, not originally knowing about the protests. During the remainder of the January and February revolution ###### served on his neighborhood “ligan sha’abiyah” watch group or popular committee. He recalls his doubts that the protests would succeed, lacking a leader or unified plan; President Mubarak’s departure surprised him, as did the brutality of the regime’s reaction. ###### explains how thefts committed against shops limited products available for purchase, and the difficulty in finding credible news sources (he felt the Al Jazeera channel overreacted and state television was inaccurate). According to ######, after the revolution AUC took the demands of its staff and students into greater consideration, and that “foreign students started looking differently at Egyptian students.” He also offers his views on the country’s future, including his misgivings about the value of continued protests.
######, a staff worker at the dormitories of the American University in Cairo, describes his experience of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Fahd states that his political awareness developed during the AUC workers strike in 2010, and he offers his views about a lack of social justice and job opportunities in Egypt (using his brother’s situation as an example) under the old regime. He recalls attending the January 25 demonstration at Tahrir Square, where observed the participation of AUC students he recognized, after being informed that he did not have to report to work that day. According to ######, he served on the “ligan sha’abiyah” watch group in his neighborhood, Faisal, in response to rumors about escaped prisoners and thugs attacking people and property. ###### tells of witnessing an incident at the police station in Bulaq in which police officers and soldiers shot at people in the street from the roof a nearby hospital, causing several deaths. He also discusses how the formation of the independent workers syndicate at the university was a sign of the greater freedom of expression that emerged at AUC since the revolution.
######, a 37 year old staff member in the American University in Cairo’s library, describes his experiences during Egypt’s 2011 revolution. He relates witnessing the looting and burning of the police station in Moqattam, his neighborhood, on January 25. Although aware of many Egyptians’ discontent with their government, he did not expect the protests of early 2011; he comments on the course of the revolution, emphasizing the importance of the first three days and the early participants. According to ######, the revolution served as a unifying force for the university’s student body in a way that he had never seen before.
######, a 33-year old Egyptian filmmaker and photographer, tells of his experience of Egypt’s Revolution through 2011 and 2012, and discusses how it inspired artists and filmmakers. He mentions his participation in the demonstrations at Tahrir Square on January 25 and 28, 2011, in his words not as an artist but as an Egyptian. He characterizes the art produced after the revolution as part of the “train of change” launched on January 25, 2011, and speaks about his own work, intended to inspire others and promote change. This includes the documentary he filmed during the 2012 presidential election campaign, “Youm El Nasr” (Day of Victory). ###### describes the making of the film, which includes his interviews with people at Tahrir Square about their opinions of the elections and the candidates they supported, as well as footage of the celebrations that erupted when results were announced.
######, a 39-year old faculty member teaching history at the American University in Cairo, describes her experience of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. ###### tells of learning about the protests via Facebook, observing marchers in the street on the first day, and then joining demonstrations at Mustafa Mahmoud Mosque Square, near her home in Mohandiseen, along with other friends and family who like herself had not previously been politically active. She also gives an account of attending the protests at Tahrir Square for several days, noting the sense of familiarity due to the presence of AUC community members and the location near the old campus, as well as concerns over reports about snipers shooting from the roofs of AUC buildings. ###### gives her observations on the role of the news media and social media, and tells about how the curfew and the closure of the university affected her. She discusses the effect of the revolution on AUC, including making students and other community members more politically aware and vocal about their rights, and how this influenced her teaching. ###### describes the demonstrations against the military and Muslim Brotherhood that took place after February 2011, including their limited impact, lack of direction, smaller numbers of attendees and generally reduced public interest. She relates her own participation in demonstrations like the one held for International Women’s Day in 2011 and other protests against sexual harassment, and speaks about the political campaigns, elections, and referenda that took place.
######, a 20-year old engineering student at Ain Shams University, describes his participation in Egypt’s revolutionary period. He states that he had been dissatisfied with the Mubarak regime, although he lacked any prior political affiliation nor had he participated in protests before 2011. Having followed events on social media, ######, at the time a teenage high school Thanaweya Amma student, he tells of joining the demonstrations on January 28, 2011, and standing at the front lines confronting the police and witnessing the kind of police and army brutality that he had been hearing of since childhood. When not protesting, he participated in a local ligan sha’abiyah watch group protecting his neighborhood. He also tells of participating in demonstrations against Ahmed Shafik, and states his opinion that the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) represented an extension of the Mubarak regime. He states his opposition to the demonstrations against President Mohamed Morsi on June 30, 2013, saying that Morsi should have been allowed to serve out his full term as a democratically-elected president, and decries the government’s violent response to pro-Morsi demonstrators in Rab’a and Nahda Squares. He also notes that he was against the election of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as president, and mentions his plans to go abroad outside of Egypt after completing his studies.
######, a 65 year-old artist, gives her account of her experience of the 2011 revolution in Egypt. She had taken part in student protests in 1972 in Alexandria and participated in other movements during the mid-1970s. Learning about the Tahrir protests from her children (who had been in-formed through Facebook), she participated in the 18 days of demonstrations, whose sense of community across diverse social classes, religions and ages she recalls. ###### also describes the clashes between protesters and security forces, having witnessed the attacks on protesters praying on Kasr El Nil bridge and a young man getting shot in the eye which resulted in her be-ing sprayed with blood. The interviewee comments on the safety situation and the efforts of young protestors to protect public property like the Egyptian Museum in Tahir Square. She also tells of her participation in a women’s march as well as the June and July 2013 protests in Tahrir Square. Also covered are her views on the Egyptian media coverage of the revolution up to the 2013 protests, and on Egyptian politics from President Mubarak’s removal through President Morsi’s ouster and the 2014 presidential elections.