This three-part film was made in 2011 by three different directors: Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin, and Amr Salama, with the participation of director Ahmad Abdallah. It attempts to document the Egyptian revolution from three different perspectives: the…
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Iconic post-uprising street art, Ganzeer's 'Tank versus Bike' depicts a man on a bicycle delivering bread - a common sight in Egypt - being confronted by a tank. It is clear criticism of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) at a time when…
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This video montage, to the music of the 2012 K-Pop hit by PSY, pokes fun at Tawfiq Okasha, political commentator and controversial host of the 'Egypt Today' talk show. He is known for his right-wing populism and conspiracy theories and was a strong…
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The cartoon depicts the Muslim Brothers hijacking a taxi and killing the driver. The taxi represents the Egyptian revolution. In other words, the artist accuses the Muslim Brotherhood of hijacking the revolution.
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In this debut novel, Hamilton tells the story of the Egyptian revolution beautifully and powerfully through the lives of young activists, Mariam and Khalil. This was the first fictional account of the revolution.
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The cartoon depicts a craftsman sculpting a large pharaoh with the face of then General Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi, head of the army. The caption underneath reads, "For shame, sir! I’m really doing a proper job on this one—it’ll work like a charm for thirty…
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These are some of the examples of posters and banners seen around the streets of Cairo in the weeks and months following the removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July 2013.
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This cartoon satirises the large number of political prisoners held under the regime of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. In the first few months following the July 2013 army coup, the government arrested thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters.…
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The cartoon refers to a national address given by former president Morsi, hours before the military deposed him, in which he declared that he would hold onto power even if it came at the price of his own life.
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A collection of demands expressed by individual citizens, pinned to a tree in Tahrir Square. It demonstrates the differences amongst ordinary Egyptians in terms of what they wanted from the revolution.
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