This song mocks state propaganda in portraying the IMF as the saviour of Egyptians from poverty and need. As the Egyptian state justifies the large loans received from the IMF in terms of advancing the economic situation of the poor, the singer here…
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Through this song, Yasser Elmanawehly, one of the voices of the 2011 revolution, expresses his dismay at the erasure of street graffiti by the authorities. He sings that even if the revolution's graffiti is erased from the walls, the regime will not…
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In the Egyptian popular context, the phrase “Reg‘eit Rima” (Rima is back), implies that someone is going back to their old habits. Here, it is a metaphorical reference to the return of the old military regime. The song satirizes the cliche ́discourse…
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This feature film is a slapstick comedy set in a working-class neighbourhood in the wake of the 25 January 2011 revolution. The film revolves around ‘Tika’ (Mohamed Sa’ad), an unlikely hero, who sells fireworks for a living. Tika finds himself…
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Filmed between 25 January 25 and 27 May 2011, the film tracks four months of the Egyptian revolution as seen through the director’s eyes. As one of the first films to emerge after the January uprising, this film was showed in many international film…
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Several days before former president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, internet activist, Wael Ghonim, gave this emotional interview to Mona El-Shazly, the host of the popular TV talk show, Ashara al-Masa', on DreamTV, following his release from 11 days of…
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Viola Shafik's 'Scent of Revolution' traces the Egyptian revolution through the eyes of four different people of different generations living though the upheavals in two different cities: Cairo and Luxor. It moves between the present (the unfolding…
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These are a selection of posters and banners found on the streets of Cairo in the run-up to the January 2014 constitutional referendum. The constitution, which replaced the one approved under the rule of Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi in…
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People demonstrate in Hussein Square, in Islamic Cairo, calling for the police to return to the streets.
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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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