Here is the final installment of Karima Khalil’s photo-history of the Egyptian revolution, Messages from Tahrir. You can read the previous two posts here and here.
IMAGE 9: (Photo credit Beshoy Fayze)
Protesters protected themselves with whatever came to hand; this man fashioned a makeshift helmet from a cooking pot. He has written “Down with Mubarak” on the pot and on the piece of paper.
IMAGE 10: Photo credit Rehab el Dallil
The protests released an explosion of creativity; this sign draws on a passport exit stamp, clearly showing what this protester wants the president to do.
IMAGE 11: Photo credit Ghazala Irshad
Countless signs were hilariously funny, reflecting Egyptians’ famous wit, like this one: “LEAVE! I miss my wife – I’ve only been married twenty days..”
IMAGE 12: Photo credit Mohamed Ezz Aldin
In many ways the Egyptian revolution is just beginning and the country is now in the midst of tumultuous change; this protester’s prescient message warns against complacency: “Half a revolution means a nation lost”.
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