Karima Khalil

Messages from Tahrir Square, part 3

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.

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