At last in Tahrir square
At last in Tahrir square
Since the 25th of January 2011 when the people's revolution took
place asking for the departure of Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak. Yesterday
the 8th of February 2011, at last, I decided to go and visit the Tahrir
square ( The liberation square).
With my photo camera in my hand, I shot some pictures of what was
happening.
I will take you with me around that important and famous El Tahrir
square.
This is a bird's eye view of the Tahrir square.
At the upper right side you can see a short pink building, this
is the Egyptian Museum, behind it, the tall building is the (
Ramses Hilton Hotel).
To the left of the pink Museum you can see a building with a black
Facade, this was the building of Mubarak party, that was torched out,
by the people who had enough with this party, the party who only two weeks ago forged
the elections to its favor with 96%.
To the left of this torched building, was the Nile Hilton
hotel overlooking the river Nile, who now have changed its name to the Nile Ritz
hotel
The numbers you see on the Arial view, are the No.of positions
from which I have taken the pictures you will see below.
Position No.1
To enter the Tahrir Square , I had to park my car
far-away and walk crossing a bridge called Kasr El Nil Bridge
From that bridge, you can see(Left Picture) the (Ramses Hilton
Hotel, and the torched Building ) I mentioned before.
The second picture is the army controlling the
entrance to the Tahrir Square.
After I passed the crowd, I stood shouting " Down with
Mubarak".
Behind me you can see the immence crowds who still are preparing
to enter the Tahrir Square.
You can see the Bridge I mentioned, with the two columns with a
Lion sitting at the base of each column
The crowd was very big and intense.
Every meter, you could see someone raising a banner that reflected the wishes of the Egyptian people, many of the banners were funny and
self explanatory.
Me again, raising the Egyptian flag, In the middle of all sorts and
kinds of huge crowds.
Behind me the ( R.I.P) banner, that means "
Rest in Peace" for all the revolutionary youngsters,
who were killed on the 25 and 28 of January in cold blood by the police,
who turned against the people in a very cruel and irresponsible way.
All kind of chanting, all kind of banners
If you look back to the Arial view picture above, you can
see hundred of people holding over their heads a more
than 30 meters long Egyptian flag, walking with it around the Tahrir
Square.
With some fabrics, The people have made a kind of a wall on which they
have displayed hundreds of posters and drawings that caricatured the
president with all kind of notes and Jokes.
Amid the crowds, a group of young ladies gathered together, to
express their reactions against the actual regime
(Above)All kind of crowds, the rich and poor, the old and young, are
filling the Tahrir square
(Above)Here some ladies and youngsters, are wrapping themselves with the
Egyptian flag.
A young girl is leading the crowd to chant slogans that they repeated after
her in a very ordered way.
In these pictures you can see at the back ground, the Ex-Hilton Hotel
at the left ,and the pink Egyptian Museum and Ramses Hilton at the
right.
If you look above to the picture of the Arial view of the Square, you will
notice many tents were build in the center of the Tahrir Square were
the voluntary doctors, came with all sorts of medicines to help the wounded.
Standing under a very important Banner " People Demand Removal Of
The Regime"
The crowds kept chanting in Arabic.
A foreign correspondent taking pictures, nobody bothering him, as some
Western countries have declared.
Looking down you will see pictures of the youngsters who died during the
uprising, among them a young girl.
A group of the demonstrators are praying asking God to change the face of
Egypt in a better way.
Crossing the bridge again, on my way back to catch my car on the other side
of the Nile.
May God save Egypt
Cherif
