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”.
IMAGE 13 (At the top) : Photo credit Amr Nabil
A wave of joy ripples through the crowd as news of Mubarak’s departure is broadcast live on a screen set up in the square. The first rows are jubilant while those in the rear have not yet heard the announcement. Celebrations engulfed the country, lasting for several days.
Karima Khalil will speaking about Messages from Tahrir (AUC Press, £16.95) at
the Notting Hill Tabernacle on November 21st and Leighton House on November 22nd. This is the first of three blog posts on the book and its photographs.
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