A break from the debate for you guys, I thought i'd post up some of my pictures of Cairo and Tahrir Square (Midan Tahrir) that everyone has been talking about. It's had for me to imagine the place I was standing in 2 months ago is filled with one million people at the moment. When I was there, it was filled with one million cars.
This is what Cairo looked like during the Mubarak era, before the revolt. Good old Cairo!
6th of OctoberBridge, where you saw the videos of thousands of people Pushing back the Police last week.
Looking towards Tahrir
Coming off 6th of October Bridge
Pretty close to exactly where the Police were defending while the people were coming across the bridge
6th of October looking back over the bridge in the direction the protesters were advancing
The view around Cairo from the Cairo Tower
Here you can see the bridge
6th of October on the left, Midan Tahrir on the right behind the Nile Ritz. You can sort of see the green grass roundabout and the construction lot that is surrounded by the blue fence. You can't see the fence in this shot.
Walking like an Egyptian in the street while cars go by at 50kph. The picture does not do justice to what it is like. Anyone who has been to Cairo can attest.
Also, you can see the red building is the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, the one that was looted on the weekend. You can see this blue fence on all the TV images of the square to the left where the construction is.
Center of the Square
A better look of Tahrir from the Cairo tower - Blue fence and the roundabout grass below the sanyo and mcdonalds signs. That is the spot where the people have chosen to gather.
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I can't believe people take that guy seriously. He reminds me of the tinfoil-hat crowd you meet on street corners who insist that people walking dogs are responsible for the price of rice in China.
I spent weeks in Egypt crossing the street like that. Then I flew into Amsterdam where everyone stops for everything, and I had to remind myself that no one jaywalks here. It was an extremly weird sensation waiting at the side of the road for the light to turn green even though there were no cars coming.
I don't think they will go home until he leaves. I'm pretty sure they don't want him in power until the next election. September is a long ways away, Especially for a country in revolt.
I just uploaded a couple videos from my trip. Bringing back good memories of Egypt for me.
Are you deaf man? You are not responsible! It is weather underground's fault!! :-)
The irony is that people view Glenn Beck's connections as specious because they're strained, full of hand-waving and often involve large leaps of logic, yet...
I don't know, but I was listening to his press conference on Al-Jazeera and he said he is going to die on Eyptian soil in a cocky manner. I highly doubt he will step down.
