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A view from the streets of Cairo during the first days of the Egyptian revolution

by Alex Mette 02/16/201102/05/2023

I awoke on Friday, Jan. 28, in my apartment in Dokki, Cairofive minutes from Tahrir Squareto the sight of a single word on my cell phone screen: “emergency.” As the day wore on, the severity of the situation became clearer while the air became clogged with the pungent scent of tear gas. News reports, one […]

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