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morning

morning

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metro canvas / urban glance | sadat metro station entrance, cairo

metro canvas / urban glance | sadat metro station entrance, cairo

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man it’s been some time now since i’ve left egypt. i was editing some work today and found this. this one. this photo. i think back to the night of the one year anniversary of the egyptian revolution and wonder about that place. that slice of time, that moment where there was the hope that perhaps something still might change. that a young man could get up and spit his words and have the crowd listen. like the revolutionaries could defeat the deep state. and i’ve been following the news, listening, reading. seeing the same images. wondering, wondering, wondering.

man

it’s been some time now since i’ve left egypt.

i was editing some work today and found this. this one. this photo.

i think back to the night of the one year anniversary of the egyptian revolution and wonder about that place. that slice of time, that moment where there was the hope that perhaps something still might change. that a young man could get up and spit his words and have the crowd listen. like the revolutionaries could defeat the deep state.

and i’ve been following the news, listening, reading. seeing the same images. wondering, wondering, wondering.

black and white cairo egypt lensblr politics protest revolution jan25 photocrati
event horizon ferry to sudan, lake nasser. goodbye egypt, goodbye

event horizon

ferry to sudan, lake nasser. goodbye egypt, goodbye

egypt goodbye sudan
cash in hand — bonus points for locating the tourist policeman with the cash in his hand

cash in hand

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bonus points for locating the tourist policeman with the cash in his hand

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hells yeah elephantine

hells yeah elephantine

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third class 

third class 

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el sultan, abandoned theatre complex, alexandria

el sultan, abandoned theatre complex, alexandria

abandoned alexandria egypt graffiti
so did anything happen here during the revolution? no, not really. i got drunk the night before and was still drunk in the morning when my friends woke me to tell me the news. that mubarak had stood down. what did you do? i ran out into the main square screaming obscenities against the government, but everyone told me to go back inside.  and? that was it. except that night, a crowd gathered outside one man’s house and they demolished the front of the house. the front of his house? the council had wanted to widen a particular road for a very long time, and all the other houses had agreed, so everyone had demolished the front of their own homes. except one man, he wouldn’t agree.  that night everyone came and demolished the front of the house for him. and now the road is wider.  that’s what happened here during the revolution. — see this, this demolished room? this room we are sitting in? yes. the muslims came at night and destroyed it, during the night of the revolution. why did they destroy it? they destroyed it because i am the only christian man in this town, and they want me and my family to leave. they thought i wanted to build a church, but i don’t. they thought that they could scare me. are you scared? only from god. they don’t scare me, and i won’t leave. and now, what will you do? now?  now. now, i sell cigarettes from this room. this demolished room.

so did anything happen here during the revolution?

no, not really. i got drunk the night before and was still drunk in the morning when my friends woke me to tell me the news. that mubarak had stood down.

what did you do?

i ran out into the main square screaming obscenities against the government, but everyone told me to go back inside. 

and?

that was it. except that night, a crowd gathered outside one man’s house and they demolished the front of the house.

the front of his house?

the council had wanted to widen a particular road for a very long time, and all the other houses had agreed, so everyone had demolished the front of their own homes. except one man, he wouldn’t agree. 

that night everyone came and demolished the front of the house for him. and now the road is wider. 

that’s what happened here during the revolution.

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see this, this demolished room? this room we are sitting in?

yes.

the muslims came at night and destroyed it, during the night of the revolution.

why did they destroy it?

they destroyed it because i am the only christian man in this town, and they want me and my family to leave. they thought i wanted to build a church, but i don’t. they thought that they could scare me.

are you scared?

only from god. they don’t scare me, and i won’t leave.

and now, what will you do?

now? 

now.

now, i sell cigarettes from this room.

this demolished room.

black and white captured with consent egypt politics revolution text coffee
and below, the city

and below, the city

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