What a day! I went with my roommate and a couple of friends to the demonstrations, which were announced on Facebook by the group "We are all Khalid Saeed" http://www.facebook.com/ElShaheeed
The 25th of January is a National Holiday in Egypt. On this day 58 years ago, the police fighted against the British occupation. Today the Egyptian police are oppressors.
Egypt is facing similar problems Tunisia has. There is a high unemployment rate under young people, prices are rising, the emergency law from 1982 is still in place...
We began watching a small demonstration by the supreme court. It was only a small group of protesters surrounded by a big group of police men.
After a stop of half an hour we went on to Tahir street, where the Cairo Museum is located. The whole area was locked down by the police, even tho as a person you were allowed to pass. Cars were stopped.
Impressions from Tahir street:
Here was a critical point. We were a group of about 10 people. But tensions got higher and we got separated. The police was starting to hit the demonstrators and the situation began to escalate. Some of us found a save place in a gateway to a shop. After the situation got clearer we went out and went behind the police.
I actually wanted to celebrate my birthday that evening in Downtown, but as the protests are still going on in the night I decided just to go to a restaurant in my safe neighborhood in Heliopolis.
The 25th of January is a National Holiday in Egypt. On this day 58 years ago, the police fighted against the British occupation. Today the Egyptian police are oppressors.
Egypt is facing similar problems Tunisia has. There is a high unemployment rate under young people, prices are rising, the emergency law from 1982 is still in place...
We began watching a small demonstration by the supreme court. It was only a small group of protesters surrounded by a big group of police men.
After a stop of half an hour we went on to Tahir street, where the Cairo Museum is located. The whole area was locked down by the police, even tho as a person you were allowed to pass. Cars were stopped.
Impressions from Tahir street:
The situation seemed to be clear, but as I was taking this video the police started to throw with tear gas grenades.
I actually wanted to celebrate my birthday that evening in Downtown, but as the protests are still going on in the night I decided just to go to a restaurant in my safe neighborhood in Heliopolis.
sry about your birthday bro.. but admit you had much more fun being in a demonstration right ? ;0
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