The Story : Revolt on the Nile

Told by Iman Bibars: A woman from Egypt

The Story Outline

When and how it started Who participated The reaction of the regime Life in midan el tahrir The entrepreneurial spirit of the revolutionaries

When and how it started

Facebook Group Khaled Saied

th 6

of April Youth Movement Facebook

Who participated ?

MATURE WOMEN PROTESTERS

Men of different ages and walks of life

YOUNG WOMEN PROTESTERS

YOUNG AND FEARLESS WOMEN

Egyptians from all walks of life

United : We are all Egyptians

All Egyptians were there

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

Demonstrating : women of every age, education and class

United : We are all Egyptians

All Ages all over Egypt

The lucky generation

Children from all walks and social and economic backgrounds joined in the revolution They came with their mothers, fathers or older siblings They were called the lucky generation

Demonstrating: women of every age

Women of every age : familiar

Slogans in every language

 Emulating the lyrics of a famous song : didnt it occur to you once to leave ; you Mubarak who caused my hunger

Slogans in every language

Leave : Go in every language

Signs in every form saying: Go Mubarak.. In funny ways too

Signs in every form saying: Go Mubarak.. In funny ways too

The reaction of the regime

The reaction of the regime

Denial , arrogance, disconnect

Brutality by thugs and police

It was common knowledge that the old regime used plain clothed thugs who belonged to the security apparatus to terrify and terrorize the people and the protesters

Brutality by thugs and police

Brutality : Blinding tear gas

Their courage: Will not give up

The failure of the regime : killing its

own defenseless peaceful youth

MARTYRS BRUTALLY BEATEN AND KILLED BY RIOT POLICE

We Won: Their blood has not been wasted

Life in Tahrir Square

Preparing to sleep

The city of tents

Chess by day and fire by night

The real Egyptian

Helping each other out Sharing the food and the bed regardless of religious or economic background

The real Egyptians : Army and People united

The Egyptian entrepreneurial spirit

THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

The square was divided into corners; press wall, kindergarten, hospitals, fun areas, garbage collection committees and much more

The Egyptian entrepreneurial spirit

The hospital where doctors volunteered to provide medicine and checkups Fellow Hany and his friends contributed medicine Fellow Tandiar provided medical information to some volunteers

The hospitals and medical centers

Medical care by the volunteers

Life in Tahrir Square The Egyptian entrepreneurial spirit

The people built the bathroom They called it the headquarters of the National Democratic Party

The Egyptian entrepreneurial

spirit : Clean and Green

Rubbish Bins under the direction of the cleanliness committee which was created by the youth

The Egyptian entrepreneurial spirit : The wall of Martyrs

Many of the young revolutionaries did not know what was happening outside so corners for news and newspapers were established This was the martyrs corner

 Many of the young revolutionaries did not know what was happening outside so corners for news and newspapers were established

The news corner

 Bloggers in the Midan al Tahrir They followed up what was being written and were also addressing rumors spread by the regime

The bloggers corner

 Kindergarten for the children of the revolution Children were playing but also helping in drawing and writing slogans for the protesters Mothers were busy protesting

Kindergarten

Expression in different forms of art

Art in different forms was used to express the opinions and beliefs of the peaceful revolutionaries

Face Painting: our Ranya was one of the artists also

Business Entrepreneurs

Street Vendors
Aly on a wheel chair coming from a distance to sell drinks to the protesters Street vendors were usually harassed by police before and he wanted to join the revolution.

Kentucky of the poor

Carts with revolutionary slogans came in with the street vendors A man selling Kushari (the Kentucky of the poor as he called it)

Donuts of the poor

Egyptian donuts Sold by young vendors Men and women bought quantities and distributed it among protesters regardless of who they were

Tea and Barter

Tea was shared and distributed for free in many cases as people got the tea and water and the vendors got the boilers In return they would be given food and blankets

The Business Center

Mobile phone charger business center Whether the prepaid cards or charging the phone both were sold with actual cost While some merchants outside the midan increased their prices no exploitation took place in the midan

The Egyptian entrepreneurial spirit

The barber.. The most interesting and entrepreneurial man I have ever met Saw many people nearly living there and so he got his tools and came He gave discounts to rural protesters and in general very good prices

The Aftermath: cleaning another mess after cleaning the Mubarak Mess

We love Egypt: clean the TS

Clean Egypt: if you love Egypt

We love Egypt: for the first time we see people that make a revolution and then go back to clean (CNN)

All Egyptians

We love Egypt: an inspiration to the world they deserve the Nobel prize
Egyptians changed their country and in doing so changed the world Obama

To live with dignity or die as Martyrs the heroes of 25 January