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Monday, 13 February 2012
View of Cairo and the Pyramids by tylerhuffmann on Flickr.
#cairo #egypt #pyramids #infrastructure #architecture
Cairo, Egypt - the Citadel & Muhammed Ali mosque circa late 1890’s by DesertBlooms on Flickr.
#cairo #egypt #mosque #islam #old #photo
could please take a look at this blog. its just about kids just having fun in Egypt. So far we’ve only got our friends having fun in Egypt but could you please promote this blog and ask people that have visited Cairo to submit a photo of them having a good time there. and if you guys visited Egypt, do you mind also submitting some of your photos to our blog. We’d really appreciate it.
thanks :)
well, here you go followers! A blog dedicated to Cairo. If you have any fun photos, submit them! It’s a wonderful blog!
#culture #middle east #egypt #cairo #submission
Deadly Cairo clashes over Coptic protest - At least 19 people reported killed as riots erupt during Coptic Christian demonstration against destruction of a church.
Vivian & Michael: The top picture shows them at their engagement, the bottom: she holds his dead body’s hand.
When will the army stop destroying Egypt and the efforts of the revolution? WAKE UP WORLD: The struggle of the Egyptian people did not stop when Mubarak stepped down; unnecessary force being used against civilians, civilians being tried in military courts, families of martyrs still haven’t received compensation, state TV still spewing a crap load of propaganda, people still being tried for voicing their opinions, army trying to create non-existent friction between Muslims and Copts to justify emergency law which by the way, has been re-introduced by the army… the list goes on, when will all this injustice end? I think it’s time we got ourselves down to Tahrir again, NOSCAF, NOSCAF, NOSCAF!
#cairo #egypt #Michael & Vivian #coptics #coptic #religion
At least 23 people have been killed and scores injured in the worst violence since Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February. Clashes broke out after a protest in Cairo against an attack on a church in Aswan province last week which Coptic Christians blame on Muslim radicals. Egyptian TV showed protesters clashing with security forces as army vehicles burned outside the state TV building. Sectarian tensions have increased in recent months. The Copts - who make up about 10% of the population - accuse Egypt’s governing military council of being too lenient on the perpetrators of a string of anti-Christian attacks. Prime minister Essam Sharaf appealed to Egyptians not to give in to sectarian strife. “What is taking place are not clashes between Muslims and Christians but attempts to provoke chaos and dissent,” he said on his Facebook page. State TV has announce a curfew in some parts of Cairo from 02:00 to 07:00 local time (00:00 to 05:00 GMT). The cabinet will meet in emergency session on Monday morning. Hurling stones Thousands - mainly but not exclusively Christians - joined the initial march from the Shubra district of northern Cairo to the state TV building in Maspero Square where they intended to hold a sit-in. They were calling on the military council to sack the governor of Aswan province. They also accused state TV of fanning the flames of anti-Christian agitation. But the demonstrators said they were assaulted by attackers in plain clothes before the clashes with the security forces broke out. The clashes began outside the state TV building but soon spread to Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the demonstrations which led to President Mubarak’s resignation. Thousands joined in the street violence, hurling stones and tearing up the pavement for ammunition. Smoke from tear gas and burning military vehicles filled the air in Maspero Square. Some protesters reported hearing gunfire. The Egyptian health ministry said 23 people had been killed and 174 injured. It is not clear how many of those killed were soldiers and how many were demonstrators. Simmering tensions Protesters also called for the resignation of the military council, in particular its chairman, Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi. The BBC’s Yolande Knell in Cairo says sectarian tensions have simmered in the political and security vacuum that has developed in the past couple of months. As well as the clashes between police and protesters, other groups of thugs were also involved, our correspondent says - part of the pattern of sectarian violence in Egypt. Christians have been worried by the increasing show of strength by ultra-conservative Islamists. In May, 12 people died in attacks on Coptic churches. In March, 13 people were killed in clashes between Muslims and Copts in Tahrir Square. This latest violence comes ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for 28 November, the first such vote since President Mubarak stepped down. The Copts, the largest minority in Egypt, complain of discrimination, including a law requiring presidential permission for churches to be built. Egypt only recognises conversions from Christianity to Islam, not the other way.
#egypt #cairo #coptics #coptic #copts #muslim #religion
Tahrir Square. Cairo, Egypt. May 2011
I snapped this shot quickly one friday afternoon in Cairo. A few of the officers mumbled “no photos”, but several were quite happy to pose for the camera…
#middle east #tahrir square #cairo #egypt #soldiers #thanks! #submission
Inside the House of Al-Suhaymi, Cairo, Egypt (by SuzyJane)
#architecture #islamic architecture #mosque #cairo #egypt #islam
Watching the soccer match
Cairo, Egypt. May 2011
#culture #middle east #cairo #egypt #football #submission
#graffiti #cairo #egypt #thanks! #submission
Tahrir Square, Cairo, May 2011
I took this photo one afternoon this spring in downtown Cairo, when Midan Tahrir was buzzing with activity as buses full of protestors left for Gaza. I had been invited to go by 2 guys at my hostel who were shooting a documentary on the uprisings, but I chickened out and stayed behind, buying a scarf and wandering taking pictures instead…
#cairo #egypt #tahrir square #thanks! #submission
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