Cairo: My City, Our Revolution by Ahdaf Soueif – reviewpublished Fri, Feb 10 2012 16:55 GMT
Soueif celebrates Egypt's capital cityIt was on the 15th day of the Egyptian revolution that I first encountered Ahdaf Soueif in Tahrir Square. She wore big round sunglasses that swallowed her face, and a dark scarf covered her head and fell over her shoulders. It would have been easy to dismiss her as just another spirited revolutionary, but a flock of fellow protesters grew around her, and followed her, and stuck."Write, please write," one man urged her. "I live in one room, I have six children. Please, bring a TV crew and film my home. I am willing to work, willing to earn an honest wage, willing to put in long hours.""I have documents, proof of what they've done, the ...
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