April 28th, 2011 
Rowan El Shimi I got this through the Al Masry Al Hurr movement, and I think it’s essential we all take part of this process. Our revolution has had a lot of success so far but we still need to call on the government to put minimum wage as a top priority and put an end to the [...]
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April 19th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi The day started as any other. It was a Friday, and I headed down to Tahrir Square in Cairo to participate in the protest to “Save the Revolution”. I bumped into my friend from university, Amina Ismail, there who told me she was going to dress in Niqab and attend a Salafi conference and asked if I wanted [...]
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April 3rd, 2011 Rowan El Shimi The day started as any other. It was a Friday, and I headed down to Tahrir Square in Cairo to participate in the protest to “Save the Revolution”. I bumped into my friend from university, Amina Ismail, there who told me she was going to dress in Niqab and attend a Salafi conference and asked [...]
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