December 6th, 2011 
Rowan El Shimi On Friday December 2nd, Tahrir Square saw a protest within the sit-in that had thousands of people in honour of the martyrs and wounded. This protest and the sit-in had the same demands. A new civil transitional council that would oversee the turn of Egypt into a real democracy as SCAF has obviously failed to [...]
Posted in Photography, Photojournalism 
Tags: Egypt, Martyrs, Parliamentary Elections, Revolution, SCAF, Tahrir 
No Comments » December 4th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Meya Silmeya is an initiative by a fluid group of people that care about the revolution’s goals and values. Meya Silmeya aims to promote peaceful protest mechanisms throughout Egypt. For the first protest, people held a rope across the bridge over the Nile between Tahrir and the Opera to symbolize Tahrir and the rest of [...]
Posted in Photography, Photojournalism Tags: Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Meya Silmeya, Peaceful Protest, Tahrir No Comments »
November 26th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi In Egypt, sexual harassment has been an issue for quite sometime. Women can’t walk down the street without being harassed whether verbally, physically or just by inappropriate looks. According to the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights research 85% of Egyptian women have experienced sexual harassment and 55% of them are exposed to it on a [...]
Posted in Blog, Local & Global Affairs Tags: Egypt, Sexual Harassment, Tahrir, Women's Rights 2 Comments » November 23rd, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Demands were: – SCAF give power to civilians in April 2012 – Halt to military trials to civilians The day after this protest was the start of SCAF ordering police forces and military police to attack protests in Tahrir for days.
Posted in Photography, Photojournalism Tags: Army, democracy, Egyptian Revolution, SCAF, Tahrir No Comments » November 23rd, 2011 Rowan El Shimi The battle between the protestors and Police/Army forces continue for a 4th day. The protestors have no weapons but rocks and occasionally molotov. The police use tear gas, CS gas, pallets and live ammunition. Protestors are trying to push back the forces to ensure the safety of the square for the sit in.
Posted in Photography, Photojournalism Tags: Army, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, SCAF, Tahrir No Comments » October 21st, 2011 Rowan El Shimi On April 8th a huge protest with marches headed to Tahrir to demand the trials of former regime.
Posted in Photography, Photojournalism Tags: Mubarak, Mubarak Trial, Regime, Tahrir, Trial No Comments »
October 21st, 2011 Rowan El Shimi On Thursday 26 May in the Rawabet Theatre, a group of youths took their audience back to the 18 days of protests in Tahrir through monologues telling the real stories of Egyptians who lived through the experience [Published in Ahram Online] —————————————– “We are trying to find our way back to Tahrir Square,” 25-year-old Sondos [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Cairo, Egypt, Rawabet, Revolution, Tahrir, Theatre No Comments »
July 15th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi On February 1st 2011, Mubarak gave his second speech, that annoyed the hell out of most Egyptians but somehow managed to touch the heart of some (He spoke of dying in Egypt, his service to Egypt and how much he loves this country, and let’s face it, we are highly emotional people who often show [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: Egypt, Fangari Speech, NOSCAF, Police, Revolution, SCAF, Tahrir, Torture, Virginity Test 2 Comments » 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 [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: Egypt, EgyWorkers, Labour Day, Protest, Social Justice, Strike, Tahrir, Workers No Comments » February 26th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi On January 25th, various Egyptians across different spectrums took the streets in peaceful protest demanding the removal of the regime, bread, freedom and human dignity. The 18 days of protests that inspired people around the world caused many changes, the most notable of them was the resignation of Mubarak. Egypt’s streets spent the night of [...]
Posted in Blog, Cleo Magazine, Published Articles Tags: Army, Attack, Cairo, Civil government, Egypt, Peaceful Protests, Published Articles, Tahrir 2 Comments »
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