10 Days in Tahrir Square - Diary, Photographs and Discussions - C. Flower

[C. Flower]

Hi Cactus, Can you post a picture of your lodgings yet? Its impossible for us to even imagine what its like there!!

Whats going to happen now?

Sorry for the delay, A new lovers arrival. I'll put up some photos now.

[C. Flower]

One of the entrances into the Square

[A new lovers arrival]

So eh..

[C. Flower]

So eh..

Sorry, a bit busy, and the image host is not behaving. If you're anxious to see more, you could try googling Tahrir Square

[Arno]

Hi Cactus, Can you post a picture of your lodgings yet?

Sorry for the delay, A new lovers arrival. I'll put up some photos now.

Aha. It took me some time to understand "A new lovers arrival" was the name of the previous poster

[C. Flower]

Aha. It took me some time to understand "A new lovers arrival" was the name of the previous poster

Don't be so sure....

[C. Flower]

The morning of 6th February, I think. The army failed to clear the Square the day before and people were coming in with more confidence.

[C. Flower]

[C. Flower]

People were sleeping wherever they could at this stage, but as the days passed, proper tents and awnings were set up.

[C. Flower]

People made their own signs, mainly asking Mubarak to go, but also demanding an end to corruption, to police brutality, looking for unity between Christians and Muslims, better health and jobs.

[C. Flower]

This girl's brother had been shot by the police in the Square. There were photos of the people who had died the previous week all around the Tahrir Square. There was always an awareness that the place should be treated with respect, because so many young people had died there.

[C. Flower]

There were newspapers everywhere... the main ones were stuck up on hoardings, so that everyone could read them.

[C. Flower]

The entrances to the Square were all occupied by tanks, but also had civilian security, both to stop the army and to prevent attacks by the police and pro-Mubarak thugs.

[C. Flower]

Every day people brought new signs and thousands of others walked around reading them and taking photos of them, mainly on their phones. My sign is in there somewhere.

[C. Flower]

Signs about police brutality, demanding the withdrawal of the army and a civilian government -