Monday
Dec132004
Anti-Mubarak protest pictures
By 
Issandr El Amrani | Egypt
Issandr El Amrani | Egypt
You can find a few pictures I took at the demo with my phone here. Unfortunately, they're not very high-res. I also a few video clips but I think most users won't be able to view them without special software. I can put them up on demand or if I can find a way to convert them to a more universal format.
On another note, as I watched the clips again, I realized that when the demonstrators sang the national anthem, they were actually not using the right words. I didn't realize at the moment but when re-listening it became quite clear. It was also confirmed by this AP story on the event.
If you can view 3GP files (I can with Quicktime Pro for Mac OS X), click here to see that clip.
On another note, as I watched the clips again, I realized that when the demonstrators sang the national anthem, they were actually not using the right words. I didn't realize at the moment but when re-listening it became quite clear. It was also confirmed by this AP story on the event.
On Sunday, the protesters dispersed peacefully within an hour, singing a revised version of the Egyptian national anthem: "My country, you still have oppression in politics and economics. You need revolution, my country."
The real lyrics are: "My country, you have my love and my heart."
If you can view 3GP files (I can with Quicktime Pro for Mac OS X), click here to see that clip.
Reader Comments (1)
Thank you, Issandr, for this valuable and courageous report. The photographs show people of great bravery. May this movement swell, and may Egypt see a just, open government genuinely responsive to the needs of its people.