Tahrir Square
The Many Narratives of the Arab Spring
In 2014, the question persists: Is the revolution in Egypt over, or is it ongoing?
'The Square' Shows the Rise and Fall of Egypt's Revolution
A new documentary about the Egyptian revolution follows six Egyptians who share little in common other than a yearning for justice as they experience more joy, frustration, and terror than most of us will feel in a lifetime.
It's Been 100 Days Since the Fall of Mohammed Morsi
And things in Egypt only seem to be getting worse.
Sweeping Unrest Under the Rug in Tahrir Square
Last Wednesday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, more than a dozen landscapers watered freshly lain swatches of grass and hauled in brand-new potted plants. It was hard to imagine the days when the flames of righteous discontent were fanned by thousands of...
Activists Find No Place on Egypt's Streets
In the heat of a Cairo summer, the battle lines have been drawn. In the tense standoff, Abdelazim Fahmy, better known as Zizo Abdo, finds no room on the street for revolutionaries like himself. I met with Zizo at a downtown Cairo café, where we were a...
The Place Women Go to Get Raped
Yasmine’s story goes like this: Men enclosed a circle around her, ripped her clothes, beat her, dragged her through the streets, while penetrating her with their fingers and knives.
The Egyptian Army Massacred 72 Egyptians This Weekend
The first bloodied victims began to arrive at the crude field hospital behind Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in the early hours of Saturday morning. To begin with, the main causes of the injuries were birdshot and tear gas, inflicted when security...
Celebration and Trepidation as Egypt's Military Unseats Morsi
Egypt sighed a breath of relief Wednesday and erupted in a collective 'zaghareet,' or ululation, after the Egyptian army overthrew its deeply unpopular Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi. While the army commands a deep level of trust with many...
Do You Care About What's Happening in Egypt Right Now?
"The latest news that I’ve heard from Egypt is that they have a roller derby team in Cairo."
Egypt on the Brink - Women Under Assault
VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi meets with some local activists around Tahrir Square to learn about the horrible conditions female protesters have been put in while their country has been turned upside down.
Egypt's Black Bloc—An Exclusive Interview
On Tuesday Egypt’s chief prosecutor ordered the arrest of anyone participating in a “black bloc,” with a spokesman calling the blocs an “organized, terrorist group.” The state news agency announced the arrest of 18 alleged black bloc members on...