Revolution in Egypt, 25 January 2011, Day 1

I'll keep it short, and will write a narrative some other time.

In the meantime,

Whatever happens,

Never believe them if they say we lost.


[Media: given that I got several requests to use my photos: all are licensed under a CC license. Feel free to use and distribute, with attribution to Mohamed Al-Rahhal - http://www.travellerwithin.com. Also, if you could shoot me an email to tell me where you published them, I'd appreciate it.]

Full set of photos is HERE.
I'll keep posting on Twitter whenever possible, despite it being blocked...

I'll always remember this. Thousands crossing Asr El Nil bridge into downtown as soldiers let them through

Demonstrators calling on soldiers to join them

Demonstrator unconscious from tear gas, around 2 AM. We were peaceful. They were violent.

Soldier suffering from tear gas. I wish they'd understand that what hurts us, hurts them to.

Cardboard effigy of Mubarak hanging on a traffic light in Tahrir

More tear gas

Meet Kamel, the day's youngest demonstrator

Thumbs up!

The "light on the side of the demonstrators" effect wasn't deliberate - but I like it!

Nice cartoon. Khaled Said vs. Mubarak

No hereditary rule, no torture, no unemployment, no emergency law

Paramedics tent at the demonstration

I'm happy Clooney contracted Malaria

The only value of George Clooney dicking around in South Sudan this month is that he got malaria.

Now if only we get that much coverage whenever someone contracted a lethal-but-preventable-and-treatable disease, because

"Every year there are about 250 million cases of malaria and nearly a million deaths around the world, according to the World Health organization. In Africa, 20 percent of childhood deaths are due to effects of the disease."