The Story : Revolt on the Nile

Told by Iman Bibars: A woman

from Egypt
 The Story Outline
• When and how it •The
started entrepreneurial
• Who participated spirit of the
revolutionaries
• The reaction of
the regime
• Life in midan el
tahrir
When and how it started
Facebook Group
Khaled Saied
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Who participated ?
MATURE WOMEN
PROTESTERS
Men of different ages and
walks of life
YOUNG WOMEN
PROTESTERS
YOUNG AND FEARLESS
WOMEN
Egyptians from all walks of life
United : We are all
Egyptians
All Egyptians were there
Demonstrating : women of
every age, education and
class
Demonstrating : women of every
age, education and class
Demonstrating : women of every
age, education and class
Demonstrating : women of every
age, education and class
Demonstrating : women of every
age, education and class
Demonstrating : women of every
age, education and class
Demonstrating : women of every
age, education and class
Demonstrating : women of every
age, education and class
Demonstrating : women of every
age, education and class
United : We are all
Egyptians
All Ages all over Egypt
 The lucky generation
• Children from all
walks and social and
economic
backgrounds joined in
the revolution
• They came with their
mothers, fathers or
older siblings
• They were called the
lucky generation
Demonstrating: women of every
age
Women of every age :
familiar 
Slogans in every language
Slogans in every language
• Emulating the
lyrics of a
famous song :
“didn’t it occur
to you once to
leave ; you
Mubarak who
caused my
hunger
Leave : Go in every
language
Signs in every form saying: Go
Mubarak.. In funny ways too
Signs in every form saying: Go
Mubarak.. In funny ways too
The reaction of the regime
The reaction of the regime

Denial , arrogance,
disconnect
 Brutality by thugs and
police
• It was common
knowledge that the
old regime used
plain clothed thugs
who belonged to the
security apparatus
to terrify and
terrorize the people
and the protesters
Brutality by thugs and
police
Brutality : Blinding tear gas
Their courage:
Will not give up
The failure of the regime : killing its
own defenseless peaceful youth
MARTYRS BRUTALLY BEATEN AND
KILLED BY RIOT POLICE

We Won: Their blood has not

been wasted
Life in Tahrir
Square
Preparing to sleep
The city of tents
Chess by day and fire by
night
 The real Egyptian
• Helping each other
out
• Sharing the food
and the bed
regardless of
religious or
economic
background
The real Egyptians : Army and
People united
The Egyptian entrepreneurial spirit
 THE SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURS
The square was divided into
corners;

press wall, kindergarten, hospitals,

fun areas, garbage collection
committees and much more
 The Egyptian entrepreneurial spirit
• The hospital where
doctors volunteered
to provide medicine
and checkups
• Fellow Hany and his
friends contributed
medicine
• Fellow Tandiar
provided medical
information to some
volunteers
The hospitals and medical
centers
Medical care by the
volunteers
 Life in Tahrir Square
The Egyptian entrepreneurial
spirit
• The people built
the bathroom
• They called it the
headquarters of
the National
Democratic Party
The Egyptian entrepreneurial spirit
:
Clean and Green
• Rubbish Bins
under the
direction of the
cleanliness
committee
which was
created by the
youth
 The Egyptian entrepreneurial
spirit :
The wall of Martyrs
• Many of the young
revolutionaries did
not know what
was happening
outside so corners
for news and
newspapers were
established
• This was the
martyrs corner
 The news corner
• Many of the young
revolutionaries
did not know what
was happening
outside so
corners for news
and newspapers
were established
 The bloggers corner
• Bloggers in
the Midan al
Tahrir
• They followed
up what was
being written
and were also
addressing
rumors spread
by the regime
 Kindergarten
• Kindergarten for
the children of
the revolution
• Children were
playing but also
helping in
drawing and
writing slogans
for the
protesters
• Mothers were
busy protesting
 Expression in different forms of
art
• Art in different
forms was used
to express the
opinions and
beliefs of the
peaceful
revolutionaries
Face Painting: our Ranya was
one of the artists also
Business Entrepreneurs
 Street Vendors
• Aly on a wheel
chair coming
from a distance
to sell drinks to
the protesters
• Street vendors
were usually
harassed by
police before
and he wanted
to join the
revolution.
 Kentucky of the
poor
• Carts with
revolutionary
slogans came in with
the street vendors
• A man selling
Kushari (the
Kentucky of the poor
as he called it)
 Donuts of the poor 
• Egyptian donuts 
• Sold by young
vendors
• Men and women
bought quantities
and distributed it
among protesters
regardless of who
they were
 Tea and Barter
• Tea was shared and
distributed for free
in many cases as
people got the tea
and water and the
vendors got the
boilers
• In return they would
be given food and
blankets
 The Business Center
• Mobile phone charger
business center
• Whether the prepaid
cards or charging the
phone both were sold
with actual cost
• While some
merchants outside the
midan increased their
prices no exploitation
took place in the
midan
 The Egyptian entrepreneurial
spirit
• The barber.. The most
interesting and
entrepreneurial man I
have ever met
• Saw many people nearly
living there and so he got
his tools and came
• He gave discounts to
rural protesters and in
general very good prices
The Aftermath: cleaning another mess
after cleaning the Mubarak Mess
We love Egypt: clean the
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 Clean Egypt:
if you love Egypt
 We love Egypt:
“for the first time we see people that make a revolution
and then go back to clean” (CNN)
All Egyptians
 We love Egypt:
“an inspiration to the world” “they
”deserve the Nobel prize
Egyptians changed
their country and in
doing so changed the
world Obama

To live with dignity or die

as Martyrs the heroes of 25
January