Category Archives: Egitto

«Not in Aleppo»

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

At exactly 13.28 local time, after friday prayers were declared over, an absolute silence fell on the Main Mosque of Aleppo. For at least one minute, the only moving beings were pigeons flying around the roofs of the Citadel. Then … Continue reading →

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L’assedio d Tahrir

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

E’ a mezzanotte di mercoledi’ che le milizie di Mubarak cessano improvvisamente di colpire. I primi spari risuonano intorno alle tre di mattina, insieme ai cingolati e alle camionette della polizia che prendono posizione di fronte all’esercito per impedire l’accesso … Continue reading →

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A day on standby

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

09:00 We get the news that they are searching for foreigners house by house as soon as we turn on the computer. Hotels get stormed by militias, some journalists got stabbed, others “kidnapped”. As for the egyptians, most of the … Continue reading →

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Tahrir resists

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

8.00 last night was endless. There is not a single stone-thrower on the barracks who is not injured, and at three they started shooting full rounds of live ammunition aiming at chests and heads. Everybody is exausted, exausted, exausted – … Continue reading →

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Le milizie di Mubarak attaccano: è guerra

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

(testo raccolto da Luca Bonaccorsi via telefono) Il volontario alza gli occhi a chiedergli dei morti: «non li abbiamo ancora contati». La gente è buttata a terra in ogni angolo. Ci sono pozze di sangue ovunque. Tutti i medicinali che … Continue reading →

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The siege of Tahrir

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

19:40 – All of my friends are injured now.  We lay together in Tahrir Square, joking about what we would do if we get out of here alive – drinking, for sure, we say. Still shootings at the corners of the … Continue reading →

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18:00

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

They are saying that we will die here in Tahrir Square. Men at the enter of the streets close to the square are shooting to us continuously.”I can not see anything” is saying a friend and I become aware he’s … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 2, 2011 by

13:30 In Tahrir, agents are coming at me screaming: ” Mubarak stepped down, why don’t you go home?” the square is half empty. Some people are crying. Mubarak reactivated pain to allow his people to reach Cairo. 13:00 Pro Mubarak … Continue reading →

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