Mohamed Elbaradei Portrait
Portrait of Mohamed Elbaradei, an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. ElBaradei was also an important figure in the 2011 Egyptian revolution which ousted the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Anti-SCAF protests after the Maspero Incident
While cores of many protests come from activist groups such as 6th of April movement there are many unaligned that hear about protests through friends and the internet. This group of friends have no don’t support any particular party but came from their homes in the satellite cites to protest downtown. Their sign says “We [...]
Mohamed Morsy, President of the Freedom and Justice Party
Portraits of Mohamed Morsy. Mohamed Morsy is the president of the Freedom and Justice Party the member which was founded by the Muslim Brotherhood after the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Morsy was a member of the Guidance Office of the Muslim Brotherhood until the foundation of Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt) after that foundation he was elected [...]
Imbaba, Cairo after the revolution
Part of an story with the NYTimes describing the state of Cairo after the revolution by focusing on Imbaba.
The Mogamma Building in Midan Tahrir
The Mogamma Building is a government building in Cairo, Egypt. Mugamma is an administrative governmental building, where all lot of paper work is done by government agencies, but many services have been moved to administrative buildings in Cairo’s satellite cities.
NDP Headquarters, after the fire
Prior to the January 25 Revolution, the former National Democratic Party (NDP) headquarters, bordering Tahrir Square and the Cairo Museum, once stood as a symbol of the Mubarak regime. Now that is burnt down and black smoke stains cover its walls, although unpleasant, the site is a continued symbol of the egypt revolution. مقر الحزب [...]
Egypt Uprising
A protest on January 25th snowballed into the removal of Hosni Mubarak from the presidency of Egypt. This edit of photos shows my interpretation of the events as I worked for The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal during the revolution. I also published articles analyzing of the uprising on BagNews Notes: The End of the [...]
Heliopolis Egypt
Heliopolis is an anomaly, a dream that has been engulfed by modern Cairo. On arrival most people will notice the Cambodian architecture of Baron’s Palace on the road from the airport. But Heliopolis’ century of history runs deeper. It was the brainchild of Edouard Louis Joseph, also known as Baron Empain was a wealthy Belgian [...]
