Tahrir Square Overview

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Tahrir argument

A woman argues with a group of men in Tahrir Square in October 2011.
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Tahrir small scuffles

Small scuffles broke out among the young men present at Tahrir.
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Demonstrators in downtown Cairo

A small group of demonstrators marches through the streets in downtown Cairo last month. Anti-military sentiment has been building in the months following the popular uprising as accusations of repression and brutality pile up.
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Ziad Akl

Ziad Akl, an analyst at the Ahram Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo, speaks to reporters at his office in October 2011. Aki had warned of "regrettable consequences if the security gap is not contained before elections."
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Burned-out NDP in Cairo

A van full of men drives past the burned Cairo headquarters of deposed president Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party in October 2011.
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Sheikh Gamil Alan

Sheikh Gamil Alan, a dean emeritus of the law school at al-Azhar, prepares to address the crowd in Tahrir Square in October 2011.
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Egyptian Museum and NDP

Tracey Chiatello and Zoe Goldner, both of San Francisco, drink sodas at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Oct. 21. Behind them is the burned headquarters building of deposed president Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party.
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Reading Al-Masry Al-Youm

Cairo taxi driver Magdy Hamed reads Al-Masry Al-Youm at a cafe in Zamalek.
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