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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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cairobserver:

Bulaq - Among the ruins of an unfinished revolution.

On 25th January thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, sparking what we call now the Egyptian Revolution. Only a few hundred meters far from the world-famous square, the people from popular neighborhood Bulaq joined protesters, finding in demonstrations something more than a glimmer of hope. Through their voices, ‘Bulaq’ portrays their collective struggle against eviction and social marginalization, whose destiny seems to be strictly intertwined with the hesitant fortunes of the Egyptian spring.

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

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On every corner a different band plays its instrument for profit and entertainment. On one, a bass and sax combo, the next an electric guitarist displays his riffs to the public. The Indians do their Weltmusik thing, a sure sign of globalisation. The sound of birds in the forest is confusing.