David Degner in Cairo: Strikes Threat to Democracy OR Expression of It?
Consistent with the hand wringing in some Western media, maybe the Generals will just decide to put their feet down and outlaw all strikes, Until they do so, however, perhaps what we're seeing -- in the policemen in Cairo or the rail works in Mansoura -- is the expression...
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FOX: Egypt Set Upon By Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Considering the tape and the hateful/fantastical association, this has little to do with whether the tape was doctored or it's explanable
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"Broken Bones, Not Spirit" — Seeing "The Savior" in Fall of Egyptian Regime?
I'm struck by the quick, strong and instinctive reaction to this laden photo at the very instant the Egyptian political clouds parted, the image speaking not just to an idealization of the events in Egypt, necessarily, but also as an inclination to recognize them through a more Christian lens.
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Alan Chin in Cairo: "Yesterday I was a Demonstrator. Today I Build Egypt"
As celebration of Mubarek's downfall continues into a second day and night, its a time for exaltation, clean up -- and an eye to what comes next.
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Alan Chin in Cairo: Mubarak No More!!!
Egypt Uprising - Day 18. Tension skyrockets. Mubarak resigns. Joy and celebration reign. Alan Chin: It's a combination of Prague '89 and New Years Eve.
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Alan Chin in Cairo: Extreme Shock and Rage. (It Seems Even the Generals Thought Mubarak Would Resign.)
Day 18 in Cairo: It seems the entire world was expecting that Mubarak would step down. In the early hours, Alan sent just three pictures. In their simplicity they track the story of this profound, stunning and ultimately, crushing evening.
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Alan Chin in Cairo: The Opposition Recharging
Day 16 in Cairo: From outside the Parliament to inside the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters to Tahrir Square where protest organizers are manning the power strips, the uprising is recharging.
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Alan Chin in Cairo: A Crowded Square
Egypt Uprising, Day 15: As the political situation settles into a stalemate, protesters returned in force to Tahrir Square energized by the words of a former Google executive released from detention.
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Alan Chin & David Degner in Cairo: Traffic and Camping
Middle East Uprising, Day 14: The Egyptian government is anxious to let the world know that life is returning to normal. But despite the current calm, the anxiousness is well deserved.
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Alan Chin in Cairo: Power In Flux
BagNews contributing photographer Alan Chin's first dispatch from Cairo. How my cameras were impounded, and the mood on the street.
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Egypt Uprising: Coach Mubarak and QB Suleiman's Own Little Super Bowl
What's so brilliant here is how Suleiman is simultaneously using a regal and highly-official looking (but actually, completely informal and unofficial) sit down with the Muslim Brotherhood to feign good faith negotiations, while at the same time stoking fears in the West about an Islamic take-over and raising the...
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Egyptian "Stability" (Many Tanks from US)
They are symbols, sure, but they also are real tanks having specific designs and manufacturers. And that’s where some of the “missing” information is actually there to be seen.
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Chris Hondros on the Madness in Tahrir Square
The only way I can describe the situation today is that it was totally old school, just people with rocks, sticks and fists. It felt almost historical. It was probably more like how the American Revolution was fought. Or a fight in 683 BC. Just thousands...
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David Degner in Cairo: No Longer About Freedom of Speech But Life and Death
Reaching photographer David Degner again in Cairo, he provides BagNews readers this photo and account from Tahrir Square.
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Mubarak and 40, 41, 2, 3 & 4: A Contrast, or Guilt By Association?
Given the amount of cash and arms the United States has pumped into the Mubarak regime every year, I'm surprised how few pictures I've seen from the Egypt uprising, if any, take aim at the U.S.
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David Degner in Cairo: The End of the Show?
As photographer David Degner explains, his photo in Cairo on Wednesday possibly represents the last instance of the Egyptian government and the police tightly controlling protests, and protest photos, for show.
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Egypt: The Kiss – Part 2
The "chemistry" between the military and civilian protesters flooding out of Cairo right now is very interesting. After this "first kiss," or attempt at one, only a few days ago, we see quite a twist above.
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Egypt Photo of the Day: On the Kasr Al Nile Bridge
The photo -- in contrast to many variants on the newswire -- is so powerful because of the visceral sense of the government pissing on its citizenry.
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