When people have been "under Mubarak" (like you see in the picture) for as long as they have, it's not something you just change overnight.
Continue ReadingConsistent 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...
Continue ReadingConsidering the tape and the hateful/fantastical association, this has little to do with whether the tape was doctored or it's explanable
Continue ReadingI'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.
Continue ReadingAs 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.
Continue ReadingEgypt Uprising - Day 18. Tension skyrockets. Mubarak resigns. Joy and celebration reign. Alan Chin: It's a combination of Prague '89 and New Years Eve.
Continue ReadingThese two images from WAPO's wonderful slideshow on "The Reign of Egypt's Mubarak" really encapsulate what inspired the energy and motivation in Tahrir Square these past two weeks.
Continue ReadingDay 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.
Continue ReadingDay 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.
Continue ReadingEgypt 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.
Continue ReadingMiddle 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.
Continue ReadingBagNews contributing photographer Alan Chin's first dispatch from Cairo. How my cameras were impounded, and the mood on the street.
Continue ReadingWhat'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...
Continue ReadingLooking at the hostilities in Egypt between pro- and anti-Mubarak fighters, the means of engagement might be primitive, but it would be a serious mistake to think about the people in same terms.
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingWith the President pressing Mubarak to begin "an orderly transition" from power, however, is this Reuters photo illustrating a Reuters article actually calling out Obama for sanctimony?
Continue ReadingReaching photographer David Degner again in Cairo, he provides BagNews readers this photo and account from Tahrir Square.
Continue ReadingCarolyn Cole's image effectively captured the singular and resounding reply by the Egyptian people to Mubarak's televised proposal.
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