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Messages from Tahrir: Signs from Egypt´s Revolution
Karima (Ed) Khalil
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Description for Messages from Tahrir: Signs from Egypt´s Revolution
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One of the many striking things about Egypt's 25 January Revolution as manifested in Cairo's Tahrir Square was the imagination and creativity of the posters, placards, and signs that the protesters wore, waved, or hung from buildings, fences, and lampposts day by day throughout the demonstrations. These emotive messages displayed a range of visual inventiveness and linguistic dexterity (in Arabic, English, and several other languages) that expressed very powerful feelings yet often entertained at the same time. Egyptian amateur photographer Karima Khalil here gathers images taken by herself and others of these messages, showing their great variety, from the simple ... Read more
One of the many striking things about Egypt's 25 January Revolution as manifested in Cairo's Tahrir Square was the imagination and creativity of the posters, placards, and signs that the protesters wore, waved, or hung from buildings, fences, and lampposts day by day throughout the demonstrations. These emotive messages displayed a range of visual inventiveness and linguistic dexterity (in Arabic, English, and several other languages) that expressed very powerful feelings yet often entertained at the same time. Egyptian amateur photographer Karima Khalil here gathers images taken by herself and others of these messages, showing their great variety, from the simple ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774165122
SKU
V9789774165122
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About Karima (Ed) Khalil
Karima Khalil, a medical doctor, lives in Cairo. The photographers represented in this book are both local and foreign, amateur and professional.
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