Photo Triptych of Possibilities in Cairo by Trent Gilliss, senior editor Amidst the massive amount of voices tweeting and retweeting happenings on the ground in Egypt, Nevine Zaki’s photo above serendipitously found its way into my Twitter stream with the caption: “A pic I took yesterday of Christians protecting Muslims during their prayers #jan25.” During the wee hours of this morning, I find myself deeply moved by her new-found love for Egypt as a woman living and working in Cairo: “The most beautiful thing about #Jan25 is that we all suddenly discovered an incredible love for #Egypt that we never knew was still in us Living here presented always presented a struggle for us in 1 way or another, but since #jan25, we all suddenly felt alive again.” With the image below, she writes, “Can it get more peaceful than this?” But, surprisingly to me, it’s the idea behind the following photo that strikes me as most decent, most civil, most caring, most mundane: residents of Cairo showing their goodness by cleaning up what must be an incredible amount of refuse during the chaos: “These trash bags are all over the city, its [sic] from the citizens who cleaned the streets.” All photos by Nevine Zaki.
View Separately

Photo Triptych of Possibilities in Cairo

by Trent Gilliss, senior editor

Amidst the massive amount of voices tweeting and retweeting happenings on the ground in Egypt, Nevine Zaki’s photo above serendipitously found its way into my Twitter stream with the caption:

“A pic I took yesterday of Christians protecting Muslims during their prayers #jan25.”

During the wee hours of this morning, I find myself deeply moved by her new-found love for Egypt as a woman living and working in Cairo:

“The most beautiful thing about #Jan25 is that we all suddenly discovered an incredible love for #Egypt that we never knew was still in us

Living here presented always presented a struggle for us in 1 way or another, but since #jan25, we all suddenly felt alive again.”

With the image below, she writes, “Can it get more peaceful than this?”

Prayers in Tahrir Square

But, surprisingly to me, it’s the idea behind the following photo that strikes me as most decent, most civil, most caring, most mundane: residents of Cairo showing their goodness by cleaning up what must be an incredible amount of refuse during the chaos: “These trash bags are all over the city, its [sic] from the citizens who cleaned the streets.”

Taking Care of Cairo

All photos by Nevine Zaki.

Source: twitter.com

104 Notes/ Hide

  1. lg-2012-tv-lineup reblogged this from beingblog
  2. makaros25 reblogged this from beingblog
  3. kokinal32 reblogged this from beingblog
  4. fokakier21 reblogged this from beingblog
  5. fakoi-epafhs reblogged this from beingblog
  6. farmakeio21 reblogged this from beingblog
  7. dirpros92 reblogged this from beingblog
  8. website-designers-brighton reblogged this from beingblog
  9. blog-u-like reblogged this from beingblog
  10. mp-security reblogged this from beingblog
  11. seogreecesite90 reblogged this from beingblog
  12. lookitsjoe reblogged this from trentgilliss
  13. ginagwen reblogged this from jems
  14. hallywoods reblogged this from beingblog
  15. emilykaatherine reblogged this from beenthinking
  16. xxjeannexx reblogged this from beenthinking
  17. ferfluffle reblogged this from beenthinking
  18. wartornmusings reblogged this from beenthinking
  19. jems reblogged this from beenthinking and added:
    This gives me hope, for so many things. Peaceful resistance IS the way.
  20. chocolateay reblogged this from beenthinking
  21. singinginhersongshedied reblogged this from serina
  22. serina reblogged this from purplegem and added:
    Good morning Egypt, we are still thinking about you over here on the internet, you have our support, even if you can’t...
  23. beingblog posted this

Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus