Egypt


  • Photographer
    Franco Pagetti
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    VII
  • Date of Photograph
    2011

For eighteen days, Egyptian people truly believed a change was possible. Men and women, young and old, rich and poor gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. In January 2011, Egypt was at a crossroads and the square became established as a focal point and a symbol for the ongoing demonstrations and the Egyptian Revolution as a whole. In those eighteen days, people really trusted they could win the political battle, change the future and ensure a better one for subsequent generations. They believed their dream could come true. When Mubarak resigned in mid-February, a group of senior military officers pledged to move Egypt toward democracy. But it quickly became clear that the revolutionary spirit wouldn’t survive much longer. Today, a year has passed, and Tahrir Square is still a theatre of violence, clashes and deaths. But the fierce hope and the conviction to make the difference have, somehow, disappeared.

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