Showing posts with label rioting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rioting. Show all posts
It appears that the title of my last post was wistfully inaccurate. I've only just seen this and spoken to Clarabelle (a Zamalek resident), so I'm perhaps not best placed to comment at the moment, except to say that this has shocked me almost to the point of disbelief. Here are some pictures from Khaled Zohny's Facebook page (apologies in advance for any copyright infringement):
This, ladies and gentlemen, is Zamalek - Cairo's wealthy, quiet and leafy district. It's also home to the Algerian embassy, hence being the target of such madness. I'm also not entirely sure how such a riot was allowed to take place. If it had been in support of democracy, human rights, or Palestine, rest assured it would never have been allowed to reach the levels these pictures (corroborated by my conversation with Clare) suggest.
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