Image: Martyrs memorial in Tahrir

Description: A memorial in Tahrir Square made by the demonstrators in honor of those who died during the Egyptian Revoluion of 2011, regarded as shuhada' شهداء – "martyrs" – in Egyptian parlance. The captions in the pictures attribute most of the deaths to police violence one way or another. Beginning in the front row, from left to right: "Mustafa el-Sawy – killed by gunfire in Tahrir Square, February 3." "Mohamed Emad Hussein – 23 years old, killed by gunfire on January 28 in Cairo." "Bahaa' el-Garwany – killed on Friday, in Damanhur." "Ahmed Basiouny – teaches arts at the University of Helwan, 31 years old, father of two – Salma and Adam. Killed in Tahrir Square." "Sally Zahran – intercepted by baltageya – thugs or plainclothes police – who beat her to death on her way to Tahrir Square." "Mohamed Yassin – a graduate of the Faculty of Sciences, Cairo University. Married and father of a daughter five months old. Killed by gunfire in front of the Ministry of Interior, January 29." "Amr Ghareeb – a student of arts, 25 years old." "Islam Ra'fat – 18 years old from Dar-as-Salam, Sohag." Enlarge to see captions.
Title: Martyrs memorial in Tahrir
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