The people we photograph are not “objects,” but “subjects” and agents of change.
A Key factor contributing to the revolution’s domino effect is visualizing dissent. We need to spread images and videos of the revolt to inspire others into action. A camera, sometimes, is no less important than a Kalashnikov in a revolution.
Protesters staging a sit-in since Friday, in Alexandria’s Saad Zaghloul square, have taken of the electronic billboard, and are using it to disseminate revolutionary propaganda and calls for protests.
Ironically, that commercial billboard is manufactured by Sakr, one of the army’s factories. Nice job shabab!
Aalam Wassef’s videos over the past years have been inspirational to me and many other Egyptians.
I never got to meet him in person till the uprising, and I’m truly honored.