1. Hope in Egypt
Amidst crisis and confusion, the Egyptian people stand close together.
February 14th, 2011

2. Coverage of the Revolution
✤ Relied on graphic photos and videos that portray the situation in a more
dramatized manner.
✤ Situation is always volatile--peaceful one minute, bloody and grisly the next.
✤ Violence gains viewers.

3. The Media & Violence
Above: Man reaches his bloody hand towards
the camera, after a protest takes a violent turn.
Top-right: Man is being carried away after getting hit
in the eye by debris.
Right: A riot policeman fires tear
gas at protesters.

4. The struggle for freedom &
democracy.
Murals in
Tahrir Square
depicting
revolutionary
scenes.

5. Different brothers, united.
Christians protecting Muslims during their prayers.

6. The eyes “are windows to the soul because they can
reveal much about inner emotions and thoughts of
✤ Very vulnerable, panicky look in his eyes; instinctual.
✤ Photo underexposed, contributes to the grim situation of the
Egyptians when this photo was taken.
✤ Chaos of the photograph: dark, blurry, threatened.

7. A Reassessment
✤ When the focus is on the man on the right: there is a smile on his face,
and a gleam in his eyes.
✤ When the caption is read: “Christians protecting Muslims in their
prayers.” -- A sense of solidarity is established.
✤ The holding of hands contributes to the unity that the image
proposes.

8. A non-violent struggle.
Protesters staging a
sit-in, despite
army orders to
tear down
encampments.

9. A camaraderie, despite political
boundary.
A protester and an officer embrace after hearing the news
that Mubarak has stepped down.

10. A New Era
The once pro-Mubarak paper Al-Ahram daily ran a front page headline declaring "the people ousted
the regime. The Egyptian youth forced Mubarak to leave. Egyptians have been celebrating until
morning, with victory in the first popular revolution in their history"