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Wael Nawara

Wael Nawara

Jul 26, 2013

Anti-Mursi protesters carry posters of army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi as they chant slogans during a mass protest to support the army in Tahrir square, Cairo, July 26, 2013. Many of those Egyptians opposed to ousted President Mohamed Mursi say their admiration for the army has never wavered, and that any anger was always directed at the generals in charge. In the turbulent world of Egyptian politics since Hosni Mubarak, a former air force marshal, was toppled, the military is seen as an institution that of — Anti-Morsi protesters carry posters of army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi as they chant slogans during a mass protest to support the army in Tahrir square, Cairo, July 26, 2013. — REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Religious scholars and supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi take part in an anti-army rally that started from their sit-in area around Raba' al-Adawya mosque, east of Cairo, July 30, 2013. Europe's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, shuttled between Egypt's rulers and the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday in a mission to pull the country back from more bloodshed, but both sides were unyielding after 80 Islamist supporters were gunned down. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Egypt: Competing for Corpses

Wael Nawara

People wave banners depicting people who died in previous Egyptian revolutions around a monument, erected in honour of the victims, draped with an Egyptian flag after security forces fired teargas at protesters in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo November 19, 2013. Police fired teargas to disperse a crowd of several hundred people in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday, two years after 42 were killed in protests against military rule. The protests were a mark of the turmoil that has dogged Egypt since the army

Young Egyptians reclaim Tahrir Square, trash monument

Brenda Stoter (Syria Pulse)

Brenda Stoter (Syria Pulse)

Egyptian military helicopters trailing national flags circled over Tahrir Square during a protest demanding that Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi resign in Cairo July 1, 2013. Five Egyptian military helicopters trailing national flags circled over Cairo on Monday after the armed forces gave politicians 48 hours to resolve a crisis over calls for the resignation of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX1193S

Egyptian Police on Fence In Confrontation With Morsi

Zenobia Azeem

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi react near bloodstains from protesters killed during late night clashes at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near Rabaa Adawiya Square where they are camping, in Nasr city area, east of Cairo July 28, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood stood their ground in Cairo on Sunday, saying they would not leave the streets despite "massacres" by security forces who shot dozens of them dead. Egypt's amb

Egypt’s Military Shows No Restraint

Zenobia Azeem