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Gigi Storify for "Personal Cost of Revolution"
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
Days like
these last yr we were protesting fraud elections & #omranyia church police clashes which murdered at least 2,no one prosecuted yet
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
Not knowing we were on the eve of witnessing a revolution of our own,I was wishing for a full Tunisian rev & thankful enough to witness it
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
The year is ending and my hopes for this year are almost all accomplished, but to find myself with a whole new list of hopes for 2012
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We used
to be kettled and cordoned by CSF in st. for 7-9 hrs at a time, now we get tear
gassed, and shot at #preandpostrev
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We used
to protest & sit-in in front of general prosecutor, now we sit-in in Tahrir
and protest in front of C28 #preandpostrev
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We used to walk in 5s to meet at the protest spot which was cordoned b4 we get thr, now we march from all cities to Tahrir in 1000s
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We used to have to beg press to come cover our protests (not after we r arrested), now we can't find enough time to meet w/ journalists
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We used to sound crazy to people around us chanting بكرة الثورة تقوم متخلي now we sound less crazy chanting هانشيله هانحله هانفك المجلس كله
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We were
beaten, kettled & arrested in an anti-torture protest for #khaledSaid June13,10, we graffitied khaled's face on lazoghli June6,11
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
It makes me so grateful to have been part (even if small) of the days before the rev, but nothing is more grateful than a year of revolution
RamyYaacoub Ramy Yaacoub
@Gsquare86 you/we
still sound crazy to many ya gigi
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
@RamyYaacoub I
like to believe less crazy than last year, with the progression of the rev, I
will sound like the most sane person u ever no
RamyYaacoub Ramy Yaacoub
@Gsquare86 Mesh
3aref I am kind of depressed, I feel that I fight with every person I meet now
adays defending #Jan25
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
@RamyYaacoub well
that is a given, and it is only by fighting that we will win :)
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
If u r depressed now cuz u keep defending Jan25 rev, compare that with trying to convince ppl a year ago that a rev was even possible!?
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
If you
think you sound crazy now to people who oppose the rev, how do u think
activists in the 90s like @3arabawy sounded?
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We make the impossible possible, it is all about choices
3arabawy Hossam عمو حسام
@Gsquare86 Yes, our
tiny Marxist group was regarded as aliens from another galaxy then :)) #90s
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We may lose people, we can disagree with one another, we may even pick up new bad habits on the way, but we can't give up hope
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
With all the blood & tears and real ugly things we have been through this year, in perspective, we r in a much better place
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
We have a duty to continue the battle for freedom, at least for those who we lost along the way, but also cuz it is our golden opportunity
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
This is not to put the amens pressure that we have an opportunity to reshape the global system, but to remind us that we r that much
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
Always see things in a historical perspective and you will know where u r exactly and I think Egypt is on a brink of greatness
Sandmonkey Mahmoud Salem
@Gsquare86 No point
in losing anyone. None whatsoever.
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
@Sandmonkey not u
:p , martyrs
Sandmonkey Mahmoud Salem
@Gsquare86 I am
starting to hate that word ya G. It sugarcoats what happened to them. They were
murdered. The Murdered.
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
@Sandmonkey of
course they were murdered and we all know who the murderers r, but they r
martyrs too
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
All we need in this phase is real organizational and coordinating work to make our hits at SCAF more impacting, this is possible
RamyYaacoub Ramy Yaacoub
@Gsquare86 this
requires less focus on the differences between each other and more focus on the
common goals
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
@RamyYaacoub absolutely at least in common areas especially
Psypherize Ahmad H. Aggour
@Gsquare86 #Maspero is a higher priority target than #Tahrir Square itself.
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
@Psypherize yes
Maspero is crucial but is also part of the package not an end goal
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
The revolution teaches us the biggest lessons we may learn in most of our lives, these come at great cost, so let's make the most of them
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
Whatever mistakes I make, I try at least to not make the same ones again, this is called growing, we need more growing, I need more growing
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
The war is long,but the battles r short, many little things create victoryordefeat,we alrdy did many great little things,we need to continue
Gsquare86 Gigi Ibrahim جييييج
I have no doubt that wave 3 will make all these uncertainties clearer and a stronger fight to be the end of SCAF
