Saturday, 12 February 2011

Tahrir Square: Not so square - an interactive guide to the camp that took down the president


Click the image to see BBC News' interactive map of Tahrir Square, Cairo, where Egyptian people, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, have been protesting since the 25th of January. On the 1st of February it has been reported that over a million people gathered there.

The peaceful protest of this many people was enough to bring down the Egyptian government, by forcing President Mubarak to resign. Here in the UK the recent protests don't seem to have accomplished much, and the media only seem to cover the ones that turn violence, but it seems the Egyptians can inspire us all with what they have achieved.

Egypt is now under military rule, and the people are hoping for democratic elections to create a new government over the next few months. I wish the people of Egypt good luck.

BBC News - Egypt: The camp that toppled a president
Posted by Stuff that matters, stuff that don't at 12:41
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76 comments:

  1. Jim12 February 2011 at 12:46

    That's pretty intense. I've been looking for a map like this.

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  2. seankenny0812 February 2011 at 12:47

    GLad to see him gone. Good to see a group of people that matter

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  3. Anonymous12 February 2011 at 12:47

    Lol the picture looks like a RTS game. I'm happy for Egypt :D

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  4. Linksss12 February 2011 at 12:57

    saw somn similar to this on cnn, very helpful in understanding what its like to be there

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  5. Anonymous12 February 2011 at 12:57

    And they don't even have guns

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  6. Matt Alexander12 February 2011 at 13:05

    Very informative!
    followed.

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  7. Anonymous12 February 2011 at 13:29

    Wow, that is pretty impresive.

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  8. T. Banacek12 February 2011 at 13:57

    I hope democracy actually happens there. They deserve it.

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  9. Kicking Rocks12 February 2011 at 13:57

    rofl it does looks like a rts!

    following

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  10. LordOfDirt12 February 2011 at 14:09

    Good for them. Hopefully everything works out in the long run, and they can find a way to prevent future corruption

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  11. Quasar green12 February 2011 at 14:09

    I wish them good luck as well. I hope there are more of these democratic movements around the world

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  12. LiveTheBoss12 February 2011 at 14:16

    Congrats to the people of Egypt and all those willing to toss off the chains of despotism. Every human being deserves to be free.

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  13. Leviuqse12 February 2011 at 14:18

    wish them luck..they should expect a future full of surprises

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  14. PvtCarlin12 February 2011 at 14:20

    It's pretty amazing what a little motivation can lead to. :)

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  15. Anonymous12 February 2011 at 14:23

    It's a shame about the people who died fighting for justice.

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  16. Tasty12 February 2011 at 14:40

    I hate to say I lol'd at seeing "bloggers".

    Fucked up what happened there but at least they fought and won.

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  17. Jacob12 February 2011 at 14:41

    shame that had to happen

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  18. Warlaw12 February 2011 at 14:57

    Click on the tank one. That literally made me laugh out loud haha. Anyway, this is a fantastic find. Tank you!

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  19. c0pywasted12 February 2011 at 15:06

    Very inspiring!

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  20. Shahan12 February 2011 at 15:23

    It's nice to see some of them doing peaceful protests.

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  21. Phokinggaii12 February 2011 at 15:26

    Hopefully they don't waste this opportunity to make great things happen

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  22. Arex12 February 2011 at 15:30

    It was pretty amazing what happened, I'm glad he stepped out of power peacefully

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  23. Bart12 February 2011 at 15:35

    lol well played

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  24. Mike Yang12 February 2011 at 15:39

    @Arex: Ain't over yet, man.

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  25. Anonymous12 February 2011 at 15:39

    History in the making this. Really cool to have watched it unfold over the previous weeks.

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  26. pv12 February 2011 at 15:55

    damn that's instant history making

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  27. Port Forward King12 February 2011 at 15:58

    That picture is really good. I love the buttons :)

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  28. RaZer12 February 2011 at 16:05

    Truly an impressive sight that the power of the people was enough to over throw those who were misusing there power.

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  29. Nathan King12 February 2011 at 16:05

    That's a lot of happy Egyptians! Good for them, I'm glad it didn't wind up getting worse.

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  30. Ramsay12 February 2011 at 16:07

    Wow that's an amazing sight to see, your blog has given me some amazing Egypt pictures that I'll be sure to remember! Thanks for the great blog!

    Hopefully democracy will work for them, it's not a guaranteed thing like everyone seems to think.

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  31. G12 February 2011 at 16:12

    next come this scariest part of it all... now following

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  32. Major Mack12 February 2011 at 16:23

    bout time eh?

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  33. Nik Mekeena12 February 2011 at 16:40

    wow, this looks cool

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  34. Ajora12 February 2011 at 16:41

    I'm amazed that such a big protest turned out semi-peaceful. Yesterday Mubarak resigned so I'm wondering what kind of ripple effects that would have on Egypt.

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  35. jopjopjop12 February 2011 at 16:54

    finally they are free, after 30 years of dictatorship

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  36. MikeJoeMuse12 February 2011 at 17:17

    It's like they were showing they could exist and live without their government "so change it". Mind blowing picture...

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  37. RedHeadRob12 February 2011 at 17:39

    Man... That's crazy.

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  38. shadi12 February 2011 at 17:48

    very nice photo,i liked the man he was sleeping on the tank.

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  39. Adam12 February 2011 at 18:27

    we watched all this coverage in my government class.

    followed

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  40. Thuganomics12 February 2011 at 20:33

    wow i couldn't have imagined the enormity of such an event

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  41. Infinite Echo12 February 2011 at 22:19

    That's amazing

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  42. Crazy Days12 February 2011 at 22:23

    wow epic. glad he's gone!

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  43. Benny Lava12 February 2011 at 23:08

    cool blog man, following!

    http://benny-lava.blogspot.com

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  44. The Game Store Guy12 February 2011 at 23:17

    That's pretty damned impressive. I'll be honest in saying I had been following Egypt on and off; so to see something like this is just amazing.

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  45. swagdigital12 February 2011 at 23:25

    I am really glad that he is gone. This was such a huge event!

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  46. MichellAnderson13 February 2011 at 01:04

    great post man, glad to follow you!

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  47. anon40813 February 2011 at 01:25

    Very interesting. Thanks for posting this!

    http://anon408.blogspot.com

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  48. CrazyJuan13 February 2011 at 01:36

    Phwoar. Neat. This hole situation has fascinated me.

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  49. Tsipise13 February 2011 at 01:59

    This is so cool! I joined the peace movement in the eighties here in Belgium, and we were organised like them! They are having their democratic peace revolt 25 years after we had this.
    I would die to be with them.

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  50. Decadent13 February 2011 at 02:32

    Not sure how eager the military will be to forfeit power voluntarily, but I hope local 1848 goes on peaceful.

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  51. Con Queso13 February 2011 at 02:35

    That huge crowd cheering was pretty crazy sounding. Well deserved after the long protest.

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  52. BlowingInTheWind13 February 2011 at 03:57

    cool find, that BBC map is awesome xD

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  53. Body113 February 2011 at 04:47

    Cool blog!!!

    nice weekend!!

    I wait on my blog!!!

    $upporting

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  54. Fang13 February 2011 at 05:13

    The people of egypt did a great job throwing out their president like that. They fought for their freedom, they earned it.

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  55. Dudemeister13 February 2011 at 06:18

    Now it's just getting interesting. What's next?

    Following

    wellthisdoesntsuck.blogspot.com

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  56. AssortedNews13 February 2011 at 06:28

    Interesting stuff, thanks bro.

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  57. gcphillips113 February 2011 at 06:29

    very interesting post, at least it's over

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  58. The Game13 February 2011 at 07:12

    Finally over, tho i kinda enjoyed watching the street fights live :P

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  59. Anonymous13 February 2011 at 07:22

    it is amazing.
    Military taking sides with citizens and after the devil departs the citizens starting to cleanup the mess they made.
    One of a kind revolution. Definitely a milestone and a better renaissance than anyother so far.

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  60. D.13 February 2011 at 07:34

    Those people should be respected much more

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  61. SkyBlue13 February 2011 at 07:39

    it will take some time before they truly have a demo leader...this is a time of stress

    http://skybluetrading.blogspot.com/

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  62. Anon13 February 2011 at 08:09

    amazing part of history we are looking to. it was just overdue that they get the democracy.

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  63. Rankulus13 February 2011 at 08:28

    That truly is amazing! Brings a tear to my eye. ;)

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  64. Mike Yang13 February 2011 at 08:39

    Next stop Yemen!

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  65. BrandonHeat13 February 2011 at 08:47

    Heh, thought the picture was from a game :)

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  66. Josh13 February 2011 at 08:57

    God, that looks like 300,000 people. Nice update.

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  67. elexerdelex13 February 2011 at 09:00

    Nice post!

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  68. DM13 February 2011 at 11:01

    Amazing scenes, my latest post also covers what's just happened in Egypt.

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  69. NoMoreTrouble13 February 2011 at 11:08

    I'm scared to know what's going to happen there. I hope they can set up a government that's run FOR the people instead of against them.

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  70. Unknown13 February 2011 at 11:20

    Damn, good article. No news sites had this, amazing how you do lol.

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  71. Themanwiththegoldeneyeball13 February 2011 at 11:41

    Nice one. Really gives you an eye into what they were doing at the time.

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  72. Come At Me Bro13 February 2011 at 11:51

    I should visit!

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  73. and then there was METAL13 February 2011 at 12:15

    my mind is now blown


    -Economics

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  74. Anonymouse13 February 2011 at 12:32

    yeah, they'll be under military control for a while, should be interesting to see what happens next. i wish them the best.

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  75. Bubi13 February 2011 at 13:35

    its conspiracy

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  76. Robert Fünf13 February 2011 at 21:21

    "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

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