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watchful gaze
field marshal tantawi, chairman of the supreme council of the armed forces. the leader of the military junta in charge of egypt. a deeply hated figure.
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watching the walls in and around tahrir square has been deeply fascinating.
the speed at which walls are painted, repainted, signed, tagged, stenciled, changed, modified, built, extended, fortified, destroyed, relocated and deployed provides a fascinating insight into how public urban forms - often through objects considered permanent and unchanging - are contested by deeply opposing forces.
as a small taste, compare the above photo taken on 27 january with the photo taken no later than 1 february which appears at the wonderful uprisingsintranslation tumblr here. enough time for tantawi’s image, quite simply, to be defaced.
the message is fairly clear.
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