A book of unfinished theories

by Samuli Schielke. (From 2011 until 2014 this blog carried the title "You'll be late for the revolution!" An Anthropologist's Diary of the Egyptian Revolution and what followed.)

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Jakob Lindfors writing: Continuous Elections – Until Victory!

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The following note about the first day of parliamentary elections in Egypt was written by Jakob Lindfors who was friendly enough to allow me...

Friday, 25 November 2011

Longing for the smell of teargas

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Today was a new day of mass protests against military rule in Egypt. While the attention of the media has focused on Tahrir Square, large ...

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Revolution as a way of life

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Today afternoon, Daniela and I decided to enjoy some normality. There is plenty of it, life going on as normal in the rest of Cairo while ...

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Subverting the Uprising

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I'm just returning from Tahrir, where there were lots of people, but of course not as many as the last night (Tuesday was a major demons...

Videos from Tahrir Square

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I shot these scenes and interviews on Tahrir Square on Tuesday, 22/11/2011. Partly in Arabic, partly in English. http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Monday, 21 November 2011

Strategies and surprises

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It has been a weird four days in Egypt to say the least. Just back from Tahrir Square, I find it impossible to describe the situation in any...

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

The Arab autumn?

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I never liked the expression “the Arab Spring” because I know too well what happened to the Prague Spring in 1968. A short time of hope in a...

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