Tahrir and Beyond: Interviews with Journalist, Ahmad Shokr, and Filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer

March 27, 2013

By Vomena via Jadaliyya

On the latest edition of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, Cairo-based journalist, Ahmad Shokr comments on the serious unrest in the major Egyptian harbor city of Port Said over the past two weeks. The root cause is said to be from the recent court verdict condemning 21 civilians to death and acquitting 7 police officers involved in a January 2012 soccer riot that killed 74 people last year.

Egyptian filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer talk about their award winning documentary film “Al-Meydan,” or The Square in English. Through the lens of three activists, the film follows the ebbs and flows of the 2011 historic uprising, and captures the revolutionary spirit that swept Egypt.

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