Voices of Tahrir — Wust El-Balad

Voices of Tahrir — Wust El-Balad from Elliott Woods on Vimeo.

“On the eighteenth night of protests in Tahrir Square, Cairo, the legendary Egyptian band Wust El-Balad (Downtown) took to the stage, singing songs about liberation and freedom and Egyptian culture. At the end of this song, the crowd erupted into a chant of “Horriya!” or, “Freedom!”

Tens of thousands of other protesters began gathering in Tahrir Square and in other locatioins throughout Cairo and other cities in Egypt on 25 January 2011 in a “Day of Anger.” The demonstrations have continued for three weeks since with no signs of stopping.

These short videos give voice to one protester at a time.”

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