a counter-city within Cairo

A pair of tweets. (The 6th of October Bridge is a major east-west bridge across the Nile, just north of Tahrir Square.)

6th of Oct.bridge now a parking spot w/ valet service for protesters heading into #tahrir #jan25

Mornin’ revolution! Today at Tahrir there’s a meeting at 9am for civil engineers to organize and do urban planning of the square! #jan25

As long as the protestors occupy that area, the government’s functions are severely impaired. Last I heard, entry to the Mogamma (the big government office building) was still blocked by the protestors.