So.. Tahrir Square a happy place.. full of emotions, memories and everything else.. I experienced joy, hate, anger, fear and sadness in that place.. Probably everyone who was there during the 18 days knows how I feel. Anyhow.. I just got back home after a day in the square .. the numbers were huge ! almost as crowded as the old days.. yet it left me with mixed feelings.. It was a crazy place, I started my day around a group of liberals which was okay.. the people are open minded they're not extremists in anyway I was close to Omar Makram.. I decided to go to Talaat Harb street, I took the short way thru the metro.. while going up the metro stairs to Talaat Harb street I heard a chant that kept me frozen in my place for a few seconds " al sha3b yorid tatbi2 shar3 allah " that total extreme Islamist chant totally hit me ... I wasn't in Egypt on the 29th of July when Tahrir was totally occupied by Salafis and Ikhwan, so today was my first shock with such chants.. and the chants kept going louder " allahu akbar" and "islameya islameya" That was the first time for me personally to hear non political chants in Tahrir .. It was never like that, on the other hand there where the amazing chants I love the anti SCAF chants .. " alsha3b yorid eskat el moushir" and " yaskot yaskot 7okm el 3askar e7na elsha3b el khatt el a7mar" and " yangeeb 7a2ohom yanmout zayohom" .
All these chants were present today.. it was a weird mix that changed my mood a lot .. from angry to depressed to cheerful .. Schizophrenia at it best I must say...
I got sexually harassed of course like any other female in the square I suppose .. Verbally A LOT ! and physically 4 times .. plus the times that men pass by and touch my ass or boobs as if it was a mistake coz it's crowded.. it might have been a mistake .. I can never tell.
So right now, I'm home kind of devastated .. Tho the numbers were huge and everything .. but the general atmosphere wasn't the atmosphere I like..
I hope they stop going to tahrir for their religious causes .. I really do .. It was never like that.. and it should NEVER be like that..
This is my Tahrir, our Tahrir.. my baby.. I'm too attached to that place and I don't want ANYONE to mess with it.
This place is sacred for me.. and I believe for others too..
I want my safe home back.. I want it back.. I don't want anyone to use it anymore for any purposes whether for their religious believes or their parliament or presidential campaigns..
I want my Tahrir back where men used to protect me when it got dangerous there not use the situation to touch my body..
I'm sad
All these chants were present today.. it was a weird mix that changed my mood a lot .. from angry to depressed to cheerful .. Schizophrenia at it best I must say...
I got sexually harassed of course like any other female in the square I suppose .. Verbally A LOT ! and physically 4 times .. plus the times that men pass by and touch my ass or boobs as if it was a mistake coz it's crowded.. it might have been a mistake .. I can never tell.
So right now, I'm home kind of devastated .. Tho the numbers were huge and everything .. but the general atmosphere wasn't the atmosphere I like..
I hope they stop going to tahrir for their religious causes .. I really do .. It was never like that.. and it should NEVER be like that..
This is my Tahrir, our Tahrir.. my baby.. I'm too attached to that place and I don't want ANYONE to mess with it.
This place is sacred for me.. and I believe for others too..
I want my safe home back.. I want it back.. I don't want anyone to use it anymore for any purposes whether for their religious believes or their parliament or presidential campaigns..
I want my Tahrir back where men used to protect me when it got dangerous there not use the situation to touch my body..
I'm sad
