,     APRIL 2013 BACK ISSUE by Pauline Beugnies Where are you Revolution? Experiencing a period of general despair one could ask what did change in Egypt after January 2011? The real change, so far, can be seen in the youth, who are a majority but have long felt like a powerless minority, marginalized from work, family life, and politics. Now these young people are willing to question, experiment, confront and fight through culture, art, activism and social relations. My project explores this new generation who is choosing emancipation over the tyranny of patriarchy. Young people try to tear down the cement block wall on Qasr Al Aini in downtown Cairo. The Military council ruling the country is badly criticised for erecting several cement block walls on strategic streets around the city center to deter crowds. Eman, Gehad with a group of young dissident Muslim sisters. They are assisting a rally launching the presidential campaign of Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh in Al Azhar park in Cairo. After the January Uprising, many young members of the Muslim Brotherhood, in disagreement with the leadership, left the organisation. Some have created a new revolutionary party called "Tayyar al Misri" (The Egyptian Current)  For the presidential elections, they support Aboul Foutouh instead of Mohamed Morsi, the MB candidate. Ammar Abu Bakr, painter and teacher at an art school in Luxor is taking his students out for a graffiti mural workshop.  After watching a video of policemen boasting about shooting protesters in the eyes in the clashes of November 2011, Ammar left his job in Luxor to go and paint murals on Mohamed Mahmud Street in Cairo. Ammar Abu Bakr and others are back painting the Mohamed Mahmud wall after the authorities erased all the murals. Hagar, muslim sister and Ayman, liberal activist are posing on their wedding day in front of a military zone at Suez canal. Gehad, a sociology student, is celebrating her marriage with Abdullah, a young journalist for Al Jazeera.  She is seen with her friend Eman, both dissidents of the Muslim Brotherhood. A young man at the rally for the launch of the presidential campaign of Abdel Moneim Aboul Foutouh in Al Azhar Park in Cairo.  Aboul Foutouh, a moderate Islamist dissident of the Muslim Brotherhood, was the favourite for many youth, who see him as a very inclusive candidate. Not represented in government, some youth groups decide to initiate their own parliament to discuss important issues. Ahmed and Hend are members of Justice and Freedom Youth Movement. Youth dance at a Shabi (literally meaning “from the people”) concert at the Greek Club in downtown Cairo.  Shabi music, a mix of Rap, Electro and traditional Shaabi rhythm, came out of the informal neighbourhoods of Cairo and is now played in clubs.  Their songs address social issues and ideas of revolution. Young guys wait for a Shabi (literally meaning “from the people”) concert to begin on the outskirts of Cairo. Young guys are burning fireworks at a concert of Amr Haha and Sadat during a wedding party in Medinat al Obour in Cairo. A young guy dances at a wedding party hosted by a Shabi band in Medinat al Obour in Cairo. A young woman at a female demonstration in downtown Cairo. Since the January 2011 Uprising, women are coming out onto the streets to claim their rights and fight sexual harassment. Back to current issue