Al midan (2013) Movie Script
What happened?
The lights went out.
- Why?
This is normal.
The lights are
out all over the world.
The lights are
out all over Egypt.
Everything is like this,
it's not just the electricity.
Electricity is the least
of our problems.
And all the little kids
in the streets say,
"Turn the lights back on, man."
Who is the "man"?
The man who's responsible
for switching the electricity
back on.
The regime.
Are you recording?
- Yes.
Really recording?
Yes.
OK. Do as you like.
- - Let me
tell you how this whole story began.
Egypt was living
without dignity.
Injustice existed
everywhere.
Before the revolution,
I lived from one job
to the next.
I started working
when I was eight years old.
In fifth grade, I used
to pay my school tuition
by selling lemons
in the street.
There was no hope for a
better future in this country.
We were tied down by
an unjust regime and
its dictator.
Mubarak was the head
of the regime
that forced us to live for
30 years under emergency law.
I lived my entire life
under Mubarak's injustice.
The regime always
worked against the people.
They would torture,
electrocute, beat the
shit out of people.
No one dared to speak
about politics.
Politics was for
the regime only.
Oh, my God, people.
We want to go
to Tahrir Square.
If we have any dignity and
want to live as humans
in this country,
then we have to
go to the streets.
We will go down and demand
our fundamental human rights.
I am going down and I will say
"no" to corruption, "no" to
this regime.
I went to the
streets.
I found everyone around me
felt just as I did.
The people
want to end corruption!
Peaceful!
The police tried to
divide us with all they had.
People got angry...
We were all present.
We were one hand.
One hand!
One hand!
One hand!
We will fill the world
with our poetry.
Our words will
stand in the Square.
And they will be
like bullets in this war.
Revolution until victory!
Revolution on
every street in Egypt!
Leave, Mubarak!
This is when we
realised that people are
the true power.
Every five seconds,
thousands join the sit-in.
We won't leave the Square
until our demands are met.
We've never
had our rights.
Finally, we have this piece
of land to call our own
and to claim
our rights on.
And now, it's ours.
It's not too much
to ask for.
Tahrir Square is nothing
compared to the thousands
of acres they stole.
Tea, anyone?
Tea, anyone?
Magdy.
I told you we'd have
some tea together.
You, too, have some tea.
If I were to talk on behalf
of some of the Islamists...
Who's to say who's
an example of Islam?
The ideas we've
adopted since the start
of the revolution
are beautiful.
The idea that
we're one society.
To imagine that one day I would
be standing in Tahrir Square
in solidarity with all these
- people, I could never have imagined it.
At first, we were just
sleeping on newspapers.
And we didn't have any
blankets, only a few.
And only a few
people slept in.
Now, it's turning into some
community. It's more tents.
Relationships are
becoming very strong.
We're waiting for him
to resign tonight.
Waiting, waiting, waiting.
I don't know,
we're all very nervous.
I don't have any
cigarettes left.
Take this one.
I'm just waiting for the speech.
You don't normally
get so much time
to try and work out where
you're going to be standing
when something
historic happens,
and the bastard
is making us wait.
The protestors I talked to before I left
were very concerned
literally for their lives
if they left that Square.
The Secret Police, - the intelligence
apparatus is still in place,
still taking people and could
pick them off one by one
when they return
to their homes.
Khalid, you're
a famous actor.
Do you worry about talking
like you have been?
About being in
with the protestors?
Do you worry that
you could be targeted?
Well, I...
I don't care.
I mean, I know
why I'm here
and I know why
I want to be here.
I mean, I come from...
I come from three generations
- who've been fighting
for social reform and political
freedoms in this country.
And here we have
the discourse of democracy,
of freedom, of social justice,
of political reform
being changed in the
Middle East for all of us.
And I'm extremely proud
to be here for those reasons.
God be with you.
I am telling you,
good things are coming.
Good things.
- - Usually, the
Muslim Brotherhood is our biggest fear.
But everyone inside
the Square now is different.
After the government turned
it into a life or death
situation,
enough, it didn't matter
- who you are and what you are doing.
And everyone knows that you're
here, and if you're here,
you're willing to die.
We are
doing this for our children.
Even if I die,
it's for the future.
So now that Mubarak is gone,
we have to take control.
The main thing is taking the regime down.
Whoever is negotiating
with them...
The regime is already down.
If you take out people
and put people just like them
from the same circle,
from the same regime,
then you didn't take down the
regime, you took down people.
You're absolutely right.
No one is going to kill you.
I told you before.
The Army will sacrifice
their last drop of blood
before they fire a single
bullet on the people.
Never.
Now, please pack
your things and go home.
When Mubarak
stepped down...
...the Armed Forces took
over the country's affairs.
They swore to God to meet
the people's demands.
So people went home.
And nothing happened.
We didn't put the killers on
trial or change the government.
There is no new constitution,
and the Secret Police are still
in power.
The regime is
not just Mubarak.
The regime is all
the country's institutions,
and they all have to change.
So we went back
to the Square.
We're entering Tahrir Square,
the place of pride and dignity,
where a tent and a blanket
can solve all your problems.
? We'll keep protesting!?
? We'll keep protesting!?
? We're staying here,
we're not going anywhere!?
? We're staying here,
we're not going anywhere!?
? We'll continue
our revolution!?
? We'll continue
our revolution!?
- - The main way
of communicating is through slogans.
- -? Our
revolution is a people's revolution!?
? Our revolution
is a people's revolution!?
? Not a coalition's
- revolution nor a party's revolution!?
The expectation at first was
that he would go and then we'd - all
move on or find a way of doing things.
Now, if he just goes and someone
comes in his place and we have
the whole same regime underneath
him, then we have a major
problem.
It just becomes, we did all of
this in order to just to remove
him
and put someone exactly
like him in his place.
If we still have a police state,
if we still have emergency law,
if we still have
the constitution
pretty much the
same as it is,
then if we had an election
in six months' time,
the situation would
pretty much be the same
because the tools
of the state remain the same.
We're now living
in the state of Tahrir.
It has its housing department.
the Islamist, and the old
regime led by the Army.
The Army has won
part of this revolution.
- - They wanted to
stop Mubarak's son from inheriting power.
Once that happened, they wanted
people to go back home,
and the country to go back
to its corrupt ways.
I'll tell you again,
I have a responsibility.
I feel it,
as an individual,
that I have to insist
on my point of view,
because there is still one
more centimetre I could gain.
Even if it's just one
centimetre, one inch.
- - The Army
are the leaders of the counter-revolution.
You've already won
a lot, and it is threatened.
This is a warning.
Leave! Go home.
If you don't leave,
I will shoot you.
Egyptians do not
revolt easily.
For us to revolt, it means
we've had enough. Enough!
We'll free our country,
no matter what.
And we'll take
down the regime.
The people are determined
to continue their revolution.
Do whatever you want to us.
We're staying,
this is our Square.
The people are the source
of authority, not the Army.
You are saying that
it's a peaceful protest.
You think you can
do whatever you want
and we won't attack you.
But we will attack
if necessary.
That's how it is.
That's the end of it.
You're imposing a
curfew?
- Yes, God willing.
You mean just in
the Square?
- No, everywhere.
But, sir...
Mister,
I'm afraid this won't do.
But they told us - yesterday, we
could continue the sit-in in the Square.
Off you go. Leave.
- Yes, sir.
Why the Square in particular?
We took these
barricades from the police,
so we'd be able
to stop any attack.
We do trust the Army. But there
are some leaders in the Army
who are corrupt because
they are part of Mubarak's era.
Everyone's awake.
There might be an
attack at any time.
Where are the tents?
There are no tents,
they're clearing the Square.
What's going on?
They used to come
in the middle of the night.
They used to
take you away violently.
You were afraid to dream
the wrong dream for fear
of punishment.
They used to search
his computer,
looking for anything
religious or Islamic.
They used to come,
and no one could say a word.
He was electrocuted and beaten.
The Army's in this position,
generally, at the moment
where no one
believes that they
could torture people
or could do anything bad
and are extremely happy with
them for taking responsibility
to return us all to stability
and all of that kind of thing.
This is not the right way
to block a facility
that represents
the authority of the nation.
Compare it to what
happened in England.
When David Cameron said,
I'm going to take licence
to use the ammunition
against anyone trying to make
a kind of demonstration
in front of Downing Street
or any facility.
What happened?
All of them withdraw.
Why? Because they know
the man is serious.
And this is according
to the law.
So why do you deny it
from the Egyptian authority?
The battle isn't just
the rocks and stones.
The battle is in the images.
The battle is in the stories.
Shh!
We decided
to create a space which supports
those fighting
for the revolution
through video
and various types of media.
It's what's called
"popular media",
using websites like YouTube.
If you know anyone who
has a digital camera
they're not using, tell us.
We should film
as much as we can.
The truth is that things
are moving quickly.
We don't know when this footage
can be used as evidence.
If people are being fooled about
what is really happening here,
we must film everything
and show them the truth.
As long as there's a camera,
the revolution will continue.
The problem now with the media
is that they oppose change
and turn people
against the revolution.
So, what will you do?
Well, I am going
to keep exposing them.
And they'll keep
exposing themselves.
Until the corrupt
media falls.
What are you going to do?
Start a television station?
Yes, hopefully I will.
Well, you'll have to put it
in Cyprus or else they will
destroy it.
So you'll
need a massive amount of money.
Yours,
because your people are poor.
And who is this democracy
and freedom for?
Give others a chance to speak.
- Please go ahead.
No. Carry on, Ahmed.
God give you strength.
I missed you.
- I missed you a lot.
How are you?
- Good.
There's a massive
turnout today.
But it's a different
crowd today.
- Meaning?
There's a big presence
of Muslim Brotherhood.
More than the last week?
- For sure.
Yes, the Brotherhood
wasn't here last week.
All the Muslim Brothers
were told to be here today.
It's been said that
the Muslim Brotherhood
made a deal
with the Army.
This is what's
being said.
Honestly, I'm upset about their
political tactics and games.
They should not
be here for
a political agenda
or gains.
Some Brotherhood leaders make
secret deals with the Army
and use their presence in the
Square as a negotiating tool.
You know I think
this is wrong.
The Quran is
our constitution!
Islamic rule!
Islamic rule!
The Muslim Brotherhood
started yelling, "Islamic rule,
Islamic rule."
What do they mean by Islamic?
Aren't we Muslims too?
The Brotherhood began to use
the Square to negotiate
with the Army.
They're not calling
for the people's demands.
But for their
political demands.
The Brotherhood ruined
the sit-in.
They've created divisions
amongst everyone in the Square.
They are exhausting
everyone with their lies.
Thank you.
What are you going to eat?
- I have some.
When the Brotherhood
are active,
people say they are
hijacking the revolution.
But the Brotherhood existed
long before the revolution.
But you change your statements
based on where you are.
In Cairo, you say you
a want secular state.
In other areas, you say
you want a religious one.
You are the biggest supporters
of the Military Council,
standing against us.
You speak in the name
of religion to get what
you want.
You contradict your
statements all the time.
Hold on, look at this.
I'm very sorry that
you were beaten in the past.
No, not beaten. We've spent
our lives in prison cells.
The Muslim Brotherhood
has damaged the image of Islam.
I am embarrassed of being
a Muslim because of you.
The Brotherhood has
hijacked the revolution,
OK, where's your film?
No, you did.
Yeah, yeah.
Your ID.
Open the camera.
Show me the camera.
I want to see
- your ID. -
Don't step outside.
I lived in
the '70s in England when IRA
people or any demonstration
were also beaten up,
and electrified
and they twisted their arms
and I don't know what.
A special machine
to put their fingers in.
So, what I'm supposed to
accept that?
- No, no, you are not.
No, you are not supposed to - accept, but
you are supposed to weigh in on things.
I am weighing in things,
I'm weighing in things.
You seem to take
a few things for granted.
Well, this is why we want to get
rid of them as soon as possible.
And to say that the people
are not ready to vote
is just very condescending
and wrong.
I'm not against people
- voting however the way they want.
Yeah, I know you don't agree.
The difference - between me
and you and many of the young people...
You want
- parliamentary elections in two months?
Yes, I want people to vote.
- In two months?
Yes, yes.
As soon as possible.
There are no decent parties.
- OK, so what?
Because you've been living
in a vacuum for 30 years.
OK, you've been living
for the 30 years.
Yet people are complaining that
the Muslim Brotherhood will win.
Fuck this.
And they have been
living in the same vacuum.
Yet they do have a following.
You could only start making
parties a week ago.
Humanity has not discovered
anything better
for representation
than elections.
If we don't have this
as soon as possible...
Elections that happen under
circumstances in which
you can have proper elections.
- No.
It's about there being
a voice that is there...
Between the ex-regime
as a major power force
and the Brotherhood
as a major power force.
Where is anything in - the middle? Who
is...? What is there in the middle?
Who do they vote for? -Who do they
vote for? -
Tell me at least
who they can vote for.
I believe that the millions
who made this happen,
I believe that the majority
of them were not people
who wanted the old regime - and were
not people who wanted the Brotherhood.
I am so fucking scared
of the moment
a lieutenant or a brigadier
general or something
will say,
"Enough of this rubbish.
We are back to military
rule completely."
It is in their interest that it
disintegrates into chaos.
It is in their interest to say,
"OK, you people.
Enough law and order."
Enough of this. All the
politicians are failures.
The Muslim Brothers,
the Salafis, the Socialists,
the Liberals,
they're all failures.
I've decided to walk in
the middle of the street.
The cars can do
whatever they want.
What can they do?
Run me over?
They need to curb
to the side, not me.
I will stand my ground.
Go away.
Enough walking cautiously
on the side.
out and the prosecutors
left with them.
Now we're waiting for the
families to make a decision,
whether they do the autopsies
or bury the bodies immediately.
Without the autopsy evidence,
there'll be a big problem.
They'll be able to say,
"Oh, they died in a stampede."
They have to do autopsies.
They have to be filmed.
Because there are clear
marks that they were
run over by tanks.
They summarised all you wrote,
and said he died from
a bullet in the chest.
Stay here.
I'll get you the report.
For a year,
we've been in this mess.
In this shit, in this
country, because of
every time we keep silent.
We can't stay silent.
We have to keep the pressure on.
We might not win this time,
but maybe next time.
People must know
they will be punished
and be afraid of that.
People can't take it anymore.
They're losing their nerves.
The Egyptian regime was
able to fool both Muslims
and Christians.
They want to suffocate us.
If it remains stuck
in our minds
that it's a sectarian problem,
that will be a crisis.
The Army wants this to happen.
The Army wants to divide us.
There is an old saying:
"Divide and conquer."
- Exactly.
They want to divide
Muslims and Christians.
Why, Mina? Didn't I tell
you not to go to protests?
"I won't go.
I'll do as you say, Mom."
But you tricked me and went,
and took your life away from me.
"If I died a martyr, Mom,
would you be sad for me, Mom?"
I'm not sad for
the martyr in you.
But losing you hurts,
my love.
I'm not sad for the martyr
in you, my love.
I'm not sad for the martyr
in you, my love.
Our parting hurts, Mina.
Our Army is firing at us!
A new revolution all over
again!
Live free or die heroes!
Our Army has protected you!
And protected the revolution!
The Army didn't protect
the revolution.
The Army protected
their interests,
but betrayed
the revolution!
Betrayed the revolution!
- Protected!
Betrayed the revolution!
Betrayed the revolution!
Betrayed the revolution!
- The Army betrayed the revolution!
So you are right
and all of us are wrong?
The people demand
the fall of the military regime!
They were firing
live bullets at us.
Firing randomly in
every corner of the Square.
People were falling one by one.
Just because they were saying,
"Down with military rule."
Revolutionaries.
The good and free people
are being called traitors...
...while the traitors
are called heroes.
It was too much.
Too many bullets.
Our Army is killing us.
They can't be Egyptians!
They forgot Egypt!
He's alive, he's alive!
Death always knocks on my door.
Knocking on my head.
I'm trying to do a daily report.
You going to
get it out online?
- Yes.
I think we can
cut into the...
- - The Muslim
Brotherhood has not really participated
in these protests whatsoever.
They want the elections
to go forward as planned
because they stand
to gain the most from them,
and they are being
severely accused by
the revolutionary youth
Hey, kiddo, are you OK?
Ahmed! Ahmed!
Let me pass, let me pass!
Is it a bullet?
A bullet?
Is it a bullet?
Or a rock?
Can I have some bandages?
Bandages, bandages!
Why is there all
this blood?
- Why all this blood?
They're gassing the
hospital and people are dying.
Even the doctors are dying.
I think it's nerve gas.
You collapse and convulse.
Did you film any of this?
- I filmed but then I fell.
You couldn't take it?
I was shaking and suffocating.
Everyone was.
The patients have to be moved,
or they will die.
These are being thrown at us.
This is what is making us
fall to the ground.
America?
A gift.
These
battles have been raging not
for hours, but for days.
Up to 14 people have
been killed, hundreds injured.
A video uploaded yesterday on
YouTube has circulated widely,
provoked outrage at the extent
of police brutality.
General
Tantawi denied that any live
bullets have been fired.
Glorious people of Egypt.
What we are witnessing
now on the streets
and television
are just accusations
attempting to smear the image
of the military.
The Armed Forces
will move forward
with parliamentary
elections as planned.
Presidential elections
will take place before
the end of June 2012.
It's the first time
he dares speak to us!
[overlapping shouts from
crowd]
- [sirens wailing in distance]
Hello, can you hear me?
I have no fear about the
future of this country.
I have fear for a future of
this country which includes
the military,
and a military that wants
to be above the rule of law,
a military that wants
to be above the constitution,
a military that doesn't want
to tell us how much money
they're stealing from this
country, a military
that is receiving aid
in the millions - and billions
from the US and other governments.
Hi, Ahmed.
How did you know it was me?
Of course, honey,
you're my sweetheart.
So quickly
you said, "Hello, Ahmed."
A revolution that
removed a regime, OK?
Before the people
destroyed it.
Did the Army protect
the revolution?
We didn't protect
the revolution,
we made it happen.
You kids don't
know anything.
I was beaten
with boots and sticks.
I'm bruised from being
beaten all over my body.
I've lived in the military
world for 40 years.
I am honestly telling
you the Armed Forces
are not like this. At all.
You've been entrusted
with a nation's security.
It's your duty.
So all I'm asking is,
how can I entrust a nation
- to those who can't even protect a woman?
Even if I am your
brother, at some point,
I must be tough on you.
I don't understand why.
Why?
When the Army first came
to the streets,
people climbed on tanks
and hugged the soldiers
and clapped for them.
What then? Why?
What's wrong with you?
I swear to you, Ghada, - one day you'll
say you met General Hamdy Bekheit,
and he told you
the following:
None of the guilty
will get away with it.
Whatever happens.
I promise you.
This is a picture of a friend
who took a bullet in his leg.
This is not
an Army bullet.
It doesn't look like one.
The most beautiful thing
about our Square
is that everyone who comes here
follows his conscience,
not some political force.
And that's what
makes us strong.
We're here presenting Cinema
Tahrir to remind us why
we are here,
and to show the people who
ask us why we're still here.
Because only we
can tell our stories.
The revolutionaries
who toppled the regime
have died, been injured,
or gone to prison.
And with no constitution,
they want to hold elections
stained by revolutionary blood,
supervised by those
who killed the revolutionaries.
And they made two ballot boxes.
One for the killer,
and one for the traitor.
Our voices will keep getting
higher and higher,
because the streets
are our ballot boxes.
- - The next Egyptian
president will either be an Islamist
from the Muslim - Brotherhood
or Mubarak's last prime minister,
and that has left
- many of the so-called revolutionaries
with a very tough choice
in a very close race.
I don't want either.
We're stuck between
a rock and a hard place.
We'll have to accept
whatever happens.
Everyone keep
your voices down.
With 51.73 percent,
13 million,
230 thousand and 131...
we have the same problems.
It's crazy, we made a revolution
and no new constitution.
We got a president
without a constitution.
The most important thing
is the new constitution.
And now it's under
their control.
Religion is the biggest problem
we will face in this next phase,
because we have
a new political power
that also claims it's
a religious organisation,
a missionary force,
and this is a disaster.
Magdy, I love you.
But I hate
the Brotherhood.
They made shitty decisions,
and we're in a shitty situation.
You elected a president.
You need to be patient.
For how long?
The President is a man who
I trust with my religion.
Can't I trust him
with my politics too?
This is the constitution
of the Brotherhood.
We are Egyptian citizens.
We are not
Brotherhood citizens.
You were against torture,
and now you're torturing.
Against corruption,
and now you're corrupt.
Who brought
Morsi into power?
The people.
- The people.
Because they felt
you guys were an
oppressed people.
This document will allow what
happened to you to happen to me.
Do you accept that?
- Of course not.
OK, then take this constitution.
It doesn't serve me.
I hated what they did
to you. I went to the
streets because of it.
Why did we go to the street?
Wasn't it to protest
against police brutality?
The Secret Police
that tortured you?
You are allowing the
Secret Police to do
the same thing to me.
And you're saying
"yes" to this.
The people demand
the fall of the regime!
This is the third stage
of our revolution.
We got rid of Mubarak,
then the military.
Now the focus is on
the Brotherhood.
It is a - bigger
challenge, because it will include more blood.
When you're fighting your
own people, it's different
from fighting the regime.
Because, after all,
even if the regime was
extremely violent and vicious,
and if they used all the
weapons they had, it's still
not as vicious
as when the people fight each
other. It's very different.
In the name of God, I am
directing this to the people
who have resorted
to violence.
The time has come
for the law
to judge them
and punish them.
He's ordering his people
to attack us. That's the
message behind his speech.
Go to the streets and
attack the hell out of them.
The Brotherhood has been
fucking with us for two years.
I didn't see you
today at all.
What did Morsi do wrong?
No one has given him a chance.
My butcher the other day yelled,
"Goddamn you, Morsi."
I asked why. He said,
- "Because it is so hot." -
Is this a joke? -If there were
alternatives, I wouldn't want Morsi.
Honestly, we don't care
about Mubarak or Morsi.
We just want a decent
man to rule with justice.
I don't care if he's a Jew.
We're afraid that
if Morsi falls,
we will be taken
back to prisons.
Why all the focus on the
Brotherhood and how
horrible the President is?
The revolutionaries were your
friends. You lived with them.
There is a fog in the country.
- No, Magdy.
You abandoned one side
and chose the other.
I didn't abandon.
I chose the side that I
grew up with, that I felt
was supporting me.
Magdy has five children.
How does he provide for them?
The Muslim Brotherhood.
All the time Magdy
was playing revolutionary,
being filmed, shot at,
jailed, what did he gain?
Where did that get him?
I never thought
we'd all be divided
into the Brotherhood
and other groups.
I'm sad. Nothing has
changed for my dad.
We haven't gained
from the revolution.
I still can't
get health care.
It's OK.
It's OK.
These are the gains
of the revolution.
She's filled
with tears.
It's OK.
Everything will be all right.
Protests continue in Egypt as
the country's top
opposition leaders
renew calls to topple
the Islamist regime.
The climax
will be an open-ended
strike across Egypt
on the 30th of June.
A grassroots campaign
has gathered over
18 million signatures.
They hope to install
a transitional government
and call early
presidential elections.
Muslim Brotherhood officials,
for their part,
have said that many of
those coming out on
June 30th are thugs.
Our beloved President,
may God make June 30th
a day of pride for Islam
and a day of doom - for the hypocrite
opposition. -
May you destroy them all.
Defeat them and make us win.
- Amen.
Protect us from their evils.
- Amen.
President Morsi
is a line you don't cross.
Meaning?
- Meaning, if you threaten him,
we'll spill your blood.
- Meaning?
Meaning, he's the legitimate
elected President.
But they're going to the
streets to take him down.
They can go to hell.
Why? It's their right.
- No, It's not their right.
Freedom!
Freedom!
What is revolution?
Revolution is not simply
replacing a regime.
Revolution is a
culture of a people.
You give them
ownership of their freedom.
That's what we gained.
You don't want to see
your friends, Khalid and Ahmed?
I want to see them,
but I'm assigned here now.
They told me I need to stay.
I don't want to stand with
one side against the other,
and it could result in death.
Understand?
Aren't you sad?
- Of course.
That your friends
are on the opposite side?
Who am I attacking? Am I going
to attack Khalid Abdalla?
Or Pierre who used
to host me in his apartment?
The President's speech
was not satisfactory
to the people's demands.
Early presidential elections
will be held.
The head of the constitutional
court will be the
interim President
until a new President
is elected.
Long live Egypt!
Long live Egypt!
Long live Egypt!
Morsi has fallen.
So did the Army and Mubarak.
We're waiting
for the next one.
This is our life now,
we'll stay in the street.
I want to go home
and sleep.
So tell me, Magdy,
what are we going to do now?
Listen, Ahmed, I swear
to God, I'm at the Brotherhood
sit-in.
We may or may not be massacred.
It doesn't matter.
If you're meant to die,
it's going to happen
wherever you are.
The more they kill, the
more we believe in our cause.
The pro-Morsi sit-in
declared that there have been
deaths
after they were shot at
with live bullets.
A massacre by all means.
Magdy, as much as I've
been violent in words,
that was just
anger speaking.
Well, you're putting
our religion on the line.
You're challenging our belief
of an Islamic country.
Honestly, I want
to come be with you.
After all, this revolution was
for a principle, not for blood.
What I feared has
started happening.
That we're going
to fight each other.
- - We're all your
soldiers. Morsi! -
We'll rally beside you.
Morsi!
We'll rally beside you. Morsi!
I don't want you
to get hurt or killed.
Magdy, when I gave you a hard
time, it was because I was mad.
But we still respect
each other's opinions.
And you and I agree.
We want the best
for our country.
You shouldn't come here.
You shouldn't come here.
No, forget it, I'm coming.
What will they do? Kill me?
That's up to God's will.
And if I die I'll just
blame it on you, Magdy.
You know me.
I'm not here to die or to kill.
You know my intentions.
? Freedom is coming,
that's for sure?
? "Liberty" was written
in our destiny?
? They said, riots are
in our blood?
? And how dare we claim
our rights??
? Freedom?
? Revolution!?
? Oh, the Square?
? Where were you long ago??
? With you we sung
and with you we suffered?
? We've prayed and
we've been scared?
? United day and night?
? Nothing is
impossible with you?
? The sound of freedom
is gathering us?
? And our lives
finally have meaning?
? No turning back?
? Our voices are
finally heard?
? And the dream
is no longer forbidden?
? Oh, the Square?
? Where were you long ago??
? You've destroyed the walls
and let in the light?
? You gathered the
broken people around you?
? We've been reborn?
? And our determined
dream was born?
? We have our differences
but our intentions are pure?
? Even when the picture
wasn't clear?
? Honouring our country
and our grandchildren?
? And the rights that have
been stolen from our youth?
? Oh, the Square?
? Where were you long ago??
? With you we felt
something for the first time?
? But since then
we grew apart?
? We have to change ourselves
with our own hands?
? You gave us so much
and now it's our turn?
? Sometimes I fear
that you become a memory?
The lights went out.
- Why?
This is normal.
The lights are
out all over the world.
The lights are
out all over Egypt.
Everything is like this,
it's not just the electricity.
Electricity is the least
of our problems.
And all the little kids
in the streets say,
"Turn the lights back on, man."
Who is the "man"?
The man who's responsible
for switching the electricity
back on.
The regime.
Are you recording?
- Yes.
Really recording?
Yes.
OK. Do as you like.
- - Let me
tell you how this whole story began.
Egypt was living
without dignity.
Injustice existed
everywhere.
Before the revolution,
I lived from one job
to the next.
I started working
when I was eight years old.
In fifth grade, I used
to pay my school tuition
by selling lemons
in the street.
There was no hope for a
better future in this country.
We were tied down by
an unjust regime and
its dictator.
Mubarak was the head
of the regime
that forced us to live for
30 years under emergency law.
I lived my entire life
under Mubarak's injustice.
The regime always
worked against the people.
They would torture,
electrocute, beat the
shit out of people.
No one dared to speak
about politics.
Politics was for
the regime only.
Oh, my God, people.
We want to go
to Tahrir Square.
If we have any dignity and
want to live as humans
in this country,
then we have to
go to the streets.
We will go down and demand
our fundamental human rights.
I am going down and I will say
"no" to corruption, "no" to
this regime.
I went to the
streets.
I found everyone around me
felt just as I did.
The people
want to end corruption!
Peaceful!
The police tried to
divide us with all they had.
People got angry...
We were all present.
We were one hand.
One hand!
One hand!
One hand!
We will fill the world
with our poetry.
Our words will
stand in the Square.
And they will be
like bullets in this war.
Revolution until victory!
Revolution on
every street in Egypt!
Leave, Mubarak!
This is when we
realised that people are
the true power.
Every five seconds,
thousands join the sit-in.
We won't leave the Square
until our demands are met.
We've never
had our rights.
Finally, we have this piece
of land to call our own
and to claim
our rights on.
And now, it's ours.
It's not too much
to ask for.
Tahrir Square is nothing
compared to the thousands
of acres they stole.
Tea, anyone?
Tea, anyone?
Magdy.
I told you we'd have
some tea together.
You, too, have some tea.
If I were to talk on behalf
of some of the Islamists...
Who's to say who's
an example of Islam?
The ideas we've
adopted since the start
of the revolution
are beautiful.
The idea that
we're one society.
To imagine that one day I would
be standing in Tahrir Square
in solidarity with all these
- people, I could never have imagined it.
At first, we were just
sleeping on newspapers.
And we didn't have any
blankets, only a few.
And only a few
people slept in.
Now, it's turning into some
community. It's more tents.
Relationships are
becoming very strong.
We're waiting for him
to resign tonight.
Waiting, waiting, waiting.
I don't know,
we're all very nervous.
I don't have any
cigarettes left.
Take this one.
I'm just waiting for the speech.
You don't normally
get so much time
to try and work out where
you're going to be standing
when something
historic happens,
and the bastard
is making us wait.
The protestors I talked to before I left
were very concerned
literally for their lives
if they left that Square.
The Secret Police, - the intelligence
apparatus is still in place,
still taking people and could
pick them off one by one
when they return
to their homes.
Khalid, you're
a famous actor.
Do you worry about talking
like you have been?
About being in
with the protestors?
Do you worry that
you could be targeted?
Well, I...
I don't care.
I mean, I know
why I'm here
and I know why
I want to be here.
I mean, I come from...
I come from three generations
- who've been fighting
for social reform and political
freedoms in this country.
And here we have
the discourse of democracy,
of freedom, of social justice,
of political reform
being changed in the
Middle East for all of us.
And I'm extremely proud
to be here for those reasons.
God be with you.
I am telling you,
good things are coming.
Good things.
- - Usually, the
Muslim Brotherhood is our biggest fear.
But everyone inside
the Square now is different.
After the government turned
it into a life or death
situation,
enough, it didn't matter
- who you are and what you are doing.
And everyone knows that you're
here, and if you're here,
you're willing to die.
We are
doing this for our children.
Even if I die,
it's for the future.
So now that Mubarak is gone,
we have to take control.
The main thing is taking the regime down.
Whoever is negotiating
with them...
The regime is already down.
If you take out people
and put people just like them
from the same circle,
from the same regime,
then you didn't take down the
regime, you took down people.
You're absolutely right.
No one is going to kill you.
I told you before.
The Army will sacrifice
their last drop of blood
before they fire a single
bullet on the people.
Never.
Now, please pack
your things and go home.
When Mubarak
stepped down...
...the Armed Forces took
over the country's affairs.
They swore to God to meet
the people's demands.
So people went home.
And nothing happened.
We didn't put the killers on
trial or change the government.
There is no new constitution,
and the Secret Police are still
in power.
The regime is
not just Mubarak.
The regime is all
the country's institutions,
and they all have to change.
So we went back
to the Square.
We're entering Tahrir Square,
the place of pride and dignity,
where a tent and a blanket
can solve all your problems.
? We'll keep protesting!?
? We'll keep protesting!?
? We're staying here,
we're not going anywhere!?
? We're staying here,
we're not going anywhere!?
? We'll continue
our revolution!?
? We'll continue
our revolution!?
- - The main way
of communicating is through slogans.
- -? Our
revolution is a people's revolution!?
? Our revolution
is a people's revolution!?
? Not a coalition's
- revolution nor a party's revolution!?
The expectation at first was
that he would go and then we'd - all
move on or find a way of doing things.
Now, if he just goes and someone
comes in his place and we have
the whole same regime underneath
him, then we have a major
problem.
It just becomes, we did all of
this in order to just to remove
him
and put someone exactly
like him in his place.
If we still have a police state,
if we still have emergency law,
if we still have
the constitution
pretty much the
same as it is,
then if we had an election
in six months' time,
the situation would
pretty much be the same
because the tools
of the state remain the same.
We're now living
in the state of Tahrir.
It has its housing department.
the Islamist, and the old
regime led by the Army.
The Army has won
part of this revolution.
- - They wanted to
stop Mubarak's son from inheriting power.
Once that happened, they wanted
people to go back home,
and the country to go back
to its corrupt ways.
I'll tell you again,
I have a responsibility.
I feel it,
as an individual,
that I have to insist
on my point of view,
because there is still one
more centimetre I could gain.
Even if it's just one
centimetre, one inch.
- - The Army
are the leaders of the counter-revolution.
You've already won
a lot, and it is threatened.
This is a warning.
Leave! Go home.
If you don't leave,
I will shoot you.
Egyptians do not
revolt easily.
For us to revolt, it means
we've had enough. Enough!
We'll free our country,
no matter what.
And we'll take
down the regime.
The people are determined
to continue their revolution.
Do whatever you want to us.
We're staying,
this is our Square.
The people are the source
of authority, not the Army.
You are saying that
it's a peaceful protest.
You think you can
do whatever you want
and we won't attack you.
But we will attack
if necessary.
That's how it is.
That's the end of it.
You're imposing a
curfew?
- Yes, God willing.
You mean just in
the Square?
- No, everywhere.
But, sir...
Mister,
I'm afraid this won't do.
But they told us - yesterday, we
could continue the sit-in in the Square.
Off you go. Leave.
- Yes, sir.
Why the Square in particular?
We took these
barricades from the police,
so we'd be able
to stop any attack.
We do trust the Army. But there
are some leaders in the Army
who are corrupt because
they are part of Mubarak's era.
Everyone's awake.
There might be an
attack at any time.
Where are the tents?
There are no tents,
they're clearing the Square.
What's going on?
They used to come
in the middle of the night.
They used to
take you away violently.
You were afraid to dream
the wrong dream for fear
of punishment.
They used to search
his computer,
looking for anything
religious or Islamic.
They used to come,
and no one could say a word.
He was electrocuted and beaten.
The Army's in this position,
generally, at the moment
where no one
believes that they
could torture people
or could do anything bad
and are extremely happy with
them for taking responsibility
to return us all to stability
and all of that kind of thing.
This is not the right way
to block a facility
that represents
the authority of the nation.
Compare it to what
happened in England.
When David Cameron said,
I'm going to take licence
to use the ammunition
against anyone trying to make
a kind of demonstration
in front of Downing Street
or any facility.
What happened?
All of them withdraw.
Why? Because they know
the man is serious.
And this is according
to the law.
So why do you deny it
from the Egyptian authority?
The battle isn't just
the rocks and stones.
The battle is in the images.
The battle is in the stories.
Shh!
We decided
to create a space which supports
those fighting
for the revolution
through video
and various types of media.
It's what's called
"popular media",
using websites like YouTube.
If you know anyone who
has a digital camera
they're not using, tell us.
We should film
as much as we can.
The truth is that things
are moving quickly.
We don't know when this footage
can be used as evidence.
If people are being fooled about
what is really happening here,
we must film everything
and show them the truth.
As long as there's a camera,
the revolution will continue.
The problem now with the media
is that they oppose change
and turn people
against the revolution.
So, what will you do?
Well, I am going
to keep exposing them.
And they'll keep
exposing themselves.
Until the corrupt
media falls.
What are you going to do?
Start a television station?
Yes, hopefully I will.
Well, you'll have to put it
in Cyprus or else they will
destroy it.
So you'll
need a massive amount of money.
Yours,
because your people are poor.
And who is this democracy
and freedom for?
Give others a chance to speak.
- Please go ahead.
No. Carry on, Ahmed.
God give you strength.
I missed you.
- I missed you a lot.
How are you?
- Good.
There's a massive
turnout today.
But it's a different
crowd today.
- Meaning?
There's a big presence
of Muslim Brotherhood.
More than the last week?
- For sure.
Yes, the Brotherhood
wasn't here last week.
All the Muslim Brothers
were told to be here today.
It's been said that
the Muslim Brotherhood
made a deal
with the Army.
This is what's
being said.
Honestly, I'm upset about their
political tactics and games.
They should not
be here for
a political agenda
or gains.
Some Brotherhood leaders make
secret deals with the Army
and use their presence in the
Square as a negotiating tool.
You know I think
this is wrong.
The Quran is
our constitution!
Islamic rule!
Islamic rule!
The Muslim Brotherhood
started yelling, "Islamic rule,
Islamic rule."
What do they mean by Islamic?
Aren't we Muslims too?
The Brotherhood began to use
the Square to negotiate
with the Army.
They're not calling
for the people's demands.
But for their
political demands.
The Brotherhood ruined
the sit-in.
They've created divisions
amongst everyone in the Square.
They are exhausting
everyone with their lies.
Thank you.
What are you going to eat?
- I have some.
When the Brotherhood
are active,
people say they are
hijacking the revolution.
But the Brotherhood existed
long before the revolution.
But you change your statements
based on where you are.
In Cairo, you say you
a want secular state.
In other areas, you say
you want a religious one.
You are the biggest supporters
of the Military Council,
standing against us.
You speak in the name
of religion to get what
you want.
You contradict your
statements all the time.
Hold on, look at this.
I'm very sorry that
you were beaten in the past.
No, not beaten. We've spent
our lives in prison cells.
The Muslim Brotherhood
has damaged the image of Islam.
I am embarrassed of being
a Muslim because of you.
The Brotherhood has
hijacked the revolution,
OK, where's your film?
No, you did.
Yeah, yeah.
Your ID.
Open the camera.
Show me the camera.
I want to see
- your ID. -
Don't step outside.
I lived in
the '70s in England when IRA
people or any demonstration
were also beaten up,
and electrified
and they twisted their arms
and I don't know what.
A special machine
to put their fingers in.
So, what I'm supposed to
accept that?
- No, no, you are not.
No, you are not supposed to - accept, but
you are supposed to weigh in on things.
I am weighing in things,
I'm weighing in things.
You seem to take
a few things for granted.
Well, this is why we want to get
rid of them as soon as possible.
And to say that the people
are not ready to vote
is just very condescending
and wrong.
I'm not against people
- voting however the way they want.
Yeah, I know you don't agree.
The difference - between me
and you and many of the young people...
You want
- parliamentary elections in two months?
Yes, I want people to vote.
- In two months?
Yes, yes.
As soon as possible.
There are no decent parties.
- OK, so what?
Because you've been living
in a vacuum for 30 years.
OK, you've been living
for the 30 years.
Yet people are complaining that
the Muslim Brotherhood will win.
Fuck this.
And they have been
living in the same vacuum.
Yet they do have a following.
You could only start making
parties a week ago.
Humanity has not discovered
anything better
for representation
than elections.
If we don't have this
as soon as possible...
Elections that happen under
circumstances in which
you can have proper elections.
- No.
It's about there being
a voice that is there...
Between the ex-regime
as a major power force
and the Brotherhood
as a major power force.
Where is anything in - the middle? Who
is...? What is there in the middle?
Who do they vote for? -Who do they
vote for? -
Tell me at least
who they can vote for.
I believe that the millions
who made this happen,
I believe that the majority
of them were not people
who wanted the old regime - and were
not people who wanted the Brotherhood.
I am so fucking scared
of the moment
a lieutenant or a brigadier
general or something
will say,
"Enough of this rubbish.
We are back to military
rule completely."
It is in their interest that it
disintegrates into chaos.
It is in their interest to say,
"OK, you people.
Enough law and order."
Enough of this. All the
politicians are failures.
The Muslim Brothers,
the Salafis, the Socialists,
the Liberals,
they're all failures.
I've decided to walk in
the middle of the street.
The cars can do
whatever they want.
What can they do?
Run me over?
They need to curb
to the side, not me.
I will stand my ground.
Go away.
Enough walking cautiously
on the side.
out and the prosecutors
left with them.
Now we're waiting for the
families to make a decision,
whether they do the autopsies
or bury the bodies immediately.
Without the autopsy evidence,
there'll be a big problem.
They'll be able to say,
"Oh, they died in a stampede."
They have to do autopsies.
They have to be filmed.
Because there are clear
marks that they were
run over by tanks.
They summarised all you wrote,
and said he died from
a bullet in the chest.
Stay here.
I'll get you the report.
For a year,
we've been in this mess.
In this shit, in this
country, because of
every time we keep silent.
We can't stay silent.
We have to keep the pressure on.
We might not win this time,
but maybe next time.
People must know
they will be punished
and be afraid of that.
People can't take it anymore.
They're losing their nerves.
The Egyptian regime was
able to fool both Muslims
and Christians.
They want to suffocate us.
If it remains stuck
in our minds
that it's a sectarian problem,
that will be a crisis.
The Army wants this to happen.
The Army wants to divide us.
There is an old saying:
"Divide and conquer."
- Exactly.
They want to divide
Muslims and Christians.
Why, Mina? Didn't I tell
you not to go to protests?
"I won't go.
I'll do as you say, Mom."
But you tricked me and went,
and took your life away from me.
"If I died a martyr, Mom,
would you be sad for me, Mom?"
I'm not sad for
the martyr in you.
But losing you hurts,
my love.
I'm not sad for the martyr
in you, my love.
I'm not sad for the martyr
in you, my love.
Our parting hurts, Mina.
Our Army is firing at us!
A new revolution all over
again!
Live free or die heroes!
Our Army has protected you!
And protected the revolution!
The Army didn't protect
the revolution.
The Army protected
their interests,
but betrayed
the revolution!
Betrayed the revolution!
- Protected!
Betrayed the revolution!
Betrayed the revolution!
Betrayed the revolution!
- The Army betrayed the revolution!
So you are right
and all of us are wrong?
The people demand
the fall of the military regime!
They were firing
live bullets at us.
Firing randomly in
every corner of the Square.
People were falling one by one.
Just because they were saying,
"Down with military rule."
Revolutionaries.
The good and free people
are being called traitors...
...while the traitors
are called heroes.
It was too much.
Too many bullets.
Our Army is killing us.
They can't be Egyptians!
They forgot Egypt!
He's alive, he's alive!
Death always knocks on my door.
Knocking on my head.
I'm trying to do a daily report.
You going to
get it out online?
- Yes.
I think we can
cut into the...
- - The Muslim
Brotherhood has not really participated
in these protests whatsoever.
They want the elections
to go forward as planned
because they stand
to gain the most from them,
and they are being
severely accused by
the revolutionary youth
Hey, kiddo, are you OK?
Ahmed! Ahmed!
Let me pass, let me pass!
Is it a bullet?
A bullet?
Is it a bullet?
Or a rock?
Can I have some bandages?
Bandages, bandages!
Why is there all
this blood?
- Why all this blood?
They're gassing the
hospital and people are dying.
Even the doctors are dying.
I think it's nerve gas.
You collapse and convulse.
Did you film any of this?
- I filmed but then I fell.
You couldn't take it?
I was shaking and suffocating.
Everyone was.
The patients have to be moved,
or they will die.
These are being thrown at us.
This is what is making us
fall to the ground.
America?
A gift.
These
battles have been raging not
for hours, but for days.
Up to 14 people have
been killed, hundreds injured.
A video uploaded yesterday on
YouTube has circulated widely,
provoked outrage at the extent
of police brutality.
General
Tantawi denied that any live
bullets have been fired.
Glorious people of Egypt.
What we are witnessing
now on the streets
and television
are just accusations
attempting to smear the image
of the military.
The Armed Forces
will move forward
with parliamentary
elections as planned.
Presidential elections
will take place before
the end of June 2012.
It's the first time
he dares speak to us!
[overlapping shouts from
crowd]
- [sirens wailing in distance]
Hello, can you hear me?
I have no fear about the
future of this country.
I have fear for a future of
this country which includes
the military,
and a military that wants
to be above the rule of law,
a military that wants
to be above the constitution,
a military that doesn't want
to tell us how much money
they're stealing from this
country, a military
that is receiving aid
in the millions - and billions
from the US and other governments.
Hi, Ahmed.
How did you know it was me?
Of course, honey,
you're my sweetheart.
So quickly
you said, "Hello, Ahmed."
A revolution that
removed a regime, OK?
Before the people
destroyed it.
Did the Army protect
the revolution?
We didn't protect
the revolution,
we made it happen.
You kids don't
know anything.
I was beaten
with boots and sticks.
I'm bruised from being
beaten all over my body.
I've lived in the military
world for 40 years.
I am honestly telling
you the Armed Forces
are not like this. At all.
You've been entrusted
with a nation's security.
It's your duty.
So all I'm asking is,
how can I entrust a nation
- to those who can't even protect a woman?
Even if I am your
brother, at some point,
I must be tough on you.
I don't understand why.
Why?
When the Army first came
to the streets,
people climbed on tanks
and hugged the soldiers
and clapped for them.
What then? Why?
What's wrong with you?
I swear to you, Ghada, - one day you'll
say you met General Hamdy Bekheit,
and he told you
the following:
None of the guilty
will get away with it.
Whatever happens.
I promise you.
This is a picture of a friend
who took a bullet in his leg.
This is not
an Army bullet.
It doesn't look like one.
The most beautiful thing
about our Square
is that everyone who comes here
follows his conscience,
not some political force.
And that's what
makes us strong.
We're here presenting Cinema
Tahrir to remind us why
we are here,
and to show the people who
ask us why we're still here.
Because only we
can tell our stories.
The revolutionaries
who toppled the regime
have died, been injured,
or gone to prison.
And with no constitution,
they want to hold elections
stained by revolutionary blood,
supervised by those
who killed the revolutionaries.
And they made two ballot boxes.
One for the killer,
and one for the traitor.
Our voices will keep getting
higher and higher,
because the streets
are our ballot boxes.
- - The next Egyptian
president will either be an Islamist
from the Muslim - Brotherhood
or Mubarak's last prime minister,
and that has left
- many of the so-called revolutionaries
with a very tough choice
in a very close race.
I don't want either.
We're stuck between
a rock and a hard place.
We'll have to accept
whatever happens.
Everyone keep
your voices down.
With 51.73 percent,
13 million,
230 thousand and 131...
we have the same problems.
It's crazy, we made a revolution
and no new constitution.
We got a president
without a constitution.
The most important thing
is the new constitution.
And now it's under
their control.
Religion is the biggest problem
we will face in this next phase,
because we have
a new political power
that also claims it's
a religious organisation,
a missionary force,
and this is a disaster.
Magdy, I love you.
But I hate
the Brotherhood.
They made shitty decisions,
and we're in a shitty situation.
You elected a president.
You need to be patient.
For how long?
The President is a man who
I trust with my religion.
Can't I trust him
with my politics too?
This is the constitution
of the Brotherhood.
We are Egyptian citizens.
We are not
Brotherhood citizens.
You were against torture,
and now you're torturing.
Against corruption,
and now you're corrupt.
Who brought
Morsi into power?
The people.
- The people.
Because they felt
you guys were an
oppressed people.
This document will allow what
happened to you to happen to me.
Do you accept that?
- Of course not.
OK, then take this constitution.
It doesn't serve me.
I hated what they did
to you. I went to the
streets because of it.
Why did we go to the street?
Wasn't it to protest
against police brutality?
The Secret Police
that tortured you?
You are allowing the
Secret Police to do
the same thing to me.
And you're saying
"yes" to this.
The people demand
the fall of the regime!
This is the third stage
of our revolution.
We got rid of Mubarak,
then the military.
Now the focus is on
the Brotherhood.
It is a - bigger
challenge, because it will include more blood.
When you're fighting your
own people, it's different
from fighting the regime.
Because, after all,
even if the regime was
extremely violent and vicious,
and if they used all the
weapons they had, it's still
not as vicious
as when the people fight each
other. It's very different.
In the name of God, I am
directing this to the people
who have resorted
to violence.
The time has come
for the law
to judge them
and punish them.
He's ordering his people
to attack us. That's the
message behind his speech.
Go to the streets and
attack the hell out of them.
The Brotherhood has been
fucking with us for two years.
I didn't see you
today at all.
What did Morsi do wrong?
No one has given him a chance.
My butcher the other day yelled,
"Goddamn you, Morsi."
I asked why. He said,
- "Because it is so hot." -
Is this a joke? -If there were
alternatives, I wouldn't want Morsi.
Honestly, we don't care
about Mubarak or Morsi.
We just want a decent
man to rule with justice.
I don't care if he's a Jew.
We're afraid that
if Morsi falls,
we will be taken
back to prisons.
Why all the focus on the
Brotherhood and how
horrible the President is?
The revolutionaries were your
friends. You lived with them.
There is a fog in the country.
- No, Magdy.
You abandoned one side
and chose the other.
I didn't abandon.
I chose the side that I
grew up with, that I felt
was supporting me.
Magdy has five children.
How does he provide for them?
The Muslim Brotherhood.
All the time Magdy
was playing revolutionary,
being filmed, shot at,
jailed, what did he gain?
Where did that get him?
I never thought
we'd all be divided
into the Brotherhood
and other groups.
I'm sad. Nothing has
changed for my dad.
We haven't gained
from the revolution.
I still can't
get health care.
It's OK.
It's OK.
These are the gains
of the revolution.
She's filled
with tears.
It's OK.
Everything will be all right.
Protests continue in Egypt as
the country's top
opposition leaders
renew calls to topple
the Islamist regime.
The climax
will be an open-ended
strike across Egypt
on the 30th of June.
A grassroots campaign
has gathered over
18 million signatures.
They hope to install
a transitional government
and call early
presidential elections.
Muslim Brotherhood officials,
for their part,
have said that many of
those coming out on
June 30th are thugs.
Our beloved President,
may God make June 30th
a day of pride for Islam
and a day of doom - for the hypocrite
opposition. -
May you destroy them all.
Defeat them and make us win.
- Amen.
Protect us from their evils.
- Amen.
President Morsi
is a line you don't cross.
Meaning?
- Meaning, if you threaten him,
we'll spill your blood.
- Meaning?
Meaning, he's the legitimate
elected President.
But they're going to the
streets to take him down.
They can go to hell.
Why? It's their right.
- No, It's not their right.
Freedom!
Freedom!
What is revolution?
Revolution is not simply
replacing a regime.
Revolution is a
culture of a people.
You give them
ownership of their freedom.
That's what we gained.
You don't want to see
your friends, Khalid and Ahmed?
I want to see them,
but I'm assigned here now.
They told me I need to stay.
I don't want to stand with
one side against the other,
and it could result in death.
Understand?
Aren't you sad?
- Of course.
That your friends
are on the opposite side?
Who am I attacking? Am I going
to attack Khalid Abdalla?
Or Pierre who used
to host me in his apartment?
The President's speech
was not satisfactory
to the people's demands.
Early presidential elections
will be held.
The head of the constitutional
court will be the
interim President
until a new President
is elected.
Long live Egypt!
Long live Egypt!
Long live Egypt!
Morsi has fallen.
So did the Army and Mubarak.
We're waiting
for the next one.
This is our life now,
we'll stay in the street.
I want to go home
and sleep.
So tell me, Magdy,
what are we going to do now?
Listen, Ahmed, I swear
to God, I'm at the Brotherhood
sit-in.
We may or may not be massacred.
It doesn't matter.
If you're meant to die,
it's going to happen
wherever you are.
The more they kill, the
more we believe in our cause.
The pro-Morsi sit-in
declared that there have been
deaths
after they were shot at
with live bullets.
A massacre by all means.
Magdy, as much as I've
been violent in words,
that was just
anger speaking.
Well, you're putting
our religion on the line.
You're challenging our belief
of an Islamic country.
Honestly, I want
to come be with you.
After all, this revolution was
for a principle, not for blood.
What I feared has
started happening.
That we're going
to fight each other.
- - We're all your
soldiers. Morsi! -
We'll rally beside you.
Morsi!
We'll rally beside you. Morsi!
I don't want you
to get hurt or killed.
Magdy, when I gave you a hard
time, it was because I was mad.
But we still respect
each other's opinions.
And you and I agree.
We want the best
for our country.
You shouldn't come here.
You shouldn't come here.
No, forget it, I'm coming.
What will they do? Kill me?
That's up to God's will.
And if I die I'll just
blame it on you, Magdy.
You know me.
I'm not here to die or to kill.
You know my intentions.
? Freedom is coming,
that's for sure?
? "Liberty" was written
in our destiny?
? They said, riots are
in our blood?
? And how dare we claim
our rights??
? Freedom?
? Revolution!?
? Oh, the Square?
? Where were you long ago??
? With you we sung
and with you we suffered?
? We've prayed and
we've been scared?
? United day and night?
? Nothing is
impossible with you?
? The sound of freedom
is gathering us?
? And our lives
finally have meaning?
? No turning back?
? Our voices are
finally heard?
? And the dream
is no longer forbidden?
? Oh, the Square?
? Where were you long ago??
? You've destroyed the walls
and let in the light?
? You gathered the
broken people around you?
? We've been reborn?
? And our determined
dream was born?
? We have our differences
but our intentions are pure?
? Even when the picture
wasn't clear?
? Honouring our country
and our grandchildren?
? And the rights that have
been stolen from our youth?
? Oh, the Square?
? Where were you long ago??
? With you we felt
something for the first time?
? But since then
we grew apart?
? We have to change ourselves
with our own hands?
? You gave us so much
and now it's our turn?
? Sometimes I fear
that you become a memory?