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Al Jazeera is reporting estimates that more than two million are in and around Tahrir Square. The square itself can hold about two million people, and there many more on side steets unable to enter. On Democracy Now! this morning, producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous, a Cairo native who has returned to cover the demonstrations on the ground, reported that there was "An ocean of people".
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Protesters marched Feb. 6 against the government, saying it hasn't done enough to protect women from violence in Tahrir Square and Mohamed Mahmoud Street in Cairo. Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters. Tahrir Square, the site known a... Read Post

Armed men attacked a demonstration heading from Tahrir to the Ministry of Defense on Saturday leaving over 55 injured.A crowd estimated at around 10,000 people set out from downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square but was stopped from reachin... Read Post

Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday to demand faster reforms, prosecution of former officials from toppled president Hosni Mubarak’s government, and a clearer plan of transition to democracy. Friday’s ral... Read Post