By the River Nile

Sunset by the Nile

Tonight the people of Egypt have gathered and divided themselves into 2 groups. One in Nasr City in


support of Shafiq, the other in Tahrir Square in support of Mosri. Tomorrow is uncertain. The future of Egypt is unncertain. Uncertain but not hopeless. Never hopeless. 

By the River Nile

The sky bleeds 

fire as figures turn into shadow and

into a haze of what they once were

(dust and decay,

buildings and bridges,

mosques and masters

reasons and rivers.)

The sky bleeds

red, orange and now black.

Everything is shadow.

Everything is drowned

in the bleeding night.

Everything is the river

Everything is the night 

that bleeds the Nile,

Everything is the Nile

that bleeds the night. 

(Ashufak bukra Misr)