zReportage.com Story of the Week # 511 - Blinded For Freedom - Launched January 28, 2014 - Go to zReportage.com to see more - On January 28, 2011 Cairo exploded in protests on the so-called Friday of wrath when large groups of protesters met up after Friday prayers and marched toward Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against the regime of President Mubarak. Some of the protesters were shot in their heads and faces with injuries to their eyes. Hundreds were killed in Egypt in 2011, fighting against unforgiving regimes bent on maintaining their hold on power whatever the cost. But these protestors paid a higher price than most from those who have survived. Three years later we meet them again to talk about the revolution and the current situation in Egypt.
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Jan. 6, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - MOHAMED AHMED ABDEL WAHAB, 26, is blind in his right eye after being hit by a shot from the police. He was injured in Cairo on January 28th, 2011 on the 'Friday Of Wrath.' On January 28 2011 Cairo exploded in protests on the so-called 'Friday Of Wrath' when large groups of protesters met up after Friday prayers and marched toward Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against the regime of Mubarak.
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Jan. 7, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - ISLAM ABDEL-MONEIM, 28, was shot in the head in August, 2013. The bullet entered his right template and exited through his left eye. Islam is blind in both eyes.
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Jan. 6, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - Blind in both eyes, MUHAMED IBRAHIM SULEIMAN, 22, was wounded on Friday 28, 2011. This is a scan of his brain showing pellets (small bullets) that are still in his brain.
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Jan. 6, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - Blind in both eyes, MUHAMED IBRAHIM SULEIMAN, 22, was wounded on Friday the 28th, 2011.
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Jan. 7, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - AHMED HARARA, 34, was first hit on Jan. 28, 2011 and became blind in one eye and later that year in November, 2011 was hit by a bullet from the police in the other eye. After that he was totally blind in both eyes. Harara replaced his left eye with a prothesis. He can turn the prothesis around so it shows the word ''Freedom'' in arabic.
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Jan. 6, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - MUSTAFA MUHAMED ABU EL-SAUD, 17, is blind in his right eye after being shot by the police during a demonstration in December 2012.
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Jan. 7, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - AHMED HARARA, 34, was first hit on Jan. 28, 2011 and became blind in one eye and later that year in November, 2011 was hit by a bullet from the police in the other eye. After that he was totally blind in both eyes. Harara replaced his left eye with a prothesis. He can turn the prothesis around so it shows the word ''Freedom'' in arabic.
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Jan. 7, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - MUSTAFA MUHAMED ABDEL-MOHIMAN, 23, is blind in his right eye after being hit by a stone by the police in May 2011 during a demonstration during the revolution.
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Jan. 7, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt - BADR AL-BENDARY, 26, is blind in both eyes after being hit by bullets fired from the police Jan. 28, 2011 on the 'Friday of Wrath'. He was at the front in the demonstration and was hit by several bullets.
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