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A local school is burned down as some members Cairo's Ultras Al-Ahly football club clash with police.
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A man on his cell phone stands high above the crowd protesting at the Presidential Palace.
I initially arrived to Cairo in the spring of 2012. It was as this point that the first round of presidential elections was happening. My trip was only supposed to last two months. However, I was given the chance to return in the fall to teach photography at American University, Cairo as an adjunct professor in the mass communications department.
Staying for the year allowed me to work part-time as a contract photographer for various international news outlets. The images in this set represent a small portion of the body of work I was able to produce in that time.
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Thousands of men, women, and children gather around the main stage in Tahrir Square to listen to Egyptian political leader Hamdeen Sabahi.
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Flags fly around a stage set up for those wanting to address the crowd in Tahrir Square. The day marked the two-year anniversary of the country's revolution.
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A bus is set on fire as protests against President Morsi build in downtown Cairo.
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A man, wearing a home-made face shield, walks by the presidential place on a day planned for large-scale protests.
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A poster of President-elect Mohammed Morsi is defaced just outside a polling station during the election runoff.
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A young boy points in the direction of protesters as they try and throw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police protecting the US embassy.
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A pro-president supporter is walked through a crowd of anti-Morsi protesters as hundreds clash near the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in the Cairo suburb of Mokattam.
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Flares were set off as emotions and excitement took over outside Cairo's Ultras Al-Ahly football club over an Egyptian court's verdict in the Port Said trial.
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A man who was knocked unconscious is taken to an ambulance as pro and anti Morsi protesters clash.
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Vendors hand out free watermelon as thousands head to Cairo's Tahrir Square to show their support for President Mohammed Morsi's resignation.
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Posters of US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson are defaced in downtown Cairo.
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Large bonfires are set up to help breakdown tear gas as clashes continued late into the night near Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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Thousands gather in downtown Cairo to watch large projections of the State news awaiting a message from President Morsi.
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A young boy covers his face during a clash with police as clouds of tear gas fill the air just a few blocks away from Tahrir Square.
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Red flares light up the crowd outside the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis during a planned nationwide protest against President Morsi.
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Crowds gather on Cairo's corniche moments before clashing with the police.