Egypt today is terrible and tragic

Categories: Conflict |

Cairo freelance photographer Mosaab Elshami, risking his life, decided to document the situation that is now happening in the area of the Egyptian capital Rabaa. His pictures are amazing: cruelty, bloody corpses, devastation and garbage where mosques and houses were just recently. And although they are not going to evacuate tourists from Egypt yet, Rostourism strongly recommends refraining from traveling to the country in the near future.

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Egypt today is terrible and tragic

Egypt today is terrible and tragic

1. “Finally, I got to Rabya. Tear gas is unbearable” — from the photographer’s Twitter.

Egypt today is terrible and tragic

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Egypt today is terrible and tragic

4. “This scene from the front line of Rabya resembles a war zone. The clashes have been going on for six hours now.”

Egypt today is terrible and tragic

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Egypt today is terrible and tragic

6. “I heard the bullet whistle past me. It was like a giant mosquito flew by at the speed of light.”

Egypt today is terrible and tragic

7. “One of the rooms where corpses are piled up. There is not enough space."

Egypt today is terrible and tragic

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Egypt today is terrible and tragic

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Egypt today is terrible and tragic

10. “The worst thing is not knowing where the bullet will come from. You just hide behind the nearest object and hope for the best.”

Egypt today is terrible and tragic

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Egypt today is terrible and tragic

12. “In Rabe, everyone can become a target for snipers. For example, I saw this medic get shot in the forehead.”

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