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Shadi Rahimi

Shadi Rahimi is a journalist and photographer based in Cairo, Egypt. She is filming a documentary, Boys of the Bullet, about several friends who fought in the 2011 clashes on Mohamed Mahmoud Street. On Twitter: @shadirahimi

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Egyptian graffiti artists protest Sisi

Protest in Cairo defies and mocks government ban

Egypt’s presidential palace battleground for protests

Riot police officers take positions as tear gas is fired during a demonstration by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in front of Cairo University in Cairo April 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS EDUCATION) - RTR3L8GG

Reporters accuse Egypt police of using live ammunition in protests

Media crackdown more severe for Egyptian journalists

Egyptian activists on defense in divided Egypt

Journalists from the foreign correspondence organisation participate in a protest demanding the release of four Al Jazeera correspondents outside the Egyptian Embassy premises in Kenya's capital Nairobi February 4, 2014. Three of the Qatar-based television network's journalists - Peter Greste, an Australian; Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian national; and Baher Mohamed - were detained in Cairo on Dec. 29 and remain in custody, Al Jazeera said. REUTERS/George Philipas (KENYA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS MEDIA

Journalists become the story in Egypt

Oscar-nominated 'The Square' not yet available in Egypt

Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah gives a TV interview at his house in Cairo on December 26, 2011, a day after his release. Abdel Fattah, who was remanded into custody on October 30 and who was also jailed under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, was accused of inciting violence during an October 9 demonstration by Coptic Christians. AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt’s ongoing crisis in letters

Egypt’s photojournalists exhibit 'scars' from revolution

Political activists Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma (L) and Mohamed Adel (R) of the 6 April movement look on from behind bars in Abdeen court in Cairo, December 22, 2013. Three leading Egyptian activists were sentenced to three years in prison each on Sunday in a case brought over their role in recent protests, escalating a crackdown on dissent by the army-backed government. Maher, Douma and Adel are symbols of the protest movement that ignited the historic 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak. Each one

In Egypt's Tora prison, imprisoned activists despair over future

Activists, accused of working for unlicensed non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and receiving illegal foreign funds, stand in a cage during the opening of their trial in Cairo March 8, 2012. An Egyptian judge said on Thursday he was delaying until April 10 the trial of civil society activists including 16 Americans accused of receiving illegal foreign funds and pursuing their pro-democracy activities without a licence. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW) - RTR2Z1

Harrowing end to 2013 for civil society in Egypt