Tahrir Square — A Visit with AUC Press

Returned to Tahrir Square for my annual visit with AUC Press. No new projects in the works, but I brought chocolates as a small thank you for all the people in the office who have worked so hard on our publications.

The AUC Press old campus has removed one of their large buildings on the street corner, while barricades still remain from the 2011 Revolution.

Walls have also been removed, which were covered in the revolution graffiti and street art, with only one section remaining near the campus entrance of a child with blood-shot eyes.

The massive 15-storey building which was the headquarters of the currently-dismantled National Democratic Party (NDP) and former President Hosni Mubarak, which was burnt to a shell during the revolution and became an eyesore in Tahrir standing next to the lovely Cairo Museum, has also finally been removed and may be made into a garden. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/17/c_134157965.htm

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