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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.55,0:00:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Mona El-Sabbahy, I´m 18 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.22,0:00:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I study architecture, and I´m in the No Military Trials for Civilians campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.81,0:00:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I´m also in the Popular Committee to Defend the Revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.44,0:00:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Hanan Sadek, 52 years old. I work in an oil company.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.20,0:00:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard about the 25th of January on the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.39,0:00:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an event & everyone was talking about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.08,0:00:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn´t decided to participate, until they posted a manual
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.34,0:00:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in case of injuries or arrests, to do so and so.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.88,0:00:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was a bit reassuring, and I decided to participate a day before the protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.85,0:01:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started sending invitations out, but I was still afraid,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.02,0:01:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I still didn´t understand it, and was hesitant about telling people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.44,0:01:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wondering if State Security will come to arrest me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.24,0:01:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told her "Be wise Mona, don´t get yourself in anything reckless"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.66,0:01:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wasn´t worried, I saw that the invitations were on Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.96,0:01:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We will do the same as Tunisia" "A revolution on so and so date"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.30,0:01:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt it was a sort of a joke. Not that I took it lightly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.26,0:01:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but felt it was like the Khaled Said protests that we hear a lot about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.18,0:01:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we tried to join them in Alexandria and Cairo.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.77,0:01:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn´t expect anything more.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.03,0:01:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mona was going with very high hopes, because she had been participating
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.41,0:02:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for three days, kind of warming up. I wasn´t there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.24,0:02:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just the mother worried for her daughter who is going to demos.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.53,0:02:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on January 28th I took part for the first time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.92,0:02:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were chanting "freedom, human dignity" and stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.37,0:02:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fine, I didn´t say anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.62,0:02:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started at the Mustafa Mahmoud mosque,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.68,0:02:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Batal Ahmad street, there were a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.15,0:02:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started chanting "the people wants to overthrow the regime"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.57,0:02:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My daughter Mona was next to me, a young girl with her mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.78,0:02:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told her "Hush, don´t chant that"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.37,0:02:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She look at me. For me it was the first time I hear this chant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.54,0:02:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was startled, thinking if they´ll beat us or kill us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.71,0:02:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The overthrowing of the regime is a big thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.88,0:02:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she looked at me, she didn´t understand since she was living
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.47,0:02:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different stages. I was still new and fresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.10,0:03:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don´t know if she ended up chanting, but I remained silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.77,0:03:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Till the end of January 28th I almost didn´t chant at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.51,0:03:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except when riot cops started to move on Asr El-Nil bridge
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.60,0:03:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then started to shout and swear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.58,0:03:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had 4 amroured cars with 3 or 4 rows of police in front of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.92,0:03:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dressed in black. They moved towards us, the birdge was full of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.35,0:03:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were moving as if they were a machine, a moving robot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.37,0:03:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A machine pushing in front of it the big mass of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.80,0:03:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was as if they were a black giant walking wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.95,0:04:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if those in front were not humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.87,0:04:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were moving as if the street was empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.73,0:04:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom first went down on January 28th, I had been protesting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.17,0:04:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since Januray 25th. So I had experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.42,0:04:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was telling her what to do and when.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.93,0:04:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first I was leading her, but when the teargas started,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.89,0:04:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn´t see anything, she was holding me and moving me around.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.31,0:04:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the gas got really heavy she took me in her jacket.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.18,0:04:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At some point we went to the front and met someone we know.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.87,0:04:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was hurt badly, bleeding from his face and his body covered with blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.87,0:04:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is tall, so since I´m tall too, I supported his body.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.38,0:04:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though I´m a woman and he is a man, but the others were short.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.30,0:05:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Till some people came and said they´d talk him to an ambulance at the other side of the bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.51,0:05:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mona and I know this person, he was Mona´s teacher at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.14,0:05:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mona collapsed. She was scared and crying really hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.86,0:05:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember I held her and told her not to be afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.65,0:05:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told me "he is going to die"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.57,0:05:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told her "No, he is fine"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.91,0:05:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had seen his injury, his elbow was hurt and some around his eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.37,0:05:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was conscious and he knew what he was saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.75,0:05:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this terrified her.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.09,0:05:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People around us were shouting at me, telling me to take her home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.85,0:05:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They felt I was a harsh on her, telling her that he will be fine
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.18,0:05:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that she should pull herself together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.78,0:06:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt then that if I had taken her home, she won´t be able to continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.70,0:06:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she needs to continue, and she has to know that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.12,0:06:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people will get hurt, people will fall, people will die.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.37,0:06:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we don´t continue it won´t work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.43,0:06:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I get scared and transmit this fear to her, she won´t be able to continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.13,0:06:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she is the one who has to go on, we are old
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.44,0:06:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thanks to God it´s enough that we´ve witnessed this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.88,0:06:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the security committee in (Tahrir) square
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.22,0:06:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was even at Lazoghli
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.64,0:06:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were in charge of checking people on the entrances,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.89,0:06:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if they have weapons or the like.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.90,0:06:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt this was humiliating. When I was the one being searched it was totally fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.82,0:06:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was doing the searching, it was uncomfortable to open their bags.. touch them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.37,0:06:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A big part of my participation was outside the square.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.85,0:07:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bringing things to the people there, Mona was more the one participating.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.17,0:07:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she would be in the sqaure, I´d feel she is happy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.26,0:07:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that she feels safe among the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.64,0:07:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real problem was me at home not being able to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.35,0:07:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the Shafik sit-in there was attack on the church in Sol, Atfih
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.54,0:07:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We heard that there were lots of people, and things were tense (at Maspero)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.69,0:07:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a bit strange for me, surprised that the Christians are organizing protests
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.12,0:07:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went there (to Maspero) and there were lots of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.08,0:07:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who looked like it was their first time at a demonstration.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.25,0:07:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were like "Some were chanting here, others there. What shall we do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.50,0:07:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like "just go and join"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.58,0:07:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I sat there, and met lots of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.93,0:07:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first I got some weird looks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.51,0:07:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First because I´m a girl and it was already late at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.92,0:07:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second because I´m veiled, so people thought "what are you doing here?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.10,0:08:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You must be an infiltrator"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.73,0:08:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I spoke to many and then went back to sleep in (Tahrir) square.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.24,0:08:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after that, when they started the sit-in there (at Maspero)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.07,0:08:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had women in the middle and men on both sides.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.12,0:08:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With ropes dividing them. I felt that was strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.71,0:08:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first I was with the men, then they told me "go with the women"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.72,0:08:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I felt if I say no, being a veiled woman, it will be too confusing for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.35,0:08:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn´t want to do anything wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.93,0:08:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to where the women were.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.27,0:08:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was passing under the rope separating men from women
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.28,0:08:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my veil fell off, and there was a moment of clarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.07,0:08:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined the women and the veil went back on my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.45,0:08:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Concerning my daughter sleeping in Tahrir, this was of course
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.70,0:09:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a revolutionary decision. I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.29,0:09:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is from the effect of the revolution on our way of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.32,0:09:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I´d remind her that during the Shafik sit-in I took part without any problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.84,0:09:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after that the March 9 sit-in was evicted,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.34,0:09:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,followed by another sit-in that was forcefully evicted by the army on April 9
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.06,0:09:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to join the sit-in and she didn´t allow me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.03,0:09:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She started telling me that I was a girl..
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.70,0:09:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was confused, asking her "how could you say this to me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.53,0:09:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very confused. I told her "You never said this before"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.58,0:09:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told me "we live among people who think this way, and we have to live by their rules"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.05,0:09:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really really upset with her. Very upset.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.26,0:10:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spent a day upset at each other, then I came to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.73,0:10:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked her if she really believed in what she told me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.81,0:10:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said "of course not"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.98,0:10:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to say something really important,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.40,0:10:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not to remind her because she doesn´t really know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.59,0:10:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mona we knew before January 25th no longer exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.41,0:10:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mona became a totally different person after January 25th.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.10,0:10:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mona before Jan 25 was a very shy person, she couldn´t talk to people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.68,0:10:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without planning it really well before. "Shall I talk or not?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.01,0:10:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of the time ended up not talking to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.39,0:10:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She used to do Karate exercises to build her self-confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.60,0:10:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stuff like that, but now she is totally different.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.34,0:10:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now she is a person who knows what she wants, who knows
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.86,0:11:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she is going in life, and has enough convictions and arguments to defend what she believes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.96,0:11:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a transformation that wouldn´t have been possible in such a short time without a revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.05,0:11:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that the arguments between us have to do with the youth wanting
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.15,0:11:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything quickly and the way they see it. Without flexibility or compromises.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.28,0:11:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This coming period, the youth who took part in the revolution, not just Mona,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.75,0:11:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to slow down and decide what they want to accomplish
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.17,0:12:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and plan 1-2-3 steps to get there and how to get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.60,0:12:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just go "Nah, we don´t want this" and that´s it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.46,0:12:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will take some time and they should accept this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.39,0:12:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is all part of growing up.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.15,0:12:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O.k. I agree we are asking for a lot of things,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.82,0:12:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I´m not saying we want to build a city in the desert in 3 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.07,0:12:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I´m sure this will take time, but there are stuff we demand that don´t need time at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.91,0:12:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like demanding freedom for the detainees. So free them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.58,0:12:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course I tell her. I do tell her.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.84,0:12:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that she should know, because Mom and I are friends
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.55,0:12:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tell each other everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.56,0:12:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the way she is not entitled to prohibit me from something without a valid argument,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.57,0:13:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should tell her everything I´m doing so she knows what she is prohibiting me from.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.14,0:13:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that the revolution starting... no not that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.96,0:13:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that if we remain silent after all those people had taken to the streets, and in the end nothing changes;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.67,0:13:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is much worse than if no body had protested in the first place, and we were still waiting for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.86,0:13:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, we are leaving behind a very complicated task to our kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.14,0:13:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not easy at all, but in God´s will they will do a good job! The job we couldn´t do.