The promise of the square: A conversation with Motaz Attalla
January 8th, 2012 | Expressive Change | Motaz Attalla | 1 CommentWarren: Can you take us back a bit to how you experienced the early days of Tahrir Square?
Motaz: There was this sense of rediscovering pure community- with all its good and bad. Knowing what it means to receive gifts and give gifts, to receive care and give care between absolute strangers and with a totally open heart. And feeling just a sweetness of courage. And to know that we don’t have to worry about the consequences of stepping out- not because things won’t turn out bad but because there is a lot of support for the act of bravery itself. And to me that’s the glue of society. Feeling like people are for you and you are for people.
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