Welcome to the Republic of Tahrir

The BBC has just published a clickable photo-map of what the autonomous Tahrir Square looks like on the ground. Once Tahrir was liberated on bloody Wednesday, protesters made sure they secured and kept it. This meant not only sleeping there but also living there.

The people quickly organized to install clinics, water points, bathrooms, an artists corner, a campsite, a wall dedicated to the martyrs, and a kindergarten for the many mothers who want to attend the demonstration but whose children’s schools were closed. A

As the “We are all Khalid Said” Facebook page communicated earlier this week:

“Welcome to the Republic of Tahrir: In addition to Freedom of speech & Democracy for all, we have the following FREE services: hospital, daily newspaper, kitchen for hot meals, security, artists corner, singing & slogans club, poetry competitions, border control, signs exhibition & political brainstorming sessions. Not only that, a free school has just started where several languages are taught.”