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Egypt Under Mubarak

on 28 January 2011 by VII Photographers
President Hosni Mubarak has held power in Egypt for 30 years. He has survived assassination attempts, a radical Islamist movement and maintained the peace with Israel. Today the question is whether he can hold on to power as protesters take to the streets clashing with the police and military as Mubarak tries to save his authoritarian rule.

We thought it would be interesting to look at Egypt through the eyes of VII photographer's, Antonin Kratochvil, Ed Kashi, Gary Knight, John Stanmeyer and Stephanie Sinclair during the reign of President Hosni Mubarak.