Ramadan in the Year of the Arab Spring

Cairo
Security forces clash with protesters in Tahrir Square on Aug. 2, 2011. The demonstrators, who have occupied the square since early July to press for political reforms, had refused to vacate the square, though many major political groups had called for an end to the protest during Ramadan.

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