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Cairo jan 2014.On January 28 2011 Cairo exploded in protests on the so-called Friday of wrath when large groups of protesters met up after Friday prayers and marched toward Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against the regime of Mubarak. Some of the protesters were shoot in their heads and faces with injuries to their eyes. Three years later we meet them again to talk about the revolution and the current situation in Egypt..Picture: Ahmed Harara, 34 years old. Harara is probably the most well-known protestor that was blind after injuries from being shot in the head by police during demonstrations during the revolution. He was first hit on Jan 28th 2011 and blind on one eye and later that year in November 2011 he was hit by a bullet from the police in the other eye. After that he was totally blind on both eyes. Harara replaced his left eye with a prothesis. He can turn the prothesis around so it shows the word "Freedom" in arabic..Photo Ola Torkelsson / Kontinent.Copyright Ola Torkelsson © (KEYSTONE/KONTINENT/OLA TORKELSSON)