THE KILLING OF A POET …!
On the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, 32- year -old Shaimaa El Sabbagh, a mother, activist, and a poet, carried a wreath of flowers and went to Tahrir Square to commemorate the victims who lost their lives since the Jan 25th, 2011 revolution. Cairo Rose, as she was named, didn’t know this would be her last walk to Liberty Square. An Egyptian security officer shot Ms. El Sabbagh and left her to bleed to death in the street, in front of her friends. The tragic image of her friend holding her fragile body, as the blood covered her clothes and a beautiful face, was too much to bear for millions of Egyptians. The Egyptian poet was carrying a purse as she was falling on the sidewalk near Tahrir Square. In the purse, they found a poem she wrote … titled A Letter in My Purse : (translation)
