Foreword

In 2008, James Buck, a young photojournalism student attending the University of California, Berkeley, set off purposefully for Egypt to photograph citizens coming together in protest. A charismatic individual, it didn't take long for James to find lodgings and make friends. He hoped that over meals and coffee, his new friends would give news of upcoming protests—including locations—so he could be there to capture historic, iconic moments of civil unrest of Egyptian people protesting and share them with the world.

Although he established a strong network of friends, James found once there that he was not hearing about protests until after they had already taken place. He did, however, learn about the speed and efficiency with which ...

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