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Members of the Bay Area Arab-American community will rally at 5 p.m. today at UN Plaza in support of the protesters in Egypt, just hours after President Hosni Mubarak agreed to finally step down. UN Plaza has been a focal point for Bay Area Arab-Americans wanting to show their support.
I attended the rally last Saturday, not as a news photographer or as an active participant, but as a silent observer who happened to have a camera. Just a few days earlier, I had found an expired brick of black-and-white film, and so I dusted off my bulk-loader, found a couple of film cartridges, loaded up the old rangefinder and rode my bicycle down to UN Plaza, in order to document the rally. It was just something I wanted to do for myself, without being weighed down by a lot of equipment, or the pressure of deadlines.
This evening's rally will be the third one at UN Plaza. A vigil for those who died in Egypt is scheduled at the Civic Center on Saturday.
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John Agoncillo
Adi the first photograph is beautiful. Do yourself a favor and go out and shoot for fun more often. :). It was good seeing you there.