Descriptive Summary
Historical Note
Scope and Content
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Restrictions on Access
Processing Note
Organization and Arrangement
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Tahrir Documents Project flyers, newspapers, and other ephemera
Collection number: 1977
Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material: Arabic
Physical Description:
0.4 linear ft.
(1 legal document box)
Date (inclusive): 2011-2012
Abstract: Flyers, newspapers, and other ephemera were collected by the Tahrir Documents Project during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
and its aftermath. The Arabic-language documents address a variety of topics, including constitutional amendments, moral conduct,
women's rights, revolutionary strategy, and Muslim-Christian relations. The collection includes activist newspapers, personal
essays, missives, political party communications, advertisements, and protest flyers. The group worked to scan and publish
the items on tahrirdocuments.org, alongside translations sourced from a network of over ninety volunteer translators in Egypt
and abroad. From March 2011 to May 2011, an estimated five hundred documents—under the subject categories of revolution, politics,
culture, constitution, regime and religion—were digitized, translated, and published online.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections for paging information.
Language of Materials: Arabic.
Historical Note
The Tahrir Documents Project was established by Levi Thompson, Cameron Hu, Elias Saba and Emily Drumsta with the aim to digitize,
translate, and post online printed discourse collected during and after popular demonstrations of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
Established in the spring, the group grew into a review board with approximately ninety volunteer translators located in Egypt
and abroad. The Tahrir Documents project was not affiliated with any of the groups or authors whose works appear with translations
on the website, or with any foreign or domestic organization. From March 2011 to May 2012, the group continuously worked to
scan and translate collected documents with the aim of sharing them with the public. Over five hundred scanned documents,
diverse in both type and content, were published alongside partial to complete translations on the group's website,
tahrirdocuments.org.
Scope and Content
Project flyers, newspapers, and other ephemera were obtained from and around Midan Tahrir, epicenter of the Egyptian Revolution.
The collection contains over 500 items Arabic language, including poetry, personal essays, advertisements, missives, political
party communications, protest flyers, and activist newspapers. Among these are: guidelines for moral conduct post-revolution,
announcements of new political parties and presidential candidates, articles debating the details of constitutional amendments,
and sections from activist newspapers including
Gurnal and
Revolutionary Egypt.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Levi Thompson, Cameron Hu, Elias Saba, and Emily Drumsta, 2012.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Tahrir Documents Project flyers, newspapers, and other ephemera (Collection 1977). Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact UCLA Library Special Collections
reference desk for paging information.
Processing Note
Processed by Gloria Gonzalez with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2012-2013.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials are arranged in the original order established by Tahrir Document Project participants upon donation. To expedite
user access, the collection was minimally described.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Revolutions--Egypt--History--21st century--Archival resources.
Egypt--History--Protests, 2011---Archival resources.
Egypt--Politics and government--21st century--Archival resources.