The Massacre of Rabaa Between Narration & Documentation

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The Massacre of Rabaa Between Narration & Documentation is an e-book documenting eyewitness testimony, pictures and names of Rabaa massacre victims in Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, Nasr City in eastern Cairo, Egypt on August 14, 2013. [1]

The first edition of the book was in Arabic, which was translated later and published in English. [2] A second edition was also published in Arabic. [3] This book has been relied on to determine the number of victims killed in the largest massacre of modern Egyptian history.

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References

  1. "The massacre of rabaa between narration & documentation, 1st Ed. (Ar.)". Yaser Selim. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  2. "The massacre of rabaa between narration & documentation, 1st Ed. (En.)". Yaser Selim. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  3. "The Massacre of Rabaa Between Narration and Documentation, 2nd Ed. (Ar.)". Yaser Selim. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2015-06-08.