# Cairo · 16 February 2011

> Photos and videos from Cairo on 16 February 2011.

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- **What:** Cairo · 16 February 2011 (News story)
- **Where:** [Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/cairo)
- **When:** 2011-02-16
- **Media:** 43 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes
- **Credit:** © apaimages / Ahmed Asad, Karam Nasser
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- **Canonical URL:** https://apa.atyaf.co/story/cairo-2011-02-16
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-20T21:05:39+00:00
- **Arabic version:** https://apa.atyaf.co/ar/story/cairo-2011-02-16

## Media in this story

- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003966) — APA-PH-2011-003966 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian soldiers stands guard as protesters take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003967) — APA-PH-2011-003967 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian soldiers stands guard as protesters take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003968) — APA-PH-2011-003968 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003969) — APA-PH-2011-003969 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003970) — APA-PH-2011-003970 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003971) — APA-PH-2011-003971 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003972) — APA-PH-2011-003972 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003973) — APA-PH-2011-003973 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003974) — APA-PH-2011-003974 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003975) — APA-PH-2011-003975 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003976) — APA-PH-2011-003976 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003977) — APA-PH-2011-003977 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptians take part in a rally calling for release of political prisoners in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003978) — APA-PH-2011-003978 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003979) — APA-PH-2011-003979 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003980) — APA-PH-2011-003980 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003981) — APA-PH-2011-003981 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003982) — APA-PH-2011-003982 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003983) — APA-PH-2011-003983 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003984) — APA-PH-2011-003984 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003985) — APA-PH-2011-003985 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003986) — APA-PH-2011-003986 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003987) — APA-PH-2011-003987 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Ahmed Asad
  Egyptian protesters take part in a rally in front of the postal authority in Cairo, Egypt, Wedneday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Ahmed Asad
- [Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003990) — APA-PH-2011-003990 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 16, 2011. Zahi Hawass said that three of the 18 items reporting missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum had been found. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003991) — APA-PH-2011-003991 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 16, 2011. Zahi Hawass said that three of the 18 items reporting missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum had been found. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003992) — APA-PH-2011-003992 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 16, 2011. Zahi Hawass said that three of the 18 items reporting missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum had been found. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003993) — APA-PH-2011-003993 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 16, 2011. Zahi Hawass said that three of the 18 items reporting missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum had been found. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003994) — APA-PH-2011-003994 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 16, 2011. Zahi Hawass said that three of the 18 items reporting missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum had been found. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003995) — APA-PH-2011-003995 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 16, 2011. Zahi Hawass said that three of the 18 items reporting missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum had been found. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003996) — APA-PH-2011-003996 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 16, 2011. Zahi Hawass said that three of the 18 items reporting missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum had been found. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-003997) — APA-PH-2011-003997 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to media at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 16, 2011. Zahi Hawass said that three of the 18 items reporting missing from Cairo's Egyptian Museum had been found. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004006) — APA-PH-2011-004006 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004007) — APA-PH-2011-004007 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004008) — APA-PH-2011-004008 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004009) — APA-PH-2011-004009 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [A museum worker cleans in the Egyptian Museum in preparations for its reopening in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004010) — APA-PH-2011-004010 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  A museum worker cleans in the Egyptian Museum in preparations for its reopening in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004011) — APA-PH-2011-004011 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004012) — APA-PH-2011-004012 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004013) — APA-PH-2011-004013 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [A museum worker cleans in the Egyptian Museum in preparations for its reopening in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004014) — APA-PH-2011-004014 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  A museum worker cleans in the Egyptian Museum in preparations for its reopening in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004015) — APA-PH-2011-004015 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004016) — APA-PH-2011-004016 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004017) — APA-PH-2011-004017 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser
- [Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-004018) — APA-PH-2011-004018 · photo · 2011-02-16 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Karam Nasser
  Antiquities are seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities , thieves entered the museum while the mass street protests that led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Karam Nasser