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"Battle Of Algiers" Has played a big part in how i see the world, Watching it in the broken formica chair of Seattle Central Community College, As  the middle eastern studies professor, Named From Tunisia talked about how important this movie is to telling the 'real story' now five years on, every time i watch this movie i realize how incredible Pontecorvo was to actually capture a realistic portrait of the revolution in Algeria.

I've been glued to Al-Jazeera for days, as it is the only english new service that its entire staff can find Egypt on a map, and has been a clear voice to the on the ground reports of whats been happeining of this fortnight plus some. As the people finally stood up to the corrupt, patronizing old man.

All of these victories make me think of my favorite scene(tune to 1:11 in above scene) in "Battle of Algiers." Ali, is the on the ground revolutionary leader in the city of Algiers, Ali as he climbs the ranks of the FLN, Which was pyramid in its leadership structure, Ali quickly claims the ranks, and on the eve of the large strike he and the FLN have been planning, he meets the leader of the revolutionary group. Whose name is never shared, as would've been the case during the actual revolution. At one point in the conversation he looks to Ali, the city of Algiers below them, and says:

"It's hard enough to start a revolution, even harder to sustain it,  and hardest of all to win it. But its only afterwards, one we've won, the real difficulties begin"

I think that rings true for Egypt today, good luck to the great people of Egypt, the future is yours today.