But as the May 1 protest approaches, concern is mounting that protesters and the police might again come to blows, as they did Oct. 25 after the police evicted protesters from their encampment in front of City Hall.
As the date of the protest approached, organizers solicited contributions through the protest's Web site, Holograms For Freedom.
But Abdul-Rauf rarely speaks to the media now, and even as the anniversary of the protest approached -- at a time when the country is dealing with and debating many of the very issues he raised -- little is known about what he's doing now.
Morocco's post-protest approach, for example, to, "wed [democracy and development] together so that each is advanced by way of the other," can serve a good model for reform (albeit still on a small scale).
As the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian protests approaches, many protesters are planning to return to Tahrir Square in force on Jan . 25
As Sunday's protests approached, tamarrod campaigners were often seen on main thoroughfares, sometimes stopping cars with huge signs reading "Leave!" and collecting signatures.
Last week, as the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests approached, the government blocked a host of Internet services, including Twitter, Microsoft's live.com and Flickr, a photo-sharing site, though by Monday evening, these sites had become available again.
It seems the government is trying to appease both their sentiments and those of the red-shirts, as a series of anniversaries of last year's protests approaches.
The film presents footage of its "violent finale"—including an image from another day as if it occurred during the protest's approach to the palace, accompanied by the narrated claim that "some in the vanguard looked ready for a fight".
The monument was later pulled down by the government, to deny the opposition a rallying point, but protesters have vowed to reoccupy the area as the first anniversary of their protest movement approaches.
