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Famous neighborhoods came alive with Yet, just like in Spain, a different kind of
people reading, playing music or chess, human connection emerged. When the true
and even dancing in the dark. It was a heroes appeared, firefighters like Nour

striking reminder of the resilience of the Emtyaz who rushed in, risking their lives
human spirit and its ability to enjoy the for hours. They weren’t driven by orders
simplicity of human connection. Though but by a sense of duty and responsibility to

they may have lost connection with the people and the city they serve.
Facebook and the digital world, they
surely found their own way back to
connection and solidarity.

On the other side of the Mediterranean,
in the heart of Cairo, life took a terrifying While fear and panic spread online, with
turn when a fire broke out in the Ramses some speaking of a potential collapse, the

Central Exchange, one of Egypt’s largest streets of Ramses , Spain and Portugal told
telecommunication centers. A national a different story. A story of bravery, duty,
crisis unfolded. and human solidarity. A powerful
disrupting communication networks and reminder that our true strength doesn’t lie

key sectors in a crowded city where daily in the systems we build, but in how we hold
life depends on constant work and on to one another when those systems stop
connection working.

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