Egypt

Saint Theodore or Todaro by Marco Secchi

 "Right Theo, it's been great, but can you pack your bags now? We've got a new patron saint and, well, he just happens to be one of the blokes who wrote the Bible. Heard of it? It's a cracking read! Plus his symbol is a winged lion, which is lots cooler than some dead crocodile, don't you think? No hard feelings, mate!"

I am not sure if this is how it went....but for sure  Theo wasn't very pleased... Having said that the original statue is not the one on the Column but the one if the Square of Palazzo Ducale!  Anyway I love the crocodile ...so cute!

 (Marco Secchi)

Saint Theodore of Amasea treading upon the sacred crocodile of Egypt. Perhaps he killed it with the holy hand grenade of Antioch...

Saint Theodore was a Byzantine saint who was the former patron saint of Venice. When Venice and Byzantium fell out, he was replaced by Saint Mark. He still tops one of the two columns at the southern end of the piazza San Marco

Songs for a Revolution by Marco Secchi

Music and songs have always been very important in wars and revolutions. The one below are from the youth generation of the Middle East.To my brothers and sisters, on this Thursday night...ahead of a Friday of new violence and repression in the middle east on fire in search of freedom....when all the capitalistic eyes are towards a barely recognizable London - turned into a capital of mass hysteria inhabited by flag-wielding crazies...Keep on rising Keep on resisting!

Sout Al Horeya (Song: Voice of Freedom/in Egypt)

Bayan Ra2am Wa7ed (English Subs) from Syria

Shofaa Nubakaa Huna (We Shall Stay Here) Nasheed on Libya

El général, the voice of Tunisia, english subtitles