Like many Egyptians who protested the military coup and set up camp at Rabaa Square, Amir was never a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), and was highly critical of them. He felt they betrayed the revolutionaries by abandoning them for elections. In a way he blamed them for killing the revolution because of their naivete and political ambitions.

Equally, President Morsi was not Amir‘s first choice for president in the first round of elections but he voted for him in the second round against Ahmed Shafiq, who symbolised the remnants of the old regime. (…)

With the help of a neighbour, my sister-in-law carried her husband‘s body to a makeshift morgue set up at the al-Iman Mosque. That‘s where I found Amir‘s body on August 15, among 350 bodies I personally counted of murdered protesters.

I drove my parents to the mosque and as we pulled near Rabaa, it looked like a war zone. We were in disbelief. The mosque was wall to wall with dead bodies. It was a hot day and, with no refrigeration, all anyone could smell was death.