Images of Wisdom in Cairo

One of the prominent features of wisdom is that, to use an image from the book of Proverbs, she cries to be heard in the streets. In other words, Lady Wisdom is not some disinterested spectator. You will find her in the public square, resolutely engaged. And her aim? It is to be a reasonable and responsible, and civil, voice for establishing more cooperative arrangements among people who are different. Take a couple minutes out of your busy day to check out these images of how the mixed multitude in Cairo’s Tahrir Square has taken Lady Wisdom up on her offer, giving witness to her endearing legacy even amidst turmoil and great odds.

In this first link, the sensationalist sound bite from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton overwhelms the caption to the photo beneath the headline, but it is the photo and its caption that is extraordinary.

This second like will take you to a brilliant story about the community-oriented tent city being established in Tahrir Square, another testimony to the beauty of wisdom in this world.

A third link will take you to this short essay by Paul-Gordon Chandler in The Christian Century about how Egypt’s Muslims and Coptic Christians pulled together. Chandler is a rector at St. John’s in Cairo. (This link is to a pdf file.)

If you know of any others, feel free let me know in a Reply (below).