An Egyptian reader describes the scene:
A protester is holding books he just rescued from the burning building of the Scientific Community in downtown Cairo while protecting his head with a plastic chair from the rocks thrown by the security forces. The Scientific Community building is holding thousands of rare ancient books, one of them is said to be "Description de l'Egypte" written by the French scientists that accompanied Napoleon to Egypt in 1798. Clashes between the security forces and protesters started when Army soldiers attacked the sit-in in front of the HQ of the Egyptian Cabinet (commonly known on Twitter as #OccupyCabinet). These clashes differ from the ones before in the participation of Army forces instead of Police forces, the high number of attacks against women, and the lack of tear gas. Hundreds were injured and at least 10 were killed.
The Dish 