Egipt's revolution music video [Recorded in Tahrir Square] goes viral

They said the idea for the music video came after they met on the streets on January 25, the first day of the protests.

Many of the people who worked on the video were caught in the violence. Eid was hit by a rubber bullet. Others said they were kicked and hit with stones. The violence motivated them to collaborate to give the people of Egypt and the world a first-hand account of the struggle, they said.

“This was our weapon," Mostafa Fahmy said. “My camera, Amir's guitar, Hany's voice and Sherif Mostafa's keyboard. These were our weapons for the revolution.”

Fahmy used a digital SLR camera to shoot the video and still images.

“You can have tears in your eyes while you are sad; you can have tears while you are happy. But there is a new kind of tears that we have right now. We are proud. They are tears of pride and the tears of freedom," Eid said.