Dozens are marching on Salah Salem Road heading towards the presidential palace in Korba, northeastern Cairo, after security forces blocked the original path past the Ministry of Defence.

An Ahram Online journalist reports from the palace that only one protester is actually on site. The Alexandrian, whose hometown is 2.5 hours away by train, is waiting for more protesters to join him.

A few metres away some 50 protesters are looking for a way around - or through - the barbed wire to make their demands heard closer to the palace. They chant "Down with the Muslim Brotherhood," and "Down with the murshid [Brotherhood Supreme Guide]."

Security forces are talking to the protestors, attempting to dissuade them from approaching.

Demonstrations in other districts
As for the Memorial of Unknown Soldiers in the next district over hundreds of anti-Brotherhood protesters gathered on the main thoroughfare of Nasr City, which is blocked by security forces.

While in Tahrir Square, an Ahram Online reporter reveals that a few dozen Morsi supporters came out after minor clashes broke in there an hour ago.

Controversial anti-revolution television presenter Tawfiq Okasha and former MP Mohamed Abu-Hamed called for mass protests to "end Muslim Brotherhood rule" on Friday 24 August.

The call was at first dismissed as an attempt by former regime loyalist, Okasha, to make a comeback into the public sphere.

However, the call was soon endorsed by groups fearful of Muslim Brotherhood dominance in the country after President Mohamed Morsi, a long-time member of the group, gave himself extraordinary powers and retired Egypt’s military rulers earlier this month.