Summary
If you want to understand the Egyptian uprising and how U.S. officials should respond, let me take you back to the pro-democracy demonstrations I witnessed in Cairo in 2005.
Middle-class protesters went to the streets then, too, demanding free elections. But the government of President Hosni Mubarak -- tarring all opposition as radical Islamists -- surrounded them with police in Darth Vader helmets and shields.See the full content of this document
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Getting On the Right Side in Egypt
I interviewed Egyptians in a working-class slum who complained bitterly about economic conditions, before a burly plainclothes cop snatched and ripped up my notebook...
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