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Something many important streets in cairo come off round abouts and it is difficult to avoid the central square. It is central to the citys travel pattern. So having it occupied was a hassle for drivers. The square was designed and built way back in the miamidade middle of the 19th century by the then ruler. He studied the ruler and the reconfigeration of paris as a modern city. I had a lot of egyptian student friends. He hung out today, made films together and talked about the future. When in january of 2011 thousands and thousands of young people, a lot of them students, came to the square and they actually occupied it and brought tents and stayed the night and some didnt leave. They started putting up placards saying please resign, president , we need a shower. When they did that, i recognized that as the sons and daughters of the people i went to school with. I followed the arab world for 30 years so i felt an ifinity to them. I was interested in what they had to say because their
Let me say a few words about the book question is this. I lived in the middle east a lot in the 70s when i was just a kid. Khnum i actually lived for a while off of terrier square. At the Center Square of cairo. A round about it is a little bit difficult. And it is central to this citys traffic patterns. And the square was some instituted, designed and built way back in the 19th century by the then ruler. An imitation of paris. And an invitation of the reconfiguration of paris, a modern city. Reciting to get those year. We are catching up. And so want some time ago. And i lived about and went to school there. The American University in cairo at that time and we hugged out together and talked about the future. So then in january of 2011 thousands and thousands, hundreds of thousands of young people came to the square. Some of them just didnt leave. Please resign. When they did that i recognized them as the friends and daughters of the people at gone to school with. And i had found, you
I tell the story in this journey over the past decade and a half or so but coming almost right up to the present. I think i didnt want to do a quickie book in 2011. I went to being a historian and having perspective and thought well of in my profession. And so even to write something after three years is oaudacious. The first generation was elected into office in 20112012 and a raft of books said this is the islamic winter. Not the arab springs. Lets talk about the people who made the changes. Lets talk about this generation. What are they like and who are they and what have they done. Let me read a little from the book about an internet activist of the early 00s. He setup an internet Discussion Group and magazine which was very lively and was very much disliked by the dictatorship. And he ran this for some years and then his Internet Police finally tracked him down at 5 p. M. On june 4th, 2002 six plane closed police man raided the cafe he worked and took him to his apartment and took
The square was instituted, was designed and built in the Nineteenth Century by the then ruler, an imitation of paris, studied and loved the ruler and imitation of baron house ands reconfiguration of the modern city. We are seeing those french roundabouts in an armor i noticed catching up. Cairo did some time ago. And i live off of that square and went to school because the American University in cairo was just off of tigress square and a lot of egyptian student franz, hung out together and went to films together and talked about the future so in january of 2011 thousands and thousands, ultimately hundreds of thousands of young people came to Tahrir Square and occupied it, they had tends, some of them just didnt leave, started putting up placards, Hosni Mubarak, please resign, we need a shower. When they did that, i recognized them as sons and daughters of people i had gone to school with and i had followed the arab world, so i felt a Certain Affinity to them and was very interested in