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
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
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