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Middle class revolutionary: Maram Kaff, 27, is a product developer at a Cairo bank in Egypt. She and her mother took part in the uprisings that eventually ousted Hosni Mubarak. (Photo by Matthew Bell, PRI’s The World)
Egypt is currently holding its first free presidential election, more than a year after the revolution that was successful in part because it had the support of Egypt’s middle class. The longer term impact of the revolution for Egyptians – including the diverse swath of people from the middle class – is far from clear. And that is something Maram says she’s well aware of.
Dr. Iman Ezzeldin, Maram’s mother, says plenty of middle class liberals like her now feel that the revolution was a mistake, because the Egyptian military and the Islamists are firmly in control. More.
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Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who played a key role in last January’s protests in Egypt, recounts how he was arrested by Egyptian police, the 11 days he spent in custody, and what he discovered after he was released:
“I felt like I was captured for 11 years, because I’m seeing a new version of Egyptians — all of a sudden, everyone is empowered, passionate.”
Last year, Ghonim set up a Facebook page to memorialize the killing of a young Egyptian man, Khaled Said, at the hands of Egyptian police. On that page, he urged Egyptians to take to the streets. His call helped organized the first protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. He said he wasn’t trying to start a political movement; rather it was a call for human rights.
(Photo: Wael Ghonim from his Facebook page.)
In pictures: Hosni Mubarak trial resumes
