Just sent to me on Twitter from Yehia_Osman, in Egypt: you can’t imagine how people old and young ran in the street like crazy screaming with joy and they can’t believe that they’re finally free. It’s so much like when u r able to breath again after having a plastic bag on ur head! I [...]
Go read this whole post to understand what the people of Egypt are feeling, what liberation, what freedom means to them. Then maybe you’ll understand their disappointment and anger at the cynical punking their “President” handed them yesterday. The violence that had been inflicted on the protesters last week had been replaced by creativity; street [...]