January 25th and the Egypt the Revolution Has Made
Demonstrators take part in a protest marking the first anniversary of Egypt's uprising at Tahrir square in Cairo (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Courtesy Reuters)
This article was originally posted on ForeignAffairs.com on January 25th, 2012.
Ain Sukhna is stunningly beautiful. After a two-hour drive east from Cairo through the featureless desert, the road rolls toward the steel blue waters of the Gulf of Suez. Nestled beneath ocher-colored hills, the town is a string of industrial buildings, ramshackle half-built structures, and the weekend villas of Cairo’s well-heeled. This is where the falool — the former officials, businessmen, and intellectuals who, for almost three decades, rationalized for the Mubarak regime — fled when their leader fell. With its manicured lawns, pristine infinity pools, and towpaths to the beach, Ain Sukhna couldn’t be more different from the threadbare and creaking Egypt that former President Hosni Mubarak bequeathed to his people. Read more »
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