last night i chatted online with an egyptian who lives in central cairo. mostly i was just trying to practice reading and typing in arabic, but i asked him about current events and he answered. so now i get to tell everyone that i know exactly what the "arab street" is saying.
the arab street is vaguely pro-mubarak, or at least it wants the protests and violence to end, mubarak to stay on for now but not run for reelection in september and to have everything go back to peace and normalcy asap.
a related question: does any other ethnic group in the world have a "street"? i've never heard of the chinese kenyan or peruvian streets. maybe it's more ethnic than national. but i've never heard of a han, kikuyu or quechua streets either.
the arab street is vaguely pro-mubarak, or at least it wants the protests and violence to end, mubarak to stay on for now but not run for reelection in september and to have everything go back to peace and normalcy asap.
a related question: does any other ethnic group in the world have a "street"? i've never heard of the chinese kenyan or peruvian streets. maybe it's more ethnic than national. but i've never heard of a han, kikuyu or quechua streets either.
