Egyptians occupying streets, blocking traffic, and chanting patriotic slogans: Contrary to conventional wisdom, these images became part of Egypt’s contemporary political arena well before the January 2011 Revolution. We saw them on multiple occasions in
Abdelrahman Mansour and Mohamed Aboelgheit
Abdelrahman Mansour is a visiting scholar at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Mohamed Aboelgheit is an Egyptian journalist.