A few notes on yesterday`s demonstration in Tahrir, generally viewed as an Islamist show of force. First, the numbers. Based on visual cues (beards, galabiyas), signs and slogans I`m guessing at least ninety percent of those in Tahrir were affiliated with the Islamists, and at least half of thos..
Steve Negus
Steve Negus is a journalist and commentator specializing in Egypt and Iraq. He was Iraq correspondent for the Financial Times between 2004 and 2008, and worked for the Institute of War & Peace Reporting in 2003 and 2004. He lived and worked in Egypt between 1993 and 2003, where he was editor of the Cairo Times, among other jobs. He held a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2008 and 2009, and is currently working on a book on the evolution of Iraq`s Sunni insurgency.