With all due respect to Roger Cohen's long experience as a reporter, how does he know what the Egyptian revolution has been "about"? He addresses the question with apparent confidence: The uprising that ended decades of dictatorship and led to Egypt’s first free and fair presidential election last year was about the right to that vote. But at a deeper level it was about personal empowerment, a demand to join the modern world, and live in an open society under the rule of law rather than the rule of despotic whim.
How does Roger Cohen know what Egyptians want?
How does Roger Cohen know what Egyptians…
How does Roger Cohen know what Egyptians want?
With all due respect to Roger Cohen's long experience as a reporter, how does he know what the Egyptian revolution has been "about"? He addresses the question with apparent confidence: The uprising that ended decades of dictatorship and led to Egypt’s first free and fair presidential election last year was about the right to that vote. But at a deeper level it was about personal empowerment, a demand to join the modern world, and live in an open society under the rule of law rather than the rule of despotic whim.