Egyptian president visits Italy. Paolo Gargini/Demotix. All rights reserved.
What pushes millions of respectable citizens to go to the streets and risk being hit by an army of riot police?
In Egypt, a country of approximately 84 million people, one person in four lives below the poverty line. The last two presidents were toppled after mass protests: it is estimated that fifteen million expelled Mubarak, and thirty Morsi. If there was any real ambition for change, all they had to do is listen to the slogans of the January 25 revolution to hear what the citizens of Egypt expect of their rulers.
