Scenes From A Revolution

May, 2011

Scenes from a RevolutionThe uprising in Egypt changed the world. But behind the headlines were personal stories-some good, some bad-about the peple who gathered in Tahrir Squarea brisk afternoon in early January, I met Ahmed Salah on a busy street corner in downtown Cairo along the Nile River. I was interviewing Egyptians for a news­paper story about the epidemic of sexual harassment in the capital, and a journal­ist friend had recommended I hire Salah to translate. 'Just don't take him to any s...