Egypt, The Day After

The day after the big day in which not very much happened, the fizzled protest and nonexistent general strike set for yesterday (see yesterday's postings) is a topic of discussion in Egypt. The Arabist offers a review of how the main newspapers handled the story (ranging from glee on the part of the government papers to dismay on the part of the opposition). And here is a good analysis of what went wrong with the much-ballyhooed Facebook approach to revolution. But as The Arabist notes, the most talked-about story of the day is the Ayman Nour divorce story I posted about last night. The Al-Masry Al-Youm story breaking the news finally showed up last night (Arabic version here; English version here). My initial suspicion that this was a publicity stunt seems to have been wrong, though there are still some mysteries about it and Nour's public denials.