Okay, we old Boomers who remember the sixties are glad to see student agitators still exist, but something seems a tad different somehow. Cases in point: a) the other day, Kuwait University's student elections saw a solid victory for the Islamist movement, while the Al-Wasat al-Dimuqrati group ("The Democratic Center") ran well behind; b) while in Egypt, women and other protestors at Cairo University have staged a sit-in over the recent ban on the niqab or full face veil in classrooms. Oh, come on, at least call it a veil-in or something.
I feel old.
Friday, October 16, 2009
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Re your age: if AlBaradei isn't available, maybe you could be the youth candidate of the Wafd?
Nahh. I'm still too young for the Wafd. Serageddin Pasha lived to be close to 100 I think before he died, to be succeeded by a contemporary of Mubarak. Ayman Nour left the party because he was a mere child.
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