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Days after the events of May 5, 2011 in the urban enclave of Imbaba, Cairo, Egypt, the truth was hard to come by, but it eventually will come out.
Sectarian clashes have been occurring in Egypt for a very long time. However, with the fall of Mubarek and the general extinguishing of his dreaded police state, the security that at least kept a lid on it is now gone and the actors seem more free than ever to push the boundaries. Which they have been doing since right before the events of January 25. Some of those events can be read here.
As with most stories, it seems that both sides involved in Friday's events can share the blame. The basic facts can be found here. The rest of the story can be best related to Western readers by invoking either "Romeo and Juliet" or, better yet, "West Side Story". Is it true? We don't know. The young woman in question sent a video to an Islamist website that was then sent to Egypt Today, a local newspaper, that printed the "interview" whole. She later "phoned in" an interview to TahrirTV, the Muslim Brotherhood's new Satellite television station. Why she has not contacted one of the other "liberal" or less biased papers or stations is unanswered at this time.
It begins with a young woman named Abeer Fahkry(arabic).
Sectarian clashes have been occurring in Egypt for a very long time. However, with the fall of Mubarek and the general extinguishing of his dreaded police state, the security that at least kept a lid on it is now gone and the actors seem more free than ever to push the boundaries. Which they have been doing since right before the events of January 25. Some of those events can be read here.
As with most stories, it seems that both sides involved in Friday's events can share the blame. The basic facts can be found here. The rest of the story can be best related to Western readers by invoking either "Romeo and Juliet" or, better yet, "West Side Story". Is it true? We don't know. The young woman in question sent a video to an Islamist website that was then sent to Egypt Today, a local newspaper, that printed the "interview" whole. She later "phoned in" an interview to TahrirTV, the Muslim Brotherhood's new Satellite television station. Why she has not contacted one of the other "liberal" or less biased papers or stations is unanswered at this time.
It begins with a young woman named Abeer Fahkry(arabic).
