Mubarak´s fate haunts Egypt´s leaders, and gives hope to its people | Jack Shenker
(The Guardian Egypt)

The late dictator´s downfall is a cautionary tale for those who seek to obliterate dissent in a country of 100 million peopleOn 28 January 2011, a reporter colleague and I boarded a ghostly Cairo metro train travelling east below the Nile, from Giza to the city centre. Far above us, the capital was ablaze. Pockets of fighting between anti-government protesters and police shook the streets; bridges across the river were revolutionary battlegrounds; ribbons of smoke and teargas filled the sky. In a final, futile attempt at self-preservation, the country´s authoritarian regime had shut down mobile networks and switched off the internet, so reliable news was hard to come by and we didn´t know who would emerge triumphant from what had already been termed Egypt´s `day of rage`. Related: Hosni Mubarak obituary Related: If Sisi´s brutality in Egypt continues, the results could be dire for Europe | Amr Darrag Continue reading...