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Chapter 4
Revolution Makers
Wael Ghonim in Tahrir Square, Feb. 8, 2011 (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
“Should I become a thief Should I die”
—Mohamed Bouazizi, Dec. 17
“A couple of months ago I went to a wake, and I was
looking at people sitting in front of me. I told my brother,
‘I look in the eyes of these people and they’re dead. Dead
souls. They lost every inch or iota of humanity, dignity, sense
of freedom, sense of confidence—everything was dead.’
I went to Tahrir Square last week and you see different
people. You see people for the first time feeling they are free.”
—Mohamed ElBaradei, Feb. 10
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