I saw a picture today in the New York Times of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square, covering about the size of 8 football fields. Another picture showed several men praying in front of huge tanks. Around the corner and down the street from Tahrir Square is the famous Egyptian museum with priceless treasures from Egypt's past. A short time ago I was in the museum gazing at the glittering golden artifacts of King Tut. After seeing all this wealth, I walked outside to the noisy, crowded streets of Cairo: cars honking, people dodging cars,donkey carts. I didn't know that in a few weeks this memory would seem calm compared to the chaos of thousands protesting in Tahrir Square.
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