Dark Days in Egypt

Dark Days in Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood, amidst widespread public anger, wanted to mark the second anniversary of Egypt’s revolution by planting 500,000 trees, helping a million hospital patients and renovating 2,000 schools. Instead, the country looks like it is falling apart. Tear gas swirled through the windows of the posh hotels surrounding Tahrir Square. Ten people were killed during anti-government protests in Suez. In Port Said riots sparked by a court ruling left 35 dead. On Sunday night, the president, Mohammed Morsi, declared a state of emergency in those two cities and Ismailia, promising that any further unrest would be dealt with even more harshly.

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