In the wake of Egypt's revolution against Hosni Mubarak's totalitarian regime, many foreign observers believed that the African nation, along with several other Muslim nations, had a chance to change the course of history. After suffering for years, the buds of freedom finally seemed to be sprouting from underneath the despotic soil that had plagued the Middle East for countless generations. As most people know by now, the "Arab Spring" began in Tunisia when their leader, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, was forced to flee the country in the wake of a popular uprising. Soon after Ben Ali's ouster, the anger and pent up resentment that had been secretly boiling inside the Middle Eastern people exploded in streets and city squares around the region. Mubarak fell soon after Ben Ali, and as of today uprisings (violent ones, unlike the ones in Egypt and Tunisia) are underway in Libya and Yemen. All of these uprisings, particularly the Egyptian one, pitted a pro-democracy citizenry against a power-loving dictator and his inner circle. So it should go without saying that when Egypt holds its free and fair presidential election this fall, the electorate will select a candidate who is fresh, wise, and who was supportive of the revolution, right?
Well, not exactly...
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