It’s 19 hours GMT, and Al Jazeera is covering live what is sure to be one of the great events of the early 21st century. What amazing coverage. I had given up on journalism.
“After seventeen days of protest, excitement is growing.” And as far as you can see, they tell us, every street leading into Cairo’s Tahrir Square is packed, and still the people are arriving.
The cheering and clapping and whistling of the crowd sounds like a great football game. From this distance you can hear the joy in their shouts. And the energy. And the anticipation. And the hope. They are waiting.
“Yalla! Yalla!”
Bring him on. Let’s hear him say he’ll leave.