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A long and detailed interview by New Left Review with Hazem Kandil, an Egyptian political sociology scholar at University of California, Los Angeles - about the background and social composition of the 2011 Egyptian revolt and the options for the various forces involved in the political restructuring of Egyptian society.

Go ahead. >> reporter: you can probably hear the fireworks behind me. the celebration is getting under way for the supporters of dr. muhamad morsi, because the supreme council, presidential elections council just announced morsi won, close to 52% of the runoff vote, making him egypts next president, 48% going to the rival candidate, the former prime minister under mubarak. a defining moment for the refer solution and believe me, when i say though there are thousands in egypt, many going to be ho...

In turkey its always seen as gainor of the state and guarantor of the secularism. it restrains what the elected officials can do. thats what military will try to do in egypt. >> charles is right. but tension in the military will go down if the muslim brotherhood candidate does not win and the alternative, former air force officer who served as prime minister under mubarak. in that case, you have a joint military regime still. is that bill? >> i think muslim brotherhood candidate will win and sco...

For political participation or no space for feeling like you were part of this countrys future. now there is. >> khalid abdullah, appreciate your time. thank you, khalid. >> thank you so much. i just need to say it to you again, it has really meant so much your coverage to all of us here. so thank you very much for everything youve done. >> thank you. its an honor to be reporting on your efforts. thank you. >> from the heart. >> khalid abdullah. egyptians still celebrating, nearly 12 hours after...

Its like 180 degrees. something we never experienced in our lifetime. >> one egyptian put it simple, most people have discovered in the last few days that they are worth something. and this cannot be taken away from them anymore. >> theres a feeling of euphoria down here. its relief. its joyousness. [ horns honking ] >> im so excited. i can hardly hear what youre saying, so im just going to give them a chance to talk. >> i am very happy now. always the people of egypt are very happy because muba...

At what level? the bureaucracy here has to talk to the bureaucracy there. they have to get a bead on what their policy is. there are many, many questions and theyre looking at that right now. its not very clear at all. >> john, what have you learned about what has transpired in terms of the white house and the government in the last 24 hours, vis-a-vie egypt? >> we know there have been mixed signals. yesterday morning when the president said they were witnessing history, they thought and were to...

Have toppled the regime." this is incredibly significant when you think that just a few days ago, it was president mubarak on the cover almost every day. this was the newspaper of the regime. and now the regime is gone. and this newspaper is selling like hot cakes. anderson? >> save me a copy, if you can. ben, i also understand on state television that president -- >> reporter: i will. >> that president obamas speech was carried live and people had people have been calling into state television,...

This is one of those times. the people of egypt have spoken. their voices have been heard. and egypt will never be the same. by stepping down, president mubarak responded to the egyptian peoples hunger for change. but this is not the end of egypts transition. its the beginning. im sure there will be difficult days ahead, and many questions remain unanswered. >> lets talk about the days ahead. joining me live, former cia director, james woolsey, jill dougherty, john king and professor dr. fouad a...

Welcome back. those are the words today from a central figure in the egyptian uprising. wael ghonim is a google executive on leave from his job turned activist. some people say the roots can be traced back to what he was posting on facebook. he said, welcome back egypt today. a spokesman called ghonim a hero. today we can also call him a revolutionary. he had a lot to lose, a family, great job, detained by security forces for ten days. he was blindfolded. no one told him what was going on, wheth...

Life in egypt. so i look forward to what egypt will spawn by way of politics and culture. and i think everything looks better than what this man had in store for you. >> it feels like people have underestimated egypt for 18 days and underestimated these protestors each step, ringing their hands say thing is bad, this is bad, slow down, slow down. and yet egyptians have something else in mind. >> and then there are these people who are second guessing the egyptians. this is a real moral embarrass...