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joining us once again, ben wedeman in cairo. ivan watson in cairo. and here with me professor dr. fouad ajami. fouad, your thoughts? >> what can i tell you? i come from a generation whose heart was broken by egypt. we witnessed the defeat of egypt, those of us arab born who came to politics in the '50s and the '60s. we witnessed the defeat of egypt in the six-day war in 1967. the collapse of the dream, and the weakness of egypt as a country. and here we are, we now have the glory of egypt. egypt has given the arabs the way forward. civilian politics but resistance to the ruler and belief in democracy. >> that's why we hear egyptians chanting "hold your head up high, we are egyptians." >> exactly. in the '50s and '60s, they still loved the leader and they are
fouad, your thoughts? >> what can i tell you? i come from a generation whose heart was broken by egypt. we witnessed the defeat of egypt, those of us arab born who came to politics in the '50s and the '60s. we witnessed the defeat of egypt in the six-day war in 1967. and here we are, we now have the glory of egypt. egypt has given the arabs the way forward. civilian politics but resistance to the ruler. >> that's why we hear egyptians chanting "hold your head up high, we are egyptians." >> egyptians have been badly treated by the world, badly treated by colonial powers from the world over, and the egyptians finally reached their
ivan watson in cairo. and here with me professor dr. fouad ajami. fouad, your thoughts? >> what can i tell you? i come from a generation whose heart was broken by egypt. we witnessed the defeat of egypt, those of us arab born who came to politics in the '50s and the '60s. we witnessed the defeat of egypt in the six-day war in 1967. the collapse of the dream, and the weakness of egypt as a country. and here we are, we now have the glory of egypt. egypt has given the arabs the way forward. civilian politics but resistance to the ruler and belief in democracy. >> that's why we hear egyptians chanting "hold your head up high, we are egyptians." >> exactly. in the '50s and '60s, they still loved the leader and they are asking egyptians who have been much trampled upon by the world, badly treated by the world,
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