Wednesday, February 02, 2011

class conflict in Egypt: the upper class shows its ugly head

""The poor people think that if Mubarak leaves they will be rich," said Farag, the jeweler. "Will the price of meat drop from $3 [a pound] to 30 cents if he goes?"  "These people take four wives and have 15 or 20 kids and then wonder why they are poor," said Hani Farouk, 33, who lives in the wealthy suburb of Maadi."