VOL. XLVI

No 48

1-December-2003

Arab Press Review

Political Disillusionment In Egypt

(MEES Translation)

The following is an extract from an article by Egyptian political commentator Faruq Juwaida entitled What Do The Silent Majority Want? that was published in the daily al-Ahramon 7 November.

There is no denying the fact that the silent majority of Egyptians play no part in politics and have no desire to do so. There are many reasons for this. For a start, Egypts political experience in the second...