Give me my freedom

This morning I woke up thinking of the taxi driver you brought me from Cairo international airport to my hotel last April. I had asked him if he thought that Mohamed El Baradei had any chance of winning the upcoming elections and he replied:

" I was born under President Moubarak and till the end of my life it will be President Moubarak running the country. If not the current Moubarak, his son."

And he quickly added, frightened: " Please do not tell anyone about what I just said. Please."

So since April I had kept this story in my head. Today I can imagine this man smiling because life has changed for the Egyptians.

Oum Kalthum sung this beautiful song "A3tiny huriyati", give me my freedom. It was presented as a love song but was directed at the British who had failed to honour their promise to leave Egypt. Today the Egyptians have taken non-violently and collectively action to make these words reality.

Good luck, Egypt!