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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/26/AR2011012607770.html
In Egypt, Protests Show Signs of Cohesion
(Washington Post) Sherine Bayoumi and Leila Fadel - The demonstrations in Egypt continued Wednesday despite a strong police presence and hundreds of arrests. There were secularists, socialists and Islamists all walking together and demanding change with a unity that for years eluded Egypt's opposition. "The psychological barrier of fear has been broken," said Shadi Hamid, director of research for the Brookings Doha Center. "Eighty million Egyptians saw [Tuesday's protests]. They saw that it's okay to come out and that there is safety in numbers."