PART I

Revolts

Oh my people, please! There are no heroes. The heroes are the ones on the streets. The heroes are each and every one of us. The time when one hero would ride his horse to lead the masses is long gone.

WAEL GHONEIM, February 7, 2011

And thus, on every side beset with foes,

The goaded land waxed mad; the crimes of few

Spread into madness of the many; blasts

From hell came sanctified like airs from heaven.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, “The Prelude”