The ethnic Egyptians hail from one of the most intelligent ancient - TopicsExpress

The ethnic Egyptians hail from one of the most intelligent ancient civilisations - before Islam that is of course Islam has brainwashed many. Also lets not remember, not so long ago they too had the misfortune of being under the spell of Islamic militants - the Muslim brotherhood - some of who the population still support. However most Egyptians are fairly democratic and also tolerant of the large Coptic population Khaled Fahmy, chair of the history department at the American University in Cairo, has observed a sea change in public discussion about Hamas recently. There has been an alarming outpouring in the past two weeks, not only dumbing down and toning down criticism of Israel, but also — in fact — a very, very sharp increase in vitriolic, racist discourse against Palestinians and Hamas in particular, Fahmy said. usatoday/story/news/world/2014/07/24/egypt-opposes-hamas-gaza-conflict/13043353/