Friday, January 28th, 2011
Friday mornings with the Maadi Runner's have become my favorite day of the week. Usually gathering at the US Embassy School in Maadi around 6:30am for marathon training. We run our tails off for a few hours and conclude the morning with the most extravagant post-run brunch and some laughs. However, because of our busy morning, no one realized that every line of communication had been cut off. Gmail.com, Facebook.com, BBC.com, cell phones, text messages, blackberry service- everything, Khalas!! The only form of communication available at the time was a land-line. Come on, this is 2011, I don't even know how to use my land-line.
That night a curfew was enforced at 8pm. Did we follow this curfew? Was there any potential sign of danger in Maadi? I can honestly say, No. At that point, no one thought these protests could go much further. Tahrir Square was 10 kilometers away which seemed like the other side of the world. However, when a group of us left for a party located just down the street at around 10pm, it only took a few moments to realize the unusual silence that surrounded us. There were no honking of cars, shouting of men or running of children. But, what concerned me the most was even the overpopulated and endless presence of wild cats and dogs were absent from the streets. Almost as if they knew something was coming that we didn't.
Friday mornings with the Maadi Runner's have become my favorite day of the week. Usually gathering at the US Embassy School in Maadi around 6:30am for marathon training. We run our tails off for a few hours and conclude the morning with the most extravagant post-run brunch and some laughs. However, because of our busy morning, no one realized that every line of communication had been cut off. Gmail.com, Facebook.com, BBC.com, cell phones, text messages, blackberry service- everything, Khalas!! The only form of communication available at the time was a land-line. Come on, this is 2011, I don't even know how to use my land-line.
That night a curfew was enforced at 8pm. Did we follow this curfew? Was there any potential sign of danger in Maadi? I can honestly say, No. At that point, no one thought these protests could go much further. Tahrir Square was 10 kilometers away which seemed like the other side of the world. However, when a group of us left for a party located just down the street at around 10pm, it only took a few moments to realize the unusual silence that surrounded us. There were no honking of cars, shouting of men or running of children. But, what concerned me the most was even the overpopulated and endless presence of wild cats and dogs were absent from the streets. Almost as if they knew something was coming that we didn't.
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