1.0 link 210568 <![CDATA[Egyptians' Excitement for Obama's Speech Conceals Mistrust]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/annelle-sheline/egyptians-excitement-for_b_210568.html "You know Barack Obama is coming to Cairo, right?" I ask in Arabic.

"You mean Barack Hussein Obama?" the man replies in English, turning fully around in his seat and grinning hugely.

So goes a typical exchange between an American (me) and a taxi driver in Cairo in early June. Obama's selection of Cairo for the location of his June 4th speech to address the Muslim world elicits excitement from the average Egyptian. Yet if pressed, Cairenes' admiration for the...

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