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Egypt
February 9, 2011 (published) / January 23, 2013 (posted here)True story. See Arab Spring: Egypt on Wikipedia.
This work originally appeared in the Cardinal Courier, the award-winning student-run newspaper at St. John Fisher College, between 2007 and 2011.
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![[Egypt...] The sphinx, pyramids, and some palm treees sit in the hot desert sun. Two Egyptian citizens are watching "Protests in Egypt" on YouTube. Elsewhere, an assistant says, "Mr. President! Your people are rebelling! What should we do?!" The president, sitting behind his desk, raises one finger and declares, "We should turn off that blasted _Internet_!" [Note: This actually happened.] The two citizens' YouTube video disappears and is replaced with a message stating, "WHOOPS! NO 'NET FOR YOU!" The bearded male citizen turns to his female companion (wearing her full coverings) and says, "Well! Guess we might as well go out and protest, then." She responds, "Yup."](/images/frames/images/000/000/213/large/20110209egypt.png?1358982942 "WHOOPS!")