A woman in a brown abaya, hijab and gloves proceeded forward. "What are you all arguing about?" she said, speaking to both groups. "Why don't you all think about working together for Egypt? Egypt — that's what you should all be saying, not screaming at each other."
"Look at it — look at the looting, look at the burned buildings," a Mubarak supporter told her.
"So what? We will clean it up and rebuild it," she responded. "What are you getting so angry about? The President will not stay forever."
The woman seemed to calm everyone down. Some 30 minutes after the fracas began, it was over.
"Look at it — look at the looting, look at the burned buildings," a Mubarak supporter told her.
"So what? We will clean it up and rebuild it," she responded. "What are you getting so angry about? The President will not stay forever."
The woman seemed to calm everyone down. Some 30 minutes after the fracas began, it was over.
