Hosni Mubarak the confidence of the Egyptian people. "The people want Sisi, and the people's will shall prevail," Mubarak noted. Mubarak also expressed great admiration and gratitude towards the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates and his children, for their continuous support of Egypt and its people. However, Mubarak expressed his dislike of opposition politician Hamdeen Sabbahi, a Nasserist following the policies of Gamal Abdel Nasser. In July 2010, the media said Egypt was about to undergo dramatic change because Mubarak was thought to have cancer and because of the scheduled 2011 presidential election. Intelligence sources
Youth Against the Coup they are simply interested in fighting for the same freedoms and rights they sought during the nation’s 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak. “We are looking for freedom,” said Nadine Zaid, 19, a first-year Cairo University student who began protesting with the movement last fall. “It’s really hard to see your friends killed in front of you. We are against blood, we are against violence.” As the protests persist, the question is whether they could lead to broader youth demonstrations, said Michele Dunne, a senior associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “We know a