Kairos in Cairo: Seizing the Moment of Moral Courage
I was among the million people who marched through London on February 15, 2003, to protest the imminent invasion of Iraq. I don’t think anyone in the crowd thought a single march would stop the Anglo-American coalition from launching a war of aggression, but most felt it was important that the widespread anger and dismay at this murderous course of action be embodied, literally, on the streets, by a broad cross-section of the public. This was done. And it was not totally unimportant, as an act of bearing witness. But now, years later, the people of Egypt — especially the