News at Eleven: "We are living as if in a theatrical play,"

[Iman] Bakry said. "All the actors have their makeup expertly on, but no one believes them. They don't speak the truth."

In her poem about fraudulent democracy, she writes:

Democracy is our ruse.
The big guys in the alley fabricated it, just to improve our image,
and to believe that we live an easy life.

Out her window, beyond the chic CityStars mall, the pyramids rise in the desert, testaments to a great, ancient civilization that has for centuries lost its way. And Bakry worries what the future will bring.

from Los Angeles Times: Dissident poet is allowed to speak, but Egypt's leaders aren't listening

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