A Riche history | The Economist
In 1977 he was arrested during Food riots right outside the café and incarcerated for five days. ?They beat us and hosed us down. This was in January and a bit nippy. Little has changed in the intervening 34 years, except this time we won.?Some older guests at the café joined the youths in the square. After his regular coffee, Ashraf Bayoumi, a political writer, declared, ?I am heading towards Tahrir Square now because the revolution is not finished yet.? Magdi?s 17-year-old nephew Andrew, the likely next owner of the café, also joined in. ?I went outside with a camera to document what was happening and the police started chasing me.?
