Last evening the missus and I had dinner at a Lebanese restaurant, and were served by an immigrant from Egypt. He, a Copt, has been in contact with his family in a smallish city in Upper Egypt (the south) near Aswan.

Communications to that area, unlike Cairo, was still open as of 6pm, Los Angeles time while we were eating. His family had not been affected directly by the turmoil in the capitol. While he was very circumspect in his answers to our questions about the current unrest, it was clear that he was not a fan of the current government, but was wary of what would replace the Mubarack regime.