O, Egypt, Does not Spring bring growth and life? - photos of Egypt before the Arab Spring

O, Egypt,
Does not Spring bring growth and life?
Why has the Arab Spring brought
Bountiful tears
Coffins
And wailing mothers?

photos by Cecilia Brainard, taken in 2008

Read also
http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2008/05/grand-tour-of-egypt.html

http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2008/05/grand-tour-of-egypt-2-old-cairo-memphis.html

http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2008/05/grand-tour-of-egypt-3.html

tags: travel, Egypt, Cairo, photographs, Nile, Arab Spring, Middle East, Conflict, Mubarak, Morsi