Three stories fall at the time of the revolution, the first by an officer in the State Security Investigations, the second for a television broadcaster, and the third by a computer engineer related to youth groups that had a major role in the revolution, explaining the reasons that led to the spread of corruption over the past thirty years.

Winter of Discontent

Amr is a 35 year old man who wakes up one day to a very different Egypt. Amr rarely leaves home as he works from his place designing software. It is January 25, 2011 and Amr starts the day with news of protests all over Cairo and marches leading to Tahrir square. Something tells him that these protests will lead to major political change. Farah, a woman in her early 30’s, is a news anchor on Egyptian television. The news Farah gives her audience is very different from the news presented online or on international news channels.