Egypt: El Baradie Has Arrived · Global Voices
Tarek Amr

Cairo International Airport is used on receiving hundreds of visitors every day, but on February 19, 2010, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed El Baradie, who has announced earlier that he may run for the presidential elections in 2011, returned to Egypt.
The blog of the journalism students in American University in Cairo, Adham Center for Graduates, wrote here about El Baradie's arrival at the Cairo International Airport and the hundreds – or even thousands – who were there to receive him.
Mostafa El Naggar wrote here about the scene in the airport:
He then continued:
Zeinobia published here some videos taken at the airport during El Baradie's arrival and the masses who were there waiting for him:
Egyptian Wish also wrote here about El Baradie's arrival and his own wishes regarding El Baradie's next moves:
Meanwhile, Eyad Harfoush mocked the Egyptian governmental newspapers here and how they dealt with the incident:
Sarah El Sirgany wrote in her blog about the state of opposition parties here in Egypt, and the rise of El Baradie as a suitable opponent in the upcoming elections, because of what she describes as his “Star Power”:
She then elaborated her “Star Power” theory in more details.
And at the end, she stressed on the fact the El Baradie is more than just an opponent, but he is also a driver for change in the Egyptian political scene.
Even the Egyptian write Alaa El Aswany wrote here in his blog, why people should stand behind El Baradie in the upcoming elections:
He continues:
Ahmed El Doreiny wrote here about an experience he vividly recalls from 2005:
He then ended his post saying: