“You want what?” the leader asked. He looked wildly from one member of the little group to the next.
“You heard us,” one man said. “We want greater democracy and freedom. You’re being a dictator. It has to stop.”
“That’s right,” another piped up. “The older generation says you made yourself the leader fifteen years ago. No one voted on you, and we’ve never had free elections to decide whether to keep you or have someone else as leader.”
“This is because of Egypt, isn’t it?”