MADRID – As Egyptians tensely awaited the results of their country’s presidential elections, a thread of pessimism ran through the discourse of the young people and secular liberals who had brought down Hosni Mubarak in January 2011. The “anything is possible” sensation of the Tahrir Square rebellion had faded, and now two candidates whom the protesters deeply opposed, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, and Ahmed Shafiq, a factotum of the old regime (and of the current military government), prepared to face off in the second round.
马德里—在埃及人民翘首期待总统大选结果的同时，2011年1月推翻穆巴拉克的年轻人和世俗自由派发出了悲观的声音。解放广场起义时的“一切皆有可能”的感觉已经不复存在，眼下，当初的示威者所深深反对的两位候选人——穆斯林兄弟会的穆尔西以及旧制度（和现任军政府）大总管莎菲克——正准备在第二轮大选中决一死战。