another report

Yolande Knell
BBC News, Cairo

Several hundred people are queuing at one entrance to Tahrir Square in the late afternoon sun. Their determination to reach the heart of anti-government protests has not been dented by officials’ announcements of a series of concessions.

“We don’t care what they are promising. Our demand is the same: Mubarak must leave,” says Mariam defiantly.

A man standing behind her says the authorities have ignored the views of young people for too long. “I am 55 years old, I have tolerated this president for 30 years. This young generation is braver than mine. They have motivated us,” he insists.

That really is a great generation in Egypt under age 30. A lot of sharp cookies, and they speak their minds, as the whole world now knows.