more praise for the youth of Egypt

From 87-year-old MOHAMED HEIKAL, in conversation with Fisk in The Independent.

My favorite passage, surely the only time Mubarak has ever been compared with Hitchcock:

“Mubarak kept us all in suspense,” he goes on. “He was like Alfred Hitchcock, a master of surprise. But this was an Alfred Hitchcock situation without a plot. The man was improvising every day – like an old fox. The millions moved. I watched him – and I was stunned.”

Mubarak as a plotless Hitchcock.

[ADDENDUM: For some criticism of Heikal’s own political track record, see the user comments at the bottom of the article.]