“How Gamal brought down the whole Mubarak house”

It’s not the most objective piece of journalism I’ve ever seen. (The last sentence reads: “Through his corrupt manoeuvrings, Gamal hastened his father’s demise and scuppered his own dreams of being president.”)

But it still basically rings true to me. The apparent fixed commitment to Gamal succeeding his father led to a cascade of poor decisions over the past decade, and might well be blamed for the disastrous end to which the entire family has now come.

Aside from which, the idea of hereditary succession was so loathed by the Egyptian populace that I’m not even convinced it was feasible for Gamal to take over. In fact, over the years I often thought he would be either be assassinated or putsched within a few months of reaching the top office.

HERE.