Journalist and Contributor

Wes Bruer

1 article 2011

Wes Bruer contributed to The Weekly Standard, writing about political upheaval in the Middle East. He covered the Egyptian revolution and its aftermath for the magazine in 2011.

Egypt’s Second Revolution

July 14, 2011 · Arab Spring, Middle East, Egypt

Cairo—By the time I arrived at Tahrir the morning of July 8, the iconic square was already flooded with tens of thousands of activists for what the Egyptian media dubbed “Persistence Friday.” For the first time since the 18 days of protests earlier this year that brought down Hosni Mubarak, nearly…