McFreedom

Antother topic my brother and I were discussing is the attitude of the "Egyptian Street." It was his opinion that surveys had shown that the average Egryptian hated the West, but it was my impression that they weren't that virulent, although I agreed that they don't like Israel all that much. Professor Volokh has a post debunking a recent study of Egyptian attitudes about the West.

For what it's worth, my opinions were informed by the even more unscientific and anectdotal report from P. J. O'Rourke in the October, 2002 issue of the The Atlantic, "Anything Goes," about a recent trip to Egypt. [Note: As of this writing, Mr. O'Rourke's article is not available online].

The bottom line seems to be that nobody knows what the average Egyptian thinks with any certainty.