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Egyptian Protestors Take to Chicago's Streets Mom Jailed For Sending Kids to Better School

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They chanted in Arabic and in English, but the message spread by a few hundred demonstrators on Michigan Avenue was the same: Egypt President Hosni Mubarak must go. "He's a dictator. He's been ruling for the past 30 years with no free and fair elections," said protestor Amenah Ibrahim, a Palestinian American, mother of two, and wife of an Egyptian. "There's a huge gap between the rich and the poor. There are no jobs for the young. There are all the educated and bright people and there is no future for them. All they want is a democracy."

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