#33 million protesters
Numbers, numbers everywhere, but not an accurate statistic in sight By Peter Schwartz, contributor, EgyptianStreets.com ‘So let me get this straight: how big were the demonstrations?’ an Irish friend recently asked me. I hummed and hawed, bandied around a few possible statistics, but then embarrassed, was forced to admit I didn't really know. He was mightily unimpressed. After regaling him with tales of Ittihadeya crammed to the gills and suffocating-room only in Tahrir, I was supposed to have a good grasp of…
