Three months after the popular uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak from power, the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen returns to Cairo, where the heady days of revolution have given way to old tensions and fresh concerns.
The new headquarters building of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is a magnificent, freshly painted office block, adorned with its symbol of the Koran flanked by two curved swords.
For anyone who visited the Brotherhood’s pokey, shabby offices during the Mubarak days the place is a revelation.
The Brotherhood has a new swagger. Outside the building were shiny, expensive cars belonging to some of the businessmen who back the Brotherhood.
Inside, under golden chandeliers, sat elderly veterans of the Brotherhood’s struggles on ornate sofas and armchairs, talking discreetly.
