In 2007 Egypt witnessed an unprecedented level of labor unrest as workers from textile factories to public transport to tax collectors went on strike, mainly over low wages and poor working conditions.
"Though certainly a minority of Egyptians have regular access to the internet and fewer read blogs, the shockwaves created by the leftist revolutionaries blogging Egypt's social ills do reach the streets."
"The November-January season hasn't only witnessed a low turnout," said Arif, a Bedouin taxi driver, "it's dead and anyone who often visits Sharm will tell you that."