Those behind the popular protest movement in Egypt may be basking in success but compatriots fleeing the uprising they inspired in Libya are in no mood to discuss democracy. Thousands of Egyptian labourers have been pouring into Tunisia from Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to crush a revolt closing in on him.
Many poor Egyptians spent years working in fields or on construction sites to support families back home. Some dreamed of saving enough to buy a home, or put their children through college.