IN June 2011, on an 80% empty London-to-Cairo jumbo jet, two Alexandria businessmen scoffed at British timidity.
“That’s not how they built an empire!”said one. His friend laughed. “A century ago, mobs couldn’t scare them!” Both men were hotel owners, extra sensitive to the reduced tourist flow since the beginning of the ill-named Arab spring.
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