To the Middle East Politics specialists, pundits and scholars who have been running left and right over the past year analyzing, researching, and writing about the new generation of the MB bloggers… IT IS KHALED HAMZA WHO’S BEEN MENTORING THOSE BLOGGERS AND LOBBYING HARD TO GET THE MB LEADERSHIP TO GIVE THOSE YOUNG ONES A VOICE, BUT HE RARELY CREDITED HIMSELF BECAUSE HE’S HUMBLE, AND BECAUSE HE’S NEITHER A MEDIOCRE NOR EGOTISTIC… I’VE KNOWN KHALED WELL SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2006, AND I CAN WRITE VOLUMES ABOUT HOW HARD HE WORKS, DESPITE HIS AILING HEALTH, AND HOW SINCERE HE IS IN STEERING THE ORGANIZATION TOWARDS OPENNESS AND MORE DEMOCRATIC APPROACH TO INTERNAL DECISION MAKING…

I BEG YOU ALL TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HIS ARREST, AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO LOBBY FOR HIS RELEASE FROM MUBARAK’S GULAG…