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After almost three weeks of protests in Egypt, a representative of the demonstrators, who hail from various age groups and various social and religious backgrounds, has yet to emerge. The political opposition is still divided, although some of its segments have already held first talks with Omar Suleiman on systemic reforms. The army’s role remains unclear: it enjoys public respect even despite its being deeply rooted, institutionally and economically, in an undemocratic regime. The social rebellion will most likely get politicized by the strongest and fastest-organizing oppositionists, but these are unlikely to be the Muslim Brothers.