make up the majority of the population, will find a way beyond the dichotomous choice between Islamists and generals. How fast will this happen? In Bab El-kheroug this confrontation plunged Egypt into chaos for nine years. But we all know that novelists are prone to exaggeration. The writer is a Cairo-based

script Ezzedine C. Fishere EFTA00671793 June 18, 2012 --- For the past 10 weeks I have been writing and publishing a novel in daily segments. In Bab El-kheroug, or The Exit, Ali, an old translator at the presidential palace, writes a long letter to his son explaining his decision to betray the president. W