Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson have arrived back in Canada. From Toronto airport they have spoken briefly but did not take questions. They are happy to be back and decent people can only welcome them home with relief that they made it. However few Canadians need this case history to know that imprisonment in Egypt must be dreadful. It should be remembered that Dr. Loubani and Mr. Greyson were not “pyramid tourists” when they were arrested by Egyptian police. Any experienced traveller is surely stunned that these two grown men would knowingly embark on a day of trying to witness the chaotic and dangerous events rocking Cairo. At a minimum, what they did was rash and foolish. It is an entirely reasonable concern that although their intent may have been innocent, they were in fact motivated by their political viewpoints. In the end that conduct required an enormous public and private effort to get them home. They are luckier perhaps than they know to be Canadian. CBC
