mohammed abass stands to me as this person who no longer knows where egypt is right now. he has not lost hope, but he is dispairing, and he has fled the country fearing arrest, because anyone who was part of the opposition is being arrested, and he did not want to get arrested. so he has left the country. in his travels, he came to the united states, and he spoke to some important people in washington on an off-the-record basis. and those important people in washington, i think, listened to him. because i have talked to them. they hear in him something that doesn't get expressed. it is too in the middle, it is too knew aunsed, but it is really important. so when i hear that mohammed abbas is in washington, he has given me so much of his time. i said i want to show you around boston, where i am from. i wanted to take him to fen way, but i didn't. instead i took him to see the freedom trail and the history of the american revolution. i kept telling him, tahrir square is like the boston massacre. i took him to where the first real violent demonstration against the british cr