On the day that Mubarak’s thugs charged into Tahrir Square on the backs of camels, swinging whips and chains at the gathered protesters, Yasmine el-Baramawy was arrested by the military.
Ms Baramawy, then a 28-year-old composer and oud player, had been carrying bandages and disinfectant to treat the wounded when she was stopped on the edge of the square and driven to an officer’s club being used as a detention centre.
It was February 2, 2011. Neither Ms Baramawy nor the intelligence officer interrogating her knew that in nine days Mr Mubarak would be overthrown, but both of them sensed that something was about to change in Egypt.
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The officer eventually released her a few words of threat.
“We’ll…
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