The former president of Egypt died on Tuesday. He ruled for 30 years, but that ended ignominiously when he was forced out of office by a revolution in 2011. The Arab Spring brought Egyptians into the streets to oppose Mubarak’s autocratic methods. The World’s host Marco Werman discusses Mubarak’s legacy with Egyptian author Alaa Al-Aswany.
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