Adil Sayed, an Egyptian barber working in Jeddah, said he wanted his country to be stable and did not side with the protesters or the government; his primary concern was for his family back home.
“It is apparent that the country is heading for a critical phase in its history. I fear that the violence will spread to every corner of the country as happened in Tunisia,” he said.
More than two million Egyptians are working in the Kingdom. Their remittance is a major source of foreign exchange to that country. They occupy important positions especially in the private sector.
Their worries are further heightened because they cannot talk with their relatives after Egypt's telephone and Internet connections with the outside world were disconnected. The Egyptian expatriates now depend on the Al-Sabeel television channel to get the latest news from their country.
Mustafa El-Sayed, another Egyptian worker in Jeddah, said he wanted to return to his country so he could be with his family at this time of crisis. Another Jeddah-based Egyptian wanted radical changes in that country as happened in Tunisia.
