Crossing the culture
Ex-President Mubarak is 84. He currently stands accused by opponents of ordering soldiers to fire on peacefully demonstrating protestors, 800 of whom died during the uprising earlier this year which ousted him from a leadership of almost 30 years.
Eleanor Margesson
If he is found guilty, he will face the death penalty. There is no question that Mubarak is experiencing ill health and that, one way or another, his end is near. As a Muslim, he will expect judgment to follow death and he will hope that, at that judgment, the good in his life will outweigh the bad.
