The question being whispered in some Gulf Arab states that have long thought themselves immune from the type of popular uprising now convulsing Egypt is, "Could it ever happen here?"
As Egypt's political revolt unfolds and threatens to upend the Arab world's political status quo, it seems to be business as usual from Kuwait to Saudi Arabia: People commute to work on dusty roads, shop and eat at posh malls. But at home, they are glued to television images of chaos on the streets of Cairo.
Now, after eight days of relentless protests threatening to break the 30-year rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Gulf states cannot help but wonder how far unrest will spread and how that might impact their own rule.
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