Veteran analyst Bob Wing and Egyptian-American activist Hany Khalil recently met with a dozen key revolutionaries and spoke with numerous people on Cairo’s streets, in the cafes and taxis, and in their homes. This article serves as a dissection of the new living democracy in Egypt, including eyewitness and grassroots reports of the  established political organizations, revolutionary start-ups, and their complex, and sometimes messy, interactions.  A window into what it means to build democracy from the ground up, this article is both exciting and sobering.