Many attended the mass rallies in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focus of the uprising, and there were much was made of the apparent unity between Christians and Muslims.
It seems that Cameron is only the latest in a long line of western leaders to have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Karzai, making pledges of unity and support through slightly clenched teeth.
And the new Hamas leaders — who attended a lunch on Monday with Mr. Hamdallah at the home of Ahmed Hiles, the leader of a Fatah-aligned clan that has clashed violently with Hamas — insist they are serious about making concessions in the name of unity.
AHEAD of Pope Francis's visit on May 26th to the West Bank, the core of the Palestinians' hoped-for state, Muslims and Christians there have made a show of unity.
When you use a cliche there is little chance of being misunderstood, and at the same time you have made a declaration of unity with your audience, invoking an instantly recognised commonplace that puts you "on the same page" (if I may) with them.
Since the confirmation fight, other justices have made similar defenses of the court, or made symbolic gestures of unity.
The volte-face came at a Bush- Bremer lunch that day where Bremer made a unity of command argument to the Decider.
That was one reason John Paul II, who has made Christian unity one of the goals of his papacy, was so eager to meet 77-year-old Diodoros I, whom he kissed on both cheeks.
If we want one of our three regional bids to break through the noise and beat other metropolitan juggernauts, the Capital Region must make a clear demonstration of unity.
Philip Purser, in his obituary of Warren Mitchell (16 November), surprisingly made no mention of Unity Theatre as a formative experience.
