Wondering how is ideas are being covered in Egypt itself, I went to news.google.com.eg, typed in "جين شارب" (which I hope means Gene Sharp) and looked at the first few hits. One, which seemed to be from Iran, defeated my attempts to decipher Google's idea of English. Otherwise, all I found was one local attack on him, several quotes from the NYT, and a translation of an article from Yediot. So based on this small sample, I don't think we need worry about Egyptians falling for this story. If anybody has the patience to look further, at least you know know where to look.