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Saudi youth dangle precariously on an unprotected ledge atop the Faisaliah Tower, taking photos of themselves on their mobile phones in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 23, 2011. The overthrow of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak generated a rocky stretch, but in their usual halting manner, the Saudis are adjusting to the wobbling political landscape across the Middle East. Ordinary people in Egypt and elsewhere seethe with the accusation that the kingdom is the heartland of the “counter-revolution.” But both Saudi and foreign analysts find that classification too sweeping.