A reflection on the Egyptian government position with regard to the revolt of 2011

Why the surprise?

Interesting enough to keep hearing about the conspiracy in the rhetoric of the government nowadays... It is amazing that the persistence of stating foreign hands are behind the Egyptian revolting never fail to fade away! Did anyone ask why? Why did the regime fall into a pothole .. A very big one that the struggle for survival in the ditch is a matter of life and death?

I wouldn't say that I know an easy answer but I'll try to assess the situation .. For 30 years now Egypt has been working and living under a stagnant regime... The faces in power, not only the president, have been there forever...they see themselves heroes, knowledgeable, the only ones who understand and capable of running the show and whoever opposes them may face the same destiny as my father or grandfather imprisonment or curbing their rights even more than the emergency law.. Yes there is more, when you are totally banned from exercising your limited political rights for 25 years of your life... Worse than the emergency law...anyhow, if you do that to whoever opposes the regime.. Then all will be thinking in the same line.. Hence, we will end up with brain drainage not only in science but also in political practice.

So do we blame the regime for seeing that all what is taking place for 2 weeks now in tahrir square and other governorates of Egypt as the made of foreign hands... I don't say that whoever in the region or even outside it who has a stake in what is going on in Egypt will not try to hijack the revolution.. Being it foreign or national forces... But, was that the driving force for the youth to revolt! Hey... Noooo .... And let us attempt to analyse why the NO...

First, the regime after all those years brought up a generation that saw one president, 2 or 3 prime ministers, same speaker of the parliament, same ministers...etc..under the pretence of stability... Yet the whole world is changing around them.

Second, those in the regime who are all above 70 are barely able to consume the new technological advances that came to Egypt, thank god for mobiles and internet.

Third, a generation that was not brought up in a closure from the world, listens and learns... Those who travelled abraod also learnt that when they walk in the street, they're valuable... Simply because of the fact that they are human beings..

Fourth, tasting a nice slice of a pie would tempt the individual to eat it all...

For those reasons and others, the majority of the youth in tahrir don't have hidden agendas, they are not recruited spies that are attempting a coup against the regime, they are not supporting an affiliated religious agenda, they are not idiots or illiterates... They are young Egyptians who didn't lose their identity and fall into the trap of the regime. They are exposed to different cultures, either by travelling or via the Internet. Many of them are well educated and prominent in their jobs. They want to express themselves without fear, they want to go to elections and vote while they know their vote counts. they want better licing conditions to the population. They want to have state institutions free from corruption, elections without rigging, police that serves the people and not to torture them, a government that is responding to the needs of the population... They want to say this is our country... We will live, prosper and die here... We are proud to belong to this country and we want her to belong to us....


This simple formula the current regime failed to comprehend...it has taken ththe my surprise... Oops! This is not the Muslim Brotheehood movement that brought few thousands in the streets.... It is not the western backed NGOs that brought those youth in the streets... Do you want me to believe that they are simply nationalisitc... Noway!!! No hidden agendas and no foreign hands.... Unbelievable... Hence, although we still don't buy these facts... As a regime we have to be protective to those inexperienced youth... They don't understand the burdens of running the country and they are not mature enough to know what is best.. So, we have to take veryyyyyyy slow, calculated measures in order to move towards democracy... But we cant do it all at once because we are not ready to leave the country fall into chaos!!!

Well, i've to say that the generation that is leading the revolt in Egypt is better educated than those in power, maybe they are young but they are not idiots and were not fooled by the rhetoric of the government or the opposition parties, including the Muslim Brotheehood... Yes, they are ready for democracy... They are ready to say this is what we want and what we need... I'm sorry Mr. Authoritarian regime... You're not the first or the last to try to cling to power and keep a territory of a state as your private estate... this is our land, our ancestors land, this is the land of the pharaos, the land of religions and the land of turquoise....don't be surprised Mr. You'll face daeth soon like all the rest of your compatriots. give us back our country ...Long live Egypt!