When you are really out of choices, do you
just retain what you have got or get high over the only option you got left
(and you KNOW it’s going to screw you again.”
That’s exactly how it is in Egypt. After 2
full years of continuous failures and depressive scenes, Egyptians are now
happy because at least we are back to square one. Most people are happy that
the army is backing them up. I am honestly not. Not because I mind the army, I am
just under the conviction that successful nations do not develop under an
authoritarian rule.. But what’s more heart aching is that most people seem to
forget what’s happened not so long ago . However, I am not blaming or pointing
fingers, the opposition did not and still haven’t come up with an alternative
plan and the Brotherhood pushed people to the edge of falling willingly in the
arms of the military again.
I just wish those who were injured or are
families of others killed in any incident throughout the past two and half
years feel right about it.
As Farag Fouda A renowned Egyptian
intellectual assassinated in the 90’s said, it is a vicious circle, from
military to theocracy to military to theocracy or sometimes a bad combination
of both..
The original Jan 25 might have been so
romantic to live any further in such a harsh world, but at least we can still
keep on dreaming of what it stood for, for all humanity … “Freedom, Bread,
Social Equality..for all”
Aside from all those notorious cheers, Euphoria, depression,
skepticism, feeling of sudden nationalism, cancellation of some for their
immigration plans, and decision of others to leave with bigger determination;
this is how my mind puts it.
2005-2010:
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Mubarak sets his son in the fascade of every
potential opportunity and propagandise for him
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Worldwide credit crunch not affecting Egypt that
much
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Major economic changes and the opening of bigger
opportunities…just for the rich ones.
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As a result, rich got way richer, poor got way
poorer.
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Ministry of Interior (Police) gets a power of
the Devil. Punishes, revenges and makes verdicts on people before reverting to
court..
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KHaled Said- A young Egyptian guy, brutally
beaten to death at his home, in his own street claiming he was being arrested
for doing weed.
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Country youth alarmed by incident.
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Many mini political pressure groups (Kefaya-
Judiciary Independence) start to emerge
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2010- Parliamentary Elections- Major forgery,
most voters were able even to take live videos of those. Before then, almost
every opposition figure was put in jail- by military court.
2011:
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Jan 25- Police Day
Regardless of what that means, youth
thought it should be a valid opportunity to demonstrate against the brutality
that has increased massively and practiced from the Police then. (still is
though).
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Jan 25-28- people of all sects and targets
joined. Calls for freedom, Bread and social equality began to arise. And
Finally and out of the blue, came “People Want Demolishing the regime”
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Jan 28- Regime technically demolished.
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Jan 29- Feb 11 – politicians try to find a
solution to it and Yes, Mubarak to Step down.
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Feb 11, 2011 till June 2012 . SCAF takes power
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SCAF (Supreme Council of Armed forces) –
Military
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Military takes over country and turns down every
single road map offered by political figures, youth or street calls. Only
adopts Muslim Brotherhood road map.
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Throughout a very tough period till May
2012, Egypt suffered a terrible interim
period. Regardless of my own opinion of that, the final count was at follows
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Egypt was degraded several times economically
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Terrorism was screwed
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People were still on the streets
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Security was never retained
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Riot mismanagement still existed
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A number of at least 13000 egyptians were
detained in different incidents (detained meaning arrested and imprisoned with
no verdict or with a military court)
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Egypt did go to a referrandum for constitutional
amends that had major faults and failures and only supported by the Ismalists.
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Egypt went through parliamentary elections that
the MB won and then the parliament was dismantled
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And since the Egyptian constitution states two
Legislative houses (People’s Assembly, Shura Council), Egypt did go through
that as well.. with only 6% of those eligible to vote because they knew that
this council is absolutely of no known benefit to them.
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A death toll of Egyptians in several incidents
that were always blamed on “A third hidden party” never really disclosed.
Mohamed
Mahmoud, Cabinet, Port Said Stadium, The Copt Massacre in Maspero, Balon
theatre and others.
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Regardless of what was the reason behind all
those incidents, it’s the mismanagement that was so terrible. When the woman
was beaten brutally and her clothes were torn apart and cameras of the world
did capture it, the islamist channels, pointed fingers at her being out among
the protesters and making out of herself an easy prey to that. And the military
never really took a real stance against it.
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When Maspero – the well known Coptic
demonstration was savagially attacked, the National TV (mouthpiece for those in
power) only backed it up and literally asked people to join the army to stop
the protestors. 27 people killed.
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May 2012- Presidential Elections approaching.
And because most opposition figures were too selfish to make affiliations the
tie up was between Ahmad Shafik (believed to be backed up with the Army) and
Mohamed Morsy (Muslim Brotherhood)
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Such a tie up and since then, the society was
torn into two shares. A share that backed up Shafik, because they really felt
that there is no way on earth to support the MB candidate and the other share
was his own supporters from the brotherhood and some of those who believed may
be if we give them a chance, and others who did not want to recreate the old
regime once again.
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Morsi win with a marginal difference with a
euphoria of having a first elected president in Egypt history.
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June 2012- June 2013
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Egypt gives Morsi and brotherhood a chance to
present the “Renaissance Project” as he primarily presented himself. There was
no project.
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The Presidency, the government and everyone
involved did a lousy job in a country that is already suffering a terrible
interim period and a good heritage of failure, organization deplection,
routine, old fashioned management, economic failures and societal defects…
however filled with hope and positive energy.
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November 2012
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Morsi assigns himself God. With a dictatorial
constitutional decree, he forcibly announces himself and his decrees above the
rule of law and dismissed the Attorney General, (who was kept since Mubarak
though people asked numerously to be changed through proper and legal
procedures)
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Morsi forces a constitution and a referendum on
the people without enough social and communal consent. In a funny scene, the
committee was on live broadcast finishing the constitution overnight.
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Protests are back on the streets, Morsi
opposition, Mubarak Supporters are back and revolutionaries who felt betrayed
were back.
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Morsi supporters attack the protests and 8
people got killed. (claimed from the brotherhood)
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Services in the country has terribly gone worse.
Electricity outages, water cut offs, oil and especially solar, prices went up
and people are getting laid off.
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Ethiopia insists to build its own dam that will
definitely diminish Egypt’s quota of water.
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Morsi’s supporters and Morsi, gets Egypt
involved in a Sunni Shiite confrontation
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No country seem to take Morsi and his gang
seriously due to his mixed signals to everyone and his terrible approach and
instability that occurred.
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All calls to take opposition suggestions more
seriously failed, and the brotherhood’s greed for power made no place for
nobody to be part of any institution.
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April- June 2013
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Calls to sign Rebel applications. Just an
application stating that you do want no more of this president.. it’s one year
and it’s enough and ask for another Early presidential elections.
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Calls for massive rallies on the 30th
were all over the country.
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Islamist moves take their share of streets and
start to rally 3 days ahead just prempting.
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June 30th- Massive rallies (biggest
ever in the Middle East) were on the streets. People calling for Morsi to step
down and for early elections to take place.
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July 1st- Al Sissy, announces giving
President and Opposition an ultimatum of 48 hours to sort out a plan or they
will come with one.
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We all know, the Army’s plan of course. Is to
come back in place surrounded by Egyptians’ blessings who did not find an
alternative except that.
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