Egypt: Stuck in Reverse!

It seems that the country is absolutely unable to move ahead to pick up with wherever the world is. Egypt seems to be falling in an eternal rebound dual relationship; either a theocracy falling in the midieval times or a bounce back to a military dictatorship stuck in the sixties.

Such realization does not seem to be coming through anyone’s mind. People are currently blinded or plagued by an explicit fascist atmosphere where every party seems to be stuck on their own ways having no tolerance nonetheless sympathy with anyone. And although, throughout 7000 years Egypt has never been part of a conventional civil strife, we absolutely have quite a winner here. The country is on the edge- if not already there.

The funny part is how most of the community is falling in the traps of propagandist media from all parties. In fact, it’s pretty much hard to even call it media, it’s propagandist opinionated information thrown to ignite the feelings of each party to loose the remnants of humanity within them. An extent that reached mocking and bullying human rightists, lawyers and rational thinker who are trying to find ways to cool down issues. It is no secret, both parties do really like that atmosphere already and no one has an intension to give life a fair chance.

Incidents of civil strife or killing is no big news and no longer cause any public to not even sympathize, but even think if that’s going anywhere at all. Pro Morsi killing a 17 year old teenager is countered by a pro Sissi killing a bearded man by burning him alive in his shop is no longer shocking enough to make anyone stop and think for a minute.

The killing of around 70 people in an open fire from police against a demonstration- said to have arms is preceded by testimonies of torture of civilians in a mosque by Morsi supporters. Both Pro Morsi and Pro Sissi, seem they can no longer be stopped but rather more determined and stuck on their own opinions.

Amid all that you have a complete loss of credible and accurate data. The number of lives lost is unclear, the reality about the Pro Morsi supporters is unclear. The Pro- Sissi “delegation to fight terrorism” is unclear. Even the detention and interrogation of many said to be involved prominent politicians is still unclear. A situation that led to an enormous hate evoking media tone among local, regional and international media apertures trying to collect as much gains to whichever party they belong to.

A prominent media anchor clearly came on TV with a clear speech of hate against a party another media anchor moved from reporting a fact of man shot on the back of his head, a scene of a human brain flushing out of a skull to an analysis to where the shot is coming from front or back- making an assumptions that the demonstrators are killing each other for sympathy!! And speakers of Pro Morsi supporters clearly encourage violence against the country.

Even Sinai, news of daily assaults against authority with no real field coverage, no single video or even a real funeral of those who get killed. In fact we have no idea what is going on in Sinai. Not a single bit. Why are those terrorists attacking the country (even at Morsi’s governance) and what is holding the forces from stopping them?

An Arab TV station has enlarged the number of the killed 3 times the actual approximated number and continuously airing a clear hate speech by some speakers on the pro Morsi demonstrators. In fact both parties no longer air any news regarding the other party except in opinions- no facts. Media reporters were attacked on separate occasions at demonstrations.

Not to mention the numeric count assumptions about demonstrators, without any scientific basis. Rab’aa protestors claiming daily they have millions and Pro Sissi claiming an average of 30-40 million people every time they seem to hit the streets! Not a single report from a credible body to justify either number.

Comes in fashion, “War Against Terror” fad. A phrase that never really led to more blood shed and more lives innocent and guilty taken, increased hate, inflamed revenge and decreased any source of freedom or even safety among anyone claiming it.

Looking left to Algeria, you’d find a country that already walked down this road in no proper achievement. Less than 8 months back, terrorists have held BP employees in custody and the government had attacked everyone on the gas facility ending in many casualties including four employees who were in custody.

At moments like this, you have really no choice. If you join the Pro Sissi, you may be asking for Military Rule again and bringing back the country not only to Mubarak’s era but to the 60’s without even promises of a social justice. If you join the Pro Morsi you are probably asking for a violent theocracy that will push you centuries back when democracy wasn’t even practiced. On the process, you will loose your manners, ethics and some friends. Or you can choose to try to find reconciliation, and you’ll be attacked as your neutral stance is a form of treason to either party.

With an atmosphere like this where people replace their anger at killing with anger at the CNN or finding a name for June 30 be it a coup or a revolution or even carrying Morsi or Sissi’ posters and flooding them with intimidating kisses, it’s better you stay Quiet then till the storm passes, and hope that it does with no more damage and no more friends lost.