Let’s quickly check the timeline of the past one year which has caused the land of pyramids to go jinxed for life:
For a long time we have seen our middle east in turmoil. Let us know why this is happening? Mubarak was ousted in style last year and this time the same fate met Morsi. Egypt has fallen into a habit of ousting Presidents it seems. The world is divided this time on this event. To many this is a pattern, democracy needs to be respected because unlike Mubarak Morsi was elected.
But is that the only story? Have the people been united by a behavior or Morsi had started to show strains of Mubarak all over again? A little bit of both, of course.
But all this has a cost. To you this is news to Egypt it is the never ending journey they have embarked upon to find peace in their country.
A quick recap of state of things: GDP 2.2 %, currency at 7 dollars (from 5.5) inflation 8.5 % Oil rises to 102 $ Domestic debt 85% of GDP (up from 65% in 2007)
But the people have been unaware of all of the above values.
Let’s capture the timeline in vivid pictures now.
This is the Tahiri square on 8th February 2011 above and This is Tahiri Square on 27 November 2012 on right
A woman holding a protest card against Mubarak above and A graffiti against Morsi in protests on right
Fire crackers at the end of the ouster of Mubarak above and Fire crackers at the end of ouster of Mosri on right
An army truck put to fire in Mubarak protests above and An army truck patrolling after ouster of Morsi on right
The Egyptian flag being raised against Mubarak above and
The Egyptian flag being raised against Morsi on right
As can be seen from the pictures, the story has been quite similar the object is same and yet the target has been changed from Mubarak to Morsi. This is what Egypt has done as rehearsals twice. Now one is waiting to see if there is going to be another one who faces the course of history again.
And to end the story on a funny note by one and only Ramesh Srivats 🙂 :
Power corrupts…that is what happened with the Muslim brotherhood when they took over.. some say Morsi was democratically elected..but I have my doubts..
Truth is this cannot go on..they cannot have Presidents appointed and then throw them out if they don’t listen to them..this is like holding hostage… what Egypt lacks now is ‘integration’..a smooth integration of its people and army and politicians is what will help them…
True true. This is what I wanted to convey that the mess is there. And the people I am sure are at the receiving end but they need to get hold of their stuff now. They cannot always be in the middle of a revolution…
I hope Egypt gets back into a state of stability…
I hope so too..
Political trauma is a hard taskmaster.
I know, I live in India.
The difference is that people here hardly have the focus or drive to do something about it.
true true. And perhaps that is the reason for no revolution in our own country…that could be a point
I would say your post is an awesome summary of the happenings in Egypt which was developing at good pace few years back , at least to the world outside.
I was reading it seriously enough and there you cracked that joke – Mulayam should be mailed this 😀 He , Nitish , Modi , RaOWL Gandhi .. everyone is thinking about being the ultimate administrator ..lets see who actually becomes ..
India may never face such situations as the country is too big and diversified to crack a national level AANDOLAN !! Moreover Indians are self centred … we work for vested interest , be the govt or we the commoners
yes because without humour no issue gets the right impact 😀 and the other thing is that we cannot have an andolan remember we have the bait of elections unfortunately. We have this false sense of security that next govt will work…