Egypt is a Disappointed Mother to Three Loser Sons.

By: Aya Ahmed

Egypt Considered the Mother of the World, as referred to in Arabic, is weeping.

Since 1952, Egypt has been ruled by Military leaders. Presidential elections in 2012 in two rounds, which brought different results. The first was on 23^rd and 24^th of May with voter turnout of 46% but they were divided into 5 major candidates. (But I will address only the three sons)

Mohammed Morsi 25% who represents the Muslim Brotherhood and which I call “The religious son or loser number one”

Ahmed Shafik 24% the final prime minster under deposed President Hosni Mubrak (The military son or the second loser)

 Then the last son Hamdeen Sabhi 21% (The civilian son or loser number three)

Egyptians had a choice between modest, secular and religious, and we chose the religious. Perhaps because Egyptians are know to be spiritual by nature since the Dawn of time.

 

In round number two Egyptians were left with two choices: Giving the Muslim Brotherhood a chance to prove what they have been promising for the last 70 years, or choosing someone who used to work under Mubrak’s old regime? You guessed right, yes, they chose the religious son, hoping that he would save them from the earthly hell. Surprisingly he made it worse.

 

Since Moris became the first religious president the country has been facing countless hardships especially in terms of economy. Not to mention the poor image he reflected by giving horrible Presidential speeches that literally addresses only his “people” and embarrassing himself trying to speak English.

 

It did not only stop at that but he promised the Egyptians that everything would be fixed in 90 days, a promise that Even Aladdin with his magic lamp would not promise. Not delivering was expected, but making Egypt drown in debt is what made the Egyptians realize that he cannot stay for 4 years.

 

Then Tamrod movement was born, which literally means “rebellion”. Tamrod is a movement that was founded by the youth to register opposition to President Morsi. By 28^th of April 2013 more than 22 million signatures were collected.

 

Once again the Egyptians took over the streets in 30^th June 2013. It was a huge protest that aimed at resignation of the president.

Later on, the Egyptian Armed Forces (one would think, the only true power in Egypt) issued an ultimatum, which gave the country's political parties 48 hours to meet the demands of the Egyptian people after which they threatened to intervene if nothing changed within these 48 hours.

 

As expected Morsi did not listen and after a while Egyptians voted for SISI who comes from a military background. Some Egyptians such as Ahmed Abdelgawad justify their voting for SISI by saying that “he is the right man at this time”.

 

But the question is, are Egyptians trapped in a circle of military leaders or Egypt is a mother who failed to raise three sons that none can drive well?

The reality is, unless Egypt’s 3 sons rise up to her expectations its impossible for the country to break out from the military cycle.