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The call is not for jihad but for freedom

(BARACK OBAMA)

THE JASMINE REVOLUTION

There is no return for the Arab World

Change is already happened. What the long term will look like we cant tell. But the feeling in the country is altered. Ahdaf Soueif Egyptian novelist The Arab world has not been stagnant nor as apathetic as is claimed. The current events are larger in scale but its organizers and leaders have been active and involved for at least 10 years now. Alaa Adb El Fatah Egyptian blogger The tyrant exists only in the imagination of his subjects: the master resides only in the perception of the slave. Attempts at defiance have been abundant in recent history of the Arabs, many of them in Palestine, bit unlike those, the Tunisian and Egyptian example was successful: it widened peoples imagination, changed their perception, increased their self confidence and showed them how fragile their tyrants are. Tamin Al Barghouti Palestinian poet

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Freedom and Fairness

For the past two centuries the people of Egypt have lived under the dictatorship of two regimes, ever since 1950 the regime has remained under the power of President Hosni Mubarak during which Egyptian people have been forced to live amongst religious, social and public repression. The Egyptian people seem to be sidelined as a result of Islamic terrorist groups which have been swept across the Arab world. Islamic terrorist groups have been identified by Time Magazine as being Mubaraks scapegoat in his rule of a security state dictatorship which has been in favor by government supporters on land and beyond the western shores of Egypt. On the 25th of January Cairo, Alexandria and surrounding cities where filled with two generations of men and women in government opposition, all attempting to shape the destiny and fate of their country. According to Time magazine the uprising in Tunisia was the spark that lit this fuse. These historical events represent the very forefront of human capacity of fighting for freedom against all odds. But what comes next in the story for the brave citizens of Egypt? Citizens with no freedom of speech, who defied and displaced a dictator, stood and fought with the armed forces who where both overpowered and passively respected, whereby the freedom of public protest against the current ruling regime was allowed after many lives of sacrifice. What lies ahead for Egypt? According to Channel four news clashes between groups supporting and opposing government have now taken hold. But no matter what happens it will not affect the historical changes that have taken place in Egypts opposition towards a dictatorship. The power of the people has been restored in the minds of the people as a chance for change; this has provided an example for the world.

The Revolution Timeline

HISTORICAL MOMENTS THAT HAS CAPTURED THE WORLDS ATTENTION.

The fall of President Hosni Mubarak

What type of democracy can we expect?

April, 01/2009

Addressing the needs of individual investors and planting the seeds for a secure future

The entire Arab world has their eyes set on Egypts re-elections this September. According to Mohamed ElBaradei (Nobel peace prize winner) free and fair presidential elections will need to be overseen by a parliamentary council including a representative council to overseas the new constitution. But is the divide of public representation within a democratic state possible amongst such strong traditional and religious values. Last year Pew Research conducted a study on Egyptian views: 82% of Egyptians supported stoning as a punishment for adultery, 84% favor the death penalty for Muslims who leave the religion, 59% identify themselves with fundamentalism. Now April, 04/2009 even though this data could be flawed, these are just a couple of deep routed issues that will make the challenge for democratic freedom and fairness a big challenge for the Egyptian people to face. This will be the concerns for Mubaraks supporters, modernization of traditional doctrine is already being altered and is not being well received.

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Reference List
1: Special Report: Crisis in Egypt Time Magazine: February 14, 2011 2: The Guardian; The fear, the perception that the regime is invincible, has gone once and for all. January 29, 2011 3: The Independent: The fall of Mubarak: The Future. February 13, 2011 4: Channel Four news; Egypt update, February 10, 2011

What is the way forward?

In the light of the revolutionary modernizers and the traditional opposition, within a democratic society human rights including freedom and fairness will need to take president over traditional doctrine of religion and tradition, this is if Democracy is being sought. The Egyptian traditionalists should embrace the movement for a democratic state as a new beginning in which all Arab people can change the face of Islamic religion and traditions which can be freely chosen and followed by choice not be fear, faith celebrated and not incarcerated. In regards to the parliamentary council, it should be based on district representation which can decide the future of Egypt as a collective council for the new constitutions that will rebuild the pyramids of Egyptian society.