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Dr. Ashraf Ezzat Reporting from Egypt; Free And Proud at Last

It is so inspiring and invigorating a scene to watch, you don’t have to be Egyptian to feel related to the roaring and jubilant people in Tahrir square...

Dr. Ashraf Ezzat at the huge demonstrations in Egypt calling for power to the people
Dr. Ashraf Ezzat at the huge demonstrations in Egypt calling for power to the people

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - What is happening now in Tahrir square is a revolution in the making with people from all around the world watching every minute.

People are often used to following and watching live on their TV screens football games, UN meetings, royal weddings, catastrophic quakes and floodings but no one is used to watching a popular revolution unfolds.

It’s not an every day event, years and years would go by before any similar uprising could take place.

Years and years would go by before any group of people could get together in thousands and act united as one.

It is so inspiring and invigorating a scene to watch, you don’t have to be Egyptian to feel related to the roaring and jubilant people in Thrir square you only have to be alive.

It has been almost three weeks now since this whole thing erupted, and it is escalating in huge numbers and enthusiasm.

Cairo - Photo by Amira al Tahwi

The Mubarak regime has tried everything in their power to control and abort this uprising; they tried rubber bullets, tear gas, night curfew, police vanishing, looting and widespread panic, conspiracy theory, jail breaks and even thugs riding horses and camels.

Nothing seemed to have worked nothing seemed to have managed to abort this green revolt and the people kept growing in numbers.

During the last weeks Tahrir Square in the center of Cairo has turned into the Mecca for activists, revolutionary young generation and thousands of Egyptians from all walks of life crying out their frustration and dissatisfaction of decades of dictatorship and corruption and demanding that the dictator steps down.

Yesterday and after the supreme council of Egyptian military forces had issued out an announcement saying that they were convening a constant meeting and that they were in control of the current state of affairs and with the president to speak later in the evening everybody thought that the moment millions of Egyptians had been waiting for was just minutes away.

The speech turned out to be another disappointment and to a lot of Egyptians it was a slap on the face.

Mubarak said that he would delegate some of his authorities to his vice president Omar Suleiman – a figure detested by all Egyptians for his arrogance and long and loyal history to Mubarak- but made no indication to his stepping down at the moment.

Power to the people - Tahrir Square in Cairo

In his speech he was insinuating that this uprising has more to do with enthusiastic and tactless young people steered by foreign agenda to drive the country into chaos and he added that there is no way he would succumb to those foreign agendas.

The president’s speech besides being a big disappointment has revealed insights into how this already exposed dictatorship is irresponsibly handling the situation in hand.

The gap here is not only this piecemeal response on behalf of the Egyptian regime but the catastrophic state of denial Mubarak and his vice-president has been clearly showing how much This corrupt regime is detached from the people and how so blinded by self-grandeur that it hasn’t yet been able to identify that what the millions on the streets are doing& is not sporadic riots but rather a genuine and spontaneous REVOLUTION … that demand another and totally different response on their behalf.

Those civilized people who aspire for a freer Egypt and more dignified Egypt … would not abandon the streets before they were granted their legitimate demands.

The dictator has finally stepped down

Hosni Mubarak

Mubarak could have saved himself the humiliation and contempt by everybody in Egypt who exposed his collaboration with the Zionist regime of Israel the one nation in the middle east along with the puppet royalties of Saudi Arabia who in a desperate last attempt have tried to show solidarity with this collapsing regime and called on Washington to not to abandon their corrupt friend.

This glorious uprising has proved beyond any doubt that nothing and no one could stand in the way of people united for the noble and legitimate rights of self-determination.

…History will never forget this glorious moment in the human struggle for freedom and dignity.

… Mubarak as I was finishing this post has finally yielded to the will of the people.

He has finally stepped down from office.

Egypt is free and the revolution has come to its fruition.

The Tahrir Square as the Tiananmen square in china will be memorial places for the noble and courageous struggle of young generation for FREEDOM.

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Dr. Ashraf Ezzat is an Egyptian medical doctor whose passion has always been writing. He says of all the human-related studies, he finds himself attracted to history. Ashraf stresses that history helps us understand change and how the society we live in came to be.

He says Egyptology holds a special place in his heart, for Egypt is where the human conscience sprouted. In ancient Egypt all things civilized began to evolve. "I write articles and share posts of interest to me and hopefully to a lot of people."

Dr. Ashraf Ezzat says you can drop him a line any time at: amenhotep.55@gmail.com

"I like to exchange knowledge and experience, I think that`s what Blogging is all about."




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Ernest February 12, 2011 9:40 am (Pacific time)

"A strategy paper for the Muslim Brotherhood, often referred to as the Ikhwan in Arabic, found in the Virginia home of an unindicted co-conspirator in the case, describes the group’s U.S. goals, referred to as a "civilization-jihadist process." "The Ikhwan must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions," it states. This process requires a "mastery of the art of ‘coalitions,' the art of 'absorption' and the principles of 'cooperation.'" "Coalitions," "absorption," and "cooperation" are clearly not intended to be sincere exercises based on goodwill. It is now time to test Obama's moral compass. He needs to be directly asked if he believes the Muslim Brotherhood is a threat to the United States. If he affirms that it is, then he needs to be forcefully questioned as to why he has not taken more concerted steps to thwart their growth in the United States. If, on the other hand, the 44th president states that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a threat, then it is quite clear where his true allegiance rests. American vulnerability would be publicly exposed putting us at grave risk. If Obama cannot or will not answer this simple question, then his neutral stance also speaks volumes and will embolden the terrorism of the Muslim Brotherhood. It is the Rubicon moment for this man. It is the wake-up call for the rest of us." http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2011/02/09/major-media-miss-muslim-brotherhoods-stated-goal-has-long-been-seize-us#ixzz1DUxdEPTW


Anonymous February 12, 2011 9:15 am (Pacific time)

As mentioned, on previous posts: this was all planned. By the elite, for a "new and improved" dictator. THey have a puppet in Canada, they fooled the U.S. by putting obama in as a puppet, and mccain would have been a puppet also. The Egyptians will simply get a new western world propped up dictator, and they may even get the IMF bank now too! This was a practice run...how will the people react, how will the military react, will the internet kill switch work and how will people react to it, etc. Revolution can be a good thing, but people need to know what they are revolting against.


American Muslims for Palestine February 11, 2011 12:21 pm (Pacific time)

AMP Congratulates people of Egypt on this momentous day

(CHICAGO 02/11/2011) – The American Muslims for Palestine today celebrate with the people of Egypt for their success in peacefully removing President Hosni Mubarak and his regime after 31 years.

As Americans we stand in solidarity for those who exemplify the values of liberty and freedom that we hold so dear. The courage of the people to seek their own

self-determination is ushering in a new era in the Middle East.

We ask the Almighty to bless the people of Egypt and to protect them and their country as they move forward to the dawning of a new day.

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