Leaving hell

Using reform slogans and demands to have a lawabiding secular state, the Egyptians revolted against their former president Hosni Mubarak and forced him step down. Tunisians did the same a while earlier when angry citizens flooded the streets seeking to achieve the same goals. But once the revolution dust dispersed, both the Egyptian as well as the Tunisian peoples realized that the water of their impulsive spontaneous revolution had run in other more organized and custom-tailored channels. They found out that the fruits harvested were different from the seeds sown! Overwhelmed by disappointment, both peoples went back to streets. The Tunisians rushed to streets roaring when the new rulers flopped and proved that those who can pray might not be fit enough to rule or run countries. Then, a committee was formed to pave the way for salvation and steer the country through it, and that was what happened. The same happened in Egypt where millions demonstrated in various squares to help their country get out of its revolutionary downfall until the army responded to their demands for reform and recovered Egypt from the control of the ‘clan’.

The Arab Spring proved that revolutions can be breached, abducted and stolen. What happened in Tunisia and Egypt before sane and brave people managed to alter the devilish fate Libya met, proves this. Both countries might have even gone as far as suffering as Syria does nowadays when it stands helpless at a crossroads with only two options on the horizon: either to carry on with destruction, chaos and divisive schemes or find a way out of it all with help from the ‘deep’ state to save whatever could be saved of it!

—Translated by Kuwait Times from