Egypt Uprising: Is Mubarak the last Pharaoh?
NaijaRock
Home | Anything | ( 4 ) | Subscribe
Posted by Felix Okoli on February 07, 2011 at 03:37:55:
A Pharoah is the title used to refer to ancient kings of Egypt who mostly control their nation with absolute power. Although such type of autocracy has somewhat whittled down over the years due to the way society views government, the leadership of President Hosni Mubarak as well as some other Arab nations have been somehow a little bit autocratic.Egypt Uprising in 2011
There seems to be a rapid and peaceful revolution in many Arab nations. It first started with Tunisia, where civil demonstrations by millions led to the ouster of their president Ben Ali who has been ruling the country for many years. Now it is Egypt, one of Africa's most populated countries (70M+) where a mammoth crowd, numbering millions have been staging peaceful demonstrations of their desire for change. They are all chanting Mubarak must go! Mubarak must go!!. Mubarak is probably one of the few good and liked men who have been leading Egypt in recent times and even though Mubarak have been leading the country in a somewhat less autocratic leadership, it seems the people are getting tired of him. Amidst falling standards of living, increasing joblessness, growing number of youths and graduates, there is an increasing and burning desire for change in the way Modern Egpyt is being led and Egyptians have expressed their desire for Mubarak to go.How did Egypt uprising start?
There has been reports that the start of the campaigns must have been organized with online social websites like twitter and facebook but once it started, the momentum kept growing. Egyptian authorities probably knew about this and closed down internet services across the nation to slow it down ubt it seems people are still getting out their message to the world using the internet. Now with global media coverage from tv networks like CNN, Aljazeera and BBC, it seems all news right now is about Egypt and about the people's revolution in the first month of 2011. Although the protests had started earlier among organized groups, other pressure groups which had opposed to the Mubarak govt equally joined in to pursue this cause.Unrest in Egypt for days
For more than 14days now, hundreds of thousands of protesters have been flooding the streets of Egypt in different cities and places like at the Tahir Square and Alexandria, practically paralyzing any economic activities in the country. Cars are hardly moving except for military trucks which are sometimes obstructed from moving freely. The people seem to have won sympathy from the military amidst their chants of "Army and us are one!".
The men who have ruled Egypt for more than 50 decades have mostly been former military men but it appears that this time, Egyptians are asking for a change as they have already grown tired of Mubarak who they accuse of stagnating the economy and provided no welfare plans for them.
Re: Egypt Uprising: Is Mubarak the last Pharaoh? Posted by Alli on February 12, 2011 at 00:05:35: I believe the people will have their way in the end, no matter how long it takes
Re: Egypt Uprising: Is Mubarak the last Pharaoh? Posted by Felix on February 12, 2011 at 00:06:51: Update: President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down yesterday and the Army is now in charge of Egypt. There is a great jubilation all over Egypt especially at the Tahir square
A Pharoah is the title used to refer to ancient kings of Egypt who mostly control their nation with absolute power. Although such type of autocracy has somewhat whittled down over the years due to the way society views government, the leadership of President Hosni Mubarak as well as some other Arab nations have been somehow a little bit autocratic.Egypt Uprising in 2011
There seems to be a rapid and peaceful revolution in many Arab nations. It first started with Tunisia, where civil demonstrations by millions led to the ouster of their president Ben Ali who has been ruling the country for many years. Now it is Egypt, one of Africa's most populated countries (70M+) where a mammoth crowd, numbering millions have been staging peaceful demonstrations of their desire for change. They are all chanting Mubarak must go! Mubarak must go!!. Mubarak is probably one of the few good and liked men who have been leading Egypt in recent times and even though Mubarak have been leading the country in a somewhat less autocratic leadership, it seems the people are getting tired of him. Amidst falling standards of living, increasing joblessness, growing number of youths and graduates, there is an increasing and burning desire for change in the way Modern Egpyt is being led and Egyptians have expressed their desire for Mubarak to go.How did Egypt uprising start?
There has been reports that the start of the campaigns must have been organized with online social websites like twitter and facebook but once it started, the momentum kept growing. Egyptian authorities probably knew about this and closed down internet services across the nation to slow it down ubt it seems people are still getting out their message to the world using the internet. Now with global media coverage from tv networks like CNN, Aljazeera and BBC, it seems all news right now is about Egypt and about the people's revolution in the first month of 2011. Although the protests had started earlier among organized groups, other pressure groups which had opposed to the Mubarak govt equally joined in to pursue this cause.Unrest in Egypt for days
For more than 14days now, hundreds of thousands of protesters have been flooding the streets of Egypt in different cities and places like at the Tahir Square and Alexandria, practically paralyzing any economic activities in the country. Cars are hardly moving except for military trucks which are sometimes obstructed from moving freely. The people seem to have won sympathy from the military amidst their chants of "Army and us are one!".
The men who have ruled Egypt for more than 50 decades have mostly been former military men but it appears that this time, Egyptians are asking for a change as they have already grown tired of Mubarak who they accuse of stagnating the economy and provided no welfare plans for them.
2010 Parliamentary Elections
Egypt's parliamentary election prior to 2011 was hugley in favour of Mubarak's party and a lot of people believed it was rigged and not a free and fair one. Some groups like the Muslim brotherhood boycotted that election due to that fact that a lot of their members lost out. However after that there seemed to be a growing animosity and disapproval towards the government ever since.
Will Mubarak ever agree to step down and if he does, will he go free without getting probed by the courts?
Re: Egypt Uprising: Is Mubarak the last Pharaoh? Posted by Alli on February 12, 2011 at 00:05:35: I believe the people will have their way in the end, no matter how long it takes
Re: Egypt Uprising: Is Mubarak the last Pharaoh? Posted by Felix on February 12, 2011 at 00:06:51: Update: President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down yesterday and the Army is now in charge of Egypt. There is a great jubilation all over Egypt especially at the Tahir square