JANUARY 25 IN CAIRO

I was here last years when the revolution started. I am still here one year after.

Unfortunately, I don’t know so many people and I don’t understand the language, so I will not play the expert. I will not try to convince you that I know what we call “public opinion” thinks.

About this only one thing is in everybody’s mouth “rabina yustur” (may God help us).

Has anything change during this year. I shall right only my personal perception.

After the Revolution, people were happy, they put baskets for the garbage in the center of the city, they painted all the pavements and the banisters, they designed the flag and the eagle of Egypt everywhere, they bought flags of Egypt, they took photos in front of the tanks…. They had a hope.

After this, we started to talk about thieves and criminals that run Cairo’s streets by night… The disappearance of the police. The unconcern of the army to fix the situation.

In the beginning my young friends were optimistic. “They are going to cheat you” I told once to a gathering. “No, Farah, don’t worry. This is not going to happen”.

It happened with one way or another.

The elections finally started after delay, young people gathered again in Tahrir, Mubarak’s family in jail, Mubarak’s trial started and finally?

WHAT?

The army has still the power, no one is in jail. Poor remain poor, rich remain rich, no one in jail innocent young ideologist lost their life and finally all the world discovered that the “leaders” of the parties are sponsored by different countries each one.

They don’t have ideology, just pocket.

We speak about heroes and they are, but did they die in vain?

I hear several people say “The situation with Mubarak was better. We had works and we had safety”.

Many different opinions, because –as we all know- everyone thinks only about himself and his own profit.

And before the elections, tens of new parties with young people in their composition. Many young candidates, that is something good.

Hours of political meetings, serious or not.  A lot of energy in the country. All these to drive the country in a new era, in a new situation, in a state with freedom, works, studies, future.

And finally, the two dominant parties are conservative. Is that what, finally, an Egyptian wants? In his mind, this is the “wind of change”? Is this the New Egypt?

Did any Egyptian though even for one moment, that he is responsible for many things that happen in this country? That Mubarak is the first and the main responsible for this, but they are responsible too for the situation?

That they are responsible for this mentality that they cannot stand?

The revolutions start first from inside us (heart and brain) and then become action and change the world.

Tonight, the streets of Cairo (from Tahrir to Maadi and from Nasser City to Masr alGadida) are full of people. They are happy, they are waiting the anniversary of the Revolution (one more in this country).

VIVA LA REVOLUCION!