Nobody can deny that Egypt has seen disaster after disaster since 2011. Yes, the environment under the Mubarak regime was oppressive, and people were stripped of their basic civil liberties. But even so, there was no societal instability. The Muslim Brotherhood was banished, the streets were safe, the economy was going.
I’m not calling for another dictator, but all I am referring to, is the idea of country-wide stability and certainty.
Ever since the 2011 revolution, Egypt has been lost, struggling to find it’s way back to peace. Just like any other tragedy that strikes, Egypt was left devastated without a leader, without a stable frame, and without direction. What was left for Egypt so? We were left with anger, aggression, religious fanatics, and violence.
Even now Sisi is in power, but boy does he have a full cup to deal with. He is face to face with a large group of people, the Muslim Brotherhood, who clearly don’t want him there. He is also face to face with millions struggle with finding a job, or with their current job. Sisi is faced with a crisis where the steps aren’t clear.
Imagine building a house on dirt, and saying, “I have this empty land, and I want it to be a house” But you don’t have experience in house building. You don’t know the land needs to be ploughed, the frame needs to be built on the ground and pushed up, the concrete needs to be mixed to go on, the floors need to be put in place, and then we can start completing the house to our desire.
This is Egypt exactly. We have a completely empty land from the revolution in 2011. All the structure has been demolished, and we put in place after a couple years, an election which failed, and then brought us Sisi.
