Thursday 15 August 2013

An Interview From Egypt

I recently had the opportunity to speak to a young demonstrator in Egypt, concerning the current violent protests and military action that has engulfed Egypt over the past week. Thank you to both Soumaia and everyone else involved. 8144e5b7-c811-4102-8c62-2b7418cd1be1.jpg (3500×2254) Can you tell me about yourself?
I am Soumaia Hashad. An AUC undergraduate Actuarial Science student, junior year. 
What's the situation in Egypt at the moment on the ground? For more than 7 hours, the police and military have been killing the peaceful protestors in Rabaa and Nahda. The Nahda sit-in have been cleared and we don't know how many martyrs are on the grounds there and how many injuries since the police arrests or kills anyone who tries to approach the square. In Cairo University, in the engineering faculty, there is a number of protestors that are locked in the building, some of them are injured, unable to leave the building because they might get shot any minute. Nahda protestors were able to sit-in in Mostafa Mahmoud square, and the police forces are using tear gas and fire bullets to clear the sit-in, but the numbers are high. 20 martyrs or more from Mostafa Mahmoud sit-in. 

As for Rabaa, there are more than 300 martyrs and 2000 injured. The military and police threw tear gas at the sit-ins using helicopters as well as snipers in helicopters too. 
How did this all start? 3. Sissi knows that his end is near if our wills win against his. The old corrupted regime is aware of the fact that if we win, they die. But they are fools, and they still believe that they can win against the people. Their foolishness is causing the bloodshes. But again, this is freedom's price tag. 
Were you part of the revolution that took down Mubarak? (would you consider yourself part of that generation?)- further, did you support the MB or Mursi? 4. Yes I was part of the revolution since 25th January. I was against the MB's policies when it came to the parlaiment and other political issues before that; however, I supported Morsi since the first round of elections since I believed that he was the best candidate out there then. 
How are the liberals/anti-MB reacting? Do they support Sissi + the military? 5. There are some respectful liberals that are anti-Morsi who respect their humanity and minds, who believe that Military rule is an unacceptable rule and those people are down in the streets with us. Other liberals are blinded by their hate for the MB, that they forgot their humanity. And I don't consider them liberals, I call them inhumane. 
Do you think this will be resolved soon? If not, how long do you think the conflicts will be going on for- and will the military succeed? 6. No. Even if Morsi is back, we will stay in the streets demanding justice and clearing the old regime from any political position. We will stay in the streets to demand clearing the minister of interior affairs and military and court of justice. We are so sure inshaAllah, that we will succeed with Allah's help; the military sucks at politics and will always be, their foolishness will bring them down.

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