After Mohamed Ali retired from politics .. Egyptian activists: When will the others retire?

Abdul Rahman Mohammed - Al Jazeera Net

Activists on social media interacted with the announcement of the Egyptian artist and contractor Mohamed Ali his retirement from political work, where they considered that his "attempt" to change the system deserved appreciation and thanks, while supporters of the system found that this declaration a failure guide worthy of ridicule.

Muhammad Ali announced his retirement from political work and the closure of his Facebook page, due to the reason that the Egyptian people did not go out to demonstrate against the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the ninth anniversary of the January 25, 2011 revolution.

Through my name: #Mohammed Ali, who entered the list of the most popular Twitter site in Egypt, and #ThankMohammed Ali, who witnessed a wide interaction in social networking sites, activists expressed their opinions and attitudes towards the artist's announcement of his retirement from politics.

Activists thanked Muhammad Ali for his activity and his calls to the Egyptian people, expressing their sorrow for his decision to retire politics and close his page on Facebook, where a number of them saw that this reflects frustration and despair that is not in the interest of the Egyptian revolution and people.

A number of those who interacted said that what he had done to "uncover the nakedness" of the existing system and expose it to the Egyptian people and exposed them to the world, while others felt that it was sufficient for him to honor even if he ended up with this conclusion.

Between demanding a complete reversal of the decision and continuing to support any movement against Sisi and his regime, or being satisfied with demanding not to shut down the Facebook page, or accepting the matter with an affirmation of no despair, activists' tweets varied in their commentary on Muhammad Ali's speech.

Mohamed Ali said in the video clip that he posted on his Facebook page, that the failure of demonstrations in Egypt means one of two things: either the Egyptian people are satisfied with the regime, or fear of repression, stressing that it played its role in the last period, but it did not succeed.

While singers saw that Muhammad Ali succeeded in reviving the hope of the revolution and expelling fear from different groups of Egyptians, others stressed the demand of the Egyptian people (in an implicit criticism of the artist) to continue and not withdraw, or to allow anyone to silence the revolution in their imaginations.

With their great appreciation for the Egyptian artist’s decision to retire from the political scene after his failed calls to demonstrate against Sisi on the anniversary of the revolution, activists in this context found an opportunity to raise a question about why a segment of opposition figures insisted on trying to lead the scene, despite their continuing failure for years to make any change.

Moghradoun saw that leaders in the opposition ditch were addicted to failure, yet she did not think about the decision to withdraw, while others called on the politicians who cause the status quo to show Mohamed Ali's courage and decision to withdraw.

While a group of supporters of the existing regime expressed their joy in declaring Muhammad Ali to retire from politics, and considered it a failure guide for Sisi's opponents, others saw that the contracting artist was not aiming at this appearance except to escape what was stolen from the nation's money, and that he succeeded in achieving his goal.

Muhammad Ali had called on the Egyptian people to demonstrate Saturday on the ninth anniversary of the January revolution in order to compel Sisi to leave, but his call did not receive an impressive response, which was attributed by observers to the widespread security alert that dominated the fields of Egyptian governorates.