Abdullah Hamed - Cairo
When we met the Egyptian young man, “Ezz,” on the eve of the anniversary of the January 25, 2011 revolution, he said that he feels a different spirit for the memory of the revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak nine years ago after 30 years in power, and added to us a smile of optimism on his face. “I find the wind of January ".
When we talked again with Ezz, a pseudonym for an activist who participated in all the activities of the January Revolution and its aftermath, about the passing of Memorial Day without any movement on the ground, the Egyptian youth said that he is still optimistic despite everything, due to his optimism due to what he described with a number of local and regional variables Including the protest wave last September, during which he was arrested.
Interestingly, Ezz is not the only one who still has hope for a change despite the apparent frustration on the surface, as young people talk about a little expectation and a lot of hope that the year 2020 will witness the end of the rule of the current president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
They rely on the hardships experienced by US President Donald Trump, who is Sisi considered his favorite dictator, and then the success of the second wave of the Arab Spring in overthrowing the rulers of Sudan and Algeria and its continuation in Iraq and Lebanon, as well as the deteriorating economic and political conditions in Egypt.
Proponents of the revolution believe that demonstrations are currently the only way to force Sisi to step down and save Egypt from what they described as political and economic deterioration.
Among other variables
The journalist, Sayed Amin, explains the reasons for the difference in the memory of this year from previous years, among the various variables, the most important of which was the confidence that filled the souls of the Egyptians after the gift of September 20 last. .
Last September 20, there were rare demonstrations calling for Sisi to leave or be removed by the army, which was called by the artist and former army contractor Mohamed Ali, but Ali himself announced his retirement from political work two days ago after his call to demonstrate failed on the ninth anniversary of the January revolution.
According to the writer Syed Amin, the deteriorating economic situation plays a role in fueling anger, especially among those simple people who were supporting Sisi.
Among the important variables also, Amin said, is the "martyrdom of President Mohamed Morsi, who was divided between the January forces on his return to power," stressing that success in investing the current state of anger relates to the January forces' transcendence of the state of division that was feeding the regime all the time.
And he stresses that what he describes as the regime's exposure and nudity in front of its supporters amounted to an obscene amount after its neglect of Egypt's capabilities and wealth, in light of the growing ties with Israel.
The Spokesman monitors optimism about the change from the stage of the aspiration of the masses to the street to the actual readiness of the simple street man, while the counters of the opposition are not relying on any movement, as their roles are limited in moving the street that crossed all of them, and may move without them with the first sign, According to his opinion.
Bone cracking
In turn, the journalist Magdy Hamdan, Secretary-General of the National Front for Anti-Corruption and deputy head of the National Front Party, believes that the Egyptian street has been broken by bones due to economic conditions, as well as the influence of the media, which terrifies Egyptians from the fate of Syria and Iraq.
Despite recent changes, including the September protests, Hamdan considers her exceptional, spontaneous, and a result of the shock of the moment and the consensus to leave.
In his speech to Al-Jazeera Net, he explained that the regime dealt with it violently, and arrested thousands of demonstrators, some of whom were still detained from that time until today.
In turn, Sharif Diab, the founder of the Bedaya movement (formed by some of the youth of the January revolution with the aim of completing the goals of the revolution and banned by the authorities in 2015), explained that the regime is tightening its grip on the streets and squares, while the protesters do not have a lever for their protest, raising its level in the street, leading it and organizing its movement.
Speaking to Al-Jazeera Net, Diab believes that the angry masses today are just numbers without organizations, and that what drives them to demonstrate is a great energy of anger against the deterioration of their living conditions, but they are not concerned with the deep political issues that were occupying the January revolutionaries.
Despite this, Diab does not lose hope that the people may surprise the regime with an uprising, as happened in the September donation, which surprised everyone.
As for the change taking place in the surrounding countries, such as Sudan, Lebanon and Algeria, Diab reduces his influence on the Egyptians who have tried scenarios that still occur in these countries, where many eyes and symbols of political and revolutionary entities, which ignite the differences between the people of one stream.
He stressed that the requirement for people to take to the streets to have a high degree of dissatisfaction with the ruling, and then agreed to an alternative, and the Egyptians have the first reason for leaving without the second reason, according to his opinion.