The eruption of Tahrir
Square
It is about the orientation of the democratic aspirations
and the resolve to demand the complete freedom.
The eruption of Tahrir
Square
The wave of fights to see the democratic springs in the
Arab countries of Asia and Africa is old and
has been dismissed frequently but the recent series of a channeled expression of
anger in countries across the Arabian world that began in December 2010, is potentially
different as it is inwardly oriented and self-propelled.
It is lethal for the dictators for the movement doesn’t
seek leaders. It is built on its own, across the Arab nations, capitalizing on
the spiral of silence of the decades. It is built on an urge for change, an
urge to breathe free. It is built over the years of the humiliating rule of
despots, people who once mirrored their nations with promises of positive change
only to become the next in the long list of the Arab world autocrats.
The movements in different countries of the Arab Spring
have either no tall leaders or are driven by a number of humble human-like
leaders from among us. No superheroes! No larger than life icons! Bravo!
It was not so in the first wave of the Arab revolution
that was aimed at ousting the colonial powers. The masses then were unaware of
the unseen follies of the in-built imperialism that was the next thing in the Arab
nations installing leaders who were mostly the autocrats-in-building.
The intensity with which the movement is building in Tahrir Square Cairo and in Egypt
The Arab Spring saw government changes in four countries, Tunisia , Egypt ,
Libya and Yemen and induced large and small uprising in
many other nations including Syria ,
Bahrain , Saudi Arab, Algeria and Jordan
Like the ongoing uprisings in many countries of the Arab
world, sustenance of which is important for the world, equally important is the
trajectory that the revolution is to take place in these four countries
witnessing the regime change.
Like the ongoing uprisings in other nations, the regime
change in these four countries was just a step up in the revolution that we
collectively name as the Arab Spring. Revolution to change the existing systems
takes time and the internal chaos in Tunisia ,
Egypt , Libya and Yemen
And Egypt being the most significant country of the four due
to its geopolitical and economic weight in the Arab world and in the global
arena, whatever that is happening here is bound to affect the sentiments in
other Arab nations under the watchful eyes of the Spring, and thankfully, the
happenings tell a positive story, one year after the successful Arab Spring of
Egypt, and on the eve of another massive protest to add more positive colours
to that Spring that began blooming in February 2011.
It tells the public is now aware of what they were
fighting for and what they needed. One year of Mohammed Morsi’s rule has
worried them that the very objective of their fight is being compromised with
the Muslim Brotherhood government gradually pushing the country to the orthodox
rule of conservative Islam, something the Brotherhood is known for.
The Millions of youth that successfully led the Arab
Spring in Egypt
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/
