Us and Them.

I've been awestruck by the world's audacity to still manage to attack Islam at times like these.

If you are a loyal viewer of Fox News or supporter of the likes of Robert Gibbs and Glenn Beck please skip this entry.

I'm speaking as a Muslim Egyptian living in the USA for almost two years now.

Americans have become absolutely terrified by my people. We have been stigmatized beyond belief. Simply due to our belief system and ethnicity.

I won't go into Islamophobia right now, that's not why I'm writing this.

Throughout the last couple of days, all I can hear on CNN and from the White House is the unbearable trepidation caused by the Muslim Brotherhood possibly taking Mubarak's place post-regime.

It's absolutely ludicrous the amount of panic the word MUSLIM produces.

I want to make one thing very clear - the world needs to understand.

What you are witnessing in Egypt right this very moment is pure Egyptian nationalism. Right now, there is no prominent political denomination. What you are seeing on the streets on the news are Egyptian men, women, children, and the elderly. No hidden agendas. No strategy. No religious divide.

Is it any wonder that Muslims and Christians are collaborating despite the Alexandria Church explosion just a couple of weeks back?

Maybe the West can't get over the possibility of the non-existence of partisan interest in this revolt. But that's exactly what is taking place.

They can't wrap their minds around the patriotism we have that they have started lacking.

Just because some don't know what being American really means, doesn't mean Egyptians suffer the same ailment.

The Muslim Brotherhood did NOT spark these protests. Egypt's political future has not been determined yet, but one thing is for sure -- it is the people themselves that will shape it according to principles of social justice, equality, and fairness.

We are united and adamant.

We have surpassed petty divisions and partisan ego-trips.

We are Egyptians and we don't emulate any other nation. Stop trying to take us under, we will not budge.

Tunisia has led the way, and we are closely following up. This is the people's time.

We know what nationalism is, we know who we are.

We are not you, America.