No longer will we be dubbed as subservient, scared, or oppressed.
Singlehandedly, Egyptians overthrew a 30-year-old thick skinned tyrant regime. The 3 week protests brought forth to the world the essence of being Egyptian. Nonviolence, lightheartedness, determination, resilience, and courage.
One thing, however, that amazed me all throughout this struggle, was the unbelievable unity that overcame the entire population. Apparently, that unity was very short-lived.
Repeatedly, I came across individuals expressing anger to the fall of the regime and the bleak prospect of a Muslim theocracy. It amazes me how in the midst of beautiful victory of the people, we still manage to hunt down those small petty ethnic differences that will result in nothing but tension and unnecessary antagonism.
This is not the time to attack the "other". This is not the time to extrapolate politico-religious competition. We don't need to move from one issue to the other so fast.
Let's not forget what ignited this entire movement in the first place: we wanted equality, peace, and natural human liberties within the political arena.
Nobody is threatening secularism, nobody is vying for religious supremacy. Egyptians, as a nation, made this happen. For the sake of universal legitimate rights.
Let's check ourselves before undoing all of last weeks' hard work. We're better than this.
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