Egypt and the Middle East Today...

Egyptian revolution is one of the most significant events to occur in 2011. The revolution started off on the 25^th of January and is still prevailing in the Middle East. The revolution was sparked by the riots in Tunisia, Lebanon and Egypt

In my opinion the main cause of the revolution is the corruption which is prevailing. Hosni Mubarak is said to have eating the country’s national economy and is using it for his own expenses. The prices of the goods have also increased causing the people to come out on the streets and protest against the high level of price of the good and the corruption. According from a study, he is using 11 billion dollars for his personal expenses

Another main cause is the lack of democracy. The country is in the hand of the dictator for 30 long years and he is in no mood to step down from the power. The people can’t select their own leader and tell the current leader to step down or hold an election. He is using the army to stop the protests prevailing in the country.

As far as the west is concerned. It is still playing their games and politics to maintain its dom ination in the Arab countries. It is dreaming of creating a country with US like policies which is very less likely because during the protests, the protestors were chanting “Allah O Akbar” (God is Great).

America cannot bring their domination into Lebanon because Lebanon is backed by Iran and the Shiite extremist group, Hezbollah. Hezbollah has attacked American embassies and bombed their offices many times, so it will be a very heavy cost to dream western domination in an Islamic state.

Muhammad Raza Haidery