The egyptian nation came out of the 18 days long struggle victorious when on 11th feb 2011 President Hosni Mubarak Steped down.
This was a moment of pride for us muslims that a Muslim country had shown so much discipline and character and remained steadfast to achieve their rights.
Those moments in Tahrir Square were simply not explainable when the news about the ouster broke, Thoug at first the televised address by Mubarak a day earlier greatly shattered the spirits of the people and ignited their wrath but later on their efforts did pay off. All of the noteable international television channels kept airing the celebrations live.
The few very impressive aspects, as I have noticed, of this struggle are worth mentioning:
Conceived and Led by the Youth: The youth had came forward and using the internet and technology gadgets led this movement in a very organized manner. The most important factor behind the success of this movement was the ‘vision’ of the youngsters which was really clear and they knew they were fighting for their own rights and they used all possibles means to do so and turn up with a massive movement. A youth when questioned that what did the president do which brought the nation to protest, In response to this he said: Its not about what he did its about what he did not do and should have done!
Peaceful protest:The protestors showed their class and showed that they valued their people and their asssets and remained very disciplined and peaceful. This was again due to the clarity of their vision they knew their objective was not to spread violence and unrest but to get their rights. This vision led them to success.
Army/Police remained neutral:This was acknowledged by a protestor while talking to BBC news amid the celebrations.This is the right thing that the law enforcement of any country should do when people are protesting, they should just strive to maintain peace. The youngster was kean to go back to his friends a become a part of the celebrations but the host managed a few minutes of attention from him. He said that the army remained neutral and was out there just to maintain law and order. He also added that this was a people’s struggle not particular of any faith but of the nation.
