The Egypt we all dream of

The Egypt we all dream of
Hossam Badrawi

Dr.. Osama Hamdy, a professor at Harvard University, is the world-acclaimed scientist in the research and treatment of diabetes, and he runs one of the best research and development centers in the treatment of this incurable disease in the world in the United States, and we share a birth in Mansoura, melting with love in our country, dreamers and workers of tomorrow . We had a discussion about the Egypt we dream of, and its history associated with its leaders, and because we see in people the best of them, and positively appreciate what we see as good and criticize what we see as wrong. Osama says:

Seven rulers have passed over Egypt in the past eighty years, each of them tried as much as possible to serve this country from a position of leadership, and he made a mistake. He is a servant of the people, not his master, and his success and failure are measured by the measure of people’s satisfaction with him at the time of his rule and the word of history after his departure. Unfortunately, the era of most of them ended without what they wished.

I said: If the transfer of power had taken place in a civilian without death, coup or assassination, we would see a building upon a building, an accumulation of the positivity of each era, and a correction of its mistakes, and we would not see every president destroying an act by him or sometimes removing his name from history and accusing his time of corruption and failure. He said: You are right, with a neutral view of these ages for our leaders, for they have what they have and they have what they owe.

I said: Let’s take them one by one, and see the views on what they have accomplished and failed at.

He said: I will start with King Farouk, the era of the pashas and the barefooted. He was a patriot who loved his country, respected the democratic constitutional system and free elections, and hated colonialism.

I said: What is it?

He said: Personal recklessness, obsession with gambling, tampering with politics by changing ministries, neglecting the countryside and leaving it prey to ignorance, poverty and disease, and entering the 1948 war without preparation led to a defeat for all Arabs.

I said: The end of his era was the removal from power through the revolution of the army. And I added: What about Muhammad Naguib, whose existence was erased from history throughout Nasser’s life, and his time ended with khul’ and house arrest?

He said: During his reign, the monarchy, colonialism, and the declaration of the republic ended, but he fell into the arms of the Muslim Brotherhood and dissolved parties, and he was not the real leader of the revolution.

I said: The era of Abdel Nasser will witness a disagreement between you and me by virtue of my knowledge of you.

Dr. said. Osama: Abdel Nasser was the era of industrial renaissance and social justice, hopes for unity and openness to Africa, nationalization of the canal, construction of the High Dam, cultural, literary and artistic renaissance, the growth of the socialist dimension, an attempt to achieve a society of sufficiency, social laws to protect the middle class, workers and peasants, and the elimination of control Capital on governance, then a war of attrition after defeat.

He continued: What he had to do was dependence on trustworthy people, the failure of the unity project, involvement in the Yemen war, the setback of 67 whose effects we are still suffering from, the totalitarian regime and the absence of democracy, control of the media, and security repression.

I said: I was neutral in your description, but what I take during the Nasser era is the loss of opportunity. With his popularity in the Arab world, he was able to move the country to a sustainable democratic era. Arab world.

He said: What about Anwar Sadat?

I said: The era of victory and the beginning of peace, the restoration of Sinai, the democratic transition, the construction of industrial cities, and the exit from the orbit of the Russian communist camp with a preconceived vision of the possibilities of its downfall.

He said: What was upon him was also a lot, the reckless economic openness and the widening of the differences between the classes, the Arab boycott, the return of political Islam to the arena, and the fall into the orbit of the American Western camp, and the destruction of everything that Nasser’s era represented in terms of social justice. And his era came to a tragic end with assassination (martyrdom) among his soldiers, at the hands of those who expelled them and pardoned them.

I said: The era of Hosni Mubarak was characterized by stability, the completion of the liberation of the land, the return of Arab relations, the lack of involvement in conflicts in the region, the expansion of foreign investment, and the rise in the country’s public income.

He said: Yes..but this was not reflected on the citizens of the middle and poor classes, with social bullying and political stagnation, failure in education and health, widening differences between classes, a terrible population explosion, the emergence of slums, excessive security, and the moral collapse of society.

I said: The truth is that he also had the opportunity to confirm democracy and alternate power as he had said at the beginning of his rule, but he did not, and his rule ended by being forced to step down from power unconstitutionally and handing over power to the armed forces instead of holding early presidential elections in accordance with the constitution. He said: As for Mohamed Morsi, it was the era of the rise of political Islam and the rapid and horrific fall as a result of vanity, political stupidity, the acquisition of all authorities, and the coloring of society in the color of the Brotherhood… But we must mention his attempt to pay attention to the social dimension, and the fact of media freedom, which was one of the reasons for the downfall of his rule.

I said: As well as empowering the Brotherhood from all aspects of the state, destroying state institutions, establishing parallel institutions such as armed militias, opening the door to extremists and protecting them, and opening the door to Turkish, Qatari and American foreign interference in the country’s affairs and its future and economic collapse. His era collapsed by dismissal from power with a popular revolution and the support and assistance of the army.

Dr. said. Osama: If Egypt had taken the best of its rulers, built on their achievements, and corrected the mistakes of every era instead of destroying everything and starting over, we would be in another place.

I said, and I was completing some of the sentences: If we combined the advantages of each of them together, the modern, modern Egyptian civil state that we all dream of would be realized “a stable, democratic constitutional system, free elections, a peaceful transfer of power, and a complete separation between religion

And politics, a major industrial renaissance, high-level education, health care with international standards, public transportation that respects the humanity of citizens, social justice based on a clear philosophy, equal opportunities, cultural, literary and artistic renaissance, growth and protection of the middle class, expansion of foreign investment inside the country, with freedom of the media The completion of major projects and infrastructure and the sustainability of economic reform, with improvement and raising the efficiency of security performance, and balanced Arab and international relations, eliminating slums, urban re-planning, attracting investment and developing tourism.

Isn’t this the Egypt that we all dream of?!

I said: Human development, my friend, and the peaceful transfer of power are the basis for cumulative building and learning from our mistakes, and not to do the same thing again while waiting for different results.

He said: Far from being soft-spoken, and with utmost sincerity and sincerity, I say it to the current and future leaders of Egypt: This is all we wish from you for our beloved Egypt, so that history may remember you well.