Democracy in Egypt

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Democracy in Egypt

The youth of Egypt are different from their elders because elders relied on their religion to solve problems. The qualities the youth have that are different from the elders is that they have internet access to be able to spread their word a lot easier and still dangerous. It is less dangerous than going from country to country. The protesters are using Facebook, Twitter, and Blackberry messenger to spread the protest around, since they are sources of social communication and media outlets (except Blackberry messenger). The youth began the protest in January of 2011. The reason for the protest is that the people of Egypt are against poverty, unemployment, government corruption and the presidency of Hosni Mubarak, who has been president for thirty years. The anger that drives the youth into the streets is that they are tired of their country being corrupt.

According to Wendell Steavenson, the rebellion was necessary for the people to do in order for their government to realize the corruption. Steavenson's entries "Dancing In The Square", "The Reaction In Tahrir Square", and "The Crowds In Cairo". In his entries, Steavenson speaks on the everyday lives of the people of Cairo and how bad they want their freedom from human rights violations. Human rights violations such as unemployment, government corruption, and poverty. The poverty issue creates branches of problems, such as lack of health-care, lack of food, and a lack of voice in the government. Steavenson made this clear because the people of Cairo was not being heard. Steavenson also made it clear that if there was no realization of the corruption of the government, that the problems would continue.

An image in regards to the democracy in Egypt:

This image is interpreting a protest's mind. The 'F' in "freedom" was the symbol of Facebook. a protester in Egypt would have created this photo because they would made Facebook the biggest help for use of protest to claim their "freedom". The image is of a flag wavered by an arm of Egypt.

The democracy in Egypt was done through a social network made through someone in United States, but not of the government, and it helped them gain democracy. This gave the protester in Egypt a victory because it helped them spread around the world to get attention and response to the corruptions within Egypt. Facebook is what helps the people of Egypt to gain democracy because people around the world understood and also support against it.

According to an article from Jenna Krajeski, "Postcard from Egypt," women helped protest against the government, like the males. As in fact, the women played just as big of a part as the men of Egypt. Women were being killed in the revolution, so that was almost an introduction to the females in the revolution. The women stood against the government because females were being killed in a revolution they had no part of or wanted no part of. Women were treated with no rights because they did not have a union. Women created the Egyptian Women's Union so that they can gain their rights.

In conclusion, the Egyptian people won their freedom through revolting against the corruption of the government. Due to the corruption of the government, people were poor and faced unemployment. The corruption of the government is why people began protesting. The weapon that helped Egypt gain their democracy was a social network called Facebook. Facebook helped Egyptians spread the word about the corruption in their government. The people of Egypt finally got their democracy with the help of social networking.