So We Don’t Have To Ask How America Lost Egypt

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So We Don’t Have To Ask How America Lost Egypt
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Saudi Arabia
By Dr. Zayad 'Asli
Translated By David Marcus
22 February 2014
Edited by Phillip Shannon

Of all the wonders of the ancient world, the only one standing tall is the Pyramids of Giza from the time of the pharaohs 4,500 years ago. The armies of Persia, Alexander, Rome, the Arabs, Hyksos, the Ottomans and the British have camped in the pyramids’ shadows. Likewise, in 1798, it was there, where Asian cultures fused with African and Mediterranean nations in the melting pot of Egypt, that Napoleon solemnly addressed his soldiers: "Soldiers of France ... Here 40 centuries gaze upon you." This is Egypt of Africa, which, from its womb, brought forth the world — a heavy and fearsome ghost hovering among the pyramids.

In Moscow, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that Egypt has "tremendous" problems, warning against the possibility of seeing the same things happen in Egypt that have already happened in Yemen, Iraq, Libya and Syria. So what is the lowest point Egypt can reach? And how will it escape such a fate?

If anyone would call this sentiment into question and put it in the context of its being offered by Field Marshal al-Sisi as a savior, then it's clearly excessive. Most of this is in line with theorists from Washington think tanks, who, throughout the past decade, have feared the advancement of the Muslim Brotherhood, that it's the wave of the future and includes the true representatives of Muslims in the region.

Even if we grant that there is some exaggeration in the field marshal's comment, one should never underestimate the threat to the future of Egypt, which is finding its way on the path to building a new order. According to Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi's statement in a recent television interview, this new order will be “democratic.” This, of course, does not cancel out some worrisome signs, namely media reports alleging violence perpetrated against demonstrators.