Protests continue in Egypt – Has anything changed?

                It is interesting to see what has happened to Egypt since the end of the Mubarak Regime. We are told that Egypt has undergone a revolution and now have a democratic civilian appointed president, but is that really true? Protestors are angry towards the Muslim Brotherhood because of false promises that were made and protests have started again – the events of Port Said and the curfews put in place have not helped the situation either. The problems that the protestors have are: Mubarak’s Trial being postponed, Economic Instability, Islamic agendas added into new constitution. However some of the issues like economic instability could be pointed towards the past regime which did not have the greatest track record in the first place – over a 1/4^th or so of young adults unemployed; poverty and food shortages were a big problem and still are. The Egyptian people are expecting a change after only two years, but the problem isn’t something that can be done overnight – these things take time. However, increased military presences and Islamic influences cannot be pointed back to the old regime – which is a valid reason for concern.

 

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2013/01/201312672536410414.html

(It’s interesting to see that Al Jazeera has section called “the unfinished revolution”)