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I became seriously involved in Egyptian politics in 2003 when I was invited to address an international conference in Cairo about the imminent American invasion of Iraq.
One of the really progressive acts that followed the end of World War II was the establishment of the principle of universal jurisdiction (UJ). UJ is a legal process that allows states that are signatories to various international treaties and conventions (such as the Geneva conventions) to prosecute alleged violators of these treaties, even when these violations are committed outside the country's usual jurisdiction.
The Arab world's sleeping giant has finally woken from its slumbers after years of being drugged and mugged by the West.
When Egyptians stood up to Mubarak they were met with tear gas and clubs. Once upon a time America had freedom of assembly, speech and protest. Even now, as long as protests don't take on the 1%, they are OK. But in today's America-for-the-1% protests, assemblies and speech against plutocatic, 1% rule is met with tear gas and police batons to the head.
Of all my annual visits to Egypt, the country of my birth, this latest one has been the longest - more than 100 days.
Two months after Egypt's events of June 30, a domestic opinion poll found 68 percent of the respondents call the events a "revolution." But the Muslim Brotherhood and their supporters in Egypt, Qatar and Turkey and some of the pro-democracy activists in the West still deny that the events should be called a "revolution."
Seven years ago a new political party in Egypt was formed, Al-Karama (Dignity). On May 30, 2004 it applied to become an official party but it has never been approved because it was outspoken against Mubarak, his family and his corrupt regime. The party was of one of the forces behind Egypt's January 25th Revolution. Its leader Hamdeen Sabahi, a journalist, ran for parliament as an independent. He won in 2004 and lost in 2010 but he is intended to run in the presidential election later this year. In Cairo last week I met his deputy, Amin Iskander, an engineer from my Cairo’s birth place; Shoubra.
The top priority of Egypt's new president must be achieving both economical development and social justice. He should not occupy himself with political issues, like quarreling with the military about the powers that they still hold, until the new constitution is written and approved. Alternatively, if Egyptians hear from him the usual political Muslim Brotherhood narratives, they will topple him before his term of office is over.
Last week in my native Egypt, I was an eye witness to history in the making.
It's official. Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is leading the counter-revolution.
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