Egypt is now in a new dance. A dance with opportunities. A free media has led to the opening of minds throughout the country, and dissenting voices are (selectively, but mostly) being heard. The rise of communications allows the flow of ideas and invites interaction through social media. And quietly, throughout all of this, a potential successor. Mohammed El Baradei, a Nobel Peace Prize winner for work with the International Atomic Energy Agency, is something of a folk hero. He has been summarily dismissed (and even harassed, some would say,) by the Egyptian government for openly criticizing the sitting administration. And today, he is in Tahrir square, squatting with teenagers and propagating a message of possibility and potentiality. Is El Baradei the answer to Egypt’s problems? Probably not. But it sure is nice to entertain the possibilities. What Egypt really needs is a global intervention. (Next post, I promise.)
Egypt is now in a new dance. A dance with opportunities. A free media has led to the opening of minds throughout the country, and dissenting voices are (selectively, but mostly) being heard. The rise of communications allows the flow of ideas and invites interaction through social media. And quietly, throughout all of this, a potential successor. Mohammed El Baradei, a Nobel Peace Prize winner for work with the International Atomic Energy Agency, is something of a folk hero. He has been summarily dismissed (and even harassed, some would say,) by the Egyptian government for openly criticizing the sitting administration. And today, he is in Tahrir square, squatting with teenagers and propagating a message of possibility and potentiality. Is El Baradei the answer to Egypt’s problems? Probably not. But it sure is nice to entertain the possibilities. What Egypt really needs is a global intervention. (Next post, I promise.)
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