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Monday, April 9, 2012

Ahdaf Soueif: Protesters reclaim the spirit of Egypt

Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif reflects on the determination of Egyptians, after the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak, to rebuild their country and reclaimtheir national identity. I have friends on anti-depressantswho, over the last 20 days, forgot to take their pills and have now thrown them away. Such is the effect of the Egyptian Revolution. On Friday night, Egypt partied. Chants and songs and drums and joy-cries rang out from Alexandriato Aswan. The defunct regime was only mentioned in reference to "we want our money back". Otherwise, three chants were dominant - and very telling: One -"Lift your head up high, you're Egyptian" - was a response to how humiliated, how hopeless we'd been made to feel over the last four decades. The second was: "We'll get married, We'll have kids," and reflected the hopes of the millionswhose desperate need for jobs and homes had been driving them to risk their lives to illegally cross the sea to Europe or the desert to Libya. The third chant was: "Everyone who loves Egypt, come and rebuild Egypt." We have a lot to learn very quickly. But we're working. And the people, everywhere, are with us" Ahdaf Soueif Newborn revolution And on Saturday, they were as good as their word: they came and cleaned up after their revolution.

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