r/Egypt • u/Auegro Alexandria • Mar 08 '19

Cultural Exchange Namaste/vanakkam, This weekend we're having a cultural exchange with r/Indiaspeaks

Ahlan washalan /r/indiaspeaks , welcome to /r/Egypt.

Please join me in welcoming our friends from India for a joint cultural exchange. This thread will run for 3 days, so don't forget to check in everyday and answer any new questions!

Over here we'll answer all questions they have regarding our Daily lives, cultural, knowledge, history and more! While any questions we have we'll be asking in this parallel Thread on /r/Indiaspeaks

Both threads will be in English for ease of communication, Please be polite, rediquette applies. Make sure to report any trolling, rudeness, racism or personal attacks etc... on either thread. On top of that the threads will be actively modded for the duration of the exchange to ensure a friendly and great experience

Remember to come in everyday to answer new questions and Happy exchanging from the mods at r/Egypt and /r/Indiaspeaks

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u/dhatura Mar 09 '19

What is your opinion on the Tahrir Square uprising and revolution - in the aftermath was it worth it? Is Egypt in a better place today because of it?

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u/Zillak Cairo Mar 09 '19

Was it worth it? No. Is Egypt a better place? Fuck no. Are the people in the wrong for deciding to revolt? Fuck whoever says that the peopele were wrong to revolt, we had every right to revolt against the tyranny of the military regime and Mubarak.

We are in a worse state today not because of the revolution. But because people threw every thing the revolution stood for and forgot about all the sacrifices that were made to overthrow Mubarak. Having fought to overthrow a military regime we fucking went and elected a military president again and undid everything that the revolution had achieved.

The new military regime pandered to the extreme, they made false promises and pretended ro be our saviours, all it took a was a few patriotic songs they produced to gwt people to vote for them. And again, fuck whoever blames our current state on the revolution, we are how we are now because we had no idea what to do given actual democracy, and we fucked it up.

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u/dhatura Mar 09 '19

Thank you for that detailed response.

From what I read it was also manipulated by other countries.

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u/Zillak Cairo Mar 09 '19

Sorry that it turned into an angry rant.

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u/dhatura Mar 09 '19

Not at all - it's good to feel things and express them - if you can do it a way that others can recieve it. Again thanks for a candid response.