…the strongest.

It happened in China and it happens here, in Egypt. People on the street argue for a short moment and than they are going to fight each other, with everything they have, fist and feet. And the most astonishing thing for an european is: none cares. Especially not the police. Why? Because the police is the reason why people have to fight each other. If all arguments are used there is no other solution than to fight. And arguments won’t be available enough because you need education to use arguments. People can’t rely on justice nor on the police. And they have no education. There are no rules nor laws which could be used. There is no justice but for the rich or the strong. The weakest are suppressed either by the authorities or by the ones who have more. The rich ones rule this country and no police will dare to stop them since they are not going to kill someone. Poor people have no opportunity to complain. Their only solution is to hurt themselves as a protest. And the poor people have nothing to fight for but their live after live. Inch’Allah. And the rich have no interest to change something. So everything will stay as it is. You could quote Marx here. But maybe this would not be the best idea. Education will help, to open the horizon for new chances and opportunities. But how to reach the poor? How to wake their interest for more than the holy book? And for sure education is not the medicine for everything. But maybe a good start.

and the spark may strike… there is no big difference between Tunisia and Egypt. Long term leaders without democratic legitimation, a high unemployment rate, and a huge amount of poor and unsatisfied people. And as well as in Tunisia there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Additional we have the problems between the religions here in Egypt. I am not afraid even if I can feel the tension. But I hope if something will happen, it will happen without violence. I like the people and the country.

I was sure some day it will happen. And it will happen again. Every day we go by bus to our workplace. Every day we drive the eight-lined street guarding to New Cairo. Every day people try to cross this street, running between the cars, threading themselves through the traffic, a traffic that moves with estimated 70km/h.

This morning we had a traffic jam heading to New Cairo. The reason for this jam was not obvious, until we could see the newspaper and the red surface on the street. Sometimes they are not fast enough. How this is allowed to happen is hard to understand.

are left till my battery is empty… therefore… we make it short. Again copts, again killed, this time supposably by a policeman in a train. You do not need to really read the news to know that something worse happened. Accidentally there is military and police all around, with heavy weapons and helmets on their head, expecting riots. This time, nothing happened, everything kept quiet. But I learned how to read the signs.