READER COMMENTS

We seek God's help against them.

The Egyptian people must address any attempts that contribute to the spread of violence, criminality and terrorism, because they are too smart and sharp to be prone to respond to the cowardly terrorist elements. They are working to exploit the unstable situation, which is free from security and stability, especially the situations where there is fighting among the communities of the Egyptian people or fighting among religions, and this contributes a lot to serving the terrorist elements and serving their malicious goals. Thus, these elements should not be allowed to influence the people. They should be addressed, resisted and fought, so that Egypt will remain the same and so that there will not be any acts of violence and criminality and bloodshed of innocent people there.

Let them organize one-million demonstrations as they wish, but we need to prepare a suitable place for them not to disturb the traffic. Let them release their power without any objections, and when they find no objection, they will go to their houses in a good psychological state, because we showed that we understand them, feel their pain and appreciate their sacrifices.

I am in favor of the change. The president has become very old and he has to leave the arena for the youth, because this is the norm of life. However, we want the money of the Egyptian people that he kept in the form of bank deposits, so that we can have good memories of him.

We all know that our country is the mother of the world and the home of blessings and riches. However, we are deprived of these blessings, which go into the pockets of the traitors who rule our country and do not consider the suffering of the people. I'm an Egyptian citizen and I am sad for what happened to my country and I am very sad for our martyrs. Let us ask God to have mercy upon them and to forgive their sins. God the Exalted says: And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of God as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision. -Quran 3:169

The protesters held many banners, demanding dissolution of the government in Egypt as well as the departure of President Mubarak for his failure to perform his duties properly towards his compatriots, since Egyptian citizens feel alienated in their country. In fact, the government does not share their suffering and pain and does not respect their humanity. Egyptians also hate their president because of the spread of administrative corruption, particularly in state departments; the decline of living standards, the increasing poverty, the deterioration of education because of arbitrary management, and the decline of health care and insurance. Protesters also held the regime responsible for the illegal seizure of public money and their transfer to international banks via flimsy excuses. However, most citizens are aware of such manipulations. Therefore, it has become essential to change the Egyptian regime altogether, and elect a new leadership which can serve and develop the country through a just rule.

Dictatorship is one of the most important diseases which infected most Arab countries and other countries of the region, and which reached an extent that nobody can tolerate any longer. It will be made history by the aware heroic Egyptian youth, through what we are seeing today in Egypt.

The ruling party in Egypt, led by Hosni Mubarak, must quit power. The development of events there proves that the party and the President have nothing to offer to the Egyptian people. Therefore, everyone should convince the stubborn President Mubarak to leave power and to favor the interests of the nation and people. He must prove that he is patriotic enough to make such a decision and let the Egyptians elect the president they want. In fact, Mubarak and the ruling party have to step down from power and avoid more bloodshed through demonstrations, which are expected to continue till the regime is changed radically.

The situation in Egypt will grow worse if things do not change and Hosni Mubarak does not step down from power. In fact, the economy will deteriorate because most traders, company managers and important businessmen have started to fly out of Egypt. Still worse, most countries, which fear instability, have started to advise their citizens not to go to Egypt and to evacuate their communities there. The economic crisis will complicate the situation even more. Therefore, this uprising must go on and the government must assess the economic consequences. Indeed, the Egyptians will not back down this time.

Unfortunately, this Arab country has been through a lot during these hard days. We call on it to be patient and enduring and they will get what they want, God willing. I say to our brothers in Egypt that they should be patient for a little bit longer, and that God Almighty is on their side. I also say to them that the Arab peoples support them and that this dictatorial regime will be removed, God willing. I do not know what more Hosni Mubarak wants from this world. Haven’t the past thirty years been enough? Haven’t you clung to office long enough? Leave it for others; let your people choose what they want. Enough of ruling this country; you have taken the world, you will not take more. The Egyptian people are fed up with your repressive governance, and they have rebelled against you because they have realized that they cannot move forward, only backward. I demand that the Egyptian brothers not clash during the demonstrations, especially since now is your only chance to restore your glory. After the demise of Mubarak’s regime, you have to come together and not let the traitorous gang dominate you once more, like what happened with Mubarak’s reign. You have to be more attentive to the conditions of your country and restore everything to better than it has been, in order not to have regrets in the future. God is the guarantor of success; He is with you, so remember Him.

The blood of the martyrs is the responsibility of Mubarak; may God not bless him.

This is unfair. The president protected us for 30 years! Leave the Liberation Square because you do not represent the entire Egyptian people. Enough stubbornness, let us live in safety. I would like to know why you are still protesting while the president has already fulfilled our demands.

Egypt suffers from difficult economic conditions, and the people suffer from poverty and the lack of effective solutions to their problems. You must know that Egypt will be destroyed and you know the reasons very well. The people carried out demonstrations and this will encourage the other countries to attack Egypt, as long as the people are disinterested. They can also control Egypt as they wish, and feel that Egypt can be easily controlled. Egypt will be occupied and I ask God to protect Egypt.

Please, do not give up your rights. You are the reason behind the victory of the Arab nation.

The president is not bad, but his advisors are the cause behind what is going on in the country. Hence, the whole regime must leave and clear the arena for new faces. This is enough and unfair.

As long as we are talking about Egypt and the unstable situation there, it is due to the fact that the regime in Egypt has reached a stage when it is impossible for it to stay and continue making Egypt deteriorate and fall apart. There must be a change in Egypt to get rid of this corrupt regime. Finally, the day has come and we now see the fruits of the awareness campaigns that were carried out by the Egyptian intellectuals and opposition parties for years. Their efforts materialized in the form of a sweeping uprising that was unexpected in Egypt or abroad. I think that the whole world witnessed what happened and what is still happening in Egypt. The uprising became a revolution without any role for opposition parties or the other political figures. So, I do not want to see some blowhards claiming that they are behind this revolution. All thanks to the heroic young men in Cairo, Alexandria, Mansoura, Suez and other Egyptian cities, which revolted without warning. They united and rejected the continuation of the criminal tyrant in power, because he looted Egypt and turned it into a special prosperity machine for him and his family. He was also planning to have his son inherit the presidency after him. However, all hopes of the tyrants failed, and Hosni Mubarak and his supporters lost the bet. It became clear that Hosni is spending his last days as president, if he remains alive. I believe that the end of this dictator and pharaoh will be to be dragged in the streets after falling into the hands of the revolutionaries in Egypt, who are battered by hunger and Mubarak’s filthy policies. This man failed in running the country and he did not treat the children of Egypt properly, despite the fact that they remained patient for a long period. Patience has limits, and the patience of the Egyptians is used up. So, beware the wrath of the meek people, because they will not have mercy upon those who wronged them, and they will not accept injustice any longer. Let Hosni’s fate be a lesson for whoever wants to access power in Egypt after that, because the tyrants will be ousted by the through a tremendous revolution such as what we see now all over Egypt.

Let your revolution be peaceful. Don’t abuse the security forces because, with the help of God, you will achieve your objectives and overthrow President Hosni Mubarak in few days. I also advise you to keep your revolution clean from shame and blood. Don’t listen to any blame, and don’t show mercy to whoever threatens security and tries to take advantage of the situation to steal public as well as private money. Sons of Egypt, you are able, more than ever before, to protect Egypt from sabotage and destruction, and do not rely either on the army or on the police.

Egypt will remain the country of security and safety.

I love Mubarak and support him, but I demand that he respond to the demands of the people.

Poverty and the deplorable economic conditions that the Egyptian people are living in have pushed them to come out in the streets in these demonstrations and condemn the Egyptian regime, which is to be blamed for not providing the means for a better life for the citizens. The regime is not concerned about the poor, and it does not find solutions to their problems, nor does it care about them. Instead, the regime’s henchmen are busy amassing money, while Hosni Mubarak is preparing for his son to succeed him as president. This is why the people have not remained silent over these injustices, and this is what should be done in order to effect change in Egypt. Change will not take place other than at the hands of its own people.

The situation that the Egyptian regime is going through now, and the popular discontent that has permeated the streets in Egypt, remind me of the last days of Sadat’s regime, when he carried out mass arrests, filling the Egyptian prisons with demonstrators and opposition members. Will the tension building up on the political scene in Egypt eventually end up with the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak’s regime? Especially since the issue of hereditary transfer of power will only pour fuel on the fire, and further exacerbate the situation, because everyone knows that Hosni Mubarak was preparing the ground for the succession of his son Gamal to the presidency of Egypt. But I don’t believe that he himself will be able to continue to hold on to power, so as to be able to put his son in his place, given the fact that the son is faced with the same rejection that the free people of Egypt has voiced for the father.

The Egyptian people has the right, but these demonstrations led to sabotage in Egypt, which resulted in losses in the country and made people strained. If we were the sons of Egypt, we should stop demonstrations, so that our country does not lose more. Our demands were fulfilled.

In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Ever Merciful. I feel for Egypt, which is the mother of the world. Alas! Your youth make me feel ashamed and I swear that I am ashamed to see and hear what is happening in Egypt. Egypt was the crown of history and the source of its pride and dignity, as it was the home of the greatest civilization known to mankind four thousand years ago. Egypt has reserved for itself a leading position all over the world and in all fields of life, including culture, art and medicine... Today, the children, boys and people of this country distort these historic achievements. I call on history to stop recording and writing what is happening in Egypt and in Tahrir Square! O history! Do not document this farce and slip of the contemporary youth of Egypt. O history, you have written about the great heroes of Egypt who honored it, such as of Ramses, the defeater of the Hyksos and the leaders of Egypt who expelled the Romans, the Greeks, the Turks, the English, the Germans, and finally the Israelis in October 1973. O people of Egypt, O ElBaradei, Qaradhaawi, Zewail all those who do not want to acknowledge Mubarak's achievements! Mubarak, my dear young people, is the one who educated you and sent you on scholarships. Mubarak is the man who has placed Egypt in his heart until he lost his health. He spent the nights watching over you! Is it logical to reward President Mubarak with these shameful cries and appeals against him? O foolish losers! O Egyptians! I know that you glorify your leaders, such as Saad Zaghloul, Mustafa Kamel, Ahmed Orabi, Mohamed Farid, Jamal Abd El-Naser, and Anwar Sadat. So, what I hear and see is strange! O people, a few months ago, King Ramses was relocated, and you went out in a royal procession to greet the majestic king of Egypt who died four thousand years ago. You greeted him with chants and stagnant shrills in respect for this king. As for your President Mubarak, who has served and informed, educated and built the modern Egypt and granted it a foothold in the world as a prominent international player, you want to humiliate him. Dear young people, this is a shame on you and shame on those who are manipulating you. Stop this farce and shame. Come back to your senses. You must organize an eighty-million-man march to apologize for what you have done to your president, who has spent the last quarter of his life serving Egypt. Finally, I want to tell you that I am not a member of the NDP or a resident of Manoufiya or a member of Mubarak’s family. I am a Palestinian citizen from Gaza.

Why is this happening, Egypt?

The Egyptian people are trivial, because President Mubarak did what was required of him. What do they want exactly? Thanks.

All people are against Mubarak.

May God bless you, Your Excellency Mr. President. You protect the country from the traitors and you pay pensions to people. You are the one who bestowed security and safety on the country, unlike ElBaradei the traitor and the Muslim Brotherhood. Long live Egypt only for the sake of HE Mubarak of Egypt, who deserves to rule Egypt. I ask God to allow safety and security to return to Egypt.

It is clear that these demonstrations that some regimes are confronting could be accompanied by vandalism and chaos, where there is looting and plundering and other types of nefarious activities, as well as random shootings and the resolving of personal grudges, as people take advantage of the lack of security, and the people’s preoccupation with demanding their due rights and staging strikes in a bid to achieve this aim. Most of the cities in Egypt were filled with these huge mass protests, calling for the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak’s regime. Meanwhile, a group of criminals and plotters, out of selfish interests, have spread chaos and engaged in vandalism by attacking government property, as well as property belonging to the private sector, and they destroyed some of it, as has happened to one of the Egyptian museums, which contains artifacts of a particular era of Pharaonic civilization in Egypt. Some of this museum’s artifacts were stolen or damaged. Additionally, some engaged in stealing the belongings and the furniture and fixtures of government departments and institutions, and they looted some of the shopping malls owned by the private sector. This prompted citizens to set up committees for the protection of government as well as private property, houses and malls that belong to citizens in many of the governorates, due to the lack of security in these areas, while some groups with affiliations to the government have engaged in looting and vandalism in all the government buildings and privately-owned property and malls in many Egyptian cities. There have been reports on satellite TV channels, which have been seen by millions of people who are following these events, about the fact that many of those carrying out the looting and plundering activities are individuals that are linked to the security apparatus. Some of the popular committees that have been set up to guard these properties have caught a group of members of the Egyptian police who were engaging in looting, and they were handed over to the Egyptian army. Other witnesses have reported to the media that people who are purported to be affiliated with the ruling party, as well as members of the police and other security agencies, were behind the looting and vandalism. This move by these agencies is meant to tarnish the image of this massive popular revolt that believes in change by calling for the ouster of the current regime in Egypt, as well as its leader, Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt will remain forever, blessed. Long live Egypt and Mubarak! Al-Duhduh!

The problem has already been solved, since President Mubarak's first speech. Hence, I think this is shameful and unfair, because God the Almighty has commanded us to obey Him, the prophet and the rulers. I think what I have said is enough.

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has ruled the Arab Republic of Egypt since 1981, after the assassination of the former Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat. Yet, he still holds on to his position, despite the Egyptians’ request for change through demonstrations or expressing their opinion through the elections which were held, or through the emergence of an opposition to the continuation of his rule. In fact, Egyptians are suffering oppression and all kinds of repression which this system has imposed on them. It has shut them out in order to prevent them from having the right to express their opinion for the sake of freedom, justice and cooperation, because man is civil and sociable by nature. People are also inclined by nature to establish a social life with their fellow human beings, so that reconciliation and harmony will prevail under a fair power which works on fulfilling happiness for the people, maintaining safety and security, and providing services for them. They want to work appropriately to maintain stability in the country, which is reflected through its real and creative role in order to develop, construct and rehabilitate the country. However, whoever examines the rule of Mubarak will notice that he is struggling to hold on to power and handing the rule on to one of his family members, without caring about the legitimate concerns of the Egyptians for years. Besides, many citizens were subjected to all kinds of injustice and tyranny by repressive organs which violated human rights. Consequently, Egyptians’ anger was raised and urged the citizens to defy all means of repression, oppression, exclusion, detention and murder. Thuerefore, citizens demonstrated in huge numbers against the oppressive regime, in an attempt to remove it from power and to usher in a better future, which should be secure and based on rights, justice and equality between all social classes. In so doing, they will be able to cooperate to form a prosperous society that is based on solid democratic foundations.

I urge this corrupt regime to submit to the people’s demands, and not to ignore them and rely on fake reforms which change nothing but some personnel. In fact, convictions and practices which Egyptians reject still persist, because those who imposed them are still powerful. Egyptians are defending their legitimate right to change their miserable life and experience democracy, in order to live in freedom and peace. In fact, democracy ensures a decent life without exploitation, repression and tyranny, which affected the daily life of the Egyptians and the progress of the country.

We die for your sake, Egypt. Your sons from Al-Buhayrah.

If you really love Egypt, please leave it with Hosni Mubarak. People, you do not know what will happen after the departure of the President. You have been waiting for 30 years. You can wait a few more years.

The political events and the public demonstrations that took place in Tunisia and led to the fall of the regime are the same factors that have affected the youth in Egypt, and that gave them determination and enthusiasm to stand in the face of injustice and not to give in to the authoritarian regulations. The Egyptian people have suffered from oppression, suppression of their freedoms and widespread corruption in all fields of life and in most state institutions, together with a high rate of unemployment and poverty. All this created tension between the government and the Egyptian citizens, who came out in spontaneous demonstrations in order to claim their rights and improve their life standards. They are trying to exert pressure on the Egyptian regime to respond to their demands or to resign. They want to have fair and free elections in order to achieve the principle of justice which reflects respect for human rights, because justice is the most important virtue. However, the current government only wants to maintain power, without making any reforms that take into account the needs and interests of the people.

As an Arab citizen, I notice that Egyptians are witnessing a tragic situation at all levels. They are deprived of the slightest semblance of a decent life, due to the complicated economic situation in their country. Increasing prices directly influence Egyptian life, because they have become unable to cope with the high living standard and earn a living. Moreover, Egyptian families are large and have a very low income, and they cannot satisfy their needs. In addition, many young Egyptians are suffering from unemployment and the government has not found suitable solutions to this prevailing issue. The government failed and neglected the Egyptian citizens. For this reason, the Egyptian people revolted against the government, which did nothing to make their lives less burdensome and improve their appalling living conditions. This situation affected all Egyptian families and made them suffer more and more. On the other hand, the Egyptian ruling classes have taken advantage of the national resources and are leading a luxurious and comfortable life at the expense of simple, poor and exploited citizens. Their bad situations deepened because the government failed to diagnose the peoples’ suffering as the miserable conditions and the low salaries the employees are getting. Today, we would like to appreciate the role of the Egyptian people in changing this bitter reality in the country that all Egyptians suffered from. We must change and improve the living conditions. We must also fight those who are responsible for this poverty and need witnessed by the citizens, because of the bad decisions and policies made by officials.

These spontaneous marches should continue, and we should not allow anyone to use them for their own interests.

Many of these dictators must leave power and the political arena to others who are more competent. There has been enough famine and robbery. The people have suffered enough. Leave and let the people live freely and with dignity.

It is the duty of every honest man in the Arab Republic of Egypt today to take a stance in order to support the demonstrators and the process of peaceful change in Egypt these days, to make Egypt into a model for all countries that are governed by opportunistic and narrow-minded people who will leave their flimsy thrones only under the pressure of peoples’ power. That is the case in Egypt now, and in Tunisia before that. All people are asked to support this excellent and heroic work done by Egyptians in their struggle to stand against those dictators that accept their people’s humiliation. The Egyptian people have seen that change is a must, and so came the Day of Rage, which led to a lot of changes. It is a rage against the tyrants and dictators. It is rage against the theft of public money by people in power. It is anger at the difficult living conditions. It is anger at the tyrannical decisions that have caused so many innocent people and dissidents to languish in the prisons of power for many years, because of the military courts run by the regime in Egypt in order to eliminate all opponents and silence the voices calling for the end of this system and of one-party power. It is a rage to regain all the freedom and right of choice for those who want to govern this country, which has suffered greatly from this authority, which has lasted for decades. Therefore, we call upon everyone to support these demonstrations, in order to achieve the expected change and the democracy we hope for the oppressed, God willing.

In fact, Egypt is losing. I call upon each young man, each woman and each Egyptian man; and I call upon all the clowns who didn’t go to the demonstrations but went to have picnics, to drink and eat and go out with their children to have fun; I call upon them all to go back to their homes to save Egypt, the mother of the world. They should understand that this was an American-Israeli plan, as it was clear for us from the young woman who spoke to Mehwar Satellite Channel. May God save you, Egypt, from any enemy who wants to separate and divide the nation into two parties! When they failed to achieve this plan, they tried to scare the people and incite them to overthrow the regime. If God wills, they will not succeed in overthrowing an ancient nation that has striven to reach its present status.

Yes for Mubarak.

This involves large Israeli interference, Egyptian spies and terrorist organizations.

He must give up the presidency!

Egypt will be destroyed this way, because of the demonstrations. Mubarak is leaving for sure. O youth, stop the destruction.

I swear to God that you have destroyed the country. If the president wants to respond to the demands of the people, why doesn’t he step down? Why is he appointing a new government? The people neither want him nor do they want his government. Let him hand over the country to the army and leave. The people are up to the responsibility, and they are able to build their country.