Save our Revolution

First: Maximum respect to all the martyrs of the Egyptian revolution no matter what religion or believes they had, those people who sacrificed their lives so we'd get rid of a regime that stayed in power for 30 years spreading corruption and even make laws the punish people who try to fight off corruption.

I was one of the people who supported to revolution, not from the first day because I didn’t think that people would actually participate that much, but since I realised that this time was different, people were determined to down the regime I supported them (was the second day of the protests), lived through what every Egyptian lived through, the hope, the fear, the mixed feelings of joy, pride and worry. I was proud of being Egyptian for the first time since I can’t even remember. We gained the respect of the world, which we were on the verge of losing, it once again.

And on 11 February, 2011, round 7:30 pm Omar Suleiman made a statement, and we were free, the united, educated Egyptians, who dazzled the world with how civilized they were during the protests and how peaceful that revolution was, are finally free.

And the people started dreaming, better education, and better health-care better services. Simply, a better Egypt. Ideas came up about how we can improve our Egypt, every person vowed to change and everything was perfect, life was pink as Egyptians say.

But nothing can be perfect forever. everything turned black when an officer shot a microbus driver in Ma’adi, people had one rough day because of that incidence, the driver died, the police officer's condition is still unstable in hospital, I thought to myself: “well, one incidence isn’t much”, then noticed the horrible state of traffic in the city where I live, went on and checked why the sudden crowded streets, found out that cops don’t really want to work, want to spread Chaos so people would miss Mubarak days of oppression and the fake sense of safety (click here for my article on counter-revolution). But, people aren’t really doing their parts, people parking right next to no parking signs, people harassing cops and traffic police officers(the recruits not the officers of the academy), people who are victims of the regime themselves, living and working in in-humane conditions for less than 300-400 EGP per month (50.97-67.96 US dollars),we didn’t revolt just for us, the people, we fought for all the victims of the regime, the employees who had too little to get by per month, the political prisoners, the police officers who are honest yet not known and are looked to as corrupt and tyrants because of their fellow officers, I was never pro-generalization person, yes most of the cops are corrupt and killed some of us, no one wasn’t affected by police brutality and corruption no matter how "high-class" or "connected" you are.

So, what am I on about?

• people should keep their civilized manners: don’t drop them as soon as the revolution is "over" and Mubarak left, whether you participated in the revolution or not ,supported it or not, it's your duty towards your country to obey the laws, this is our country now, everything you do affects our Egypt, every law you break means that you disrespect the martyrs who didn’t die so you'd be able to double park or park in no-parking spots, they didn’t sacrifice their lives so you throw garbage on the street, they sacrificed for a better Egypt, the least thing you can do is give them what they fought for.
• Don’t harass cops: you don’t know if he's one of the good guys or the corrupt ones, and there are good cops, some even died defending banks, prisons, police stations against thugs unleashed from prisons by the corrupt ones, don’t assume all cops are bad. Gawad who was shot by a rubber bullet in the eye said he holds no grudge against cops, because he knows that not all of them are the regime's dogs
• Be a law-enforcer: if you saw a friend or a relative breaking the law, gently ask him/her not to, remind him/her of those who died for a better Egypt, don’t harass girls on the street, keep our Egypt  safe and sound and clean

if the police wants Chaos,we aren't giving it to them.