Editor's note: The author says he voted for
President Mohamed Morsy but is not a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
He is a single man in his 20s who lives in Cairo with his parents,
brothers and sisters. He asked us not to use his name because he says
this would put him in danger.
Cairo -- I write this after several days that have disheartened me and
many Egyptian people. Many Egyptians desire freedom and a better life,
and we love democracy. Imagine standing in long lines under the sun,
waiting to give your vote for a new leader and then you wake up and he
is no longer president?
Egyptians do not want to live as slaves anymore, and we are extremely
discouraged. Most of our people who peacefully protested are young
people who are looking for a good future and a good life as you have in
the West. Egyptians are hopeful, but unfortunately we now face guns and
many have been killed.
Since the coup, many days have been bloody and the army has been
extremely violent. The large-scale murders have angered and horrified
many Egyptians. We were so happy to have a civilian president for the
first time: a person who would put Egypt in his heart and stop
corruption and not steal from us, but now we feel hopeless and desperate
about the future of Egypt.
We love peace, we do not
hurt anybody, we protect all churches, and we love Egypt more than
ourselves. We want to see Egypt grow as a good country. We hope that the
world understands that most Egyptians are against violence. That is why
people here refused to create a civil war.
We have not been armed
during our protest which has been very peaceful until the army fired
upon us. We hate to see blood and that is why what we witnessed by the
Egyptian army is unprecedented, we have never seen such massacres before
in Egypt. All of Egypt is in shock.
I saw no protesters with
guns, only sticks and stones to defend themselves. As to the burning of
churches, this is something that is strictly forbidden for any Muslim
and I believe is most likely to have been done by fanatics or criminals,
who are taking advantage of the unrest.
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The anti-coup group is a
coalition of groups including democrats, unions, a wide range of
religious groups, students and political groups -- and is comprised of
hundreds of thousands of people. Many here want everybody to respect
democracy and if they want to change Mohamed Morsy as the leader, then
we believe it should be by election like in every other democracy. For
me, the main issue is not about Morsy himself, this is a battle for
democracy, respect, and justice. The fact remains Morsy won an election
by a significant majority and he did so through a democratic process and
they deserve to serve their term of office. I believe democracy cannot
begin if it is strangled at birth.
Unemployment is very
high in Egypt, and there is no way to earn money, so life is very hard.
Universities have closed programs and Egyptians have fewer options. I
lost my job and began studying languages to improve my skills but now my
classes have been suspended.
Walking down city
streets is not safe, and young people do not look forward to a good
future in Egypt. Most of our people here are so sad from witnessing the
killing of so many sons, daughters, and friends. We do not have many
fanatical people in Egypt. Most people live together in peace even from
different religions and backgrounds.
On Saturday we buried a
friend who was killed in the protests. We went to put him in his tomb,
but before that we walked and carried him through the streets until we
reached his tomb. There were so many people with us and people carried
his photo and many slogans saying we will never give up until we make
his dream come true: Democracy for Egypt!
After we protested on
Sunday, many people walked to his home and met his mom and family. His
mom was crying and we promised her we would never give up until we get
this justice.
Now we feel that we are
in the darkest days. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow but the
protesters say that they will never give up until we have freedom and
victory. We are willing to die for our freedom! The world is our
witness.
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