The elections are today, though surprisingly enough, even after being warned about the raging traffic (how could it ever get worse than it already is?) I can hardly notice any difference. Of course it's all over the news, and I'm sure many are discussing it, but as a student looking from the inside out, it's difficult to tell. I suppose for many Egyptians, today is a day like any other. Their land and their country and people have been here for 7,000 years, and the sun will rise tomorrow just as it has done century after century. I wish I could understand the news better here, so that I could at least understand the debates, but even though I live here, I am very much looking in from afar. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to discuss all of this in my classes. The Arabic Language Insitute (ALI) which operates within AUC cancelled classes, though undergraduate classes are on schedule.
Everyone knows that Mubarak will win the election, but the election is a landmark none the less. While opposition Ayman Nour insists that if the elections were fair he would absolutely win, that certainly does not appear to be the case on the street. The platforms for all ten candidates range from sensible economic and consitutional reform to the implementation of radical Muslim Shar'ia Law. My favorite campaign promise, however, is the new law that AHMAD AL-SABAHI AWAD ALLAH KHALIL promises to enforce, requiring all men to wear the traditional fez hats. Now there's some sure promise of social change for you.
posted by Katie Warren @ 2:09 PM
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