{الفكر القومي العربي} The audacity of the Muslim brotherhood, the Timidity of Egypt's Liberals.

           It is past due time that Egypt Liberals and Civil Society leaders and believers apologize to all Egyptians for failing  to unite, organize ,have a recognized leader who is acceptable to all . The Egyptian Liberals have failed miserably before the Egyptian Revolution occurred,   to plan for a day which  we all knew was coming . Not having a strong party even before the Revolution ,for instance in 2010  or prior   when then Muslim Brotherhood gained 20 percent in Maglas Elshab seats, the Liberals were absent from the picture ,of course not counting Mubarak's party which was corrupt.

After the Egyptian Revolution, we kept calling on all parties and leaders specifically those who had inspiration to enter the presidential race, we warned all of them that they will fail miserably and unfortunately we were right.

Why is it , Egypt's Liberal Leaders up till now can still imagine that each one of them will be the one ? The President  of this great but injured country ?

Every time we see a glimpse of hope that  Egypt's Liberals will come to realizing that they have to unite to create a real power, then we see that their ego, gets on the way, liberals  break apart, they do not stay together , they do not have one voice.I wanted to share a profound example to humble us all, if you think that you are irreplaceable, fill a glass of water, dip your finger in it, take your finger out, see what effect on the water have you left ? That is the effect of each of us working alone.

I get it , the more we are educated and are cultured ; the harder it becomes to be a follower, but you can be a leader of no one , no real power , no effect and not noticed  where you will leave no legacy and have no real power, or you can be a member of a winning team, one that can be heard when you roar, one that can have a real effect on what is happening in Egypt now .

Excusable time is up, we no longer can blame Mubarak, he did not get the Muslim brotherhood and the Salafies to  majority in Parliament, we did. Mubarak did not get a Muslim brotherhood President, we did!  We the majority Egyptians were complacent, unorganized , uncooperative with each other , may be our sophistication could not Phantom  the idea that Muslim Brotherhood can rule Egypt , but the reality is , it happened and now we are still shocked about their priorities, their way of ruling ; who the Muslim brotherhood are getting out of jail, where they are taking Egypt and the Egyptians ? 

We are shocked and we complain severely  about every thing they do, the new government , the ministers, the countries the president and his team  care about , the contracts awarded and so on. 

If any one was true to their efforts it is the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafies, their audacity made them win big and when they did , they not only had one candidate, they also had a spare and they could have gone down a long list if needed, they did not destroy each other, they were and still are united , the Muslim Brotherhood spoke with one voice, and now they have an army of any thing they want, an army of media, an army of volunteers and an army of demonstrators when needed.

The Audacity of the Muslim Brotherhood is what got them the presidency in Egypt and the divisiveness and timidity of the Liberals is what made us loose the whole barrel. Unless the Liberals unite , stand strong , demand what we want for Egypt , all this noise will mount to cat scratch nothing more.

 If  Egypt goes down the wrong path, with a lousy Constitution we have no one to blame but our-self.Now is the time for all the good Liberals of Egypt men and women to unite , and join  the fight before it is too late .

Samia Harris. 

Democracy for Egypt