Despite current popular unrest against Egypt’s authoritarian regime, the international community has not yet offered a word of support with regards to protests being held
The sudden outbreak of protests has become the norm in Egypt despite the repressive measures taken by its military-led autocratic regime, which comes down heavily on dissenters.
“Beyond any ideology or revolutionary cause, people are protesting for their very lives and their self interests to protect their families and survive under the pressures of daily life’s essential needs,” says Hamza Zawba, the former spokesman of the Freedom and Justice Party, who hosts a show for Mekameleen TV, a media organisation launched by Egyptian exiles in Istanbul.
But now they appear to have no clue about the roots of the ongoing protests. They are widespread and unpredictable, and security forces have arrested people from different political groups and backgrounds, says Zawba. “I think right now the regime plays the game of ‘wait and see’, trying to figure out who is behind the protests,” Zawba toldIf Zawba and other experts are right about the political nature of current protests, it could prove a troubling sign for Cairo, for they could transform into a massive show of Egyptian dissatisfaction against the Sisi regime’s governance.
Current protests have appeared to be triggered by Mohammed Ali, an Egyptian actor and businessman who used to be a government contractor. He later left Egypt, citing differences with the Sisi government. This year, around the same time as in 2019, Ali, who is now living in Spain as an exile, called protests against Sisi. This led to demonstrations in different cities in order to commemorate the previous year’s protests.
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