Arab: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow By: Mohamed Sherif Kamel

Arab:  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

By: Mohamed Sherif Kamel

Aug 5, 2001

Most of us will agree, some will not, but it is acceptable and that is what history and political analysis is all about.

Arabs are a community that have lot of common between them and myself never felt something but Arab, I am a Muslim as the majority of us, were some are not, but that never and will not change the formula, that formula understanding it or not will not change the reality, the reality is: we had the same history, we join the same miserable present, and we will have the same future.

Arab area and Arab population were all over the history had the same rhythm of movement, and all others did lock at them as one entity, history shows the same story in all action and reactions from the forces of enemies, since the Romans’ invasion of the south and the east the Mediterranean area, through the war between the Romans and Parisians, and the great reception of the Arab forces when they entered the Roman’s Empire specially Egypt, then the mass attack from what so called the Crusaders up to the destroying of the Outman Empire, the creation of the Zionism entity in Palestine and the war between the socialism (former soviet union or USSR) and the imperialism (USA and its western allays).  All these were mainly directed to control the area for its location, resources and the imperialism that Arab could form the force of the future.

The methods were different but have the same objective with different means to divide the area and control it, unfortunately those enemies were and still able to find assistant from within the locals, from individuals, different interest groups and even from governments within the area.

Searching through the history will show us the reality, and supported events, we did spend all over our life searching for a way out of this dilemma and we did have many occasions but we lost most of them and we are losing for many reason.

That is what all about the Arab revolutionary movements, while some of these movements were very clear in their vision and actions, others did not present their face as an Arab face and been dragged in their local face and interest.

Our biggest revolution in our generation was the Arabic Egyptian revolution that led by Nasser in July 23^rd, 1952 this revolution was a complete change in the area, history did use it as a mild stone and start for a new era, were some of us still refuse to admit this reality, it as a reality, were some others do not loss an opportunity to criticize our greatest revolution for whatever reason, all these differences are acceptable as points of view, but all this will never be bale to change the reality, but these are the big prove that our revolution was the greatest of our generation, not mentioning the Iranian revolution 1979.

In the 49^th universal of our revolution we have to analyze this revolutionary movement, we have to analyze it from the point of view that it is our revolution, the revolution of all of us all the third world population.

Let us see what did this revolution achieved, and what is the reaction of the imperialism to the revolution, when the revolutionary movement acted on July 23^rd, 1952, that was few years after the insertion of the Zionist entity on our own land, and few months after Mesaddaqu’s revolution in Iran, those two actions were big alarm to us and to the our enemies (the imperialism).

It was very clear to the revolutionary that they are in a movement to counter the enemies’ effort, that is why their first step was the removal of the Egyptian monarchy and secondly was the establishment of the 1^st step of the social justice (1^st regulation of the land ownership).

The revolution did not wait to long for the removal of the real occupation force that left in June 1954, where it stayed in Egypt misleading the Egyptian with what so called the agreement of independent from Great Britain in 1922, while it was only a symbolic independent that gave the Britain Government all the advantage of controlling Egypt without having the image of those days occupation and the hate of the Egyptian, and who try to mislead himself, have to remember how the English army acted and forced the king of Egypt to replace the Egyptian government twice, if it is not occupation why the army staid in Egypt and that’s way the Egyptian papule’s army fought against the occupation forces in all over Egypt, specially in the Swiss Canal area, an other prove the big fire in main commercial center in Cairo January 1952 that have been orchestrated by both of them the King of Egypt and Britain “the occupation forces”  .

While this was the 1^st few steps in the internal affair, these were not only for the internal affair but it was a necessity and important for the other directions, the three circles was the first answer to the question that never been answered about the identity and the definition of this identity? This answer did not neglect the reality of the Egyptian identity but this answer did underline the importance of these links that could never been neglected, those three circles are (Arabic, Islamic, African) and that is what Egypt is all about, and this was the first explanation of the history movement and it was a real determination for the development that occurred in the following years, this was the correct answer to the question of the nationalism, religion and the geographic identities.

The importance of the control was never absent from the reaction of the enemies specially because of the support that the revolutionary in Algeria received from the Egyptian revolution, which was a clear message to the enemies, that this revolution should be destroyed, so they try many provocations, and the 1^st occasion and refused the development and the building of the Egyptian high dame which lead to the nationalizing of the Suisse Canal and the building of the greatest project of that time with the best available technology and the lowest cost possible in a clear independence from the International Monetary Fund.

Nationalizing of the Suisse Canal beside starting the building of the Egyptian army, with signing the 1^st army deal with an eastern country – the deal with Schicoslovakia 1954-, opposing of Baghdad Allies then called “Central Allies”, the departure of the occupation force from Egypt, in addition to the supporting of the Algerian revolution for independence, all these were real reasons that the imperialism to try destroying the Egyptian revolution only after 4 years while it was not yet ready for any real fight, this was the greatest achievement of the revolution, which was the political victory in 1956 and the capability of the Arab world and the fighting from house to house by the ordinary people, that what forced the two main power, USA and USSR to worn the three party aggression forces to withdraw their forces, both of them did that to get arid of the two big boys, Britain and France and to build bridges with the new born régime, this was the end of an era and start of another era.

This was the end of the Great Britain and France internationally as big forces, and the end of the beneficiary of the old régime in Egypt, whom forgot their country and their people and supported the three countries aggression, by setting in Europe a radio broadcast attacking the Egyptian government and calling Egyptian to welcome the liberation force “Britain, France and Israel”, that is coming to Egypt to remove their government.

That is was the end of an era and start of a new era, where Nasser become the leader, not only of the Arab, but for all the third world countries because he did stand up in front of the imperialism and win with the support of the people.

If this is what the revolution is all about? It could be enough to distinguish between cop and the revolution, where a cop is a movement to replace a government non democratically, and the revolution is an action to change the direction to which the population are looking for, those whom usually looking for an excuse to destroy the image of the Egyptian revolution are using some terminologies to consider it a cop and even they tried to use the number figure criticizing it for just few people consider themselves a revolution, they forgot the nature of any movement and do not recognize the importance of the leadership, and they do not recognize the well of the people in the movement and the wide support the people gave to this revolution.

It was just the start of the revolution, the new era did act for ten years with the highest development rate, the achievement of the independence of most of the Arab and African nations and with a great siege around Israel and USA, and that is why those enemies did create the crises of 1967 and did win the first round but lost the all war with the refusal of the Arab people to surrender and the support of the continuity of the straggle, as a prove of this and an example for the unity of the population and the Arabs, The Arab leader submit in Kartoum, that submit in which the people as well as their leaders refused USA offer to surrender and get back some lands, the leaders refuse it because the people did refuse it and even they carry Nasser car in the streets of Kartoum, this submit been organized manly by  King Faisal who was one of the biggest enemies of the Egyptian government at that time- King Faisal been killed by an CIA agent latter on-

The revolution period was not all white, there were many unacceptable frictions and actions from many of the peoples who thought that the revolution is an occasion to control the people resources for their own benefits and they did, but the people never mixed between the revolution and those bad boys, the same as today while the enemies of the revolution try hard to mislead the people and to give us the impression that what is governing Egypt after Nasser and until now is an extend to the revolution. What is in Egypt since the departure of Nasser in not a revolution government, the revolution did move from the power as the government to the street after the departure of Nasser whose death was a result of hard work and that was the reason that all the third world countries’ population did walk behind him to his grave and the enemies of the people was happy with his departure, while the death of predecessor was opposite, the enemies of the people walk behind him and the people was satisfied for his death.

Camp David Participate and organizer could not be part or an extension to a revolutionary movement, because the revolution did understand from the beginning to what side it will stand, to the people side or to the enemies side, and because the revolution and the people did chose the independence side, that is why there were wars and the imperialism never accept to give the revolution a chance to achieve the development and the unity, and that is why their representative came to power and control it after Nasser absence, when all the rates came out and start to act as leaders and that is what led us to what we have now when almost half of the Arab government could not even attend the boycott submit and could not even think of boycotting the Zionist produce, while they can kill us as they wish and we have the right to watch as per the 1^st Camp David.

This could not be a revolutionary extend because the revolution did lost 1967 war in the field of the battles, but was able to convert it into strength and people struggle against the imperialism and the Zionism, even if what some people said the Nasser did open some channels long time ago with the Zionism, if that happened, that never meant to be surrender, or the 1967 war would be an occasion for surrender, opposite to this, it was the change from loser armies to a solidarity movement, what have been could convert the loss battle into a political victory, while unfortunately the people victory on the battle field in 1973 was converted by the Egyptian régime into a lost battle in the political arena, in Camp David, the real disaster that all the Arab people are paying the price so far and for long time to come, through the attack on Iraqi atomic project passing by Arab countries’ field with their approval or at least their silence, the Lebanese civil war and the Zionist’s invasion of Lebanon, the 1^st and 2^nd Gulf wars, all these and the silence on the 1^st and 2^nd  Palestinian Intefada, is that not was the result of Camp David and the shameful surrender?

All this was not new, in the late 1950^th Lebanon was on an edge of a civil war which been resolved in between the Arab people, same as what happened between Iraq and Kwiut and been solved too, in Yemen our revolution stand behind the Yemeni revolution and they win, that was yesterday when the revolution did stand beside the rights opposite to today were we can not even refuse any of the action taken by Zionism and Imperialism, only the government can refuse their own people will.

The switch on the position of the revolutionary from the government to the street did add a lot of strength to the people and the revolution, even if we see many things in the field as non-sense and we consider it as an indication of complete collapse of the Arab civilization and future, it is not the reality, really it is a fresh start of the people new revolution which will change the all face of the area, and will be the real step into the complete new system, and the real victory of the people.

Many are asking what is the plan in front of the Zionism and the Imperialism, all this will come with the stand in the people side and the resistance of the controlling powers, when the revolution come from inside, we will achieve what ever been missed, 1952 revolution did open the way and we will continue to achieve the final victory with the effort of the people and the support of God, our struggle with Zionism is a civilization struggle that will get to an end only when the justice been served, this justice could not be served in short period and with no effort, it needs a lot of efforts time and blood.