Likeminded individuals!!!

Likeminded individuals!!!

The revolution in Egypt has brought people together: Neighbours are figuring out how to provide services to neighbourhoods, people of different faiths are marching alongside one another and international activists are amplifying Egyptians’ voices. Even though the future of Egypt is unknown, these stories suggest that there is potential to build a stronger country from the ground up.
Despite the chaos in the streets, residents of Cairo and other cities have formed groups to protect electricity, water and gas supplies. Neighbourhood groups have also sprung up in the absence of the normal police presence to guard residences and businesses from looters. Khalid Toufik, a member of one such group in Alexandria, said in a recent New York Times article, “We want to show the world that we can take care of our country, and we are doing it without the government or police.” Women are protesting alongside men, youth alongside the elderly
Internationally, individuals, groups and companies have found ways to show solidarity and bring Egyptians’ voices to the world. Google and Twitter joined together during the Internet blackout to create Speak2Tweet. The application lets Egyptians call one of three phone numbers and record a message, which is then tweeted on the Speak2Tweet account and made available globally, as well as translated on another website, Alive in Egypt.
Many of us remain hopeful, but uncertain, of what its future will look like: small changes to the existing structure, a new regime in place or a unity government? But despite the darkness of the recent violence, the work of everyday Egyptians joining together across lines that might divide them and finding ways around day-to-day obstacles should still give us hope for the future.