Dear Neighbors: 

 

Few years back the Dept. of Social Studies, At the University of Pittsburgh did a study in our city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania about the priorities of people in their lives. In summary, one of the question was asked to the homeless people who live on the streets and under the bridges. The question was" What is important to you , living in a democratic society like the USA or living in a dictatorship one like the Soviet Union?. The answer was over wellming " HE DOES NOT CARE WHERE HE LIVES. THEY CARE ABOUT HOW TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE NEXT MEAL. This was in a country as rich as the USA.





This answer can summarize what goes on inside our beloved Egypt. When the young student knows in advance that his dreams will be very difficult to realize in the future. When he knows that having a job or career that will enhance his life and knowledge will be so scare. When he dreams that one day he will have a car just like the ones that he struggles with to cross the street is something near the impossible. When his dream that as soon as he graduates he will be able to marry his or her love living in one of those apartments he sees on TV for advertisements by the Talaat Mustafa Group and similar developers.  When, When, When.

 

The future generations have no goal or direction in life. He tries to get the best education available, knowing in advance that this may, or may not be the solution. He tries to excel  and graduate at the top of his class and even this will not put him ahead of someone who has some connections up above. Then finally he thinks that migrating to another country may be the only solution, and even with this he may put his whole life in an eminent danger.





Then, when all opportunities to advance in life become scare and not enough, then people will look for something to express the anger and to negate each others so they can get the few available chances. They use factors of differences like religion, race and color, national origins ..etc to compete by illegal means to win these few opportunities.It becomes like placing a bone in the middle of few hungry dogs. They fight with each others first then whoever wins, he gets the reward.

 

The bottom line ( a term used in the world of finance) is we never have had any animosity or hate among each other like what is very apparent and noticeable on the streets. We always got along with each others even Muslims and Christians, blacks and whites, Falah and Worker, Sa-Eedy and Bahary..etc. People are just with no hopes, dreams or fiture.

 

Finally, I'm not a Social Science Scholar, I may very well be wrong.

 

All the best.

 

Aly Sharaf