Misr me dictators ki kahani (in Urdu)

Musalsal 18 din k antak mehnat aur senkron Qurbanyan dene k bad bil-akhir MISR ki awam ek azeem kamyabi se hum-kinar huwi!. unko 30 saal ki aus tareeki se nijat mili, jo Husni-Mubarak be-eman, zaliman aur american puphet ki shakal me un par chayi rhi. Ek ba-shaoor insan k lye yahan sochney ka maqam ye ha, keh kis tarah ek nalaiq, be-zamir, aur watnyat k jazbey se khali ek foji general ne misr jaise azaam sultanat pe 30 saal tk hukumat ki?  Qaira and Iskandria ki fiza peechley 60 saalon me pehli dafa azadi ki khushbu se mehakney lagi, jab awami zor k neechey pehli dafa ek dictator ne gutney thayk dye.

Amarana tarz-e-hukumat ka aghaz pehli  dafa misr me Jamal Abdul Nasir  k doar-e-hukumat se huwa ta. Wo awam me nihayat hi maqbool ta, aur ausey ek bari awami himayat hasil ti. 1950 me hukumat ka bhag-door sanbhaltey huwey us ne bari chalaki k sat misri awam ko apna hami bana lya ta.us ne misri awam se kaha, k tum sb ek ARABI zaban bolney waley ho, tum ek doosrey se juda nhi ho. Is-tarah aus ne misri awam k jazbat bharkatey huwy in se ek aisa state bananey ki himayat hasil ki, jo keh door-e-jadeed k taqazoon ko pura krte huwe ek mukal secular state ho.

Jamal Abdul nasir bunyadi tor par armi ka sarbarah ta. Magr wo ek jadeed soch rakhne wala arab ta, jis ko Europ aur khas tor pe American atwar bhot pasand te, wo American filmain aur megazeen showq se dekhta ta. Aur un-hon ne angrezi aur European kitaboon ka ek bhot bara maj-mua stdy kya ta. Naser 1952 me armi ka sarbarah bana, aur 1956 me ek bari mendate k sath mulk ka sadar muntakhib huwa. Magr ahista ahista unka andaz-e-hukumrani ek dictator ki tarah banta gya. Jis par is k mukhalif is k khilaf mutahid ho gye. Magr abdul Naser ne unko sar uthaney ka koyi moqa nhi dya, unko jailon me dal dya. Mazhabi soch rakhne walon ko aus ne mulk ki taraki me sab se bari rukawat qarar dya.

1967 ki jang me jab secular-jadeed-arab k naarey ko ek jhatka laga, to usne Abdul nasir k takht ko hila dya. Isi k sat arab dunya ko bhi ek zabardast  jhatka laga aur ye arab dunya k lye ek tabahi se kam na ta. Magr iske sat sat ek soch aisi bhi ti, jis ne is sanihey ki himayat ki. Q k unkey mutabiq secularism ki shikast ne islami soch rakhne walon k lye nye rastey khol dye.

Abdul nasir is k bawjood hukumat par qabiz rha, magar usne kayi dafa amercans pe ilzam lagay, keh uski shikast me America ka hat mulawis ta. Aur mazeed ye keh America auska takhta giraney k lye CIA k zrye sazashon me masroof ha. auska ye shaq bilkul sahih ta, q k abdul nasir wat-niyat k jazbe se sarshar wo arabi ta, jokeh haqiqat me misr ko dunya ka ek jaded aur taqat-war mulk dekhna chahta ta. Amercans ne agarcha auski hukumat laney me eham kirdar ada kya ta, magar wo Abdul nasir ki hub-o-watni aur auski misr se wafa-dari se khosh nhi te. Is lye america ne misr me islami soch rakhne walon ko dollars de kar Nasir k khilaf khara kr dya.

28 september 1970 ko misr ne ek muhib-watan hukamran aus waqt koh dya, jab Abdul nasir dil ka dowra parne se intiqal kr gye. Inki wafat pe lakhon log qaira aur istanbol ki galyun me cheekhain mar mar kr pagalon ki tarah nikal aye te. Agarcha abdul nasir ek dictator ta, mager wo ek jamhori soch rakhne wala dictator ta. Awam me wo intihayi maqbol ta. Unko ek sahib kirdar aur himat rakhne wala hukamran yad kya jata ha. Apni mowt k waqt aus ne bhot kam jaidad warse me chori, jokeh auske sache kirdar ki zamanat ti. Abdul nasir wo hukamran te, jo asli manon me arab ko jadeed rah pe chalty huwy dekhna chatey te, arab dunya k lye aus k pass ek azeem vision ta. Magr wo is vision k paye-takmeel tak phonchne se pehle is dunya ko chor gye.

Husni Mubarak aus waqt iqtadar me aye, jab Abdul nasir k janasheen Anwar Asadat ko 6 octobar 1981 ko katal kr dya gya. Asadat ne hukumat ka bhag door sanbhalte hi mazhabi jama-aton ko sat mila lya. Magr Asadat ko 1973 ki jang k baad bari pazeera-yi aus waqt mili, jab 1978 me aus ne isreali prime minister MINACHEM BEGiN k sat camp-devid ka mu-aida kya. Is mu-aida k teht arab-isreal k darmian derpa aman k aur mu-aidey mu-tawakoh te, magr isreal ki hat-darmi ne in sab kishishon pe pani pher dya.

Asadat k mowt k baad misri awam ki kismet ek buzdil , be-zamir aur sastey hukamran k haton me achuki ti. Wo zati tor par ek kamzor  insaan aur bozdil hukamran ta. Aur shuroo se hi misr k armi establishment ka aala-kar bana. Establishment ne husni ko har tarah k ghair jamhoori aur ghair qanooni kam k lye is-timal kya. Husni ne kabhi khud se faisly krne ki himat nhi ki. Aur nahi ausko aisa krney dya gya. Abdul nasir ki tarah ek khud-mukhtyar aur azad hukamrani k wo kabhi malik nhi baney. Amerca ne apne maqasid k lye ausko is-timal kya, aur ye kishish ki, keh husni Mubarak ko misri awam ki nazar me ek jidat aur taraqi pasand hukamran paish kya ja sakey. Magr misr ki awam iski as-lyat jan chuki ti. Isi lye Husni Mubarak ne apne khilaf har tarah ki raaye pe pabandi lagayi ti. Media ko yar-ghamal banaya, aur auskey najaiz maqasid ki rah me jis ne bhi aney ki koshish ki, ausko kuchal dya gya. Mulk me bad-amni aur corruption ki int-tiha kar di. Is ke sat auske khandan k har fard ne mulk ko donon haton se loota. Camp devid k mu-aidey k teht amercyon se karoroon dollars le kar apne zati khatey me dal dye.

Aaj misryon ki qurbaniyan rang layi hain. Aur un-hoon ne apni matti ko tarikh k ek bad-naam lutehrey se nijat hasil krwayi ha. Is k janey k baad misr k arab aur khas tor pe isreal aur America k sat taa-luqat pe kya asar parey ga, ye to waqt bataye ga, Magr ye bat zahir ha, keh Husni Mubarak k baad jo  bhi hukumat bani gi, wo isreal k sat apni khrja policy me bhot bari tabdili laye gi. Is tabdili ka matlab har-giz ye nhi ha, keh wo isreal k sat jang karain gey, magar ye hukumat itna zaroor karey gi, keh 1978 k camp-david k roshni me misri ilaqoon ki wapsi k lye isreal par dabao daley gi. Jis ka matlab ye hoga, keh isreal par mazeed dabao barey ga keh wo falesteeni ilaqoon par na-jaiz qabza khatm kr k ek azad falestini riyasat  tasleem karain, jo keh 1967 se pehle k sarhadoon pe mushtamil ho.

Abdul nasir ke na-ahal ja-nasheenon ke tasalut ka misr pe khatma ho chukka ha. Hum ye duwa krtey hain, keh misri no-jawanoon ne jo qurbaniyan di hain. Is key badley me wahan pe unki umangoon k mutabiq ek aisi hukumat qaim ho, jo mukamal tor pe  jamhoori aur misri qoam k lye khair-khwahi ka zriya ho- ameen .

By. A.S Mandokhail

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Hurriya is Arabic for Freedom: Just Listen to Egypt Roar

By Ramzy Baroud

Global Research
February 10, 2011

“Just listen to that roar,” urged a CNN correspondent in Egypt, as thousands of Egyptian protesters charged, fists pumped, against hundreds of armed Egyptian security forces. What a roar it was, indeed. The protests have shown the world that Arabs are capable of much more than merely being pitiable statistics of unemployment and illiteracy, or powerless subjects of ‘moderate’ but ‘strong’ leaders (an acronym for friendly dictators).

The times are changing, and British MP George Galloway’s comment about the Arab lion roaring again seems truer by the day. The Egyptians have revolted in style, and their revolution will go down in history books with such adjectives as “great”, “noble” and “historic”.

Truth be told, Arabs have had their fair share of conjured ‘revolutions’. Arab regimes have always been generous in how they ascribed the loaded term to their military coups or other stunts designed to impress or intimidate the masses. Any modern history of the Arab world will reveal an abundant use of the term ‘thawra’ – revolution. The label has been useful, for those who dared criticize a regime, or demanded basic rights (such as food) could then be dubbed enemies of whatever make-belief revolution the men in power championed. Innumerable Arab political prisoners were designated ‘a’da’ al-thawra’ – enemies of the revolution – and they paid a heavy price for their ‘crimes’. In Egypt alone, rough estimates put the current number of political prisoners (from different ideological backgrounds) at 20,000. The figure must be much larger now that the new enemies of the revolution – i.e. most of the Egyptian population – have dared demand freedoms, rights, democracy, and the biggest taboo of all: social justice.

If there is any revolution deserving of the name, it is this one. Thanks to Egypt, people the world over have been forced to re-think their previous idea of “Arabs”. Even many of us who insisted that the future of the Middle East could only be decided by the people themselves had eventually started to lose hope. We were told our words were redundant, sentimental, and, at best, an opportunity for poetic reflection, but not realpolitik. Now we know we have been right all along. Egypt is the clearest possible manifestation of the truth of people shaping their own history - not just in the Middle East, but anywhere.

The spontaneous popular revolution in Egypt was a most befitting uplift to the collective humiliation that Arabs have felt for so many years, but even more acutely since the US invasion and utter violation of Iraq .

“It became almost a burden being an Arab”, a caller told Al Jazeera.Looking “Middle Eastern” became sufficient grounds for suspicion in international airports. It was not considered entirely racist to ask such questions as “Are Arabs capable of achieving democracy?” In fact, heated media discussions emanated from the type of questions that pondered what Arabs were – or rather, were not capable of achieving. Every war against the Arabs was done in the name of “bringing” something to people who seemed impeded by their own collective failures. In one of my first political science classes at the University of Washington years ago, the professor told us that we would be “examining the Middle East, which consists of strong governments and weak peoples.” With the exception of Israel, of course.

The media has long repeated the mantra that Israel is the Middle East ’s only democracy. Combined with serious doubts regarding the Arabs’ readiness for democracy, the conclusion offered is: Israel carries similar values to the US, the West, the First World , the civilized hemisphere, and the Arabs epitomize all the ailments of the world. It matters little that Arab regimes were made ‘powerful’ by the backing of their western benefactors, or that oppression – in the name of fighting the enemies of peace and progress – was urged, financed and orchestrated with western interests in mind. The fact that the bullets and canister teargas that killed and wounded numerous Egyptians had the following words inscribed on it in Arabic: ‘suni’a fi al-wilayat al-mutahida al-amrikyia’ – Made in the United States – was also deemed entirely irrelevant to any discussion on how and why Egyptians were being suppressed or why the Arab Lion must never find its roar.

“The much-feted Mossad was taken by surprise,” wrote Uri Avnery. The CIA was too, although US lawmakers are trying to determine “whether the CIA and other spy agencies failed to give President Obama adequate warning of the unfolding crisis in Egypt” (as reported by Greg Miller in theWashington Post, February 4). Senator Dianne Feinstein who heads the Intelligence Committee, accused the intelligence community of ‘lacking” performance. The CIA should have monitored Facebook more closely, she suggested.
But there can be no telling when a nation revolts. Most of the chanting multitudes have no Facebook accounts. They don’t tweet either. In Tahrir Square , a man with a moustache, dark skin and handsome features carried a cardboard sign on which he had written, rather hurriedly: “I want to eat. My monthly salary is 267 (Egyptian) pounds – approx $45 – and I have four children.”

Others want to breathe the air of freedom. Others still want justice. Dignity. Equality. Democracy. Hope. How can such values be measured, or safeguarded against?
There is a very popular word in Egypt - al-Sabr. It means patience. But none could predict when the patience would run out. Arab and Egyptian intellectuals didn’t see it coming, and even the country’s opposition parties were caught by surprise. Everyone tried to catch up as millions -of long-oppressed Egyptians erupted in astounding unison: hurriya, hurriya, adalah igtimayyia – freedom, freedom, social justice.

Just when we were told that a religious strife was about to engulf Egypt and that the people were subdued to the point that there was no hope, millions of brave Egyptians declared a revolution that brought Muslims and Christians together. The courage and the bravery they displayed is enough to restore our faith in the world - in the human race, and in ourselves. Those who are still wondering if Arabs are capable of this or that need not ponder anymore. Just listen to them roar, and you will find the answer. 

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Hosni Mubarak Resigns! Pro-Democracy Protesters Win

Hosni Mubarak resigns as president 

Egyptian president stands down and hands over power to the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces.

Aljazeera
11 Feb 2011 16:39 GMT

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post, handing over power to the armed forces.

Omar Suleiman, the vice-president, announced in a televised address that the president was "waiving" his office, and had handed over authority to the Supreme Council of the armed forces.

Suleiman's short statement was received with a roar of approval and by celebratory chanting and flag-waving from a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square, as well by pro-democracy campaigners who attended protests across the country on Friday.

The crowd in Tahrir chanted "We have brought down the regime", while many were seen crying, cheering and embracing one another.

Mohamed ElBaradei, an opposition leader, hailed the moment as being the "greatest day of my life", in comments to the Associated Press news agency.

"The country has been liberated after decades of repression,'' he said.

"Tonight, after all of these weeks of frustration, of violence, of intimidation ... today the people of Egypt undoubtedly [feel they] have been heard, not only by the president, but by people all around the world," our correspondent at Tahrir Square reported, following the announcement.

"The sense of euphoria is simply indescribable," our correspondent at Mubarak's Heliopolis presidential palace, where at least ten thousand pro-democracy activists had gathered, said.

"I have waited, I have worked all my adult life to see the power of the people come to the fore and show itself. I am speechless." Dina Magdi, a pro-democracy campaigner in Tahrir Square told Al Jazeera.

"The moment is not only about Mubarak stepping down, it is also about people's power to bring about the change that no-one ... thought possible."

In Alexandria, Egypt's second city, our correspondent described an "explosion of emotion". He said that hundreds of thousands were celebrating in the streets.

Pro-democracy activists in the Egyptian capital and elsewhere had earlier marched on presidential palaces, state television buildings and other government installations on Friday, the 18th consecutive day of protests.

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