Old Pharaohs, New Pharaohs. From the Image of a Great Civilization, to the Image of an Unfaithful Dictator
Old Pharaohs, New Pharaohs. From the Image of a Great Civilization, to the Image of an Unfaithful Dictator

Summary/Abstract: In January 2011, the Egyptians were shouting in the street that Egypt will be better without Pharaoh. Hosni Mubarak, the Pharaoh, was removed from power in February 2011, after a revolution, part of the wave of change that swept North Africa and the Middle East, known as the Arab Spring. Mubarak's dictatorship lasted 40 years. But it is not the first Egyptian president who was named Pharaoh. One of those who had assassinated Anwar Sadat, who ruled Egypt before Mubarak, said „I killed the Pharaoh”. On the other hand, the Egyptians are proud of their history and are saying to those who are trying to give them lessons in democracy, that their civilization is older with at least 5,000 years than of other peoples. They are proud of their Pharaohs and Pyramids. And, in this case, when and where the gap occurred? Why the contemporary Pharaohs are despicable and the old ones are worthy of admiration and source of national pride?

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