Photos of Egypt's Youth & Children: Lessons for educating and empowering youth and children in U.S. and the world
I have been spellbound by Egypt these past days. How the youth of the Middle East's most populous nation, educated, tech-savvy, worldly and...frustrated....no, enraged over the authoritarian rule of Hosni Mubarak took to the virtual streets of Facebook and Twitter. Then, on January 25th, started marching through the ancient streets of Cairo and gathered in Tahrir Square. Emboldened their countrymen---and countrywomen---to participate in what may be one of modern history's most momentous acts of civil disobedience. Grew bigger and stronger with each day. Old. Middle-aged. Young. Workers. Professionals. Fathers. Mothers. Babies on shoulders. Children hand in hand. Unified voice and unified message. Determined to be non-violent but determined to prevail. Did not scatter or succumb to despair when Mubarak's henchmen struck back one brief and violent day. And despite early defiance, in an instant it seemed, President Mubarak stepped down and fled from view. All in eighteen days. Eighteen days. Then, after a night and day of jubilation, what seemed both industrious and poignant, the protesters immediately worked together to wipe, sweep, scrub their treasured city---their nation---clean. Practical. Symbolic. Hopeful.
It all revealed a people, a culture, a history that I had not fully known or understood. Inspired and humbled at the
It all revealed a people, a culture, a history that I had not fully known or understood. Inspired and humbled at the