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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Egypt a Democracy?


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Much of Egypt’s history politically and demographically revolves around the Nile River.  Cohen “…shares with Davis an interest in how visions of the environment, and how they have changed over time, inflect notions of social identity, national and otherwise.” (Davis, p. 12).  This is seen with the idea that the Ottoman Empire built irrigation in Egypt although, still trying to be proved.  Then the French believed they could irrigate Egypt through the Sarah and build forestry in the desert.  Beginning with what history we do have, we see that during the Ottoman Empire, society developed a pattern around the Nile and how it flowed.  The swamp lands, to the peasants in more agricultural areas and then the urbanized areas created the hierarchy of the country. From its origin Egypt has had many different styles of political powers in place, Pharaohs as god, to Ottomans, to Rome, to Islam, to present day Egypt.  With all of the changes the constant is the Nile River and its bearing on the economy of the different political powers.  Ottoman, Rome, French and British all found ways to exploit the Nile with dams and irrigation ideas.
This map shows how Egypt scales it areas
from areas that are safe to areas that are not
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Egypt was the first to overthrow outsiders.  However, as they continued to progress to freedom, Britain and America weighed in on how Egypt could raise its economy.  Today Egypt continues to have political issues as shown in the Musical Chairs article about the stepping down of the Prime Minister Beblawi and the unrest amongst the Islam community. The continued fight against terrorism is still prevalent in this country. Also, as indicated in another journal, there is still question as to whether “Egypt is an emerging democracy.” (Sprusansky, 56-57). They continue to fight for democracy in their country today. As see by the map above, they have given areas where you are not to travel and areas that you should seek advise prior to traveling.  This is a 2015 map of Egypt, this is happening now.


Bibliography: 
Davis, Diana K., and Burke, Edmund, eds. 2011. Ecology and History: Environmental Imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa. Athens, OH, USA: Ohio University Press. Accessed August 16, 2015. ProQuest ebrary.

Musical chairs; Egyptian Politics.” The Economist 1 Mar. 2014: 43(US). Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Aug. 2015.

Sprusansky, D. (2014). Egyptian Ministers Discuss Politics, Economy. The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 33(4), 56-57. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1544159612?accountid=12085



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