Egypt - What can happen in 12 months! - Wael Wanas

Wael Wanas

BEFORE the Revolution:

• My life before the revolution was very busy with work and I did enjoy every minute of it, there is nothing like talking and showing people my country and life in my country but when they ask me about freedom, education, health I do answer their questions but with lots of sadness because Egyptians are very kind, welcoming, love to laugh and proud nation, proud of our history, we went through a lot in the last 5000 years. But we are missing lots of things to have a better life, a life that matches our history.

• My country was so corrupted in all levels and I see that every day in my work and my groups can see it as well and in all my talks to my groups in the last 6 years I was saying if things in my country didn't improve something will happen, but what happened was much more than I had in mind.

DURING the Revolution:

• was lots of mixed feeling first everything happened when I was leading a western desert tour, was afraid that anything will happen to my group, first thing came to my head how to take my group safe to the Airport and when I did that start to think that the country heading to the unknown, especially in the first 3 weeks after the 25th of JAN then things start to get better.

• such a huge change happen to Egypt  in 18 days didn't know if its reality or not but really didn't matter as for sure Egypt did change and its going to be a good change

AFTER the Revolution:

• after the revolution, I was and still am so happy like most of the Egyptians that we are changing to be a better nation really feeling the meaning of having a better standard of life with better education, health care, freedom and justice which was really missing before the revolution and I start to read about other revolutions in different countries and then realised that it will take time, a time we need adapt the change we are going through, I am so proud of what we did and I really enjoy talking about the revolution to my groups, also did feel sad that my work affected badly after the revolution but its a normal thing to happen just wish that everyone to come to Egypt to see the change its allot better in so many ways
• My country now drawing the main lines to shape the country future but again need time to adapt the change Egypt start to be better than used to be
• My hope that will take less time to change, because the Egyptians can do it , they did it before.