As the Arab world joins Egyptians in celebrating the ousting of Hosni Mubarak, Ceasefire editor-in-chief Hicham Yezza says we should not forget how this victory was clinched from the jaws of mounting disappointment. The time now is for vigilance, to protect the gains so far and to ensure the Arab uprising continues, bigger and wider than ever before.
By Hicham Yezza
“What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?” many a theologian, philosopher and dilettante asked themselves down the millennia, with no answer. Well, Hosni Mubarak, that most unmovable of objects has now been moved, aside and across the horizon, by an irresistible force: the courage, determination and heavy sacrifice in blood and tears of millions of Egyptians. Whilst we savour this historic, almost unthinkable victory, we should nonetheless keep in mind a few simple truths.Full Story>>>
