The Egypt revolution that began on 25 January 2011 was happened basically based on some causes. In general, we know that most Egyptian did not satisfy with the way of President Hosni Mubarak rule. However, there are actually some causes defined on what are the specific reasons of this revolution.
Obviously, the main causes of this kind of protest are poverty and employment. The Egyptians have burdened the poverty although many regard Egypt as a wealthy nation. The truth is large percentage of its population are young people who are grappling with the joblessness and destitution, moreover the food prices have risen. The poverty in Egypt can be proven when nearly half of all Egyptians live under or just above the poverty line, which the World Bank sets at $2 a day.
According to Newsmax.com, in the article of Egypt's Poverty, Unemployment, Push Youths to Breaking Point on 31 Jan 2011, The Land of the Pharoahs barely scrapes along economically because of its exploding population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile River. Those conditions “all continue to overtax resources and stress society,” the CIA World Factbook notes, adding, “despite the relatively high levels of economic growth over the past few years, living conditions for the average Egyptian remain poor.”
Based on one study from the United Nations Children’s Fund, it is noting that the situation for children has deteriorated despite efforts of the government, public institutions, and grass-roots organizations.
“The income gap in Egypt has steadily increased since 2000, and almost 7 million children were living below the income poverty line in 2008,” the report says. “This is almost 1.3 million children more than about 10 years earlier.”
Based on one study from the United Nations Children’s Fund, it is noting that the situation for children has deteriorated despite efforts of the government, public institutions, and grass-roots organizations.
“The income gap in Egypt has steadily increased since 2000, and almost 7 million children were living below the income poverty line in 2008,” the report says. “This is almost 1.3 million children more than about 10 years earlier.”
The other main cause that had been driven to the revolution is government corruption. There was a movement called Kifaya Movement has took action to uncover many corruption cases within the Egyptian ruling regime. It has done the final touches on a document that will show how several officials got implicated in huge corruption cases. The deputy general coordinator of Kifaya Movement, George Ishak said that those documents would be evidence public and they will making them for the evidence will be very soon.
Besides, according to Abdul Halim Kandeel, spokesman for Kifaya Movement said “"Corruption has exceeded all limits in Egypt , where rights and freedoms are violated in front of all the world. All Egyptian freemen want to end this corruption and hold corrupters accountable in front of justice. We hope this will happen in the near future".
So those are some evidences why the uprising happened as a lot of corruption cases were committed in Egypt government.
*The article was edited by blog owner that has being taken from those sources :
http://www.ikhwanweb.com
http://www.newsmax.com
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