well @alberto the depression is overshadowing us from many angles. It hard to write an objective opinion on this but let’s say that yes as @noemi mentioned [quote=“noemi, post:4, topic:7062”]
It’s because they have somehow lost hope and dont see opportunities. Mostly, they dont feel free to be, and anything they would build would just risk being hijacked or thrown out the door easily.
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this can happen. @Konnbat can say more on this if he likes [quote=“MatabNadim, post:5, topic:7062”]
but you can say we still fighting with a little of hope
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or in other words people are working as you can see, there are lots of other initiatives and projects that are working knowing that there is a chance of shutting down, but waiting for the right moment, when it comes at least we can be prepared.
This means that the hopes changed, people after 2011 had lots of hope of changing a lot of stuff and believed thay they can but now the “ceiling of hope” is back to continue sustain what you do in a low rader, waiting for a bigger moment.
A lot of youth are leaving or willing to leave. a lot of active youth who are involved in different initiatives left already or at least traveled to study somewhere or moved outside of Egypt for a while not that they lost hope but it is not satisfying anymore to do very small knowing that your work can be shut down anytime, plus this feeling of detachment from the outer society.
you can get a feeling from the development of Mesaha , CILAS, Marefa ( no very public events, not a lot of engagement with the neighbors due to security reasons ) this is an adaptation but it is not that satisfying for all, also because people experienced a bit more freedom and going back knowing that you can do more is just depressing. I mean if your core work includes working with the public and then you realize that the lite limited version of your work is limiting you to your own bubble, this doesn’t make sense.
to give another example that this depression is a big issue. a while ago, I believe last month, there was a suicide or two from very young people early twenties, that was all over facebook and other social media. this lead someone in his thirties, he is known or at least I know him from some funny sarcastic videos, to ask the “younger generation” on why is this happening, suicide literally and metaphorically, as they are young and didn’t experience his “false institutions” they are free to explore what they want as all the old institutions collapsed in the last years, and they didn’t experience any of it deeply anyways. the collected comments [written in egyptian arabic] were “Sad” in the direction of that 2011 was their begining of awakening but when it collapsed, everything collapsed with it and they don’t believe in the normal way of life anymore so it doesn’t really matter. This is just an indicator that there is a general mode of depression everywhere. but this doesn’t deny that people are working…