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December 24th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Being an Egyptian Australian is not easy at the moment, with footage of the uprising stirring up feelings of helplessness, guilt and anger, Mohamed Ghazal says.
“You feel pretty helpless. You feel guilty … You feel that I am here enjoying myself while other people are fighting your battle for you,” he said on Saturday.
In an effort to show solidarity for protesters in Tahrir Square, Mr Ghazal along with 20 others gathered outside the Egyptian Consulate General’s office in Sydney on Saturday, and called for an end to military rule in Egypt.
The small band of people passionately bellowed catchcries of the revolution, yelling in Egyptian “The people want to overthrow the regime”.
They then held a minute’s silence for those who have died since the revolution started on January 25 when millions of protesters took over Cairo’s Tahrir Square and demanded the overthrow of the Hosni Mubarak regime.
“We are hoping to raise awareness in the Australian public and also to talk to the Egyptian Consulate and pass on the message that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces must step down,” Sam Mansour, Secretary of the Egyptian Association for Change, Australia said.
“They have broken the trust the people have given them after the revolution.”
Mr Mansour, whose brothers, sisters and parents remain in Egypt, said the hope that overflowed when Mubarak was ousted has since been transformed into feelings of pessimism and concern.
“The optimism was there back then but now the situation is completely different.”
Fellow event organiser Farid Farid called on Federal Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Prime Minister Julia Gillard to intervene and place pressure on America.
“They should put pressure on the US to stop aiding the military, to stop giving them bullets and tear gas,” he said.
“If they don’t have the weapons they wouldn’t shoot.”
For Mohamed Ghazal, he is looking forward to returning to Egypt next year and play a part in the revolution.
“I will definitely go to Tahrir Square,” he said.
“I know it sounds strange but a big chunk of me is wishing for a bullet.”
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