At 9:12 AM yesterday, Saturday, Al-Shorouk Portal published a strange piece of news under the title: ‘The Army Reveals a Plan to Divide Egypt into Three States.’
The report, written in a tone far colder than its content, referred to a meeting last Wednesday — a meeting unknown to us until the time of publication. The meeting took place between several military leaders and representatives of the so-called Egyptian Revolution Leadership Coalition at the Nasser Military Academy. This preceded the first session of dialogue between the military council and the youth of the revolution, which, according to those present, did not differ much from the old National Democratic Party’s conferences.
The article quotes Mohamed Abbas, a founding member of the coalition, describing the meeting as ‘very fruitful.’ Abbas stated that the representatives of the coalition were shown documents proving a conspiracy involving internal and external parties against the country. He listed the dangers Egypt is facing, as indicated by those documents.
The internal aspect of the conspiracies mentioned does not seem to justify this secretive meeting that was limited to this particular coalition while excluding other youth groups that met with the army hours later. These are issues that any taxi driver, chatting with passengers to pass the time, would already understand. While serious, these issues could be resolved simply by reforming and restructuring the police force. However, the so-called reforms we currently see resemble theater performances or cosmetic displays — something even the same taxi driver, or his niece, could identify as meaningless.
As for the external conspiracies, matters appear to have escalated significantly. Mohamed Abbas revealed that there’s a plot to divide Egypt into small states — a Nubian state in the south, a Christian state in Upper Egypt, and an Islamic state in the east. Furthermore, there’s an alleged plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza into Sinai, leading to a tripartite war involving Egypt, Palestine, and Israel. The conspirators seemingly forgot to add a Berber state in the west, with its capital in Siwa Oasis.
Abbas, who appointed himself and his coalition as representatives of the people, stated that they asked the military council to launch a massive awareness campaign across all governorates and government institutions to highlight the dangers of this alleged plan. He added that the military leaders they met promised to convey their concerns to the council.
Frankly, I cannot imagine what kind of documents could substantiate such nonsense other than hundreds, if not thousands, of blogs and websites owned by individuals indulging in wild conspiracy theories. These are people who theorize about everything in a world where hypothetical freedom has allowed both Facebook activists to spark revolutions and others to predict that Judgment Day would happen weeks ago — and even find audiences willing to believe them. I sincerely hope that these ‘secret documents’ are not of the same ilk, for it would be sheer madness to take them seriously.
Let us think rationally and move away from the current scare tactics. Isn’t it an insult to Egyptian Christians, or rather Egyptians who happen to follow Christianity, to suggest that they would demand a separate state? Their Egyptian identity is indisputable, even if a small minority abroad makes such extreme claims.
As for the Nubians, despite the historical injustices they’ve endured, any call for secession, even with foreign support, would likely be silenced by their own community before it even reaches Cairo. Their patriotic history and social fabric, despite their grievances, only reaffirm this.
The idea of expelling Palestinians from Gaza to Sinai and initiating a war between Egypt and Israel is nothing short of military and political suicide for the Zionist entity, as some analysts noted in the same newspaper recently. In today’s world, where global stability is highly sought after, and public awareness is on the rise, such reckless actions would face severe backlash, not out of love for Egypt, but to avoid the chaos these adventures would unleash.
Why do we continue to witness such patronizing narratives, regardless of who holds power? These scare tactics, whether pre- or post-revolution, insult our intelligence as Egyptians. They reveal a troubling combination of ignorance, lack of historical and geographical understanding, and an insistence on treating the Egyptian people as incapable of choosing their own path.
This article is originally published by AlBorsa in Arabic and later AI-translated by South Push.