History repeats itself with Hosni Mubarak

If you are someone who has followed Egyptian history to a decent level you will remember the names— Thutmose 1 and Herod. In case you don’t then you might remember two more popular names if you follow religious history—Moses and Jesus.

Moses and Jesus are believed to be the founders of two very popular religions in the world—Judaism and Christianity respectively. Thutmose 1 is assumed to be the pharaoh of Egypt when Moses was born and Herod the King of Judea when Jesus was born. There is a similarity in the stories of these historical rulers and the present day Egyptian ex-President Mubarak, which cannot be missed.

The Pharaoh and Moses- The Old testament says that the Pharaoh (Thutmose 1) was warned that an Israelite male child born at that time would grow up to overthrow Pharaoh. To defeat fate and the prediction the Pharaoh ordered that all the Hebrew males be killed by drowning them in the river Nile. Moses, only an infant that time was saved by the intelligence of his mother. He grew up to finally overthrow the pharaoh and liberated the Hebrews from their 400 years of slavery.

Herod the great and Jesus- It is said in the bible and believed that wise men from the east, Magi visited Herod the king to know the whereabouts of the new born “king of the Jews” after having seen his star in the east. Herod was filled with a fear that the new born King might overthrow him and thus ordered that all male Israelites below 2 years be killed. But Jesus parents took him away and he grew up to be labeled the king of kings.

Mubarak and the internet savvy rebels- Wikileaks released a U.S state cable dated March 30, 2009 revealing the fears the Mubarak government had regarding the threat posed to it by the internet. The cable also said how Mubarak’s government went on the jail bloggers and made an effort to block internet access in the country. But on Feb. 11^th Hosni Mubarak was eventually ousted by the internet generation who used social media to organize a country wide revolution.

Just like the Pharaoh and Herod, Mubarak wasn’t successful in eradicating who he thought would be his enemy and who would lead to his downfall. Maybe Mubarak too was warned in a dream, maybe the spirits of the land had let him know his end was near and it would be mastered by the internet. We will never know. But that doesn’t matter, what matters is that after 30 years of ruling Egypt Mubarak is finally gone. No, Mubarak has been finally kicked out.