[jjoe]

You're tying up the re-birth of entrepreneurship to the 2011 revolution that happened in Egypt. But isn't the ousting of past-elected president and the forced takeover by el-Sisi (a military man) a sign of complacency from the youth in particular?

You're basing your whole point on this revolution that was undone soon after, which really takes away from the core points of your article. That said I can definitely imagine how much of a positive impact an attempted revolution could have on people's appetite for change.

[kerningcultures]

I don't think it's fair to discount present entrepreneurial endeavours because of Sisi's regime post-revolution -- which, my own opinions aside, many Egyptians are still proud of and feel like he's doing well by the nation.

Regardless of politics, it's still incredible how many young Egyptians are starting and sustaining businesses.. and particularly ones that are solving social and environmental problems that systems (political or otherwise) have not fixed.

[NoCulturalFit]

I wonder if you would have cared so much if the previous "elected" president were German national socialists? Because the previous "elected" were Muslim Brotherhood rats.

[jjoe]

I don't like commenting on others' politics and governments (Egypt in this case). I do for my own because I have the right to. But wouldn't a predominantely Muslim country vote for a Muslim government? Wouldn't a Christian-founded country like the US ensure its president is Christian? I think it's fair and logical.

My understanding is that the people of Egypt voted for a Muslim representation. They got just that (for better or worse). Until el-Sisi, with his military power, decided it didn't suit his own views.