Prep for Egypt Seminar: What's Going On?

A state of turmoil is a relative term; when used in different contexts, it has different meanings. For most American high school students, their mindset can be best described as in a state of turmoil. But what does it mean for an entire country undergoing a revolution?

In 2011, Egypt was thrown into a conflict that they did not yet realize the great momentum of. After overthrowing their corrupted president, Hosni Murabak, the military took charge and instead elected Mohammad Morsi shortly after. Morsi, however, had started to let the power get to his head and monopolize it all towards his own benefit, opposing many. After realizing that he too was not the leader fit for the country, the military once again overthrew him and is currently figuring out the situation.  The threat of the Muslim Brotherhood is also lurking, being considered somewhat as a terrorist organization. Currently, the biggest challenge Egypt faces is within the social and political conflict on who will finally take power besides the military, and how the society is handling it. Clearly the violent protests and demonstrations have not helped to make any progress on the political standpoint, and the country's government is up in the air. Many have died over such a revolution and the way that society handles it will make all the difference to whether or not more lives will be taken.

I think the U.S. Government should only be involved so far as giving advice or input on the situation, but not controlling or making any decisions concerning it. We have generally been known to get into things that weren't necessary, and ended up spreading our American version of democracy and what we think is right, rather than what the country wants and needs.

Western media simplifies the conflict a lot, by portraying it in a very black and white sort of sense: here's what happened, here's how the people feel, here's what the U.S. is and is not doing. I think that it's not so easy to pinpoint things, especially in the midst of such a revolution, and I think that they should pay more attention to how this is affecting the society, because not only is it a government in turmoil, it's people just like us.

My questions are:
Over the next year or so, what do you hope to see happen in Egypt?
What are the current dangers that Egyptian people are facing today?