reddit | I don’t know what you were doing in middle school, but reading newspapers and using words like “theocracy” probably weren’t among your normal activities.
But for Ali Ahmed, a young Egyptian recently interviewed by El Wady
News, grasping his country’s ongoing revolution and its political
intricacies is as elementary as a spelling lesson.
Viewers might assume Ahmed must be parroting his parents, but listen
to him speak and it’s obvious he grasps these concepts in a way that
would put plenty of adults to shame; at 12 years old, this child
understands political power, subtle hypocrisies, public manipulation and
social injustice.
The video is blowing up on Reddit
and even native speakers of Arabic confirm the subtitles are not only
accurate, but Ahmed speaks at a level that would be considered
impressive for an adult.
It's expected that the boy's observations about the recently toppled
Muslim Brotherhood will not sit well with members of that party.
After witnessing their leader, President Mohammed Morsi ousted from office last week, the group has recently pledged to keep fighting in Egypt's streets until their power is restored.
The country remains in peril, but Ali Ahmed can be counted as one of its wise and reasoned voices.
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