Despite their historic election, Egyptians now find themselves in the midst of an Arab Autumn where the leaves of democratic aspirations have seemed to fade from bright green to moribund hues of brown, orange, and recently blood red.
What Egyptians have discovered is that sowing the seeds of democracy is easy. Cultivating a democratic society and taking advantage of the bountiful harvest of freedom is quite a different story.
Efforts by the ruling military council to stymie the democratic process, as well as its desire to insulate itself against civilian institutions illustrate the challenges and obstacles yet to overcome.
I hope that Egyptians endure, for the Arab Winter, should it arrive, may produce frostbite so severe that the hands of freedom will lose their ability to propagate the fundamental, democratic principles of equality, justice, and opportunity.
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