During the decolonization period and even throughout the Nasser and Sadat dictatorship eras, Egypt produced giants in all realms of intellectual activities. But remarkably, today's Egypt is extremely poor, not just in material resources, but in producing intellectual leaders and pillars able to upheave the spirit of the country and guide it towards its ultimate glorious destination at the altar of history. Egypt deserves a much better political class than today's petty players who battle for small and momentary political gains. The nation needs to discard its bickering elites and create new generations capable of realizing its great potential to lift up not only its people, or even the Arabs, but to be a shining example to the entire world of how a true, just, and harmonious society emerges from decades of repression, corruption, and despair.
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