Winds of Change Sweeping the Arab World - Who are the Winners and who are the Losers?

The spark ignited by the Tunisian citizens against their establishment on issues such as Poverty and Unemployment took the shape of a large-scale fire at the Tahrir Square in Cairo where the thousands of protesters squatted for more than a fortnight with a view to oust President Hosni Mubarak ruling Egypt for 30 years. President Mubarak is reportedly the richest man in the world with US $ 70 Billions worth of assets. The 82 year old man had a cushy life with western powers and Israel in particular backing him for so long. That Mubark under pressure offered on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 to recommend constitutional amendment to relax Presidential elegibility rules and impose term limits revealed his anxiety to appease the peoples' anger towards his style of rule. Externally President Mubarak was on a sound footing by keeping the western powers in good humour and also ensuring the commercial ineterst of Israel. United States of America was happy that there was a stable Government under Mubarak in Cairo to ensure a hormonious relationship politically and economically with the rulers of Israel. The very first peace treaty with a democratic government in Israel was done by Mubarak and the same was likely to be threatened and repealed by the new regime under the banner of Muslim Brotherhood (Mubarak's sworn enemy) in the near future.

While the foreign governments were happy with Mubarak's rule in Cairo, the public of Egypt tolerated the ruler for 3 decades with no hope of change or alternative to Mubarak or his family. Rule or misrule is bound to end sooner or later as nature dictates. People rose in revolt in thousands and thousands with no mood to retreat or withdraw from the protest unless the man at the power got down and gave way to a democratic successor. Thanks to Google Executive also who played a key role in starting Egypt's two weeks old uprising against Mubarak and tactfully led the browsers of web-sites with internet connectivity .

One has to salute that Egypt's playwright and journalist Mohammed Salmawi who exactly predicted the events as they were unfolding recently in the main squares of Cairo and other major Egyptian cities. The Arab World is undergoing a massive transition from dictatorship and authoritarian rule to a dreamy democratic set up as they keep watching and realising the importance of freedom to elect and change the government at regular intervals as and when needed. The countries falling in this category are : Algeria, libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebonon, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Tunisia, Jordan, Djibouti and Morocco.

The winds of change might cause sleepless nights to the rulers both in democratic and despotic societies / nations situated in Asia too wherever corruption, dynasty and poverty find a common ground to flourish without a limit.

The people are the winners and the rulers are the losers!!