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My name is Heba Fathy.
First, there was enthusiasm
because no one thought that,
for example in Egypt,
so many people would demonstrate and make Mubarak resign.
At the beginning, people were euphoric
and wonderfully supportive of the demonstrators.
But in the past months, I have noticed
that support for Egyptians has waned.
I would have appreciated a more critical attitude towards Mursi.
Of course, we have to give him a chance
and he was elected democratically.
But regarding the recent events,
I would have hoped for a clear statement on the part of Germany and other countries.
They could have been more supportive.
At the beginning of the year,
I did research work
at Freie Universität Berlin.
I was asked by the department of Arabic studies
to bring Arabic literature that reflects Arab Spring.
I searched for a long time
and found only few writings.
I think people will still need a lot of time to come to terms with the events.
However, before the revolution there were many writings
suggesting that something might happen,
that something was going on.
I found these writings more interesting
and tried to talk about them.
I have not read the novel "Bab Al-Khorouj" by Ezzedine Choukri Fishere yet.
It is supposed to be a book of literary quality that deals with the event.
Nevertheless, I think literature needs time to come to term with the events,
it needs distance
to evaluate them retrospectively.
This is what is needed at the moment.