{"id":59034,"date":"2025-12-23T02:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=59034"},"modified":"2025-12-23T02:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:35:44","slug":"neither-a-passing-moment-nor-a-slogan-egypts-statement-is-a-structure-anchored-by-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/neither-a-passing-moment-nor-a-slogan-egypts-statement-is-a-structure-anchored-by-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Neither a Passing Moment nor a Slogan: Egypt\u2019s Statement Is a Structure Anchored by Context"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saif Al-Din Al-Bashir<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 As President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated it, the Grand Egyptian Museum sent a clear message to the world: Egypt is not a newborn state, nor a transient phenomenon. It is a state\u2014one whose pyramids have inspired civilizations with the value of building upon foundations immune to upheaval.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The same applies to the Egyptian presidency\u2019s statement following the visit of Sudanese President Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and his talks with President El-Sisi.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Perhaps channels such as Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, and Al Hadath\u2014and many who covered the \u201cevent\u201d\u2014were taken by surprise, their eyes wide with astonishment, not only because their archives lack a proper understanding of Sudan\u2019s place in the Egyptian strategic mind, but also due to their weak grasp of the historical contexts of Egypt\u2019s experiences with Sudan.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Even some who were convinced that this position represented Egypt\u2019s natural stance were stunned by the firmness and candor of the statement\u2014an unequivocal clarity that bows to no restraint\u2014drawing red lines and warning, in an unmistakable tone: \u201cThis is the limit\u2014no joking beyond it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 It is therefore natural that the diaspora and its leaderships, along with live broadcast studios, should tremble; that the resilience of the militia\u2019s political wing should be complicated; that their illegitimate offspring, \u201cTa\u2019sis,\u201d should be shaken; and that a message be sent to all actors in the crisis\u2014regional forces and mediators alike\u2014that Egypt says: \u201cYes, we support the Quartet and President Trump\u2019s role, but the ceiling remains Egypt\u2019s red lines.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 The context here is the solidity of the pyramid: Egypt is a state whose positions are never infiltrated by fragility, slogans, or arbitrariness.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Egypt has never hosted camps for Sudanese rebels\u2014not since the era of John Garang, whose movement established camps across all neighboring states from eastern to western Sudan, except Egypt. Garang himself traveled and opened offices in neighboring and Arab countries\u2014except Egypt.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Throughout our modern history, not a single rifle shot has been fired against the Sudanese state from Egyptian soil, let alone the erection of platforms welcoming hostility toward the state and its institutions. Is this context not sufficient to conclude that Egypt\u2019s statement is far from being a momentary outburst?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Egypt knows the Sudanese internal landscape better than anyone\u2014its positions, dynamics, what it accepts and rejects, and what consolidates its security and stability, which are inseparable from Egypt\u2019s own security.<\/p>\n

\u2022 These, today, are Egypt\u2019s red lines\u2014disturbing the sleep of militias and their supporters alike. Before them lies nothing but the lamentations of aging rhetoricians, echoed through the outlets of Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, and Al Hadath. Perhaps now these platforms will reconsider their stances, their language, and their reprehensible targeting of Sudan\u2019s national institutions, mindful that \u201cred lines\u201d are being monitored by watchful eyes.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Egypt and Sudan share values, virtues, language, and a way of life.<\/p>\n

\u2022 When we speak of Egypt, we recall Ahmed Shawqi\u2014who sang for all Arabs and all Arab lands: Zahle, Damascus, Omar Al-Mukhtar, the Nile. And when Shawqi sang of the Nile, he surpassed all who came before and after him, including Sudanese poets.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Egypt is a citadel of knowledge and scholarship. Al-Azhar alone stands as testimony\u2014so revered by Sudanese that they named their sons after it, as exemplified by the enduring national leader Ismail Al-Azhari.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Egypt\u2019s majestic past is embodied in the Grand Museum and all it holds. Egypt\u2019s present is Ahmed Shawqi, Abbas Al-Aqqad, Mahmoud Yassin, Taha Hussein, Umm Kulthum, Ali Al-Jarim, Adel Imam, Zahi Hawass, Hafez Ibrahim, Cairo University (branch and main), Zagazig University, Ain Shams University, the Sixth of October, the Tenth of Ramadan\u2014and crowning all of this stands Egypt\u2019s president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.<\/p>\n

\u2022 This is Egypt\u2019s audacity: calling things by their names and imposing its red lines with authority and resolve. Egypt does what it says.<\/p>\n

\u2022 What is required now:<\/p>\n

1. Consolidating a sustainable strategic partnership by granting Egypt all preferential investment advantages.<\/p>\n

2. Presenting investment opportunities in mining, industry, agriculture, livestock, and infrastructure to Egyptian investors first and foremost.<\/p>\n

3. Establishing a modern rail link between the two countries, along with all necessary infrastructure to facilitate transportation.<\/p>\n

4. Creating major joint state-owned companies in mining, agriculture, and processing industries.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In conclusion, we continue to call for practical bonds that strengthen all shared ties and mobilize all available assets toward a relationship that defies time and propels both countries forward.<\/p>\n

\u2022 And we repeat the words of the Sudanese president:
\nThank you, Egypt. Thank you, President Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. Thank you to the people of Egypt\u2014from Aswan to Alexandria, and from the Eastern Province to the oases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saif Al-Din Al-Bashir \u2022 As President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated it, the Grand Egyptian Museum sent a clear message to the world: Egypt is not a newborn state, nor a transient phenomenon. It is a state\u2014one whose pyramids have inspired civilizations with the value of building upon foundations immune to upheaval. \u2022 The same applies …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59036,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59034\/revisions\/59036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}