Queuing: Democracy 101

Just as much as democracy is new to Egypt, apparently so is the concept of queuing, since our parliament head hasn’t yet gotten the hang of the later. Mohamed Saad El Katatny headed out to the ballots in Generation School 2000, Sixth of October City, on the first day of presidential elections, May 24. But of course, following in the footsteps of the great, the now-official hotshot has headed straight to the main gates of the school — ignoring the queuing crowds patiently waiting for their turn to come to practice democracy. Because what other brilliant way to start a new democratic era than to cut lines? The crowds, a little grumpy of waking up bright and early to avoid queues and a little irritated by the queues they had to endure anyway, immediately put him in line, literally. The waiting voters demanded El Katatny to stand in line like the rest of the voters, and El Katatny complied amidst cheering and clapping — might just be one of the few demands the parliament made happen for the people.