When you think that Egypt has reached the bottom of the surreal, hold your breath for a minute and see what happens next. Even North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could not have gone so low. To please Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian police academy put up a show on Thursday, October 15 that aimed at showcasing how strong Egypt’s cops are. From the moment Sisi showed up, like a Pharaoh from 5,000 years ago, the graduation ceremony of police cadets became an embarrassing cartoon-like event. Although 15 year-old boys might enjoy the imagery of Rambo-like men jumping around, the whole thing has done a disservice to the honorable people of Egypt, who are struggling with police abuse and a government controlled by a brutal military establishment. The Egyptian TV’s efforts to use the footage as a propaganda broadcast turned into an embarrasing moment, with the whole world giggling over it. At the end of it all, it is the Egypt people that will suffer from such mediocre government.
