This time the rebels are not dispossessed. It seems that the winds have changed.

Yesterday they were carrying on protests and blowing whistles in a civilized way in Ankara and Istanbul. Today they set up camp in Cairo in Tahrir square. The children of globalization are on the go. In the past, dispossessed used to rebel. Today those on the streets are not dispossessed. Globalization is like a box of nails and the generations nurtured by it have started shaping the world. This is how I read the recent events unfolding in Egypt.

They are the ones who know. Those who do not were sitting the night before in a coffee shop in Cairo. One after another they told the reporter, "Mubarak is my father. He gave us a job and food to eat." I learned a couple of years ago in Afghanistan's capital Kabul that those who know and those who do not know are not equal. Watching French 24 channel the night before I recalled a conversation I had had in Kabul. This was when I learned the United Nations (UN) employs psychologists for the personnel working in the disputed areas. We were on the same flight as the Azerbaijani psychologist. She was talking about the difficulties of UN personnel in adjusting to the every day life in Afghanistan There was no place to go in the evenings. They lived all together. Sewage was flowing through the streets. The country did not have an interconnected electricity system. The butcher hung entire cow carcass from a tree in the street and served his customers. "What about the Afghan people?" I asked, "Don't they need psychological support?" She said, "They do not know any other life, it is easier for them to handle." If you do not know, it is does not exist. Are those who know equal to those who do not know?

I believe that the core of the crowd at Tahrir square is composed of the children of globalization. Let me share my observations with you: First, the crowd on the streets is young. The share of demonstrators with gray hair has only recently started to increase as politicians are trying to jump into the train. Second, they speak English fluently. Third, they do not set fire to Israel flags despite what we were used to seeing in the Arab streets. The demonstrators are not of opinion that all that they have been facing is somebody else's fault. Things will be harder for every country of the region, including Israel. Fourth, no one seems to feel self-pity because of the irreversible incidents that have already happened way in the past. They are looking more at the future than the past. These are the new kids on the Arab Street. They want to overthrow Mubarak, so that Egypt becomes a "normal" country. They learn today at Tahrir Square what they will have to do if those who are to replace Mubarak act in violation to this desire. Fifth, did you notice that those speaking on the television or newspapers are executives of Pfizer or Google? They are professionals and they do not hide their identities. This time the rebels are not dispossessed. It seems that the winds have changed.

If you ask me about the salient key feature of the recent events in Egypt, I would say, "The determination of the children of globalization change their own countries in the past they used to fled to modern environments but bow they are determined to change their place of birth." I guess this is the new trend that the politicians as a whole must think through and fear already. The determination of those who know prevents the "Ihvan-I Muslimin" from taking over the rule as it is. Through their reaction to Mubarak, the globalized Egyptians have shown the Muslim Brothers how they will be taken care of if they do not change their ways. The Egyptian rebellion teaches several lessons for those willing to see.

Indeed, only the wise get advice.

This commentary was published in Radikal daily on 11.02.2011