The Egyptian never accepted a life without dignity. The Egyptian never agreed to a life imposed by the grip of occupation, under the control of those in power along with their associates. Beyond these power circles, people were left in poverty, ignorance, and disease. What the Egyptian didn't accept for himself, he didn't accept for others.

Following Britain's declaration of the end of the mandate over Palestine and the United Nations' decision to partition it into two states - a Jewish and an Arab state, essentially creating a Jewish state at the heart of the Arab homeland, the Arab nations refused silence as a sign of consent and chose war as a sign of rejection.

From May 1948 to March 1949, a war took place on the land of Palestine involving the Egyptian, Jordanian, Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese, and Saudi armies fighting side by side against the Zionist militias present in Palestine, in addition to Jewish volunteers who came from outside the borders of the mandate to support their religious and ideological kin.

The Kingdom of Egypt, then under British occupation, participated in a war against its will. As a result of bribery and corruption, with the army leadership alternating between the ignorant and the traitorous, the Arabs were defeated. We lost many of our sincere young men unfairly in a war that was not ours, but served the interests of all Arabs.

On January 26, 1952, the great Cairo fire occurred when the people, discontented with the wealthy merchants and landlords who had monopolized wealth, knowledge, work, and power, rebelled. This was a signal for help - highlighting the class struggle that the Egyptian people had suffered for years before the revolution, which was falsely accused of creating this problem.

The army was crumbling, making the state weak and submissive, without security or protection. The capitalist system was preying on the general public day after day. All these factors called for a stance to end the deteriorating conditions in the country.

On July 23, 1952, in a peaceful revolution, the Free Officers movement, led by Major General Muhammad Naguib, managed to take control of the country. The king was forced to abdicate his throne to his legitimate heir, and the situation remained so until the monarchy was abolished and the Egyptian Republic was established. Major General Muhammad Naguib was declared the first President of the Republic on June 18, 1953, along with the signing of the Evacuation Agreement after 74 years of British occupation, freeing us from monarchy and occupation under the auspices of this blessed movement.

We rejoiced, blessed, and celebrated its anniversary year after year, as if it was the happy ending to a cinematic film filled with suffering. However, we were faced with a new life, a freedom with responsibility, a nation, and a people. A country with a history of civilization and struggle after years of dependency, our friends became the friends of us Egyptians, not the renters, and so were the enemies - those with conflicting interests.

The Egyptian revolution became a model for sister nations still under occupation. The Revolutionary Command Council had the responsibility to support its brothers in creating a collective liberation movement for all Arab countries, and so it did. The revolution contributed to the independence of Kuwait, defended the rights of Somalia, supported the Iraqi revolution, the revolution in South Yemen against occupation until the declaration of the Republic, and supported the Libyan people in their revolution. It also supported the liberation movement in Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria until they achieved independence.

All of this was in the open, not in secret, for we did not fear the blame of a critic in the pursuit of justice. As a result, we reaped what we sowed from our enemies. Some of the world's most powerful nations alternated between declaring independence and expressing resentment towards Egypt, which led the country into a series of wars, some of which it lost and many of which it won, from the Tripartite Aggression, the setback of 1967, to the glorious October War.

The question remains, but its answer is not essential: Was the revolution a happy ending after suffering, or just the beginning of a new phase with different shades of hardships? Regardless, there are no regrets or tears over the attainment of freedom without fear or humiliation. In fact, this pain that we have experienced has only deepened our commitment to freedom, because it is the most precious thing we possess.