Pride, a word so strong that the feeling of it rushes through a person by merely saying it. The Egyptian people claim to have this great pride for their country; in fact they revolted twice in the past 4 years in order for it to improve. However, how can such citizens be so proud of a country when its visual image does not represent pride? The people themselves destroy this exotic land in so many ways, although one of the major ways is through the excessive use of street vendors scattered across the country. While some argue street vendors are necessary, they bring Egypt's appearance into a 3rd world abyss. .
Egypt has suffered great misfortune in the past 4 years, switching from one leader to the next in order to provide a strong united country. The people have grown to see protesting as second nature event, they have a great sense of nationalism, which leads to the extreme events in order to gain what they want. "Many observers note that vendors' presence has significantly increased with the rise of unemployment over the past several years, and especially so in the two years of lax security that followed the 25 January Revolution" (Kouny, 1). .
The significant increase of street vendors is very apparent to both the citizens and tourists. The connotation with street vendors is that the area that contains them is low class. For this reason, the images of street vendors provide an overall image of a 3rd world country to the outside world eyes. Take for example some of the most advanced countries, such as the United States; their streets are not bombarded with street vendors (Boraie, 3). Instead have legal shops that provide a visual appeal to the people. The vendors go at any area they find convenient; they place their kiosks across the sidewalks of the streets, on bridges, on main roads, anywhere. All these vendors provide a sense of poorness across the streets, and any appearance of beauty gets swiped away when these kiosks invade the area.
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