Because the political scene in Egypt witnessed nothing new and because events there are repetitive, even if under a different vocabulary, it is walls now that attract those looking for political developments. Even though there is an abundance of chatter regarding the parliamentary elections scheduled for November 27, the same could have been said about the previous elections in 2005. Back then, some political forces called for a boycott of the elections if the government did not respond to demands related to guaranteeing the integrity of the elections, to not distorting the will of the voters, and to giving an equal opportunity to all candidates to reach the voters. This is in addition to the calls for facilitating the voting process, updating the voter lists, removing the names of the deceased from them and ceasing to use the state's assets in the service of the ruling party's candidates. These are in fact the same demands voiced by the opposition forces in all previous elections, without any response from the government or the ruling party. Instead, there usually are readymade responses pledging to ensure fair elections and accusing the opposition of causing crises or spreading rumors regarding election fraud. Each time elections are held, all parties exchange accusations afterwards, and it is certain that this will happen again after the upcoming elections. And when courts prove that election rigging has indeed taken place in some electoral districts and that those who won seats there have not done so legally, the National Assembly could have already been formed, and could have even perhaps already started convening; then, the immortal argument that “the Assembly is its own master' will be invoked by the Speaker, or in other words, that revoking the membership of the representatives can only be done through a decision by the Assembly itself, and not by any other party. Generally, because events often repeat themselves, even if some names change over time, the media is at a loss. For instance, talk of bequeathing [the presidency] has become uninteresting, while the talk about change is repetitive and sheds no new light. As for the talk about achievements, it no longer convinces anyone, in light of the outbreak of minor problems, such as bad services or power cuts, or major problems, such as museum robberies, traffic accidents, rail disasters or floods. Hence, walls became the solution. For the photographers working for newspapers and news agencies and for the cameramen working for satellite TV channels, following up political posters and slogans on the walls is an alternative worth of notice and observation. This is especially valid when all the contradictions of the Egyptian political scene have been communicated on these walls, which, for instance, would display slogans or posters in support of Jamal Mubarak's candidacy in the presidential elections, and others opposed to this bid as it would be considered hereditary transition of power. There are also those posters, slogans and banners that support the candidacy of Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei, Dr. Ayman Nour or MP Hamadein Subhi and others opposing all three candidacies or one of them. Although this issue of the walls in Egyptian cities has not yet become a widespread phenomenon, and remained visible only on a small scale, the media exaggerated the issue and made it into an important topic and a major event so much that many Western newspapers now rely on what is found on these walls when talking about Egypt's future. Not only did the media find these posters and slogans an opportunity to be ‘preoccupied', but also found in their removal, defacement or erasure another reason to be preoccupied. What is noteworthy is that those responsible for placing or removing the posters have understood this game, and have thus become also responsive with the media, and so placed or removed posters to attract cameras to record the important event. Thus, ‘common interests' between the two sides have emerged, while politics are at a standstill. Years ago, the debate and perhaps the conflict revolved around the slogan of “Islam is the solution”, between the Muslim Brotherhood and other parties that objected to the slogan. But because each time and era has its own slogans, the state of the political scene in Egypt at this time, prior to the parliamentary elections, has imposed on everyone the slogan of “The walls are the solution”.
