The Bearded Friday Battle

Quick read into what happened today at Tahrir Square:

Sheikh Hazem Shoman

 

Salafists lack the political maturity and I guess it's unfair to count them as political group to begin with.

They have broken political agreement. Thus, their calculations were limited as they hided behind their numbers and the street sympathy with Islamic rhetoric due to continuance prosecution of Islamists since 54. However, long term effect was antagonizing their adversaries.

Salafists' political naivety shows MB as the only mature and responsible Islamic group in Egypt. a Free favor by immature rival.

Lesson 1: Salafist are NOT a political group as everyone else like to present them and I guess  this confusion started when SCAF sought their mediation on political and sectarian conflicts. They lack autonomous organization and political vision.

Lesson 2: Salafists proven they can not play politics with bungling performance on the squar today. Yet, they introduced  themselves as a spoiler group. Salafists’ pundits and large loyal followers can ONLY tarnish political gains of any political group.

Lesson 3: Realistic estimation of on ground power of Salafists [ no evasion and no exaggeration] is critical to any political group to win. Since winning cannot be granted unless Salafists are neutralized

Lesson 4: at this point political unity is not realistic approach. getting ready for elections is. MB are very ready & former NDP [check countryside]

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SCAF has already neutralized Salafists as an adversary during Imbaba battle

Media Fail or Government incompetence

This morning a sound of huge impact was heard all around big city of Cairo. People from all around the Capital; east, west, north, south, reported hearing this explosion like sound. Many started to speculate the reasons and the sound source. #CairoExplosion hashtag became trending; a mix of sarcasm, jokes with theories about the real nature of the sound. Yet, the official story was more puzzling than the Cairo explosion itself.

Two different report at exact same time on Facebook by two different newspapers sourced their news using the vague word of “Security personal”

adding to this The State TV which announces at the same time the reason for the explosion sound is by an airplane broke the sound barrier .

However Al Ahram Portal – state owned website is quoting The German News Agency that the explosion was due to normal rock extraction site explosion.

This is an embarrassing and unprofessional to an institution as prestigious as Al Ahram. Why for you need to quote Germany about something happening few Kilometers away from your office. easily get you head out of the window and check .

Secondly, The unidentified vague  source of these news which most press and /media call “Security Source” is unacceptable way for encapsulating a rumor with sophisticated look. What Kind of security source was he; mall Cop or the Minister of Interior ?

Lately, Through my observation to the Egyptian media in general you can spot a flows that could easily credited to unprofessionalism or self-censorship without any obvious reason. 

5 Fun Counter Revolution Propaganda

1-   Real patriotic rebels left Tahrir on the night of 25 January.

The good Egyptian youth that love their country gathered at the Tahrir square on the 25^th and left the same night. However, Thugs and foreign agents took over the square on the 28^th   onwards and put an act as if they are the real rebels.

2-    2-  Iranian, American, Hezbollah, Israeli Agents scammed innocent youth to destroy the economy and widen the sectarian rift.

State TV and propaganda machines spread the rumors of multi-agendas foreign agents alluring the pure Egyptian youth to destroy their country with [food] specifically, Kentucky combo meals and money, yet in mild-mannered version brain washing.

3-      3- [Rebels] in Tahrir are having orgies and drugs all night

The SCAF tagged along with the old regime media myth that young women and men spent the curfew nights at Tahrir having group sex and doing drugs.

The Army used this particular tale as a pre-text to sexually abuse female protesters.

4-     4- Israel & USA 6^th fleet are ready to attack Egypt if protesters did not leave the streets.

As ridiculous as this sound, this rumor was huge on the day of Mubarak departure and afterwards. Many people in Tahrir got a phone call from a friend or a family member to leave the square to save the country form military invasion.

5-    5-  Egypt is going to bankrupt in the next 6 months if the protests remain

State owned media and national press had a major big line for days that Egypt will announce bankruptcy in 6 months if protesters did not get out of the streets and got back to work. This was as well a counter revolution myth as at the same time IMF was pushing on Egypt long term loans which could have been impossible if the country had an economy equal to Somalia. 

Mossab: Egyptian Story

Mossab Al Sha’er is 29 years-old- cardiologist. Egyptian young man born and lived all of his life under Mubarak’s regime. He decided to participate in the Egyptian day of rage on 28th of January and ended up in Germany to receive treatment. Doctors took out of his body over 200 rubber bullets and he almost lost his feet.

Mossab is just 1 of a 6000 people injured during the 25jan revolution, Yet there is a lot of skepticism among Egyptians that Mubarak and his regime will be prosecuted for their crimes against the peaceful protesters

Watch his 11 mins phone call with Mahmoud Saad about his excruciating experience and his journey to Tahrir.

 

لا للوثنيه و عباده الاصنام

النهارده يوم التدوين ضد تجاوزات المجلس العسكرى. الناس دونت عن اسباب كتير و وثقت كلامها بصور وفيديوهات و تحليلات.

أنا لو كتبت عن كل الى انا شفته و سمعت و حسيت بيه من اول معركه الجمل لغايه النهارده مش حزود شىء.

انا حكتب عن تامر حسنى.. ايوه تامر حسنى عمل اغنيه جديده عن “الثوره” و ابطالها من “الجيش” .

وايه علاقه ده بالمجلس العسكرى؟؟؟؟

افتكر يوم ما تموره روح معيط من رجاله التحرير و قالهم ضحكوا عليا و غرروا بيا

انا قلت هو و الى زيه مش حيلاقوا مكان تانى… يسبحون بحمد الفرعون و بيسجده لاصنامهم ..المعبد اتهد خلاص

لكن لما يخرج يسجد و يسبح ويصلى بحمد الجيش الى هو هرب منه من غير خشى و لا حيا

ورجاله التحرير الى دفعوا تمن دفاعهم عن حريتنا بفقد حريتهم فى السجن الحربى{مش حتكلم عن الشهداء لان ده موضوع كبير اوى } ..يبقى كده اعرف ان الاصنام ابتدت تتنصب تانى.. كهنه المعبد رجعوا لتنصيب الفرعون الجديد

و بيجهزوا صلاوتهم الجديده علشان تناسب الخط الاحمر الجديد الى فوق القانون وحتى قوانين الطبيعه ومعناه ان البيئه دلوقت  مهيئه لظهور النوع اللزج من الطفيليات الى هى مقياس جيد لتحديد موازين القوى الجديده  

بما اننا شعب موحد متدين انا ارفض الشرك …ارفض حاله الوثنيه فى التعامل مع الرموز

الثوره جاءت لتحرير المصريين من السجود للبشر ، ومن يوم 11 فبراير للنهارده انا شايفه صنم جديد بيتبنى للمصريين ..

احب اقول للمجلس العسكرى ان شرعيته من الشارع..يعنى الشعب هو خط احمر

واحب اقول للناس الى بتدافع عن التجاوزات الرهيبه للجيش فى حق الشارع … شعب مصر العظيم بس هو الى عمل الثوره و الدليل اسامى الشهداء الى ماتوا مافيهمش عقيد ولا رائد ولا لواء

الثوره دى بتاعتى و بتاعتك و بتاعتنا كلنا…. ويوم 27 انا حنزل التحرير علشان اقول كده

..ياسياده المشير…اذا كنت ترى حمايه الثوره منَه و فضل والمثول لصوت الشارع هبه…فالثوره لها رب يحميها

والله الموفق

The Mummy Returns

Mubarak’s 1st media appearance after he was sacked out of power 2 months ago.

P.S:  ** Mubarak is under house arrest in Sharm Al Shiekh

*** This was Broadcasted on Al-Arabiya = Saud’s TV

**** Gamal Mubarak was scheduled to be interrogated for corruption today. No Show!

 

 

Arab Spring & Israel Fall

“We welcome change in our neighboring countries, yet in our terms. If you want us to introduce OUR racist/terrorist/colonial/fundamentalist version of democracy we can assist you. and while the world is busy watching revolts & Japan Tsunami we will bomb Gaza restlessly till the last child and pass more racist laws against Arabs.” More of shameless Shimon Peres lecturing about Israel democracy on the Guardian  read

علشان بكره يبقى احسن : مبادره

الكل دلوقت بيجرى بيحاول ينقذ البورصه حملات للتبرع و الاستثمار لانقاذ الاقتصاد الوطنى 

احب اوضح انى لا خبيره اقتصاديه ولا حاجه. بس حاله الهلع و الفزع الى نشرها الاعلام بعد غلق البورصه من انهيار كامل اقتصاد مصر بانهيار البورصه شىء مبالغ فيه وغير واقعى

لا المستثمرين الصغار يقدروا يوقعوا او ينقذوا البورصه الى هم احنا الى بنشترى بالميت و الالف سهم

ولا برده احنا الى ارتفاع او انخفاض البورصه بيأثر علينا

بس فى روح وطنيه عاليه للاستثمار فى مصر و مستقبلها واقتصادها

واعتقد توجيها للاتجاه الصحيح هو اول الخطوات علشان نبنى مصر صح مش ننكس عماره بتقع 

المبادره دى فكره فرديه ارجو تبنيها على مستوى شعبى 

أدعو لاكتتاب شعبى عام لبناء مدارس نموذجيه غير هادفه للربح غير مملوكه للدوله وتقع تحت اشراف لجنه وطنيه خبراء وعلماء يتبرعوا بجهودهم لوضع مناهج جديده وينقلوا خبراتهم على ان تبدا التنفيذ فى الاماكن الاكثر فقرا و  العشوائيات مبدايا

الوضع اللبنه الاولى للتعليم . النهارده قبل بكره

وانا بقول مدرسه مش جامعه ..لان ماينفعش نستخدم مبدأ التنكيس و الاساس مخوخ . لازم نبدأ دلوقت 

قبل دستور و انتخابات ده الاستثمار الى يضمن صيانه الديموقراطيه و مطالب الثوره

 التعليم هو صمام الامان لحمايه على العقول من تداعيات الجهل و التطرف

وعلى الجدوى الاقتصاديه للوطن هو استثمار رابح بنسبه مائه فى المائه

أحب أسمع أفكاركم أزاى شىء زى ده يقدر يبقى حقيقه 

Free Kareem

Kareem Amer a young Egyptian blogger was sentenced to 4 years-since 2006- in prisons for charges I, personally, didn’t know they exist in our modern world till the day of his prosecution. Amer was found guilty of insulting Islam and the president (YES Mubarak).He has completed his sentences FULLY without any parole and yet he is still detained; Kareem’s Lawyers have no information why he is been held captive up till this now.
Kareem was the first blogger to be prosecuted for personal writings publishing online, this was a part of opposition crack down post-2005 elections. This harsh unprecedented rule had main propose; to deter bloggers and people who found at Internet a free speech refuge in a country has been -in the last 60s years- ruled by generals, martial and emergency laws.
Mubarak has been always outspoken about the retaliation of an Islamists (Muslim Brotherhood) getting to power on religious freedom level, spreading the scare of new Iran. NDP was very proud with the secular regime which fights religious intolerance of Muslim Brotherhood; towards minorities and women. On the other hand, people- like Kareem- are being prosecuted for speaking their mind about religious believes.
The Irony is where the sentence of Kareem- for speaking his mind- was harsher than Mamdoh Ismael’s –Ferry incident which Mubarak laughed at earlier this week-
I would love to compare this sentence and the same cases which take place in Khomaeni’s Iran. Is this making NDP better than Iran and Hamas??
Some people refused to show solidarity with Kareem's case because he is “atheist” and ”infidel” which is totally ridiculous and hypocritical Freedom of speech should protect both Islamists/Copts/and Infidels otherwise it’s constriction of liberty.
For people who found Kareem’s case irrelevant to “their freedom” quest I would say Mubarak regime oppression didn’t differentiate between Muslim and Non Muslim. Poverty, oppression and torture have no religion. The true insult of Islam is disrespect of choices taken and ideas expressed by  the god given mind.

Remember, remember the Fifth of November

Happy Guy Fawkes day everyone

For those of you who know nothing about what the heck this is click here

And I love to share two of my favorite (V for Vendetta) parts  =)

 

 

 

“You have No Fear Anymore, You Are Completely Free”

 

 

The Man Who Drank The Tea

On an Upper Egypt tour, Mubarak “spontaneously” asked a poor/ordinary upper Egyptian man to offer him “Sa’adi Tea” at his home 

I will not comment on this boring  election stunt which we have to watch every 5 years ,thus far what I am concerned with  is Mubarak’s outrageous joke. The 30 year-president of Egypt, made a cheap joke on the expense of the dead 1000 Egyptian workers drowned in the Red Sea; while the NDP member accused of this catastrophe has been free since and his company still operates with the same low safety ferries.

Yet, I won’t mention the rescue operation which we all have seen on TV - Rescue Teams took 6 hrs to act-

I can not believe there are people that really laughed at this cheap joke; those dead corps of our sons/fathers/sisters/mothers

This is the script of the joke:

Random Upper Egyptian Guy: We use ferries to go to the other side of the Nile; to Girga

Mubarak:  Are they the same ferries that sink  **laughing** !!

Random Upper Egyptian Guy: No sir **Laughing**

---- Laughter

This Video Montage for the Comedian Mubarak and pervious interviews with (MURDERED) workers families

 

  

Ya Rayes! those people have died under your watch because of the corruption, neglect and poverty which are NOT funny.

Moreover, their families never had the chance to say goodbye or to get justice which is NOT funny either.

By the way: your re-election; that means we have to live through this another 6 years is NOT funny anymore.

The Core of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

According to Michael B. Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States at his op-ed at the NYT today

The core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been the refusal to recognize Jews as a people, indigenous to the region and endowed with the right to self-government. Criticism of Israeli policies often serves to obscure this fact, and peace continues to elude us. By urging the Palestinians to recognize us as their permanent and legitimate neighbors, Prime Minister Netanyahu is pointing the way out of the current impasse: he is identifying the only path to co-existence.

Not denying people from their homes and establishing a state over massacred Arab villages using the the “historical rights” card to justify genocide. and not explaining how racist a Jewish state is for over 1.5 M Arab Israeli and Not the 4 M Palestinian refugees. Nevertheless, zillions of security council and international law that The Zionist entity broke

This article comes in the context of the obvious fail of the direct talks. I would like to point this article after series of laws of Jewish loyalty oath and Jerusalem and Golan referendum suggestions  adding to that the refusal to extend the settlement freeze.

Here is where Mr. Oren contradict himself

Why should it matter whether the Palestinians or any other people recognize Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people? Indeed, Israel never sought similar acknowledgment in its peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. Some analysts have suggested that Mr. Netanyahu is merely making a tactical demand that will block any chance for the peace they claim he does not really want.

Leaving us with big Q here both US and Bibi pushed Abbas to participate in this charade with the help of their strategic allies Mubarak and King Abdullah II , why bother at the first place when the result is know ahead?!

Life Won’t Quit Surprising Us

 

 

 

 

This is NOT a photoshoped picture or new animation character on Harry Potter Movie

This is for REAL, newly discovered un-named species.  

 

This would suggest that Devil cartoons were not a mere product of human imagination after all

 

 

 

Though humans are sometimes stranger than fiction and any un-discovered species

 

                               (Magdy AlKurdy- Coordinator of GamalMubarak for presidency campaign)

 

To check rest of the newly discovered species click here

من وحى أكتوبر-تعيشوا وتفتكروا

زيادة حجم السائحين الوافدين من إسرائيل إلى مصر خلال الفترة من يناير إلى أغسطس2010 بزيادة قدرها 12.6%، بالرغم من التحذيرات التى تصدر بشكل دورى من جانب الأجهزة الأمنية الإسرائيلية، فيما تراجع سوق السياحة الجزائرية بنسبة 50% تأثرا بأحداث مباراة كرة القدم بين مصر و الجزائر.  الرابط

 

 

 

 

How odd?!

the -should be- closest people to you are unlimited source for your insecurities.

Hard Sell: security AND sovereignty

 

After ignoring the part where The writer refers to Obama as (Hussein) to be more consistent with the ongoing debate by GOP whether he is Muslim or not!! The writer points out future scenarios for the settlements in light of the latest talks on Israeli point of view and how the complication of Netanyahu's stance after the 4 settlers killed by Hamas.

The article Questions the ability of Netanyahu to control the future of the settlements

Netanyahu is torn between the obligatory demands of any possible agreement, and the fear that the evacuation of the 100,000 settlers on the eastern side of the separation barrier is more than the country can tolerate 

For me The most interesting part was his comment on the remark in which BiBi hoped that Abbas will be “a courageous partner, as Sadat was for Begin”

The late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat really was a great statesman; in exchange for his courageous acts, he received all of Sinai from prime minister Menachem Begin. Is that what Netanyahu was referring to? Or was he referring to an implicit understanding with the Americans and the Egyptians, which was part of the peace with Egypt, and enabled Begin to build dozens of settlements in the West Bank and to bomb the Iraqi nuclear reactor, at a time when the Egyptians were waiting patiently to receive their land back?

With “adjustments” to the present situation, maybe the idea is for there to be a withdrawal from the hilly areas of the West Bank in exchange for a green light from the U.S. to proceed with massive construction in the settlement blocs and to attack Iran, while the world is eagerly awaiting the establishment of Palestine.

The way Washington is hard selling these talks as (the 2010 Camp David) and the endless comparisons in which they remaking history is suspicious. Obama/Hilary are pushing for this talks for god knows why reasons but certainly not for “peace sake” Both Abbas and BiBi are pressured to continue this charade.  Hamas latest militant operation against the settlers was a clear message that “security in exchange for sovereignty” is a bogus principle to begin with. In fact neither BiBi could offer sovereignty nor Abbas can present security.

So the Q remains upon all obvious indications of the FAIL talks why the pushy attitude to gather all of Netanyahu/Abbas/Mubarak/Abdallah under the same roof?!!!

the answer is one word –Iran- and the rest will follow.

We are dealing here only with USA security and its sovereignty in the region yet, the 4 musketeers are negotiating their roles in the one year plan- the time frame that Hilary suggested. like the writer put it down “ while the world is eagerly awaiting the establishment of Palestine.”Therefore, the talks is nothing but a booty division among the 4 relatively- of course- to their on-ground power. Netanyahu wants to be a partner with the  US “plans”,Mubarak and Abdallah wants their shares too and Abbas has no choice except what will be offered.

To sum up, there is no peace but certainly there are talks and they are necessary for USA shaping its policy on the coming years in Middle East. 

One last remark on Amr Moussa’s comment about the (peace talks):This round of Israeli-Palestinian talks will be the last !! wow Really did you have a vision about it?

it will be the last if the apocalypse is tomorrow for sure !!!

UFOs’ conspiracy

 

 

 

 

I’m a bit confused about all of those Water and Electricity cuts. here is a chronological order to what happened which all in all does not make sense :

• The government announced that it is studying to cut all power from only streets and stores/restaurants/..est. after 7:00 pm (which looks like a curfew)

                they accused Egyptian fertility rate, then Egyptian irresponsible use of 

                power during summer

• The government announced electricity cuts due to heavy loads and excessive use in various cities

                then they have confessed that the network is out dated and can not

                take all the usage rates.

• The government after critsism for improvised decision they decided to make the cuts scheduled

               Power cuts began to take place all over Egypt but in cases it lasted

               for hrs and hrs

• These power cuts where accompanied with unannounced water cuts

              which the officials responded to as a usual maintenance procedures

               critics of power and water cuts become so loud and people began

               to protest as summer heat rises

• Mubarak personally shows close follow up to this problema

               Energy minister announces that there is no more power cuts, however

               the power cuts continues

• Mubarak embaresses the minister with televised live questions about the cuts

                The ministry drops a bomb shell and announces that the power cuts

                were not either because of the weak infrastructure or the people’s

                birthrates but due to the Liquid Gas exportations to Israel !!

 

Coming to water it seems it’s not only a maintenance issue but real water shortage as the Irrigation Ministry had to open the High Dam doors to allow more water to flow into the Nile

 

So what is really happening in Egypt?  who’s responsible for the water and power cuts?  is it the naughty Egyptians high fertility rate or the deteriorating-31years- infrastructure or the irresponsibility in managing the country’s recourses or the UFOs????!!!!

Mubarak, Nazeef, Gamal ! I don’t want to wake up on a famine !!!

Another brick in the succession wall

 

 

Taken from Almasry Alyoum website

The Egyptians have fallen into the mice trap very easily and the home master now looking down laughing. Since the beginning of this month intellectuals and elitists been busy with the ultimate question whether it will be (The Father) or (The Son) or (The Ghost!!)**. At least 3 op-ed daily in local newspapers dedicated to solve this dilemma; each has constructed an argument to support how s/he induced the presidential forecast. The rest of the elitists have been more efficient and practical using their pens and voices to pitch about Egypt’s misfortune and theirs’ as well. Those intellectuals have wasted tones of papers and hours of broadcasting at the discourse about Mubarak jr. precision conspiracy theory till they became another propaganda tool for the idea itself. They –intentionally or not- repeated the name and stating the Almighty Gamal Mubarak is enviable backed up with their personal and political failures, humming the same depressing tune to the point public ears and minds been used to. All of the (independent) newspapers planting the seeds of the defeat.Egyptian now see the project as their fate and intellectuals have nothing more to say than ( we told you so)!!

Away from the intellectual scene there are much younger optimist youth that work more than they practice ( intellectual discourse), maybe they didn’t read 1/10th of the intellects have but they have more soul indeed.

Student been raised by a generation fed the fear of political Activism, torture practices inside the security establishment been like a pop stories. Those young women and men toured the streets/villages/cities trying to be – with their bare hands- the change  they like to see in the world not wasting their time solving the riddle of whom is where and which is when !

Now I’m a disbeliever in all of those false prophets calling themselves  intellectuals and a new convert to the youth faith which is mere believe in tomorrow.

 

** The Ghost: is the unknown 3rd presidential candid within the military establishment or the messiah!!

In fact; Size Really Matters!!

 

 

Guess who owns the biggest clock on the world?

- nah, not Switzerland!!Saudi King ordered-god knows who but defiantly not Saudis- to build the World’s largest clock!

The Question remains why Saudis/Arabs need the biggest clock for people widely known for having no sense of time ??!!

- Eh,maybe because it will look good on the guinness world record book!

 

photo: AFP Photo/Hassan Batel

Ramadan Mubarak !

Less than 24 hrs for Ramadan,yet food shopping frenzy like won’t be ending soon. people shop as it’s the end of the world, one visit to one of many Cairo’s hyper markets could paint a good picture of the average Egyptian estimate consumption on; Supposedly, a month designed for elevating spirituality over materialism. 43 % food prices raise , I guess couldn’t stop Egyptian to celebrate the holy month with eating till they drop dead, or at least that what I thought.

I, as a part of Egyptians, had done some shuttle Ramadan-shopping trips on my favorite souq, During which I came to notice that small shops that used to put out Kunafa & Qtayf stands  just before Ramadan are not there as it used to be since forever. I was just puzzled; something was not right to my beloved Egyptian Ramdan scene; I started wondering, and the answer was some how predictable. The people on the streets told me that small Kunafa& Qatyf shops didn’t afford the sudden wheat price rise, so they just are waiting for prices to come back to normal (!!)

OMG! are people really giving up Ramadan kunafa& Qatyf; a tradition dated since the Fatimids?? is this really happening??

If it wasn’t enough shock; Egyptians now are feasting in Ramadan on installment!!!

To wrap things up, Ramadan shopping in Egypt turned into fares, 3 caricatured scenarios:

1-hyper-market food hyper mania, with unbelievable food quantities which my limited brain can’t absorb; how a human could actually eat all of that food in 1 month.

2- people tighten their budget and give up Kunafa luxury to be able to afford small Ramadan feast.

3- finally, people fighting and killing each other over Ramadan charity Packs.

The divine comedy is; if you were present in one and only one of the scenarios above you will be convinced that it is how things are going all over the country.

 

 

 

an optimistic final note Ramadan Kareem everybody :)