Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Queen Farida's diamond watch encrusted with Emerlad from her Jewelry collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum
Queen Farida's diamond watch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
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Queen Farida's diamond brooches and earrings at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Queen Farida's diamond brooches and earrings from her collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
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Queen Farida's blue sapphire collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Queen Farida's blue sapphire and diamond collection including brooches , bracalet , ring and earring at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
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Queen Farida's blue sapphire earrings at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Queen Farida's blue sapphire and diamond earrnings at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexadria
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Queen Farida's Golden Agate collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Queen Farida's Golden Agate encrusted with diamonds collection including earrings , bracelet, ring and brooch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
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Queen Farida's Coral Jewelry set at Egypt's Royal Jewelry [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Queen Farida's Coral Jewelry set made of hairpin , necklace, bracelet , rings and earring from her Jewelry collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum
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Queen Farida's Golden brooches at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Queen Farida's Golden brooches encrusted with diamonds from her collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum
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Saudi Arabia’s NEOM and Egypt’s territories : We need to ask !!
Last week, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince “and de facto king” Mohamed Bin Salman aka MBS declared that the Saudi government was going to build a huge futuristic megacity at the North West part of the kingdom.
The name of $500 billion cities is NEOM which means “Neo” or New in Latin and “M” stands for “Madina” aka City.
The big city which is bigger than Lebanon, Qatar, and Bahrain combined is going to have its own laws under Saudi sovereignty.
Located on the Red Sea, NEOM will include Jordan and Egypt’s territories too !!
Yes, you read it right it will include both Jordanian and Egyptian territories and that’s was the first time we hear about in Egypt. I do not know about Jordan.
Here is the quote from the official statement released by the Saudi government about NEOM.
NEOM will also include Egypt’s Tiran and Sanafir islands as well parts of North Sinai.
The Saudis are saying that the King Salman bridge between Egypt and Saudi Arabia linking Asia and Africa is part of that huge futuristic mega city.
Anyhow that ugly bridge will affect the marine life negatively is back despite architects say that it will be hard to construct such bridge there.
In an interview with Bloomberg, MBS said that alcohol would not be allowed in that new city and that if any tourist wanted to drink any alcoholic beverage then he should go to Egypt or Jordan !!
This quote tells you a lot about Egypt’s true position in the Arab world now.
MBS revealed that the Egyptian territories in the project were located at the Egyptian-Saudi Free zone area according to an agreement signed by Sisi and his father King Salman in his infamous 2016 visit which ended with giving up Tiran and Sanafir.
I have not heard any request from any MP to the government explain what the hell is going on.
I have not seen Egyptian TV hosts raising questions about that new city and our involvement in it as they should be.
Now, I wonder which part of North Sinai is involved in that Mega-city, is Rafah or Al-Arish or is it Taba !?
Till when will we get the news from abroad?
We need to ask questions for real.
I was supposed to publish that disclaimer months earlier when the Egyptian House of Representatives passed the Egyptian-Saudi demarcation deal and how the Egyptian President ratified it in June.
In August, the ratification and all the details of the demarcation deal including PM Sharif Ismail’s official correspondences with his Israeli counterpart about the demarcation deal were published in the State's official gazette.
I could not because the Windows OS had its own drama.
It is never too late to post that disclaimer.
I keep this disclaimer on my blog till the return of Tiran and Sanafir to Egypt.
I believe as Egyptians we should speak about those two islands all the time till their return to Egypt.
From five days ago, a Sharkia criminal court sentenced 23-years old Andrew Salib from Leftist Bread and Liberty Party 5 years in jail based on charges from the current Counterterrorism law.
Salib was among the members of the leftist unofficial part that were arrested earlier this year during a crackdown on the activists opposing the Tiran and Sanafir agreement.
He was accused by the State security prosecution of “spreading lies online about the State”.
This is a first-degree court verdict that can be appealed.
If Salib loses the appeal then he will be the first Christian ever to be prosecuted by the Counterterrorism law.
It is worth to mention that this incident shows how this law will be used in matters not related to terrorism as you see !!!
Not to mention such a law did not stop terrorist attack
Back to Saudi Arabia, I am seriously worried for the future of Saudi people and the kingdom for real now more than anything.
The name of $500 billion cities is NEOM which means “Neo” or New in Latin and “M” stands for “Madina” aka City.
The big city which is bigger than Lebanon, Qatar, and Bahrain combined is going to have its own laws under Saudi sovereignty.
Located on the Red Sea, NEOM will include Jordan and Egypt’s territories too !!
Yes, you read it right it will include both Jordanian and Egyptian territories and that’s was the first time we hear about in Egypt. I do not know about Jordan.
Here is the quote from the official statement released by the Saudi government about NEOM.
NEOM’s land mass will extend across the Egyptian and Jordanian borders, rendering NEOM the first private zone to span three countries.I think citizens in both countries owe their government an explanation. Needless to say, there is a complete silence radio from the Egyptian regime’s side. The Saudis are the ones who revealed more details.
NEOM will also include Egypt’s Tiran and Sanafir islands as well parts of North Sinai.
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| The new NEOM on the map and you can see Tiran and Sanafir included |
You read it right, Tiran and Sanafir which the current Egyptian administration gave it to Saudi Arabia despite the court orders saga has not finished yet.
Needless to say, the Saudi officials forgot to tell the Saudi people how they are supposed to get Israel's approval for any plans in the two islands as they are part of Camp David treaty aka Zone "C".
Considering what is happening between Saudi officials and Israeli officials behind closed doors, I believe that they got their approval.
The site will also become the main entrance to the King Salman Bridge, linking Asia and Africa, which will add to the zone’s economic significance.I thought that Sinai Peninsula has been playing that role already !!
Anyhow that ugly bridge will affect the marine life negatively is back despite architects say that it will be hard to construct such bridge there.
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| Crown prince and current de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia Mohamed Bin Salman aka MBS |
This quote tells you a lot about Egypt’s true position in the Arab world now.
MBS revealed that the Egyptian territories in the project were located at the Egyptian-Saudi Free zone area according to an agreement signed by Sisi and his father King Salman in his infamous 2016 visit which ended with giving up Tiran and Sanafir.
I have not heard any request from any MP to the government explain what the hell is going on.
I have not seen Egyptian TV hosts raising questions about that new city and our involvement in it as they should be.
Now, I wonder which part of North Sinai is involved in that Mega-city, is Rafah or Al-Arish or is it Taba !?
Till when will we get the news from abroad?
We need to ask questions for real.
The latest Tiran and Sanafir updates
Next January, the Supreme Constitutional is supposed to say its final word about the demarcation deal.I was supposed to publish that disclaimer months earlier when the Egyptian House of Representatives passed the Egyptian-Saudi demarcation deal and how the Egyptian President ratified it in June.
In August, the ratification and all the details of the demarcation deal including PM Sharif Ismail’s official correspondences with his Israeli counterpart about the demarcation deal were published in the State's official gazette.
I could not because the Windows OS had its own drama.
It is never too late to post that disclaimer.
I keep this disclaimer on my blog till the return of Tiran and Sanafir to Egypt.
I believe as Egyptians we should speak about those two islands all the time till their return to Egypt.
From five days ago, a Sharkia criminal court sentenced 23-years old Andrew Salib from Leftist Bread and Liberty Party 5 years in jail based on charges from the current Counterterrorism law.
Salib was among the members of the leftist unofficial part that were arrested earlier this year during a crackdown on the activists opposing the Tiran and Sanafir agreement.
He was accused by the State security prosecution of “spreading lies online about the State”.
This is a first-degree court verdict that can be appealed.
If Salib loses the appeal then he will be the first Christian ever to be prosecuted by the Counterterrorism law.
It is worth to mention that this incident shows how this law will be used in matters not related to terrorism as you see !!!
Not to mention such a law did not stop terrorist attack
Back to Saudi Arabia, I am seriously worried for the future of Saudi people and the kingdom for real now more than anything.
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Watch The Campaign which most of us missed
It turned that earlier this year , there was a TV campaign about sexual harassment and it seems that very few saw because I do not recall seeing it or even reading about it.
I knew about that campaign through Jenny Montasir's short documentary “The Campaign”.
It turned out that since 2010 Cairo-base Harassment Map wanted to have a TV campaign to increase awareness about the sexual harassment epidemic.
The famous initiative had an agreement with JWT to produce a campaign but it seemed from the documentary that it did not work but eventually after years, the TV campaign saw the light.
Three TV ads were directed by award-winning director Ahmed Abdullah.
Unfortunately, I do not think that they spread as they should. As I said before, I have not seen those ads or have seen people talking about them.
I believe you should see this short documentary and share it on the social media
FYI, as the #MeToo campaign is rocking world for real, Egypt or rather to be specific Egypt’s social media realm was rocked for short time by a #MeToo scandal when girls and women spoke about famous social media influencers harassing them.
In the beginning, it was a shock because the names shared including self-claimed feminists but then the campaign went off the rail when it turned to vengeance and personal fights space.
Famous social media figures and influencers also began sharing their Twitter’s DMs messages and Facebook messenger to prove their innocence turning the whole matter into a circus.
Then came the Wahat shootout or attack on 19 October and all people got busy on the social media on something else.
Anyhow please watch this short documentary and share it as well share those three ads among your circle whether you are Egyptian or not. After all, #MeToo proved that it is a global problem.
I knew about that campaign through Jenny Montasir's short documentary “The Campaign”.
It turned out that since 2010 Cairo-base Harassment Map wanted to have a TV campaign to increase awareness about the sexual harassment epidemic.
The famous initiative had an agreement with JWT to produce a campaign but it seemed from the documentary that it did not work but eventually after years, the TV campaign saw the light.
Three TV ads were directed by award-winning director Ahmed Abdullah.
Unfortunately, I do not think that they spread as they should. As I said before, I have not seen those ads or have seen people talking about them.
I believe you should see this short documentary and share it on the social media
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| "You won't defeat my soul" by Egyptian cartoonist Doaa El-Adl |
In the beginning, it was a shock because the names shared including self-claimed feminists but then the campaign went off the rail when it turned to vengeance and personal fights space.
Famous social media figures and influencers also began sharing their Twitter’s DMs messages and Facebook messenger to prove their innocence turning the whole matter into a circus.
Then came the Wahat shootout or attack on 19 October and all people got busy on the social media on something else.
Anyhow please watch this short documentary and share it as well share those three ads among your circle whether you are Egyptian or not. After all, #MeToo proved that it is a global problem.
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Golden pocket watches at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Golden pocket watches at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria from 19th century. I think the man on the right is Khedive Said
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Egypt-Turkey flags on a golden pocket watch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
Egypt-Turkey flags painted on a-19th centry golden pocket watch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
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A Golden Trowel at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
A golden trowel made of gold presented to King Fouad I for inaugrating the Bosh village council and the Water and energy station in 1930
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A golden desk stationery set at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
A desk stationery set made of gold at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria. That set is encrusted with 166 jewels and diamonds.
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A big colored Golden pocket watch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
A big colored Golden pocket watch from 19th century at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
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And Khaled Ali is running for President in 2018
Famous Egyptian human rights lawyer Khaled Ali announced earlier Monday that he would run for the presidential office in elections 2018.
Ali announced that he would run in the upcoming elections from Egypt’s Doustor party headquarter in Giza in a very crowded press conference.
Despite his announcement that he will run in the upcoming elections, the founder of Bread and Liberty Leftist party warned that he would withdraw from the presidential race and even would call for its boycott if the regime started to mess it up “as usual and as expected”
The Presidential race has not started yet officially.
Legally and realistically speaking, the 45-year-old-widower won’t be able to run in the presidential elections if the appeals court rejected on Wednesday his appeal against the misdemeanor court’s sentence to prison him 3 months in jail in September for offending public decency over that Middle finger incident in January !!!!!
If I am not mistaken too, he may not be to run too if there is a retrial and the new court panel finds him guilty.
The father of two boys will be disqualified from running in the elections according to the Presidential elections law.
Not less 300 people attended the Press conference to the level that people stood during Ali’s announcement in outside the room as well in the Constitution Party’s HQ.
It was noticeable that very few Egyptian TV channels covering Ali’s Press conference. I noticed that only Dream TV 2 channel and Al-Hayat TV channels had microphones on the panels which suggested that they were recording the press conference.
I do not know if they aired any clips from the press conference or not.
The Pro-regime has begun already attacking Khaled Ali in the most disgusting way even before announcing his bid for elections 2018.
State-owned El-Gomhouria’s managing editor wrote a whole page attacking Khaled in the most disgusting ways on Monday.
The Pro-regime online trolls also started attacking him as well ridiculing him. They have already started spreading dirty rumors as well.
Ironically, the Pro-regime media and trolls always like to remind that Khaled Ali is not popular as Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. If so, then why they are so pissed off on Monday after declaring his decision to run for the Presidential post !?
El-Sisi already needs a rival like Khaled in the upcoming elections for more legitimate and more realistic look than the usual one-man show so the West and the rest of the world will be happy with that so-called democratic transition.
I think all people including Ali himself know very well that he has no chance to win presidential elections in Egypt against Abdel Fattah El-Sisi currently …. except maybe by a divine miracle in the size of David versus Goliath thing.
Hell, many countries including KSA and Israel as well foreign companies won’t want a man like Ali to be the President of Egypt.
The deep state in Egypt above all doesn’t want someone idealistic leftist to be in charge for God’s sake !!
But there is nothing against playing a little game with that regime giving it hard time and forcing it as well its media to answer questions about certain issues like economy for example.
This is what I believe Khaled Ali and his group are doing.
Already I believe Khaled Ali got more political experience in 2017 than in 2012 presidential elections.
Anyhow let’s wait until Wednesday and see what will happen and whether Khaled Ali will be able qualified
Ali announced that he would run in the upcoming elections from Egypt’s Doustor party headquarter in Giza in a very crowded press conference.
We will start in preparing our presidential campaign as well the drafts for our platform to discuss it with the public in order to present alternative solutions to save Egypt from that grim destiny waiting itKhaled Ali said in a speech that focused in the first half about Egypt’s current problems or disasters to be accurate.
Despite his announcement that he will run in the upcoming elections, the founder of Bread and Liberty Leftist party warned that he would withdraw from the presidential race and even would call for its boycott if the regime started to mess it up “as usual and as expected”
We are ready for these elections without any illusions about the integrity of the rival but we were and won’t be part of political or electoral farceHe made it clear also that he took the decision after long discussions with other opposition political figures and powers in the country.
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| Khaled Ali in his press conference on Monday in Giza "Reuters" |
Legally and realistically speaking, the 45-year-old-widower won’t be able to run in the presidential elections if the appeals court rejected on Wednesday his appeal against the misdemeanor court’s sentence to prison him 3 months in jail in September for offending public decency over that Middle finger incident in January !!!!!
If I am not mistaken too, he may not be to run too if there is a retrial and the new court panel finds him guilty.
The father of two boys will be disqualified from running in the elections according to the Presidential elections law.
Not less 300 people attended the Press conference to the level that people stood during Ali’s announcement in outside the room as well in the Constitution Party’s HQ.
It was noticeable that very few Egyptian TV channels covering Ali’s Press conference. I noticed that only Dream TV 2 channel and Al-Hayat TV channels had microphones on the panels which suggested that they were recording the press conference.
I do not know if they aired any clips from the press conference or not.
The Pro-regime has begun already attacking Khaled Ali in the most disgusting way even before announcing his bid for elections 2018.
State-owned El-Gomhouria’s managing editor wrote a whole page attacking Khaled in the most disgusting ways on Monday.
The Pro-regime online trolls also started attacking him as well ridiculing him. They have already started spreading dirty rumors as well.
Ironically, the Pro-regime media and trolls always like to remind that Khaled Ali is not popular as Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. If so, then why they are so pissed off on Monday after declaring his decision to run for the Presidential post !?
El-Sisi already needs a rival like Khaled in the upcoming elections for more legitimate and more realistic look than the usual one-man show so the West and the rest of the world will be happy with that so-called democratic transition.
I think all people including Ali himself know very well that he has no chance to win presidential elections in Egypt against Abdel Fattah El-Sisi currently …. except maybe by a divine miracle in the size of David versus Goliath thing.
Hell, many countries including KSA and Israel as well foreign companies won’t want a man like Ali to be the President of Egypt.
The deep state in Egypt above all doesn’t want someone idealistic leftist to be in charge for God’s sake !!
But there is nothing against playing a little game with that regime giving it hard time and forcing it as well its media to answer questions about certain issues like economy for example.
This is what I believe Khaled Ali and his group are doing.
Already I believe Khaled Ali got more political experience in 2017 than in 2012 presidential elections.
Anyhow let’s wait until Wednesday and see what will happen and whether Khaled Ali will be able qualified
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#WeNeedToTalk about Nubian Egyptians for real !!
Do you remember the Nubian Egyptian protesters who were arrested while protesting peaceful using the Duf in Aswan early September?
There were 25 protesters detained pending investigation on a number of charges, including them illegal protesting.
Now there are 24 protesters detained only because one of them passed in custody at an Aswan prison according to his family who accuses the government of neglecting his health till he died.
On Saturday, Mr. Gamal Sorror who was one of the oldest men in the group as well the head of the Nubian association in France “Association Nubienne en France” passed.
His family as well Nubian Egyptian activists say that he fell into a diabetic coma at Al-Shallal and he was not transferred on time to the hospital. His family added that he died at the jail and that the ambulance reported that.
Nubia’s representative in the Egyptian Parliament MP Yassin Abdel Sabbour stated in a statement that he released according to Tahrir news that Sorror passed away in his detention and the ambulance refused to transfer his body for two hours !!
The Egyptian security authorities deny that and say that he had a cardiac arrest at the hospital. The usual claim denying any neglect in his treatment.
Late Gamal Sorror had a French passport and he refused to inform the embassy about his detention till his death according to his lawyer Mohamed Abdel Salam who spoke with Tahrir News website.
Abdel Salam added that Sorror believed his charge was honorable one as he was protesting to claim his right in the Egyptian constitution, to return to his rightful village in old Nubia.
Part of me believes that he should have contacted the embassy.
Late Tuesday night, a group of Nubian Egyptian protesters cut the Kalabasha highway in Aswan for several hours before the security forces would disperse their protest and arrest a dozen of protesters.
According to Nuba Facebook page, there were random arrests and people who were not involved in the protests at all.
Only the Constitution Party and the Egyptian Social Democratic Party spoke about what is happening in Nubia currently in Statements.
The Egyptian mainstream media has been so far busy about the coverage of that current World Youth Forum thing, whose tagline rudely if I may say is “We need to talk”.
Well, we need to talk about Nubian Egyptians and their constitutional right to return back to their original old Nubian villages.
We need to talk about what happened to Mr. Gamal Sorror and make sure that it does not against any detainee.
Needless to say, speaking about rights of Nubian Egyptians to reclaim their land in accordance with the constitution is still a taboo.
I totally understand that some people are freaking out because the world is witnessing currently a wave of independence in places like Catalonia and Kurdistan.
But again for the zillion and one time, the Nubian Egyptians do not want any kind of independence from the Egyptian state and the Egyptian community because simply they are an origin competent of the Egyptian society and the Egyptian civilization.
We need to talk about the treatment of detainees and how they must have at least adequate Medical treatment as it is a true and original human right.
I do not know what to say except . May God bless the soul of Mr. Gamal Sorror and bring patience to his family. I hope his death won’t be in vain and that it will be a wake-up call for the Egyptian authorities and not to be stubborn.
I hope so that the Egyptian authority will be smart and won’t lose hearts and minds, as usual, leaving grudges to grow.
There were 25 protesters detained pending investigation on a number of charges, including them illegal protesting.
Now there are 24 protesters detained only because one of them passed in custody at an Aswan prison according to his family who accuses the government of neglecting his health till he died.
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| Late Gamal Sorror in Tahrir square "Facebook" |
On Saturday, Mr. Gamal Sorror who was one of the oldest men in the group as well the head of the Nubian association in France “Association Nubienne en France” passed.
His family as well Nubian Egyptian activists say that he fell into a diabetic coma at Al-Shallal and he was not transferred on time to the hospital. His family added that he died at the jail and that the ambulance reported that.
Nubia’s representative in the Egyptian Parliament MP Yassin Abdel Sabbour stated in a statement that he released according to Tahrir news that Sorror passed away in his detention and the ambulance refused to transfer his body for two hours !!
The Egyptian security authorities deny that and say that he had a cardiac arrest at the hospital. The usual claim denying any neglect in his treatment.
Late Gamal Sorror had a French passport and he refused to inform the embassy about his detention till his death according to his lawyer Mohamed Abdel Salam who spoke with Tahrir News website.
Abdel Salam added that Sorror believed his charge was honorable one as he was protesting to claim his right in the Egyptian constitution, to return to his rightful village in old Nubia.
Part of me believes that he should have contacted the embassy.
Late Tuesday night, a group of Nubian Egyptian protesters cut the Kalabasha highway in Aswan for several hours before the security forces would disperse their protest and arrest a dozen of protesters.
According to Nuba Facebook page, there were random arrests and people who were not involved in the protests at all.
Only the Constitution Party and the Egyptian Social Democratic Party spoke about what is happening in Nubia currently in Statements.
The Egyptian mainstream media has been so far busy about the coverage of that current World Youth Forum thing, whose tagline rudely if I may say is “We need to talk”.
Well, we need to talk about Nubian Egyptians and their constitutional right to return back to their original old Nubian villages.
We need to talk about what happened to Mr. Gamal Sorror and make sure that it does not against any detainee.
Needless to say, speaking about rights of Nubian Egyptians to reclaim their land in accordance with the constitution is still a taboo.
I totally understand that some people are freaking out because the world is witnessing currently a wave of independence in places like Catalonia and Kurdistan.
But again for the zillion and one time, the Nubian Egyptians do not want any kind of independence from the Egyptian state and the Egyptian community because simply they are an origin competent of the Egyptian society and the Egyptian civilization.
We need to talk about the treatment of detainees and how they must have at least adequate Medical treatment as it is a true and original human right.
I do not know what to say except . May God bless the soul of Mr. Gamal Sorror and bring patience to his family. I hope his death won’t be in vain and that it will be a wake-up call for the Egyptian authorities and not to be stubborn.
I hope so that the Egyptian authority will be smart and won’t lose hearts and minds, as usual, leaving grudges to grow.
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Seen from Above : A Cairo Skyline sunset
Seen from above: An overview of Cairo skyline in the sunset with no filters once upon a time from Cairo tower. Cairo can seem to be very big as well small from what was once the longest building in Africa !!
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He Did Not Need to Blink Twice : What happened to Mr. Hariri !!??
I can’t ignore what is happening in Lebanon or Saudi Arabia because after all, it echoes in Cairo in a way or another.
For the first time since his televised resignation from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon’s Prime minister Saad El-Hariri appeared on TV in a very awkward on-air interview Sunday evening denying that he was under house arrest repeating that he would return home, to resign officially in accordance with the Lebanese constitution.
The Lebanese PM appeared with veteran Lebanese TV host Paula Yacoubian on his own TV network “Future TV” from his house reportedly in Riyadh insisting that he could return back home at any time he wanted.He repeated that he created a “Positive shock” in his country with resignation.
It was all about Hezbollah and its relation to Iran which mediates in the Arab world and imposes a danger to the Gulf.
He also spoke about his fear about that Lebanon would face economic sanctions just like Yemen.
This gives me an impression that he may be there negotiating about the future of his country. God only knows.
El-Hariri wanted Hezbollah to stop his relations with Iran and to stick to politics in Lebanon, the same old demand.
Saad El-Hariri appeared shaken and was on the verge of crying in one instance forcing Yacoubian to go on a commercial break before returning.
His weakness was shown to the viewers as Paula Yacoubian seemed stronger with her questions insisting to get answers. He was there and not there.
Whatever happened to him, God as well Saudi officials only know !!
The self-resigned PM seemed to contradict himself to me as he claimed to be ready to sacrifice himself to Lebanon whereas he said that he got his only family referring indirectly to a possible assassination attempt.
When he resigned, he claimed that it was there was a threat to his own life.
That claim was denied later by Lebanese security.
The Lebanese-Saudi PM says that Iran mediates in the Lebanese affairs while denying that Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Lebanese internal affairs !!
The epic moment came by the end when suddenly we saw a man holding something like a paper or cue card standing behind Paula and the Lebanese prime minister was looking to his direction in alarm.
It also came after statements of foreign officials above them France’s foreign ministry !!
Back in Cairo, I think Abdel Fattah El-Sisi does not like or approve that escalation against Hezbollah or Iran in Lebanon because it makes things hard for him in Syria.
It is not a big secret that the current Egyptian administration is playing a role in the Syrian crisis by supporting the so-called peaceful political solution hosting from time to time talks with the so-called “Moderate political opposition”.
Sisi says that he is with the National state aka al-Assad's government and National army “which actually killed thousands and thousands of Syrian civilians”. It is not a big secret either that the Syrian Arab army depends mainly on Shia militias from Hezbollah, Iran as well Afghanistan. El-Assad is backed by Iran and Hezbollah and I guess this explains many things I want to say but tired to say honestly.
That escalation puts El-Sisi in a hard position as you can see. Time will only tell if he will choose between Saudi Arabia or al-Assad's regime and his allies.
Interestingly, MBS is turned from that Young prince that would change the Middle East with his future Metropolis NEMO for better to that hunger power monarch who imprisoned not only his elder cousins but also another country’s Prime minister pushing a whole unrested region to the unknown for real.
PR campaigns fail with dictatorships, nobody wants to understand this universal fact especially in our miserable part of the world.
MBS and MBZ too are the best gift for Iran for real without a doubt.
For the first time since his televised resignation from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon’s Prime minister Saad El-Hariri appeared on TV in a very awkward on-air interview Sunday evening denying that he was under house arrest repeating that he would return home, to resign officially in accordance with the Lebanese constitution.
It was all about Hezbollah and its relation to Iran which mediates in the Arab world and imposes a danger to the Gulf.
He also spoke about his fear about that Lebanon would face economic sanctions just like Yemen.
This gives me an impression that he may be there negotiating about the future of his country. God only knows.
It is worth to mention Saudi Arabia called for an urgent meeting for Arab foreign ministers at League of Arab States in Cairo over Iran.
Will Saudi Arabia call for sanctions on Lebanon because of Hezbollah? We will know in few days I guess.El-Hariri wanted Hezbollah to stop his relations with Iran and to stick to politics in Lebanon, the same old demand.
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| Self-resigned Lebanese Prime Minister Saad El-Hariri |
His weakness was shown to the viewers as Paula Yacoubian seemed stronger with her questions insisting to get answers. He was there and not there.
Whatever happened to him, God as well Saudi officials only know !!
The self-resigned PM seemed to contradict himself to me as he claimed to be ready to sacrifice himself to Lebanon whereas he said that he got his only family referring indirectly to a possible assassination attempt.
When he resigned, he claimed that it was there was a threat to his own life.
That claim was denied later by Lebanese security.
The Lebanese-Saudi PM says that Iran mediates in the Lebanese affairs while denying that Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Lebanese internal affairs !!
The epic moment came by the end when suddenly we saw a man holding something like a paper or cue card standing behind Paula and the Lebanese prime minister was looking to his direction in alarm.
It is worth to mention that this interview came after a series of news reports in Washington Post, Reuters, and Bloomberg indicating that the El-Hariri is under house arrest in the Kingdom.#تحت_الضغط#سعد_الحريري#ما_هذا— Sireen Batrouni (@SireenBatrouni1) November 12, 2017
ظهور شخص يحمل ورقة وقلم، بالكادر في مقابلة الحريري، والحريري ينظر اليه بريبة pic.twitter.com/rt2HJNuQvc
It also came after statements of foreign officials above them France’s foreign ministry !!
Back in Cairo, I think Abdel Fattah El-Sisi does not like or approve that escalation against Hezbollah or Iran in Lebanon because it makes things hard for him in Syria.
It is not a big secret that the current Egyptian administration is playing a role in the Syrian crisis by supporting the so-called peaceful political solution hosting from time to time talks with the so-called “Moderate political opposition”.
Sisi says that he is with the National state aka al-Assad's government and National army “which actually killed thousands and thousands of Syrian civilians”. It is not a big secret either that the Syrian Arab army depends mainly on Shia militias from Hezbollah, Iran as well Afghanistan. El-Assad is backed by Iran and Hezbollah and I guess this explains many things I want to say but tired to say honestly.
That escalation puts El-Sisi in a hard position as you can see. Time will only tell if he will choose between Saudi Arabia or al-Assad's regime and his allies.
Interestingly, MBS is turned from that Young prince that would change the Middle East with his future Metropolis NEMO for better to that hunger power monarch who imprisoned not only his elder cousins but also another country’s Prime minister pushing a whole unrested region to the unknown for real.
PR campaigns fail with dictatorships, nobody wants to understand this universal fact especially in our miserable part of the world.
MBS and MBZ too are the best gift for Iran for real without a doubt.
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El-Adly of Arabia
Do you remember how Egyptians wondered and asked where the hell their former long-time notorious Mubarak’s interior minister Habib El-Adly had gone?
Do you remember how his lawyer Fareed El-Deeb insisted that he would appear in court in time of court all those months? Do you remember who his wife, the veteran journalist Elham Sharshar claiming how she did not know his whereabouts in front of prosecution?
All those months many Egyptians included myself thought that the infamous ex-interior minister Habib El-Adly escaped abroad. Some websites claimed that he went to UAE just like other Mubarak’s businessmen.
The man made a comeback from a couple of months ago when Saudi Arabia declared that it founded a new security apparatus in July: The State security.
The name brought to Egyptians many memories yet it was interesting to see in September famous Saudi Whistleblowing twitter accounts like “@Mujtahid”, “@Ahdjadid"” and “@Coluche_ar” speaking about him
Saudi Whistleblowing twitter account “Mujtahid” said on 16 September that Prince Mohamed Bin Salman aka MBS had a plan to “Westernize” and “Zion-ize” the Saudi Kingdom and for that the Kingdom hired “600 State security Egyptian officers” to have “a full control on the Kingdom” in addition to military officers and pilots as well diplomats.
Nobody confirmed or denied what those famous whistleblowers claimed and sooner a crackdown campaign against Islamists and religious clerics had begun leaving nobody from extremists to moderates yet who were not on board with MBS.
The name returned again as the crackdown against princes and businessmen had begun in early November.
On Tuesday, NY Times published a report about the latest adventures of Prince MBS written by Ben Hubbard and David Kirkpatrick and according to that report, Habib El-Adly is among the current advisors of the KSA’s youngest defacto ruler. The report also spoke about how “17 people detained in the anti-corruption campaign {aka The Ritz Carlton} required medical treatment for abuse by their captors” which means there were tortured.
The reported referred to how El-Adly was involved in torture cases in Egypt. You can draw a conclusion from there that El-Adly could be behind the torture and abuse of 17 men.
Habib El-Adly’s attorney Farid El-Deeb denied that his client was in Saudi Arabia insisting that he will show up next January during the appeal of his corruption case.
Following the spread of NY Times’ report, Mrs. El-Adly denied that her husband was not in Saudi Arabia in a media statement.
At the same time, Elham Sharshar claimed that she did not know where Habib El-Adly was at the same time.
Do not dare to ask how she knew that he was not the KSA while insisting that she did not know his whereabouts.
Now here are my two cents about El-Adly and MBS.
I do not think the despots in that sad part of the world learn from despots’ mistakes. Hosni Mubarak and Gamal Mubarak counted on Habib El-Adly’s iron fist to control Egypt and after all those years a revolution took place eventually.
I fear that El-Adly’s work in Saudi Arabia will be the biggest threat to the kingdom and its own existence.
There is no hope for real progressive any kind of change when you have that sort of officials in power.
Egypt can officially ask Saudi Arabia to extradite El-Adly from Saudi Arabia if he is there. “Yes, he is”
Do you remember how his lawyer Fareed El-Deeb insisted that he would appear in court in time of court all those months? Do you remember who his wife, the veteran journalist Elham Sharshar claiming how she did not know his whereabouts in front of prosecution?
All those months many Egyptians included myself thought that the infamous ex-interior minister Habib El-Adly escaped abroad. Some websites claimed that he went to UAE just like other Mubarak’s businessmen.
The man made a comeback from a couple of months ago when Saudi Arabia declared that it founded a new security apparatus in July: The State security.
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| A file photo fo Habib El-Adly during his trial "Reuters" I overlayed a green layer as we are speaking about Saudis |
Saudi Whistleblowing twitter account “Mujtahid” said on 16 September that Prince Mohamed Bin Salman aka MBS had a plan to “Westernize” and “Zion-ize” the Saudi Kingdom and for that the Kingdom hired “600 State security Egyptian officers” to have “a full control on the Kingdom” in addition to military officers and pilots as well diplomats.
Then on 18 September, “@Ahdjadid” claimed that Habib El-Adly, the infamous former minister of interior of Egypt was among those officers hired to work in the Kingdom's new founded “State security”.وكان نصيب السعودية 600 ضابط مصري من أمن الدولة إضافة لضباط في الجيش وطيارين ودبلوماسيين يبدأون الآن مرادفين مقدمة لاستلام المسؤولية— مجتهد (@mujtahidd) September 16, 2017
تسريب مهم— العهد الجديد (@Ahdjadid) September 18, 2017
أكدت مصادرنا أن حبيب العادلي (الشبيح ووزير الداخلية المصري السابق) هو أحد الذين استقدمتهم السعودية للعمل لديها في جهاز أمن الدولة.
Nobody confirmed or denied what those famous whistleblowers claimed and sooner a crackdown campaign against Islamists and religious clerics had begun leaving nobody from extremists to moderates yet who were not on board with MBS.
The name returned again as the crackdown against princes and businessmen had begun in early November.
On Tuesday, NY Times published a report about the latest adventures of Prince MBS written by Ben Hubbard and David Kirkpatrick and according to that report, Habib El-Adly is among the current advisors of the KSA’s youngest defacto ruler. The report also spoke about how “17 people detained in the anti-corruption campaign {aka The Ritz Carlton} required medical treatment for abuse by their captors” which means there were tortured.
The reported referred to how El-Adly was involved in torture cases in Egypt. You can draw a conclusion from there that El-Adly could be behind the torture and abuse of 17 men.
Habib El-Adly’s attorney Farid El-Deeb denied that his client was in Saudi Arabia insisting that he will show up next January during the appeal of his corruption case.
Following the spread of NY Times’ report, Mrs. El-Adly denied that her husband was not in Saudi Arabia in a media statement.
At the same time, Elham Sharshar claimed that she did not know where Habib El-Adly was at the same time.
Do not dare to ask how she knew that he was not the KSA while insisting that she did not know his whereabouts.
Now here are my two cents about El-Adly and MBS.
I do not think the despots in that sad part of the world learn from despots’ mistakes. Hosni Mubarak and Gamal Mubarak counted on Habib El-Adly’s iron fist to control Egypt and after all those years a revolution took place eventually.
I fear that El-Adly’s work in Saudi Arabia will be the biggest threat to the kingdom and its own existence.
There is no hope for real progressive any kind of change when you have that sort of officials in power.
Egypt can officially ask Saudi Arabia to extradite El-Adly from Saudi Arabia if he is there. “Yes, he is”
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