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And Egypt got its first veiled news anchor

September 2, 2012, 4:34 am
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Fatima Nabil has entered the history of Egyptian Television as the first veiled news anchor.
Fatima Nabil "by Hany Rasmy"
Nabil is the first among 3 veiled news anchors that will appear in Ch.1 and Nile News of Egyptian TV starting from today. 
If I am not mistaken Fatima Nabil’s co-news anchor today was a Christian.
Nabil and her co-anchor "by Hany Rasmy"
Contrary to what you think , Nabil is not the first veiled woman to appear as an anchor or a host on Egyptian TV. Kariman Hamza , the famous religious programs TV host was the first during the time of Mubarak. Of course she had to leave the TV from two decades if I remember right.


Last decade several TV hosts and news anchors who wore the veil demanded that they would return back to the screen but their request was rejected and they had to go to the courts. Already two of the veiled News anchors going to appear on screen this week got court order.
In March 2011 the Egyptian TV allowed veiled TV hosts to present TV shows mostly about family and social affairs.
Human rights activists work years for this to happen. This is just a step. Of course as this happens during the era of a President that comes from Muslim brotherhood some people fear that this is another step of the so-called “Brotherhoodization” of the society. Well those people must realize that 80% of the Muslim women in Egypt are veiled and that banning veiled ladies from working in their own National TV as TV anchors is actually a discrimination. Those people must know that there was an old court order since the days of Mubarak that enforces the veiled TV hosts’ rights to go back on air.
We will speak if the new masters of Maspero discriminate the Non-veiled TV hosts and refuse to appoint them , other than that I think there are much important issues we should focus on like the constitution , what the hell is going in Sinai , the IMF loan and the future parliamentary elections.
Now I will believe that the Egyptian TV represents truly the Egyptian society when I see a Black lady from Nubia or a Christian lady wearing a cross reading the news like Fatima. TV plays an important role in ending racism and prejudice in the society .
Anyhow the problem about Maspero is not about what the TV host wears or does not wear more about the mindset that needs to liberated from the regime and state’s control in order to be the people’s TV for real.
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RIP General El Gohary

September 3, 2012, 2:58 am
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Here is a General whom everybody in my generation loves and remembers and yet he was not an army general but rather a football general.

Legendary football coach Mahmoud El Gohary has passed away earlier this morning in Jordan. The 74 years old coach already suffered from brain stroke and died clinically from two days ago but as a Muslim he was left on the machines till it was over.
May Allah bless your soul captain El Gohary as you brought happiness to millions of Egyptians. 
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Shall the British ambassador be summoned over this !??

September 3, 2012, 2:57 pm
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BBC Arabic produced a very important documentary called “Egypt’s stolen billion” about Mubarak’s assets in the UK and it is much watch now in this very critical time. According to this important documentary we are waiting for , Britain allowed 19 key members of Mubarak’s corrupted regime to retain some of their frozen assets !! These assets that will take us years to restore back. 
Reda El Maway “@Olivertwixx” produced this important documentary in cooperation with The Guardian and Al Hayat Newspapers. I am waiting this documentary so much as it will include the first exclusive interview with Suzanne Mubarak’s enigmatic friend Alyaa El Bendary. El Bendary is Suzanne’s friend who lives in Switzerland , her name is always mentioned in Egypt when we speak about Mubarak’s assets abroad.
The documentary “Egypt's Stolen Billion” will be aired tonight on BBC Arabic at 9 PM CLT in Arabic as well on on BBC2's Newsnight
I think we need an official explanation from the British government for its role in this scandal.
I was planning to write about the new Satanic mania in El Sakkia but I think this is more important.

Update : 

And I have seen the documentary , oh boy this is one of these documentaries you need to watch again so you would not miss a single piece of info in this documentary but luckily I kept notes of what is important.
  • According to International Bank what was stolen from Egypt in the last 30 years rule of Mubarak is estimated to be more than $ 135 billions including $54 billions in the last 8 years only. " And we are begging for couple of billions from the IMF now !!" 
  • For some unknown reason the UK did not help Egypt in restoring its assets unlike Libya or or Tunisia or even Syria when I remember now. 
  • We found out that the wife of Ahmed Maghraby who is convicted and currently in jail opened some company in UK for design when her assets should be frozen. 
  • The current governor of central bank , public prosecutor and Ismail Serg El Din know more about our assets abroad than we think. 
  • Aliyaa El Bandary who denied last year to know the Mubarak s spoke to the BBC crew and admitted that she worked with Suzanne Mubarak in that shady Suzanne Mubarak for peace organization. The lady who lives with her poodles claimed that she could not complete the interview in Arabic insisting that she did not work in fundraising. 
  • UBS refused to speak to the BBC crew. 
My own explanation on how the British government acts , well of course last year the official Egyptian party was busy in God knows what but for the British party let's say UK does not want to lose its position as safe heaven when it comes to dictators and corrupted's assets. This documentary is the tip of the ice berg. 
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The Quote of the Day : MB Vs. MB

September 4, 2012, 3:39 pm
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Ayman El Sayyad :
Does the "Muslim brotherhood" work against the "Muslim brotherhood" ?? a question I do not want anyone to ask for its explanation.
Unfortunately I want to ask him about what he meant because I got too many thoughts about this quote.
Does dear Mr. El Sayyad notice that there is something of spilt in the brotherhood and a single branch began to work against another branch ?? The throne got its own power.
Does dear Mr. El Sayyad mean that the MB is united unlike the Non Islamist forces and parties that work against each other ??
Ayman El Sayyad is President Morsi’s adviser and a journalist. The best political categorization for him is an Egyptian who cares for his country and future. He is known for his balanced unbiased pro-revolutionary opinion.
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Metal , Satanism , El Sawy Déjà Vu we are back in 1996

September 4, 2012, 3:37 pm
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You may have heard that the lawyer of Freedom and Justice Party “FJP” Ismail El Weshahy reported the famous El Sawy Culture wheel center to the ministry of interior for hosting satanic rituals and bands in Egypt !!
Those Satanic bands in Egypt are actually Metal music bands !!!! Yes 1996 déjà vu once again !!
El Weshahy claimed that he was not acting as FJP lawyer but rather he was representing two clients who were shocked to find Satanists at El Sawy Culture center last Friday wearing black T-shirts with Satanic symbols as Satanic accessories and were doing some Satanic rituals !! Oh and they were wearing those black bracelets that are actually are worn in concerts in different colors worldwide !! El Weshahy represented over 100 photos and videos from the concert to prove his case to the prosecution office.
Yes last weekend the Culture Wheel hosted metal and hard rock Egyptian bands on Thursday and Friday where hundreds of metal and rock fans went to see their favorite bands wearing black shirts with stupid symbols and did their own head banging. It is not the first time or last time
Here is a video shot on Thursday showing one of the bands “Origin” playing on stage mixing metal with folklore and Tanora dance. They were wearing black Galabiyas too. "I wish to hear that track using this mix"
It is ironic and completely hilarious for one main reasons;  Among the private cultural centers in Egypt , El Sawy wheel center is considered a conservative one . You are not allowed to smoke , films and plays are censored. In 2011 there was that photography competition and one of the photos was excluded because it would harm the Islamists feeling. It was a photo of 6 years old girl wearing a veil while lifting up her dress in some beach. The photo was so beautiful showing the innocence of a tiny girl yet the Center found it could be offensive.


Already Al Sawy issued a statement yesterday defending itself and denying hosting any Satanic activity from any kind since opening its doors in Zamalek under the 15th May Bridge in 2003. The statement is already a typical religious conservative one quoting from the Holy Quran in the end !!
It is ironic and completely hilarious when I remember how its founder Mohamed El Sawy was rejected by intellectuals in Egypt when he was appointed as the minister of culture in the ill fated Ahmed Shafik cabinet right after the revolution. He was rejected because he was considered a conservative man who censors arts for God sake !! 
After the revolution El Sawy co-founded a party called “Al Hadara” that is regarded a moderate Islamist party and that party was a member of the Democratic alliance for Egypt electoral coalition in the parliamentary election in 2011. That coalition is headed by the Muslim brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party. El Sawy is already regarded in Egyptian politics as too close to the MB and yet his center is accused of organized Satanic events !!!
Ironically Mohamed El Sawy used to organized the rock and metal bands concerts and events in Egypt in mid 1990s through Allamia company if you remember that case. Oh yes in the infamous 1996 his name along with Hala Hashish and Osama Kamel were mentioned. Also did you know that the journalist who got that amazing scoop about the Satanists in Egypt and their secrets was non other than Abdullah Kamal , yes the legendary @abkamal of Gamal Mubarak and Shafik
The confessions of Satanists in Fax
By Abdullah Kamal  Kamal
By the way in 1996 none of those boys and girls arrested by State security were found guilty or even convicted , they did not even stand a trial thanks to the lack of evidence. Those boys and girls were accused of Satanism , disrespect of religions, possession of drugs to the end of that list. When I look to this case and it is time frame , I know that the world had this Satanism/Black metal/ death metal phenomena but of course in 1996 and judging from how the media used it by the orders of State security, I wonder what was taking place politically that needed that huge media circus. Of course I will not deny that there were crazy kids then but many families suffered from defame because of it.
Anyhow back to 2012
In order not to lose a good political ally , Freedom and Justice Party distanced itself from its lawyer and his complain and its acting leader Essam El Arian stated that he respected El Sawy so so so much.
Now the Metal heads in Egypt are defending themselves , they had enough from accusations in the media every time the regime or whoever needs attention diversion from whatever happening in the country.
Here is Ehab Khaled Fawzi , a member in a metal band “I think Origin” speaking in a short clip in his YouTube Channel to the public defending himself and metal youth.
Ehab Fawzi :
A word from one of the Satanists in Egypt ,  I prayed at Zamalek Mosque Al Maghreb prayer before heading to stage wearing a galabiya.Why do not you go after thugs and criminals instead of us !? Stop that 1990s actions.
Fawzi accuses that lawyer of being attention seeker.
This is also Wael Osama , who is another active Metal band member in Egypt.His band is called “Enraged”
Osama :
We need to correct some concepts in the public perception. The accusation involves ignorance and generalization. I defy anyone to find a single Egyptian metal song that glorifies the devil and if there is one , it will not represent the people who listen to metal song in Egypt.
Osama spoke wonderfully and reasonably about the metal music. I spoke to him yesterday and the young man is concerned about the reactions of the radicals in Egypt after these allegations . By the way Osama is the man behind "Batman president for Egypt"
I feel for those young men so much , they had enough for real.
By the way there will be another Metal concert at El Sawy center at 20:00 CLT for a band called Varden.
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We continue to amaze the world even with our false news !!

September 5, 2012, 2:00 pm
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This so-called news was published in Youm 7
The employees of Egyptian intelligence protested today demanding the return of General Mourad Mawfi as the head of the GIS threatening to have a sit in at the intelligence HQ till his return !!
This news was not published in any other place and actually it is too crazy to be believed , this is the Egyptian intelligence not Khedive Abbas’ mother’s orphanage !! Now speaking logically anyone knows the GIS very well , he will definitely understand that this crap. We are speaking about a professional intelligence agency.
Also for the record Mawfi is considered an outsider , he is originally from the army. He used to be head of the military intelligence then the governor of Sinai before appointed as the head of the GIS after the revolution and appointing Omar Soliman as a vice president.
The current acting head of the Egyptian intelligence Mohamed Shehata is considered from the children of the agency.
Moving back to the news that made tweeps laugh and they have to , it is published in Youm 7 which its creditability is always in question !! Amazingly its editor in chief , the miracle boy of Egyptian journalism Khaled Salah has been appointed in the Supreme Press council by the MB dominated Shura council !!! May be he will be specialized in issuing tabloids after all.
By the way tabloids report that Mawfi wanted to travel to UAE “it is always UAE” to work there “Really !!” but authorities in Cairo rejected his request!! He can not go according to the law.
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Clever Move to win the army dear Morsi

September 5, 2012, 4:52 pm
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Yesterday it was announced that President Morsi decided to give Major General Galal Haridy to a General as honorary promotion as the last living founding father of an Egyptian army forces.Galal Haridy is considered the Godfather of Egyptian commandos forces aka Thunderbolt

I am already surprised that Haridy has not been promoted to General after all those decades and popularity among the Special forces officers. At least I knew he was alive , most of the people thought that he was dead. Haridy is of course happy and thanks God that after 45 years he is being promoted by the first elected president in a short interview to Ahram Al Araby. He spoke about being in jail unfairly. The 45 years include Mubarak and Sadat !!? Anyhow I have to go back and read this era carefully. I forgot a lot in the past 18 months.

There is rumor that late General Saad El Shazly will be promoted as field marshal too. Morsi is trying to win the army and the people in one shot.

Now as usual most of the Egyptian websites and newspapers could not find a decent picture for the founder of Egyptian Thunder special forces thus they found it accepted to steal a recent photo for him and to crop without any mention to its owner.

That photo is for him in 2009 with one of the Commandos officers of legendary 39 unit “ I remember that some of the veteran officers of that unit joined the protesters in Tahrir square in February 2011, I can not forget it” that was posted last month in a Fan Page for Egyptian thunderbolt forces.That photo was cropped and distorted as usual. 

By the way I wonder if Morsi is going to honor Khaled Mohi El Din who is considered the last living free officer living who paid a huge price for supporting democracy in 1954. Khaled was not honored in 2002 , in the Golden jubilee of the 1952 revolution because as a veteran leftist he was from Mubarak opponents.

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Documentaries Time : Egypt's Stolen Billions

September 6, 2012, 12:43 pm
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#Syria : 4 Ladies , the #Strikers4Syria At #LAS “Part 1”

September 7, 2012, 1:55 pm
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There are 4 Syrian ladies now who are on hunger strike for three days now in Cairo at the League of Arab states HQ for 4 days now

Those 4 Syrian ladies are : Louisa Abdel Karim, Lina El Tibi  Rola El-Khash and Salma El Gazerialy who represent different Syrian sects as well areas. Louisa is from Damascus while Rola is from Hama.

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Those ladies got important crucial demands from LAS and from Cairo according to statement they got :

  1. To stop the Russian Chinese and Iranian military ships carrying arms to El Assad from passing in Suez Canal.
  2. To settle down the Syrian Refugees in Egypt and not to deport them.
  3. To stop massacres for real in Syria

The idea of that strike came after a series of similar sit ins by Syrian activists “Mostly artists” in Paris and other European capital as well in Jordan.

When I went on Thursday those fantastic 4 were waiting Syrian Cairo based actress Wafaa Salem to join them. They welcome anyone to join them and I think we got enough activists and supporters to stand with Syrian Cause in Egypt. This is much important than protesting at the Syrian embassy and having clashes with security forces.

Here is Louisa Abdel Karim speaking about sectarianism and revolution as well the Syria she wants and dreams of : A civilian Syria based on Freedom , dignity and Social Justice.

Louisa Abdel Karim

I spoke with the amazing Louisa twice and got so many quotes from that the world should read and hear in order to know what the Syrians say and think.

Louisa is Alwite yet contrary to the wide perception about this minority she is with the revolution since day one and refuses any fears about sectarianism talk. She is also an artist who presented a play about the Syrian revolution in Cairo. She left Syria and headed to Cairo as she is being wanted by El Assad. Her family is spilt between Damascus “El Sham” and Latakia , she can not speak to them regularly for fear they would be traced

About the fear from Sectarianism

I am not afraid from sectarianism because as a nation we got too many DSC04071sects and ethnics “over 70s” and we lived all that time together, I can not deny that there are radicals in every sect but we can not generalize our judgment based on this or that. The generalization is a problem of its own

Already I used to protest in Damascus among Sunni ladies while being covered as many ladies used to so while they are not covered in order to be stalked by security forces.

There are Alwite officers who defected from the regime’s army and is working in the relief of the people in different areas.

About the concerns of Jihadists

Not a danger as you think , already how many they are ?? 200 , 300 Jihadists they will not change Syrians or Syria. I am not afraid from them.

About those Syrian artists still supporting the regime

They have no excuse now , I fled the country and others like Fadwa Soliman and Rima Fleihan to spread the message abroad. If they are afraid on their families and money , they can transfer them abroad to safety.They are afraid on their interests and believe that they are doing to El Assad regime a favor.

This part one of my amazing meeting with these ladies who need the support of Egyptian activists and people.

#Strikers4Syria

Update : Louisa is now sick at Tahrir square.

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The matter is beyond a cute military spokesperson I am afraid

September 8, 2012, 5:18 am
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Today the Egyptian armed forces held a presser to discuss the latest development regarding its historical military campaign in Sinai where we were introduced for the first time to the first Egyptian army spokesperson Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Ali. Sadly enough the only new thing we know from that we got a new official army spokesperson who is cute and admired by girls online !!

It is a blank statement about Sinai and what is happening there. Any journalist who went there in the past weeks ago knows what I am speaking about.

Already Colonel Ali did not answer important questions in his presser : Who and why

He did not tell us WHO killed our soldiers last month in cold blood. He did not tell us WHY our soldiers were killed last month in cold blood.

All what we know aside that the army got a spokesperson now that the army changed the name of that historical mirage operation from the name “Eagle” to “Sinai”and that stage two of that operation Sinai will start at Egypt’s mount Doom “LOTR fans will relate” aka mount Halal to get those unknown militants !!Ah and we know that the army does not confront the though with weapon but rather with though and that’s why they sent bunch of Egypt’s Ultra conservative Salafist sheikhs like Abdel Rahim El Shahat to Sinai to speak with the Salafist Jihadists there !!

Having a spokesperson does not mean there is a real change when it comes to the relation between the army and the media or the public. There is no change as long as there is no transparency and “that talk is off the record”. 

May God bless the souls of our soldiers ,they do not deserve this.

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#Syria : 4 Ladies , the #Strikers4Syria At #LAS “Part 2”

September 9, 2012, 5:22 am
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Here is the second part of my posts about those 4 Syrian ladies who continue in their hunger strike for the 5th day in row amazingly. Louisa did not change her clothes up till now since I had met her on Wednesday.
The second lady I spoke with is friendly sweet amazing Mrs. Salma El Gazayerli. Mrs. Salma is not an activist but rather a Syrian lady who left her country from more than 40 years. Mrs. El Gazayerli settled down in Egypt after marrying an Egyptian businessman from 22 years ago. She joined the Egyptian revolution and headed to Tahrir square when her husband was worried from it, she went to Tahrir square and wished that something like that would happen back home. Her wish came true after all.
When the protests started at the Syrian embassy , I began to head there ; DSC04076at first I stood away but every time I went there , I came closer to other Syrians in Egypt whom I have not had any contact before as we used to fear each other in Diaspora. Hafez El Assad made us mistrust each other. Since the start of the revolution , I felt for the first time I have got a country and I want to return it back. Insh Allah I will return back as soon as we get rid of El Assad even  if it were on foot.
Despite living all those years abroad , the Shami accent of Mrs. El Gazayerli did not change , she says that she kept to hold that part of her nation all those years.
The third lady I spoke with Mrs. Rola El Khash , the Syrian activist who came from UAE to Cairo in order to participate in the strike. The UAE does not allow foreigners to have protests or any political activities , thus she came her.
Mrs. El Khash is actually from Hama , from the famous historical city of Masayaf. Her family is famous and big one there with many intellectuals and poets. Rola is a writer and activist. She is related to
Now Rola told me that her city is considered a diversified society made of several religious minorities along with Sunni. Unlike other areas in Hama , there were no offensives against it but there has been huge detention campaign against the youth there for month because their refusal to join El Assad’s Syrian Arab army and their support to the revolution. Here is a Pro Revolutionary FB page from Masayaf.
Rola had a message to Syrian mothers back home : Please do not send your boys to El Assad army to kill their own brothers.

Unfortunately I was not able to interview Poetess Lina El Tibi as she was talking to others when I was there last Thursday.
You must know that the Strike began to attract other Syrian ladies and activists in Cairo including Cairo based Syrian actress Wafaa Salem. These ladies need support and they need more media exposure to their noble cause for God sake.
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#Ultras agony : Let’s pray it ends peacefully

September 9, 2012, 5:21 am
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The 74 martyrs of Port Said massacre
Millions of Egypt now are praying that the day passes peacefully and some kind of intervention “preferably a divine or even a presidential one” to save the day literally by cancelling the football match between Ahly and ENPI.
The Ultras groups are threatening to storm “actually they are going to storm” the Super Cup march between Ahly and ENPI football clubs at Borg Al Arab stadium “operated by the army” later today to protest the lack of progress when it comes to the prosecuting those responsible for the Port Said Massacre. “1/2/2012”
Since last Wednesday the Ultras Ahly groups have been protesting against the Egyptian Football federation and the game and nobody cared for them.
The Ultras’ groups I am speaking about mainly are Ultras Ahlawy 07 and Ultras red devils that gave orders to its members in 5 governorates in Delta and Great Cairo to mobilize to Borg El Arab “near Alexandria” in a statement with strong words “This game will not be held except over our dead bodies” but had to cancel this plan earlier this Moring as they realized that “It is not a football game , the ministry of interior wants a civil war”. According to leaks from Borg El Arab area which is outside Alexandria and got a Bedouin tribal population , the head of Alexandria’s security directorate Police general Khaled Ghorba ‘The infamous Ghorba who got bad human rights records since April 6 2008 strike” is spreading rumors among the tribes that the Ultras groups are going to attack them and they have to stand against them. The tribes in these areas are highly armed and this is so Port Said Déjà Vu.
I do not know if they are going to be able to stop this mobilization or not , some sources say that not less than 5000 Ultras members are already there. The buses from Alexandria refused to transport the Ultras members and yet they are insist to go on foot !!!
By Karim Diab

Things are getting serious especially that we got a leaked interview with some Ultras member and some Bedouin from Borg El Arab who reveals that the ministry of interior told the tribes to attack the Ultras groups as soon as the Ultras start clashing with security of interior. It is horrifying to imagine to the lowest level the ministry of interior has reached.

Earlier today we find a statement spread by news website “Mojaz” allegedly released by members of Arab tribes of the North Coast declaring their refusal to the football game and their support to Ultras demands.
The Statement
It is no longer a sports issue as April 6th Youth Movement announced its support to the demands of the Ultras and had a protest in front of the Presidential palace demanding the President to interfere and to cancel the bloody game. Revolutionary Socialists also announced their full solidarity to the Ultras’ stance and demands.  The Constitution Party also announced their support to the Ultras demand.
President’s adviser Ayman El Sayyad has declared that he is totally against the game and demanded its cancellation , many public figures are with him but no one is listening.
The Egyptian Football federation is full of cronies and corrupted bastards who should be purged. Ultras groups, those kids that some mock and consider as crazy kids want to fight this corruption indeed. Of course the Sports media in Egypt declared war on Ultras and ironically the Freedom and Justice newspaper published by the FJP and the MB joined that war and attacked Ultras groups terribly.
Of course after receiving huge criticism the Muslim brotherhood heavy weighted leaders began to speak against their newspaper , we got the Khairat El Shater himself criticizing the journalists of the FJP newspaper for not knowing the truth about Ultras’ stance and asking its editor in chief to apologize.
Too late unfortunately I support the ULTRAS’ demands because honestly I am tired of treating martyrs in Egypt like chicken. Anas, Omar and Karim are not chicken for God sake.
I am holding my breath already. Hopefully today will end peacefully. I do not want another 74 to be killed
To the ministry of interior I dedicate this song

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#FreeHamhashri : Free our doctor plz

September 10, 2012, 6:02 am
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El Hamhashri
Egyptian doctor Mohamed El Hamhashri has been detained in Lebanon by Lebanese authorities yesterday as soon as he arrived at Rafik El Hariri airport after his arrival from London. El Hamhashri was in his way to refugees camps on the Syrian Lebanese borders. Some activists say that he will face a military trial , it is very disturbing by all measures.
Al Mannar channel "Owned by Hezbollah" claimed that Dr. El Hamhashri was arrested along with two Syrian ladies after the Lebanese customs found with them Satellite transmission devices used for live televised broadcast. The channel also added that the two Syrian ladies intended to smuggled these devices to Syria !!
According to El Hamhashri's friends online , he was arrested after it was found that he brought some sort of a device that strengthens the internet signals to Lebanon along with two Syrian doctors. It seems that this device is not allowed in Lebanon and that's why El Hamhashri is being arrested. Of course I am concerned about the news of   that military trial , it seems that we have to fight military trials for civilians in Egypt and Lebanon at the same time.
El Hamhashri is neurological and psychiatric disorders doctor and he is working in the psychiatric hospital in Heliopolis , Cairo besides his work in the Arab Medical union , which is one of the biggest relief organizations operating under the umbrella of LAS regionally. His family already contacted Dr. Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotouh, the former Presidential candidate and politician who heads the Medical union asking for his help. Of course Abu El Fotouh called the Egyptian ambassador who promised him that El Hamhashri will be fine.
Abu El Fotouh and the Arab Medical union issued a statement condemning the arrest of El Hamhashri and demanding his immediate release.
Some claim that he is going to be released and deported today, hopefully he will.
Activists and friends of Hamhashri are planning a protest in solidarity with him demanding his release at 6 PM in front of the Presidential palace to demand his release. His friends have already launched a Facebook Group in solidarity with him naming it "We are all Mohamed El Hamhashri"
The Arab Medical Union already supports and collects donations in Egypt to set up field hospitals in Syria as well to help Syrian refugees outside the country. Of course according to some sources most donations go to inside Syria. Already the Union sends doctors in the hot zones to operate in the field hospitals. Some claim that the Union also collect donations for the FSA.

Here is the #FreeHamhashri hashtag which was launched by his friends last night on twitter.
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Happy Copitc Year 1729

September 11, 2012, 3:07 am
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From temple of Kom Ombo , The Egyptian Calendar 
Today is the start of new Coptic Year in Egypt 1729 according to the Coptic calendar , our own ancient Egyptian calendar.
Today is the start of Thout 
I wished that the Presidency would issue something about this. Already President Morsi comes from a country side background where the Coptic calendar is still being used in agriculture.
This is part of our identity.
Anyhow how Happy new Coptic year and insh Allah this year will be blessed and good for all Egyptians all over the globe. 
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9/11 in #Cairo : The Conquest of the Flag

September 11, 2012, 2:00 pm
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This is the Jihadist flag replacing the US flag at the US embassy in Cairo from short awhile and it is 9/11. Not less than 2000 protesters mostly from Islamists are at the American embassy in Cairo chanting Pro-Islamist anti-American chants escalating on the Walls the once fortress embassy with complete absence from security. “The photo below is by the famous hunk of Hamazon Ziyad Tahrirawi”

There are also Pro-Al Qaeda chants unfortunately , the protesters also chant against Al Azhar protesters. These protesters are protesting against an insulting documentary against Islam and Prophet Mohamed “PBUH”.
Here is photo showing the protesters earlier by tweep Karim El Degawy

Here is a short video showing the protest outside the embassy whose employees have left earlier shot by journalist Cliff Cheney.

In short summary ugly radical bastard Morris Sadek produced along with infamous Terry Jones a documentary that insults Prophet Mohamed “PBUH” , ironically the ones who spread that documentary online mostly from Islamists. The documentary is awful , some poor disgusting
Now it is worth to mention that a considerable number of these protesters believed that this documentary will be aired on all American TV channels on the occasion of 9/11 with Arabic translation !!!
The US embassy issued an official statement earlier Tuesday about film despite officially it is not responsible for Sadek’s crap .
The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others
I do not understand how easy those protesters stormed the embassy , the embassy is more of a military base with tons of marines inside it , it is very suspicious by all measures. From two weeks Security forces beat the crap out of the protesters at the Syrian embassy literality and some of them are facing trial now !!
Another thing I do not understand why they chose 9/1. I got too many ideas , from one hand it seems that the Salafists and Ultra-Conservatives are creating problems for Mohamed Morsi  lately starting with the insults against actors to these calls targeting the embassy. This is the first real clash between him and them if I may say. Again the MB appears to be moderate of the Americans.
Journalist and Islamist movements specialist Eman Abdel Moneim says that some of these protesters from Jihadi Salafists ,the Jihadi Salafists are accused of attacking our soldiers.
Amazingly Hamazon boys who follows Hazem Salah Abu Ismail are there, I have also had my doubts about this man. Abu Ismail’s Hamazon boys are already making headlines now with their fighters in Syria. Some say that an Ultras group is there , I highly doubt that a major Ultras group would be involved in such action.
Strangely Nader Bakkar of Al Nour Party that got good relations with the embassy declared yesterday that the party was participating in this protest.
I wonder how he feels now when it turned that way. It is worth to mention that Salafists like Bakkar are trying to market themselves to the Americans that they are the second best alternative after the MB.
The embassy now by Liam Stack of NY Times.

Of course after what is happening today at the embassy on 9/11 , Morsi will have hard job in convincing the American businessmen to come and to invest in Egypt.
Lawyer and human rights activist Najed Al Borai believes it is an attempt to impose the emergency law once again.
It is crazy.
News reports and citizen journalists report that security forces from army and CSF to the embassy’s area. This is not good.
As a Muslim I feel what is happening at the embassy is the true insult to Prophet Mohamed “PBUH” , now all American channels will show that stupid film because of those stupid people who refuse to use their brains.

Update : 

Here is a video from RASSD network that follows the Muslim brotherhood showing the replacement of the flag.
Here is another video which reached international websites like Huffington Post showing the fate of American flag

Now amazingly the police is so tamed to the level that people are wondering why it did not beat the crap out of those protesters like it always does at the Syrian embassy which is only two blocks away from the American embassy. Already the army used to protect the area since the revolution but it disappeared for awhile now. Strangely enough we find the head of Cairo security directorate says that he is holding talks with Al Nour party and Salafist front "the mother movement of Al Nour Party" in order to end the protest peacefully !! He claimed that Nadar Bakkar promised the security forces that the protesters will leave within an hour. The police general also stated that most of the protesters were following the Salafist Calling.
The name of Ben Laden over Prophet Mohamed "PBUH" 
 Now we should not forget the historical fact that many of the Salafist calling's leading Sheikhs in Alexandria used to cooperate with the State security. Strangely and amazingly I found out that Hamazmoon group is calling for another huge protest at the embassy of Netherlands demanding its closure because the Dutch government is producing an insult film against Islam !!? Well I think they mix things up with the right wing's history in Netherlands from couple of years ago. The embassy of Netherlands issued a statement from couple of hours ago denying these claims.
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The Protest that everybody ignored

September 12, 2012, 6:41 am
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All the media focused on the sad unfortunate circus at the US embassy in Cairo last night , all the media focused on the protests by Hazmamoon and their brothers and yet they ignored a very important protest that took peacefully and was actually much more important than all the other protests.
A group of several Egyptian Christian movements led by the famous revolutionary Kolena Mena Daniel Movement protested against the insulting film in Tahrir square for several hours. The amazing Mary Daniel , the sister of the late activist who was killed in Maspero clashes from nearly a year ago was there leading the protest.
Mary Daniel 

The Copts 38

The Egyptian Orthodox church of Alexandria was first to condemn the film and its makers. Already I can not tell how many tweets I received from Christians in Egypt and outside it against the insulting film and its makers , it was overwhelming. The Christians in Egypt and States are against the film and attacking Morris Sadek still no one is paying attention or care to listen to them.
Here is a video clip showing the Copts 38 group protesting against the film.

The media is speaking about Mohamed El Zawahiri ,about Ben Laden slogans and flags as well chants and they will forget these small yet significant protests. 
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#USembassy : Bad day for US embassies in North Africa

September 12, 2012, 3:54 am
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And the US ambassador in Benghazi Chris Steven was killed after the attack on the consulate late last night in a huge escalation of its kind.
Allegedly Conservatives in Benghazi attacked the embassy to object the so-called insulting film. The protest already started in Libya hours after the protest in Cairo and according to some sources including a Jihadist Facebook the attack was actually to avenge for the murder of Abu Yahia , the Libyan who was believed to be the second man in Al Qaeda on the occasion of 9/11.
Here is a video showing the Consulate right after the attack on fire.
According to reports Chris Steven suffocated from the fire. Two marines were killed in the blaze and not less than 16 were injured.
There are photos  for  Steven being dragged out of the embassy !!
I do not know if he was alive or dead. I will not share them.
I will not say anything except from theological point of view embassies and diplomats are not to be targeted to attack. What happened is the hugest insult to Islam.
Now Russia Today claims that Salafists in Tunisia are calling their supporters to attack and destroy the US embassy. Anyhow the US embassy in Tunisia is said to be heavily secured. 
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#USembassy : Important questions we have to answer

September 12, 2012, 1:48 pm
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After the huge conquest of US embassy in Cairo yesterday and what followed from implications that have not finished up till now , still there are several questions that many Egyptians “including me” ask themselves today about the whole scene.
  • Why do People suddenly remember that offensive home made film now when it was produced from several months ago ??
  • Why was the first one to air the video publicly on any TV channel was rude Khaled Abdullah on Salafist TV channel Al Nas ?? Khaled Abdullah is said to be from the state security men in Islamist realm in Egypt since 1990s by the way. I do not understand already why Abdullah would air such offensive crappy film for his Ultra-Conservative viewers and to spread the film in this way !?? I did not want to post clips from that crappy short film but I have to post this clip to prove that Abdullah was the first to speak about it in Egypt publicly on TV

  • Where was the police ? Where was the security ?? There was no single policeman , not even the army units that used to protect the embassy since the revolution at the embassy !!? Abnormal scene for anyone has ever crossed two blocks away from the US embassy !?? I do not understand how the security forces beat the crap out of the protesters who wanted to occupy the Syrian embassy from two weeks !? For God sake the security forces protected Borg Al Arab stadium than the embassy !!
  • Where were the security forces when the Egyptian intelligence allegedly warned that there could be terrorist attacks against American and Israeli embassies and interests in Egypt !!!?????? Yes it seems that the Egyptian intelligence warned from that according to former presidential candidate and intelligence officer Ahmed Hossam Khairallah !! There have been Jihadist Salafists yesterday in the protest !!?? What is going on !??
  • Why did the Salafist calling group “which include many Sheikhs that used to cooperate with State security” choose the Ultras groups ??
  • Why do Shafiq and Mubarak support these protests amazingly ?? Are they happy that the Americans are tasting from their so-called poison aka Islamists !?
  • At the same time the Zamalek Ultras was escalating the walls of US embassy , some members of Ultras Ahlawy 07 were at the Mohamed Mahmoud Street after being invited by the group on Facebook for some event, the UA07 cancelled that event and the UA07 boys left.I do not know what event it was but I feel that UA07 felt there was some sort of trap and left.
  • There are four protesters that have been arrested yesterday and accused of breaching the US embassy. Who are they ??
We need answers on these questions because something is not normal about yesterday’s scene.
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#USembassy : And security forces are back to their normal place

September 12, 2012, 4:25 pm
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And the security forces are back in to their normal place at the US embassy kicking away and pushing protesters to Tahrir using tear gas grenades. According to eye witnesses the barbered wires are back and the CSF are standing behind them forcing angry young protesters back to Tahrir square.

According to journalist Cliff Cheney who went to the US embassy parameter , things were calm considerable earlier when there were couple of hundreds “mainly Islamists” who chanted anti-American chants then a group of young men came and things heated up between them and the CSF that already circulating the embassy.

It started with stones hurled at both sides then the tear gas started to show up. Cheney knew from the Egyptians in the street that these young protesters were from Ultras group as they were singing Ultras songs.

The battle in Tahrir square and to return back to the embassy has not finished yet , we got Adrenaline junkies  who miss the smell of tear gas from time to time !!

According to eye witnesses the security forces arrested a number of protesters, there are injuries among protesters.

Now we moved from the flag conquest to the US embassy’s battle between protesters and security forces. True Egyptian Pro-Revolution supporters and forces fear that this is a game by the current regime to justify emergency laws using the old regime’s technique of creating security problems like that !!

Anyhow on Wednesday after long silence Egyptian Presidency issued a statement about both the offensive film and the US embassy’s protests. The Egyptian presidency denounces the attempt to insult Prophet Mohamed “PBUH” and gives its orders to the Egyptian embassy in Washington to sue those filmmakers who are trying to destroy relations between countries. The Egyptian presidency also assures that Egypt is responsible for the security of foreign diplomatic commissions. He did not mention the murder of the US ambassador in Libya, his advisers may think the attack took place in foreign country but unfortunately as the president of a leading Arab country he should have tackled the issue.

Morsi will be roasted hours later in Brussels and Rome as he will face the Western media in its stronghold, he and his team know it. Already according to analysts the MB is in very critical position. They do not want to lose the States and West as well not to lose their allies form Islamists as well they know that in front of the public opinion that will raise questions about promises of foreign investments and about relations with Jihadists. Of course the Public Opinion is angry from that insulting film which nobody heard about except only yesterday , still the public opinion will ask questions.

I think the Western reporters will have too many questions about these stands the Muslim brotherhood are going to hold next Friday against the insulting according to their statement today.

I do not know how our embassy will sue the filmmakers when Freedom of speech is granted by American constitution unfortunately. Anyhow that entire homemade cheap film Cast and Crew are jumping from the boat claiming that the producer Sam Bacile deceived them like that actress who spoke about Gawker and claimed that the film was about ancient Egypt !!

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#USembassy : Searching and finding Sam Bacile

September 12, 2012, 5:36 pm
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US media is searching for the man behind the insulting home made cheap film that has turned the Middle East and Islamic World as it seems upside. At first in Egypt we thought crazy racist Morris Sadek was standing behind the film along with the infamous Terry Jones but it turned out that Sadek was just bluffing.

“I wrote its introduction only” Sadek claimed yesterday in pride to all the Egyptian TV channels, Websites and newspapers that spoke to him adding that he did not insult Islam or Prophet Mohamed “PBUH” and that he only mentioned facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sadly enough Sadek has become the infamous star of media in Egypt yesterday after being nobody. Already people tend to forget that the Egyptian citizenship of that awful hateful guy was stripped from him in 2010 !!

Ironically the public prosecutor in Egypt has put the name of Sadek and Terry Jones along other radical Egyptian Christians on the Waiting blacklist in Egypt so they would be arrested when they arrived to Egypt !! As if they will come to Egypt !!

According to international agencies and newspapers mainly “AP”  and “Wall Street Journal” the producer of that film is 56 years old American Israeli citizen whose name is “Sam Bacile”. That person spoke on the phone with AP and Wall Street Journal from some unknown place hiding from the wrath of Muslims. Through the phone Bacile claimed that he had raised $5 million from about 100 Jewish donors and had shot a two-hour movie in California last year. It is worth to mention that Sadek gave AP his phone’s number.

You can imagine how this info received in the media , to be honest some found it a relief to put the blame on some Israeli and some considered it as a conspiracy by Israel to turn Muslims and Christians against each other.

Now amazingly one in Israel knew the guy , he is unknown in filmmaking industry there according to the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs whose spokesperson described Bacile as unspeakable idiot regardless of who he is. The mystery continued and news agencies found no public records for Sam Bacile.

One of the consultants of that shifty film is from the famous right wing extremist Steve Klein who is linked to radical militia movement that refuses everybody in the States. Klein spoke to AP and told the famous agency that Bacile was not Israeli or Jewish revealing that Bacile is Arab American Christian.

Now after quick search we found Nakoula Basseley Nakoula , a 56 years Coptic Christian in California was the producer of that stupid film. We found also that he is already convicted of Financial crimes and he got many  alias including Nicola Bacily. Bacily is too close to Bacile yet the man refused to admit that he directed that crappy film despite the AP found strong evidence connects him with Bacile persona.

So Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is Sam Bacile. If he is so coward , why he produced and directed that film !?? He is not Israeli , he is Egyptian American Christian convicted loser.

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