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From #Tahrir to #Heliopolis Palace : Big Day tomorrow in #Cairo

December 3, 2012, 12:41 pm
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There will be a big day tomorrow in Cairo.
First all about 10 privately and partisan owned newspapers are going to strike for one day to object both the constitutional declaration and the draft constitution proposed. These newspapers are going on strike tomorrow “Tuesday”. These newspapers are Al Masry Al Youm , Al Shorouk, Al Watan, Al Sabah, Al Fajr, Al Wafd, Al Osboo, Tahrir, Al Dostour , Al Ahaly , Al Ahrar
A photo for today´s issues
On Wednesday all several privately TV networks and channels will blackened for 6 hours “from 6PM to 12 AM” also against the constitution declaration and draft constitution. These channels are : ONTV, Al Hayat TV , Dream TV, Cairo Centric , Modern TV and CBC.

 Of course the Islamists wish that these channels and newspapers are closed forever because they are following Mubarak’s regime , spreading allegedly lies and want to fight Islam to the end of that talk …. It is enough to know that the spokesperson of Al Nour Party expressed his wish to Al Masryon newspaper that he wished to see them forever closed.
With my due respect to the current supporters of MB and Salafists , these respectable journalists  and reporters working in these newspapers are angry from the disrespect of press and freedom of expression in the new constitution. The 1971 constitution article saying that press is the fourth and the popular authority in the state has been removed because “there is no such thing called popular authority , it was something Sadat put to fool the people with” according to the head of the constituent assembly  Judge Hossam El Gheriany.
All the recommendations and the suggestions by the Journalists syndicate in Cairo to the constituent assembly have been refused already !!
Today several newspapers already have published the same front page with the same message “No For dictatorship”
Second tomorrow we will have both protest in Tahrir and mess rallies heading to the Presidential Palace , oh yes to Heliopolis Palace where Morsi staying there. The rallies will gather at Raba’a Al Adawya Mosque at 4PM as meeting point before heading to the palace at 6 PM. There will buses for the protesters want to join the rally at Al Gazira Club as well in New Cairo. Most of those who will rally to the presidential palace are independent youth by the way.
There will be a rally from Mostafa Mahmoud square and Shubra too heading to Tahrir square at the same time.
There will be also rallies in different governorates as well like in Alexandria, Ismailiya , Port Said , Sohag and Assuit.
Today barbed wires were set up at the Palace against the rally which is called “The last warning" , anyhow I am not concerned about the official security at the Palace as much as the unofficial security !! Hazmoon , the mad group of Hazem Abu Ismail are swearing that they beat the crap out of what they called "ElBaradei Militias" if they come closer to the palace 

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#Jan25: Meet Abdel Rahman Mansour

December 4, 2012, 4:07 am
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And for the first time Egyptians meet one of the young faces behind Kolena Khaled Said and the invitation to January 25, 2011 protests. Here is Abdel Rahman Mansour , the unknown knight of Kolena Khaled Said speaking for the first time about past and present of Egypt with the hopes of better future.

Here is Abdel Rahman speaking on ONTV last night in Last Talk.

Abdel Rahman was serving in the army in 2011 and he missed what happened all that time but here he is in the second wave. May Allah bless him and protect him.

It is worth to mention that Kolena Khaled Said is being under huge attack by the Muslim brotherhood and their supporters. Ikhwan Web already has been retweeting tweets of MB members comparing the page to Ana Asf Ya Rayes , the infamous Pro-Mubarak page !!

There have been calls among Islamists to nationalize the Page as well !!

Anyhow I love the statement of the Page it issued today “We are not unbiased , we are bias against all shapes of injustice”

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#Dec4 : To #Tahrir and To #Heliopolis

December 4, 2012, 6:21 am
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And today is another long day.
Right now there is a march heading from the journalists syndicate to Tahrir square against the Constitutional declaration and draft constitution.
There will be also another rally led by the tourism sector workers in Tahrir square against draft constitution.
Now there will be two set of rallies today , one to Heliopolis and another one to Tahrir square. The Constitution Party will have rallies in Tahrir but its students will head to Heliopolis Palace.
Heliopolis Palace is now a military zone with huge security measures and barbed wires.
Banks , schools and ministries made its employees leave earlier today and ATMs are emptied.
The MB and Salafists hold ElBaradei and Sabbahi responsible for anything happy today !!
More coverage coming on the way.
Today there will be four rallies heading to Heliopolis palace :
  • One from El Fatah Mosque in Ramasis at 4 PM 
  • One from El Nour Mosque in Heliopolis at 5 PM 
  • One from Rab'a Al Adawiya Mosque in Heliopolis at 5 PM
  • One from El Rashideen Mosque also in Heliopolis at 5 PM
Ok here is a live coverage with pictures and so on. 


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After the big #Dec4 , now what !?

December 5, 2012, 5:09 am
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Now what ?? Are we going to spend our days in protesting and mobilizing our supporters and friends every day !? Now what Mr. President and ruling Party !?
The Muslim brotherhood officially announced that it will organize Pro-Morsi protests at the presidential palace.
In return now different political powers opposing the Muslim brotherhood began as well independent protesters began to spread calls on social networks urging the people to head to the Presidential palace in order to protect the protesters there.
The doctors now are speaking about having a field hospital there. There is true fear from a massacre for real. The Ultras Ahlawy is heading there too to protect the sit in !!!
Since early morning we began to hear threats from the Islamists especially from Hazemoon's supporters like Mr. Abdel Rahman Ezz.  A terrorist talk from the first degree !!
There was a rumor last night that was denied by the Freedom and Justice Party that the MB has launched "the general mobilization call" directive to all its members all over the country to protect the legitimacy of the president even it will cost them blood and it will stand against the state itself in reference to the army and police for it !!!
It seems that it is a not a rumor after all the young members of MB were proudly repeating that directive  with pride declaring that they are ready to die today for the sake of the President's legitimacy !!
You must know the Supreme guidance office of the Muslim brotherhood held meeting with Islamist powers and parties last night and they issued a statement that slammed the protests describing them as violent and horrifying demanding Morsi to act firmly against that minority !!

Elected President Mohamed Morsi must understand that Mubarak is in jail now because he did not protect the protesters in #Jan25 
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And what I feared happened !!

December 5, 2012, 11:54 am
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I spoke about this early today
Now Egyptians Vs. Egyptians are fighting each other , just like in Abassiya clashes sans army forces !! It is just sad and mad. I am so pissed off.
I hope Morsi and his bosses in the MB's guidance office are extremely happy now. They have to be happy with their planning. I am not optimistic at all.
After hours of hours of clashes between Morsi's Islamist supporters and protesters, we hear that central security forces have reached to Presidential palace and that these forces will stop the clashes but it does not seem so.
The clashes are still going on in other areas around the Presidential palace , I am not good in Heliopolis
There are hundreds of injured as it seems as both sides are hurling rocks and molotov cocktails. The ministry of health reports that only 18 are injured , well from what I see from field reports things are getting bad.
Pro-Revolutionaries report that Morsi's supporters are using gunshots and tear gas grenades. Pro-Revolution protesters reported several gunshots wounds.
The Pro-Morsi supporters are chanting "Islamic Islamic , it will not be secular" , "Wait Liberal one , we will dig your grave" and the chant that stunned many "Wa Islammah !!" I feel that we are Genghis Khan's army !!
Currently there are field hospitals in Mobil gas station and the Basilica. The clashes are currently in Al Ahram street , Roxy square and its adjacent streets. 
I wonder if Morsi will show up today and address Egyptians
I will have another storify life update to make my life and your life easier when it comes to content from all over the internet.


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Now #Morsi is alone with #MB !!

December 5, 2012, 4:17 pm
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As Egyptians fighting each Morsi is now left without any advisors from outside the Muslim brotherhood and so-called Islamist realm.
President’s advisors Ayman El Sayyad , Seif Abdel Fatah, Mohamed Esmat Seif Al Dowla and Amr El Lithy have officially resigned today.
We announce the news of our “resignations” that we hided for a whole week in attempt to search for a solution but it was in vain .. I am speaking about the advisory council
Some people are attacking Mr. El Sayyad but personally I know that the man insisted on staying despite his refusal to the constitutional declaration because he was concerned about the freedom of media and was trying to find a way ,a solution out of the crisis. He was fighting along others like Seif Abdel Fatah till the last moment but in vain
He suggested an initiative the presidency completely ignored from going back to an amended 1971 constitution temporarily but no one listened.
He and the other advisors including Seif Al Dowla and El Lithy already resigned from a week ago and did not declare it hoping that there will be a change.
Seif Abdel Fatah announced resignation in a tearful announcement on air. “No more politics, I am back to stand these youth , there is no hope in a brotherhood that refuses to listen and weak elite” the man said.
Now Morsi got no aides or advisers except the Islamists especially from the Muslim brotherhood. To be accurate he is taking his orders from the guidance office and the advisers are just a decoration as it is proved. FYI the attack on the protesters and that Pro-Morsi Protest was decided late last Tuesday at the Guidance office after the meeting of Khairat El Shater with other Islamist powers and parties.
Now all the Statements of Freedom and Justice Party and Muslim brotherhood say that the President will retreat back and cancel both constitutional declaration and draft constitution.
By the way Essam El Heddad, the FM of Muslim brotherhood and Morsi’s Foreign affairs’ aide is currently in Washington and he met with Obama’s National security advisor according to some leaks. There are news reports and leaks claiming that the Americans were informed that they should not be worried because the Egyptians will approve the MB’s terrible draft constitution.
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#Dec5: After the first battle in #MB war in #Egypt "Graphic" !!

December 6, 2012, 5:32 pm
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And the ministry of health announced today that more than 650 were injured and 7 were reportedly killed in yesterday's clashes !!
Oh yes 7 were killed , they were from both sides and some of them were shot by live ammunition ,oh yes there are live ammunition now seemed to be used from both sides. This is how the civil war starts in countries !!
Of course according to the footage , testimonies and photos , there is more violence from the MB's supporters side against the protesters.
The MB and Islamist supporters are still surrounding the presidential palace in order to protect the legitimacy of Morsi and stop any attempts to storm the Palace !!!!!!!!!!
Nevertheless after absence , the Republican guards units appeared outside Palace with tanks and armored vehicles. Here is a photo from El Korba showing the Republican guards' tanks at 10.30 AM by Sarah Ebeid.
The tanks in Korba by Sarah Ebeid on twitter
Now after we got leaks that Republican Guards gained control and that they ordered Morsi's supporters to leave , we find news now @12:22 PM speaking about renewed clashes in Al Marghinay street between the supporters and protesters that are hurling rocks at each other in this stage.
Despite they got casualties in that night battle and people were killed from their sides , Morsi's supporters mainly from Muslim brotherhood members seem to feel that they won the war. At least this impression is enforced by that morning march at the Presidential Palace !!

This video makes you believe the claim about their trained armed militias. Already they seemed to be happy for a group that lost casualties including martyrs
Of course the MB media machine did not stop. We got wild accusation to ElBaradei, Sabbahi and Moses of heading militias that seek a coup and that ElBaradei and Sabbahi got $ 40 million from the States and Iran while Moses is receiving aid from Israel !! The MB Media is also accusing the Egyptian Church of standing behind this violence.
The MB media machine also accused Ahmed Maher , the founder of April 6 Youth Movement , who was one of the strongest supporters and allies of Morsi of heading the thugs in last night's clashes !!!
As the videos and photos emerging from the clashes show horrifying a truth. I do not know or understand what kind of brainwash the members of brotherhood is subjected to honestly based on the testimonies I heard !!
Here is Ola Shahba , a socialist activist and a member in the socialist popular alliance Party. Ola elected Morsi by the way
Ola Shahba after she was freed in the morning


Ola and her Comrade Ramy Sabry were detained by the Muslim brotherhood for hours and have been tortured. They were accused of being thugs.
Ramy Sabry was not released for hours kept with other MB's captives at the Presidential Palace before he was handed over to the Police !!
Sabry detained at the gate
I am getting more horrifying testimonies from my friends who witnessed protesters being dragged semi naked by MB protesters in the streets.
The men were kept all day in captivity and I wish that they were treated in the way Islam ordered us to treat POWs !!
From Al Masry Al Youm
This is horrifying video below includes horrible scenes for the captives the MB detained and beaten while the police and CSF were watching despite it was against the law.

You can Mina Philip and another poor citizen who works as a janitor in some nearby building so there is also a young boy among the detainee.Already I do not understand who is that man in a suit that orders the other MB members to search the poor man and curses Mina !!! 
These citizens are in the eyes of President are convicted thugs !!
Mr. Mina Philip holds a managerial level in Orange Telecom in Egypt refused to reveal his identity for fear they would know that he is a Christian !! Here is the original video showing dragged and beaten saying "I forgot my name"

Already it seems that being a Christian in Heliopolis on that night was a reason enough for the MB members and supporters to detain people and hand them over to the police !! President Morsi tonight spoke about a nation for everybody and so in his threatening speech , these are his supporters

 Back to Philip who has not returned back home yet,well in a sad coincidence Mohamed El Houssainy , the MB member who was killed in the clashes also work in 
Already this is against the law , they do not have the right to detain and interrogate a person let alone to beat him like that !! And before you jump in to the wagon I refused these actions when it happened in Tahrir square too.
Currently there are 90 detainees who are facing interrogations and attempted murder charges including that young boy you saw. 49 of these detainees need to be transferred to hospital ASAP !! Already the prosecution should arrest the MB members and charge them with illegal detention and torture but what you know the new Public prosecutor is appointed directly by the president !!
Now here is a glimpse of that thuggery minority Morsi spoke about
Mohamed Said Ramdan 37 years old
 Mohamed Said Ramadan , 37 years old computer engineer and a graduate of Dar El Tarbia school. "A high middle class language school in Egypt" . His photo appeared hours ago but he could not be found among the detainees at the prosecution offices
Ex-ambassador Yahia Negm
Yes this is Ex-Ambassador Yahia Negm , our former acting ambassador in Venezuela. This man already suffered under Mubarak's regime . Here is ex-ambassador Negm speaking to Venezuelan TV about Egyptian Revolution in Spanish.
Here is him again at Prosecution office late night today
BY Nadim X
This video is from Mosireen who did an amazing work yesterday. It is extremely graphic showing the victims injured with live and shrapnel bullets. These are the protesters against MB.

This video is being spread by Morsi's supporters claiming that these are the protesters shooting at the MB supporters who did not have arms or anything and were peaceful.In this point , I will copy what my friend , a resident of Heliopolis told me "After hours of being attacked by the birdshot and gunfire of Muslim brotherhood , we began to ask if someone has got a gun to protect us".
This is how the civil war starts.

Oh here is another video before the battle showing the MB supporters attacking the women´s march from Heliopolis club led by famous icon Shahenda Maklad , yes Shahenda Maklad whom Morsi´s supporter was trying to shut her up !!
 
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What I think about Morsi’s big word

December 7, 2012, 8:41 am
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Political activist and poet Abdel Rahman Youssef summarized it
This is the only thing I can say about Morsi’s speech : stupid.
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#Dec5:Do not Consider them Egyptians,consider them as #POWs

December 7, 2012, 4:03 pm
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The Heliopolis prosecution has ordered the immediate release of 141 detainees arrested and handed over by the MB members to security authority. The prosecution released them after finding them innocent from all the charges the MB accused them of.
MB detainees Thursday's morning !! "Reuters"
All of the 141 detainees were injured and tortured by the MB members , 49 of them needed to be transferred to  hospital. Many of them had bone fracture. Some of them were minors and actually we got young age as 10 years old !!! The human rights activists say that it was worst than what they saw from violations from police and army. May be it is hard to believe that civilians do in civilians what the MB members have done.
Here is a photo gallery showing the detainees at Heliopolis prosecution office late last night.

These detainees were kept away at the gates of the Presidential palace for more than 12 hours tortured and mistreated while they are handcuffed. Here is the video testimony of ambassador Yahia Negm.



He says that the police was actually orders from the MB and that even the MB doctors mistreated them. He says also that they accused him of being spy because of his work in the ministry of foreign affairs !!
In any respectable country the MB members and leaders would be arrested and prosecuted for the illegal detention and torture of other citizens !!
Already what happened from torture and detention happened under the sight of the police and central security forces that did not stop the aggression against other Egyptians so the ministry of interior is responsible.
The MB media machine online “RSSD”published another video from their own view , from their own camera not Al Watan newspaper’s camera to show the so-called thugs in captivity. In Any respectable country this video can send the MB and RSSD to jail !! You see ambassador Negm and Mohamed Abdel Fatah in the video.

Ramy in detention and police was there !!
At 2:27 you find RSSD reporter or rather MB member who wears a suit and reading from a paper tells the detainee Walid who is scared “You killed two , there are videos ,they saw you !!??” Walid answers “No , I did not” then the guy in the suite asks him “Do you support President Morsi” and Walid says that he supported Morsi as a person but he was against the constitution draft and was staying in Tahrir square !!
Another detainee is Ramy Sabry from the Popular alliance Party recounted how he was dragged and beaten from El Khalifa Al Mamoun street to the Presidential palace while that RSSD guy was asking him an provocative interrogating way. The RSSD guy then showed some detainees’ partisan cards from Al Wafd and Al Karma party in order to prove the Sabbahi/Badawy conspiracy.
Speaking about the videos , here is a video I showed yesterday and I show it again. This is how the detainees were treated. You can see Mina beaten in that video.

The guy wearing a suite screaming and interrogating men like a State security officer is called Alaa Hamza and he is from Zagzig. 
In 1960s the Egyptian TV aired the confessions of the MB prisoners accused of plotting against Nasser from jail in an episode presented by veteran Hamdy Kandil. Till that day Kandil feels sorry for that interview up till now !! MB is notorious like Nasser regime unfortunately !!
I used to write and read a lot of about POWs to know how POWs internationally should be treated. I know how POWs should be treated in Islam and yet unfortunately these follow Egyptians were not treated by the Muslim brotherhood “Egyptians” even as POWs !!
Yesterday Morsi announced that those thugs confessed by taking money in order to create chaos according to the prosecution’s investigation !! Ironically the official investigations of the prosecution in Heliopolis were not concluded at time.
Mohamed Morsi was simply repeating the Muslim brotherhood statements and accusations.
Some saying that last night Morsi was acting as if he were giving orders to the Heliopolis prosecution to frame the charges !!
Nevertheless human rights lawyer Malek Adly stated on his twitter account as well to the media tonight that the Prosecution Lawyers told him that the Public prosecutor , the new one appointed by Morsi did not want them to release the detainees for political reasons !!
This is why we refused to have a public prosecutor appointed by the President after the #Jan28 because there should be another mechanism to appoint the public prosecutor in a way that allow his independence so he could be the people’s attorney
I want to thank the fantastic human rights lawyers and activists that have not slept in those 72 hours except very few hours till these detainees are rescued medically and released.
I still can not believe the amount of hatred the MB leaders fill the minds and hearts of the members so we would see these scenes !!
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RIP Ammar El Sharie : The Melody’s Diver !!

December 8, 2012, 8:04 am
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As if we need that type of news !!
Ammar El Sharie“16 April 1948-7 December 2012” , Egypt’s fantastic music composer has passed away yesterday after long illness. May be due to the latest developments in Egypt, I remember how Ammar El Sharie stood with the revolution before many composers and singers boldly enough when Mubarak was still in control. I remember how El Sharie asked the people to forgive him for the songs he composed during the Mubarak’s era glorifying him in the October war anniversaries and honestly I even forgot that he composed the music of those songs.
I do not know what to say.
For years El Sharie who comes from a big family in Upper Egypt presented a radio show on the Main Program station of Egyptian official radio called “A diver in the Melody sea” where he explained and analyzed music . Since 1988 Egyptians listen to El Sharie explaining the art of music in simple way especially the Arabic music.
Famous for his film and TV series scores Ammar El Sharie for me was an icon in music more than John William and John Barry because  he made actually huge change in the mainstream music taste in Egypt in my point of view. Just like listen to his piece , which is actually a collaboration between him and Muscat Royal Orchestra from couple of years ago. 







In late 1980s and early 1990s El Sharie worked with bands like “The Friends” and aspiring singers with his short fast songs using electronic music more than other composers during that time.
Believe or not I love so much the songs he composed to Latifa in those days. As a soundtrack composer , nobody can compete the music he composed for films and TV series.
A truly artist I can not describe in few words especially in those dark days.
I do not know if it is important to say this or not but Ammar El Sharie was a blind man yet it seemed to me that he can see better than many of us.
El Sharie is still alive with his music , this is a fact. May Allah bless his soul and bring patience to his family, friends and fans.
Now you can enjoy the music of El Sharie and his albums in Mawaly. I have been listening to his music all day long. 
And due to what we are facing in Cairo now , I would like dedicate his song “My fist” from the famous “The innocent” film to all Egyptians. “My fist” was cut off the film , it was in the end in that political film directed by Atif El Tayeb and starring Ahmed Zaky. The lyrics of “My fist”

“Oh my fist keep knocking down the wall , the night will give birth to a dawn in the end"
“The innocent” was about Ahmed , the simple villager who can not read or write that recruited to become a conscript in a political prison where political prisoners are being tortured till death because they are the enemy of the States.
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Regarding The Martyrs of #Dec5 Clashes

December 8, 2012, 3:47 pm
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“Your martyrs and our martyrs and our martyrs in heavens while your dead are in hell” yes we have reached to this degree of dialogue in Egypt.
I do not know from where to start but Egyptians killed and injured other Egyptians last Wednesday and the Muslim brotherhood’s leadership is doing its best to use the martyrs that were killed including the brotherhood’s martyrs to fuel the anger of their followers in the worst way ever even if they had to lie on these followers.
For three days you will find the MB leaderships speaking about 5 martyrs then about 6 then about 8 martyrs “The Supreme guide’s speech today” but what we saw exactly on Friday 3 coffins only in Al Azhar Mosque officially despite we got numbers that they are 6 !!
The sad irony is that Mohamed Badie , the Supreme guide was speaking at the MB HQ in Moktam and behind him that big poster of the so-called MB martyrs. The big poster included a photo of an injured who is a not MB member currently fighting death !! The big poster included the photo of Ahmed Fassial ,who is anti-Morsi’s protester who was shot by birdshots pullet coming allegedly from the MB’s side in his skull and currently in coma !!!
The photo of Fassial behind Badie
From the protesters’ side you will find at least 4 martyrs including a Christian man ,Al Wafd Party member and even a poor guy who the MB told his family that they would pay for his funeral if they say that he is a Muslim brotherhood member !!  There are two living dead men too fighting clinic death : El Hossainy Abu Deif and Ahmed Fassial “Whom I spoke about earlier”.  Still you do not find us using them day and night to increase the tune of tension.We are angry for them and for the MB martyrs who should have died because of politics in this way !!I am angry because I know the rights of these martyrs will be ever lost.
Nobody lied that there were gunfire from both sides but how did it start and why ??
The MB members are angry for their fallen ones and they forget that according to recorded testimonies and videos, gunfire, bird shot pullets and tear gas grenades fired from their side first and they tortured people inhumanly for more than 12 hours. They forgot how cameras recorded how they violently dispersed a peaceful sit in !! 
Already I do not understand what kind of directives or instructions they got,  for days now we have been seeing tweets and Facebook Statuses of MB members who literality announcing the Holy War against whoever touches the so-called Morsi’s legitimacy. I wish they think twice whether it is worth it to be killed and to kill other Egyptians because the leaderships say so !!
This screen is from a MB member's FB account in Ismailia about directives he got

From what I understood and what I read from testimonies from Muslim brotherhood’s members , it seems that they were told that there is universal conspiracy and they have to stop even if it would cost them their blood for the sake of Morsi and Islam !!
The Islamists are scared from a popular revolution or a coup against Morsi and ready to die for fear the golden opportunity to rule Egypt will be forever gone. The leaders of the Political Islamist movements in Egypt are brainwashing their followers telling them it is a life or death ,  a matter of Jihad. This is what is truly happening. 
I believe it is a civil fight , everybody loses in it but personally I believe that the Muslim brotherhood’s commandership is responsible for the blood spelled !! They brainwash their members to stand against their follow Egyptians in the worst way other.
From two days ago Yosri Fouda spoke to one of the MB martyrs’ cousin who is also and MB and that man expressed how he is proud of his cousin who died in Jihad !!! What Jihad !!?
It is not a bloody holy war nor it is about Islamic Sharia !!!
The Anti-Morsi protesters at the Presidential Palace did not have any intention to break in to the Palace or kick out Morsi from the Presidential office. Yet we got the MB leaders spreading rumors of dangerous rumors sending clear directives to the governorates to send their members in order to clean Heliopolis from the Anti-Morsi protesters !!!!
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Regarding the Declaration that Cancelled the Declaration

December 9, 2012, 4:17 am
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And after some fake national dialogue with bunch of Muslim brotherhood’s close friends , Morsi decided to issue a new constitution declaration to the cancel the constitution declaration he issued from 16 days ago !!

Morsi cancelled the Constitutional declaration but the draft constitution’s referendum is still on time after 6 days !!

Now personally I believe the draft constitution should be delayed for several reasons above them what happened last Wednesday was something beyond our boldest evilest imagination to happen. There is a gap now between the revolutionary youth “and they are so many” and the Muslim brotherhood and to be honest I will dare and raise the bar and say the Non Islamists and Islamists in Egypt.

If the president in Egypt really wants the best interest of the country and better future for its children , if the president of Egypt really wants a better future for the whole country and not only short gains for the Islamists he would think in that way.

I do not believe that a president who issues constitutional declarations without referendums can not violate the Constitutional declaration of March 2011 so easily and delay the constitution referendum. Already in the last Constitutional declaration he violated the March 2011 declaration and extended the work of the Constituent assembly for another two months !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is an emergency call for quick action to save the nation but again Morsi proved to the MB President of the Islamists.

I was going to vote No in the Constitution referendum , I refuse this disfigured draft constitution but after what happened on Wednesday from violence , torture and constant lying now I got a trust issue.

Regardless of what the MB claims now , how can I trust them as ruling party in the referendum !? How can I trust people like them when it comes to referendum's results !?

Another thing it is good that the new Constitution declaration stated that in case the people rejected the Constitution draft , we will have to elect a new Constituent assembly directly. Yet unfortunately it did not say how we are going to elect that assembly , on what bases and on what mechanism. I am speaking about a referendum that will take place after 6 days allegedly , there should be more clear steps.

The Constitution referendum should be delayed and a real national dialogue should be held. Egyptians killed Egyptians last Wednesday for God sake !!

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It does not Rain in #Egypt , it Pours

December 9, 2012, 3:19 pm
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Things accelerating in  Egypt nowadays in a way you can not imagine !!

As we did not finish the debate about the draft constitution and the upcoming referendum that we do not whether we should boycott it or not to find these presidential decrees pouring on our heads !!

First we found out that Morsi has granted the army officers the judicial arrest authority from now till  the planned referendum  according to an official announcement in the official State newspaper aka “The Egyptian Chronicles”. In other words now army officers can arrest civilians from today till December 15, 2012 !!

Why do you need army to interfere in the security of that referendum ?

This makes me wonder , if the security situation in Egypt is that horrible that you ask the army to secure that referendum , why do not you wait !? Please do not give that  “The president can not violate the March 2011 constitutional declaration” answer !!

This is a set back to human rights in Egypt. Already SCAF tried to pass the Judicial arrest authority thing and failed but what you know the President who headed Freedom and Justice Party that stood against it in early 2012 has passed it !!

As if we do not have enough from the return of military trials to civilians in the draft constitution according to article 198. BY the way a trivial piece of info : Do you know that the legendary draft constitution of 1954 did not have this article.

Second President Morsi who holds legislative authority announced sweeping increase in sales taxes and stamp duties on wide range of consumer goods and services as well amended Egypt’s income and property tax laws in the biggest austerity measurements since January 1977. Of course we should remember the famous uprising of January 1977 in Egypt resulted from the austerity measurements then.

Already if you think about these measures will make things tougher for Morsi and Muslim brotherhood in this particular time. The Middle class will hate and will stand against the MB more and more whether through ballot boxes or through protests that can really turn in to uprisings.

Pakinam El Sharkawy , Morsi’s aide for political issues denies any prior knowledge about the increase of taxes because they are economic decisions. “Amazingly almost all of his advisors and aides know nothing”

Of course political sciences professor she knows the impact of that increase economically especially now and that’s why she is against the increase in taxation now. Thanks Pakinam, you should say this to your boss instead of us !!

Who is that genius behind that decree ?? No one knows but some day we will.

One of the demands of the #Jan28 is social justice by the way !!

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#Dec5 : The victims began to speak

December 10, 2012, 7:52 am
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First of all here is a video translated in English showing the clashes , please pay attention to the amount of brainwash the MB and Salafist supporters have been subjected to by their superiors.

The victims of Muslim brotherhood members' open air torture at presidential Palace began to speak up.
Here is 33 years old Mina Philip speaking to Al Watan in Arabic about how he was attacked and detained near the Presidential palace while he was in his way back to home from work. The manager working in "Orange" said that the MB members told him to say that he got money from ElBaradei and Sabbahi in order to spare him from beating and release him.

 It is worth to mention that Mohamed El Hossainy , the member of Muslim brotherhood who was killed in the clashes was working in Orange too and probably he knew Mina !! El Hossainy got unborn child who will come to life without a father because Khairat El Shater and Mohamed Badei believed that El Hossainy should stand and fight his brothers in nation.
Here is Mohamed Abdel Moneim aka Crunchy who is an independent protester. Abdel Moneim was transferring injured from the protesters shot by the other side when he was shot down by live ammunition.
Crunchy is now paralyzed.

 Abdel Moneim's family elected Morsi according to his poor mother.
Next Thursday the victims of Muslim brotherhood members' torture will speak up at a conference in the Journalists syndication in Cairo from 5 pm to 7 pm
The referendum is something and the rights of those people are another thing. We did not do a revolution to  to see these practices again.
I will add more videos later. 
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#Morsi changes his mind a lot as it seems

December 10, 2012, 12:19 pm
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And so in a very late hour , at about 2.30 AM we found that President Morsi decided to retract his decision to increase taxations and customs in Egypt !! He only delayed the increase in taxations and customs to the new fiscal year in Egypt which means in Next July 2013 insh Allah we have this increase.

Now the million dollar question that made Mostafa Al Naggar , Basem Kamel and Nader Bakkar agree for the first time despite their political and ideological differences : What kind of decision making process is being adopted in Presidency !!??

I mean you can not take this decision to increase taxation suddenly like this in this terrible time  without knowing its consequences otherwise you do not understand politics or economy.

And now I will end with that comment from Rafa’a El Tahatawy , the chief of staff in presidency today

The president could not keep thinking about the consequences of such decision and its impact on the poor after returning home !! Thus he decided to delay it !!

I hate to say but Zakaria Azamy with all his corruption used to say better excuses than this !!

And like many Egyptians wondered today , what will President Morsi do if he faces war decision !!??

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#MediaCity_Sitin : This does not look good

December 10, 2012, 4:02 pm
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For days now hundreds of extremists and conservatives are having at sit in at Media city in October City. These extremists led by Salafists “Mainly Salafist Front” as it seems and Hazem Abu Ismail are claiming that they want to purge the media !!!
“To purge the media” actually is actually underestimating to what these guys want. They want to close the channels and punish those TV presenters who are against Sharia and Islam. You got the most radical chants and the most scariest slogans that would make investors and tourists think twice to come to this country.
Today we find the protesters at that sit in butchering a calf distributing its meat to the protesters.“Actually I consider a way to attract the poor to get free meat” 
Meat in Media city sit in
The calf’s price is expensive and yet you find the MB and Salafists claim that the protesters in Tahrir and Presidential Palace’s sits in are enjoying gourmet foods !!
Strangely nobody speaks about the amount of lies spread in the Salafist channels like El Hafez and the MB official channel "Misr 25” !!
Ironically that Sit in is led by none other than Egypt’s Jim Jones aka Hazem Salah Abu Ismail , whom without the media exposure and interview provided by TV private channels he would not be that known and famous !!


Sleepy Hazem today at the siege !!
Here is a video shot in the morning showing the protesters doing some exercises around the city and do not ask me why !?

Some smart people will say , ok Zeinobia : what about the Ultras siege to the media city ? Well I will say that in perfect world I will refuse both sieges but I understand more the motives of the Ultras boys and their broken heart on their friends then these extremists.
I know I will be preached about those TV hosts like Amr Adeeb and Lamis El Hadidy and their past and stances from former regime and the revolution but freedom of expression is clear and if a single hair from Lamis’ head is touched , tomorrow my head will be touched.
I know that Egypt’s position from Press Freedom index unfortunately is going from bad to worse to worst when it comes to safety. Yes we attack President Morsi like no other but now we are worried on the reporters and journalists’ safety.

Update :

I found this video for the followers of the radical crazy guy Abdullah Badr “who supports President Morsi madly” are vowing to attack Bassem Youssef because he dared and mocked Badr

I do not know if I should wonder where the police is. Of course I know the counter argument that protesters are having sits in at Tahrir square and presidential palace plus this freedom of expression. It is an irony because these people do not believe at in freedom of expression and are actually protesting
This is not good.
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From #Al-Zawahiri to #Abu-Ismail : Lead the revolution !!!

December 10, 2012, 4:31 pm
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Ayman Al Zawahiri has just sent a video message to the new leader of the revolution in Egypt Hazem Salah Abu Ismail !!

Complete the revolution , fight the corrupted , liberate Egypt from American Israeli fellowship and stand for Sharia along your followers through incitement !!!

Ironically Ayman Al Zawahiri considers the current rulers are corrupted and he does not mention Morsi at all as if he is insignificant person !!!

I do not know if it is a game or what !? You know Abu Ismail trashes the current regime online so the current Islamist regime appears moderate for the West !!

I know the theological and political difference between Al Qaeda and MB . Still I cannot forget the fact Al Zawahiri’s uncle was a leading member in the MB and Ayman Al Zawahiri’s future went upside down when he was arrested in 1960s and brutally tortured in Nasser’s jails for the suspicion of being a Muslim brotherhood member. It is also worth to mention that Abu Ismail was a member in the Muslim brotherhood but left the group because he had a great ambition as you can tell.

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Say “No” For the Constitution

December 11, 2012, 4:33 am
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As we have got three days only away from the constitution referendum , Egyptian revolutionary youth began to launch a “No for the Constitution” campaigns online and on the ground.

Here is a website called “No” for the Constitution. It speaks to the public about why they have to refuse the Constitution based on certain issues the draft constitution tackles : The wages, the Health Insurance, the stability, the press, the detention, the censorship and supervision, the judicial independence , the integrity of elections.  

FYI the National Salvation Front has not decided its final stance from the constitution but personally from the leaks I got I believe that they may go for “No for the Constitution”. Now insider information , several members like Salvation front believe that they should not boycott the referendum but there were other members like Amr Hamzawy and Shady El Ghazly who believed we should boycott it because there is no referendum in the history that ended with “No” !!

According to Amr Moussa today the Front whether it will boycott the referendum or say No.

Already Strong Egypt Party called the people to vote against the constitution , I know it would.

Despite that political forces and powers are trying to force Morsi to delay the referendum or even to cancel it , the youth of different political powers are working on the ground all over Egypt. From April 6 Youth to Constitution Party to Strong Egypt Party the youth are doing their best with their simple sources to educate the people on why they have to say “NO” for the constitution.

On the other hand the Islamist forces and parties are back to their old game of say “Yes to the constitution , say Yes to Islamic Sharia” spreading flyers and so on. Amazing the constituent assembly has began to hang huge billboards “funded by our taxes” urging people to say “Yes to the Constitution , Say Yes to Stability !!”

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#Dec11 : When Tuesday becomes Friday

December 11, 2012, 8:02 am
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Officially Tuesdays have become the new Fridays in Egypt when it comes to protests and rallies !! Today we are having a day or an evening full of protests and rallies pro and against through out the country.
The political powers and parties against the Draft Constitution are planning rallies tonight in the following governorates : Cairo , Alexandria , Dakhalia , Red Sea, Luxor , Fayoum, Suez, Ismailia, Damietta, Bani Sawfi, Port Said, Sohag, Damnhur , Assuit , Monufia and Mahla.
There will be 6 rallies heading from different areas in Cairo to the Presidential Palace.
The protesters are still having their sit in at Tahrir square.
Tonight the National Salvation front will hold a meeting to declare its final position from the referendum after knowing the final decision of judges.
There are rumors that President Morsi will address the people tonight and declare something huge. Well We knew that he held a meeting with no other than Mohamed Hassenein Heikal followed by Fahmy Howaidy. Both renowned writers believe that the president should delay the referendum. There are leaks that a big VIP US official is currently visiting in Cairo
By the way President Morsi has recorded a TV interview today to a channel that is being attacked right now by his allies outside Media city. It is not ONTV by the way
At the same time Islamist powers are organizing Pro-Morsi Pro-Constitution rallies also in Cairo too !! They are having two rallies. The first rally is at Raba'a Al Adawya mosque and the second rally is at
Geographically these two Islamist Pro-Morsi rallies are being planned to intersect with the anti-Morsi rallies coming from Nasr City and Heliopolis. This is why I am worried from clashes today.
The Islamists also are having rallies in Alexandria too as well.
It is worth to mention that the Islamist powers mainly from Salafists are having sits in at Media city and the Constitutional court.
Now to the Live coverage from all over the country.




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RIP #AbuDief : Another Black Day for Media in #Egypt

December 12, 2012, 3:16 pm
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Egyptian Journalist El Hossainy Abu Deif passed away today after a week in coma following his head injury last Wednesday at Presidential Palace Clashes. Abu Deif , a journalist working in Al Fagr newspaper was shot when he was covering the clashes last Wednesday, when he was on duty. He was taking photos of the Muslim brotherhood supporters while standing on the protesters' side when he was shot.
Abu Deif at Presidential Palace
El Hossainy was shot in his skull and he has been in a coma for a week in a clinic death condition. Abdel Kader , El Hossainy's friend who accompanied in that last assignment says that his friend was shot down in particular and that his camera was stolen in chaos after he was shot down.
Abdel Kader has not yet written his full testimony on that awful day but he said on twitter Abu Deif was hit 3 times with bird shot yet he decided to complete his job and in the end the MB shot him with live ammunition.
Now officially the death toll of the Presidential Palace is 10.
From short while ago thousands of protesters , journalists and activists held a funeral for the latest martyr of press in Egypt in Tahrir square. His funeral prayer was held at Omar Makram mosque.
Abu Deif's funeral at press syndicate
At the syndicate before the funeral
Abu Deif's funeral at press syndicate
A the syndicate before the funeral
The funeral started with a protest at the journalists syndicate in Cairo where hundreds of journalists and activists gathered at the famous staircase of the syndicate chanting against the Muslim brotherhood like "Sell, sell , sell the Revolution Badie" , "There is no God except Allah and the Muslim brotherhood are the enemies of Allah" , "Oh Hossainy you hero , your blood will liberate a country" and "Down with the Brotherhood's rule".

There was sadness and anger in the stand.
I was there for certain time but I had to leave before the coffin would make it to the syndicate to go to work.Oddly enough in the same building , at the 5th floor the MB detainees who tortured on that bloody were speaking in a press conference !!"
Here are photos from the funeral's later
Talaat Harb street , Abu Deif got a flag now "@Mena Fekry"
The funeral in Tahrir was big at late night "@seldeeb"
I knew later that his fiancee Ms. Siham El Wakeel was leading a march outside the New Kasr El Nil hospital chanting "Down with the MB rule". Ms. El Wakeel considers the MB from her enemies right now.


 Now when it comes to the MB ; Salah Abdel Maksoud , the MB minister of information visited Abu Deif and claimed that he was a MB and that he was shot while he was in the MB side !! The irony is that El Hossainy is hardcore Arab Nationalist Nasserite !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boldly enough MB leading figure Essam El Arian mourns Abu Deif in cold blood
Here is the twitter account about Husseiny Abu Deif "@abojan25" and on December 4th,2012 late Abu Deif published interesting series of tweets about a deal between Al Gama'a Al Ismailiya and MB on how to disperse the Presidential Palace sit in.

Strangely on December 4th,2012 Khairat El Shater did have a meeting and Assam Abdel Maged of Al Gama'a Al Islamiyaa.
I will post that tweet from December 1st,2012
I want to say something , it is unfair that Egyptian journalists are thrown to hell like that without means of protection whether helmets or vests. Yes it was a direct live ammunition to his head but still I feel that we are too exposed. 
May Allah bless his soul and all other Presidential Palace martyrs from both sides.
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