I assure after the latest accident and the violent from the police against normal citizen that the police didn’t learn the lesson from 25th of January 2011. Regardless of how the police right now is under a lot of pressure because of what Muslims Brotherhood do against the police and bombs thy explode everyday everywhere.
Over the course of time, I have come to realize that there are still many obstacles that are preventing the moving forward for Egypt. Terrorism is the obvious problem at the moment. It even seems overkill to mention bombs, explosions, murders, abductions etc...It happens just way too much. And it’s even to the point now where it’s not a shock anymore, just a sad reminder that we are living in an unsafe, unstable environment.
There are many things we wish we could change. Our body is not up to our standards, the clothes we wear is not in style anymore, we get upset and lose our patience too quickly. These are all examples of things we wish we could change about ourselves. When I think about how Egypt has changed over the years, I try to imagine why, and if it's possible to change back. People are not as nice as they used to be. You used to be able to have women walk by themselves at night, that has now changed. There used to be days where it was seen as ok if women smoked, and wore "fanillas" and clapped and made noise just as men did. Then, fundamentally, something changed. Something inside of us changed, for the worse I may add. Women and men alike began to fall on hard times. Work shortage, rising food prices, lack of resources. People began to lose who they were, and began to be easily stressed, easily annoyed, easily judgmental.
I recently saw a documentary done regarding the women of Kurdistan. Why did it catch my attention? They were in the fight against ISIS. This self defence group called themselves YPJ. These women had the blessings of their whole family, to go and join this military group in the front lines against ISIS. This is something that amazed me. Here, Egyptian women are seen more of the caregivers of the home. The ones who cook, clean, take care of the children etc... The women in Kurdistan are of the same. ISIS, however, had pushed the whole society to change rebel against their own upbringing and belief system. It was the first time for me to hear that the men of ISIS believe that if they are killed by a woman then they will die. The women of Kurdistan are taking advantage of this belief and trying to claim back land that is rightfully theirs. Girls of 16, 18, 20, were all joining this group and training with machine guns, and bazookas to be ready in protecting their civil liberties.
I want today to talk about something may be some will see it as if I'm pessimistic, however, I believe what I will talk about could happen. After the assassination of the general prosecutor in Egypt, we have to pay the attention or find an answer to that question which is what if they assassinate Al Sisi?
As we are close to open the New Suez Canal, we have to take this event as Example of what we can achieve in short time. The new Suez Canal give us hope that Egyptian can do more than they can imagine.
Last time we were trying to understand and analyze more if the developed countries are actually developed and we could find out that in the economic meaning they are developed but in social meaning they are completely not because of the discrimination they have in their society as well as they claim they defend human rights but only human rights in their countries.
We always in the media, universities or our communitites hear these sentences " we are not like the developed countries", In deveoped countries they are better in this field or that field, but we never asked ourselves this question are developed countries are actually developed? or we are just trying to minimize from ourselfes because we always fell Inferiority.
Democracy is not an easy feat. It takes patience, intelligence, and strength. When I think about how far we come, I believe that we are on the right path to forming a democracy. I believe, however, that we need to be clear on what democracy means for Egypt. I think our current problem is that the landscape of Egypt is too diverse. Diversity isn't neccessarily a bad thing, but when everyone, from every background is intesnely passionate about what they want, we get caught up in minor details instead of looking at the bigger picture.
The last visit to Sisi to german and Hungary shows without any doupt that Sis is a brave man. Sisi didn't afraid from the criticse of the western country or afraid to be accused that he did a coup. Sis decided to face all these inclinations instead of escaping it. I appraise what Sisi did. Egypt was in need to someone face the world and face Egypt's problems not to escape from it. Until now I can say that Sisi succeeded to convince a lot of countries that what happened in Egypt in July third wasn't a coup but was a will of Egyptian to change.
Media starts to play a very danger role in politics. The media supposed to be like a candle to shed the light on the weaknesses of the different sides of the life. Playing politics role is not good for the media especially that Egyptian receive their information from the media not from reading or analysing. I believe that we need media charter to be able to adjust the media role in the politics life. Look to what happened between Dr. Al Ghazaly Harb and the journalist Ahmad Mousa. This case represents a very clear example to the bad role that Media play in the political life.
The last crisis of Alwafd party explains to us how is the political parties from inside. All political parties seek authority not seeking to introduce alternative to the citizen. Egyptian parties without exception doesn't have a real alternative to Egypt's problem.
Today is the day where we can finally see some justice in Egypt. Today is the day Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to death. What bothers me, is I saw a lot of people on social media condemning this sentence. Saying democracy and the revolution was all for nothing, and that this sentence is in fact the beginning of dark days for Egypt. I am actually quite offended when I hear statements like these. I can tolerate different opinions but to a point. I find myself de-friending people when it comes to this topic. I wish to take this opportunity to explain why. First, I would like to remind everyone of what exactly Morsi is behind bars for. He is charged with inciting violence. When is this ever an acceptable action? Especially come from the person who is supposedly leading the country? He is also charged with incitement for murder. Let's not forget that he is the one who is related to all those criminal charges for acts of terrorism. Above and beyond what he is charged for, have any of the ignorant people stopped to think about a critical aspect of his ouster?
The truth of the matter is, terrorists are winning. This may be a bold statement, but I want to focus on the three main points that will hopefully serve as a wake up call to maybe perhaps change our current state of living. It is no surprise hearing a bout a bomb going off, a police officer being killed, new martyrs joining Jesus in heaven. What is surprising is our reaction. We hear about Sisi talking about the fight against these actions. We ourselves have millions of pictures or mourning and devastation and emotional breakdowns. Every time a tragedy happens, we find our selves reacting in the same way. And you know what? This is exactly the reaction the terrorists are living for, expecting. What person would kill 21 innocent victims, and then be sad when they see the families of loved ones crying, and the funerals, and memorials being held? None. People who kill, kill for the thrill of watching the world's reaction.
Any one who looks at the political parties today will feel without a doubt that It is impossible to have a sound political life in this situation. We all recently read about what happened with the Alwafd Party and how a group of people inside the party itself wanted to isolate the president of the party for the sake of a reform. It has not only been the Alwafd party suffering from this hassal, but all political parties in Egypt are suffering from different diseases. I wonder how the political parties will enter the next parliament election while most of them suffer from internal conflicts.
Bombs going off. People dying everyday. New protests. Old reasons. Widespread violence and bloodshed, and tragedy, is now an everyday scenario we face in Egypt. It seems like not a second goes by without some new tragic event. The reason I am speaking about this new way of life is because I feel as though violence, if not prevented or stopped, will sooner rather than later become a part of the Egyptian culture.
I totally believe that Egypt is suffering from a lot of things now days. On one hand, What the Muslim Brotherhood does like bombing and killing that happens everyday, on the other hand, The Economic difficulties that Egypt face due to lacking of stability.
In the last article I spoke about the Resurrection, and about it's deep meaning. I ended my article with the question, are you working to enjoy the moment of resurrection? If so, then that's what I want to focus on today. Many people, including myself, find that it's so hard to work on a spiritual life which will lead you to eternal life to enjoy it. I admit that it is really hard, just as Jesus said in the Bible, “Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat”
Resurrection is a deep word that we can contemplate with. While we are getting closer to Easter, we should seize the opportunity to think deeply upon the meaning of resurrection. In fact, the word "resurrection" gives us the hope for a better life. Imagine one day you are thinking about your fate after death, and you said to yourself, "There is no hope for me as long as I will die and this is my end." It must be so depressing when you have this feeling. One day one of my friends asked me how people will live in the eternal life. Will they feel bored after awhile? At this time, I told her that you are thinking this way because your mind is limited. You are measuring life in heaven with the same standard of your life on earth.
I would like to refresh your mind on the tragedy that took place in Afghanistan recently. A woman expressed her opinion, which really should be her right, through burning pages from the Koran. This poor woman was beaten, thrown from a roof, run over by a car, and then burned at a stake. Under what circumstances would this ever be acceptable? Where is the teaching of torture and burning, and all the heinous things that happened to her? This story makes me so upset, and honestly, I believe that justice needs to be served. Where are the perpetrators? What will happen to them? I don't think prison would be enough.
Ever wonder how much the President of each country makes? If you knew their salary, do you think your opinion of them would change? An article was recently released outlining the top salaries of prime ministers and presidents across the globe. No big surprise, Sisi did not make it. But the numbers that were revealed, however, were somewhat shocking, and not in a bad way. The US had the second highest pay rate for Obama, Stephen Harper of Canada coming in third. Who had the first? Singapore! Surprising right? I didn't see that coming. The reason I am mentioning salaries is because how do you quantify how much a leader should make? America's Obama makes $400,000 USD a year. When you think about it, it's not that much. Surgeons make up to $700,000 in the West. If money is not that motivating factor, than what pushes our leaders to do the best they can? When you think about Sisi, and all the accomplishments he's made, and all the work his group has put in to trying to restructure Egypt, what's it all worth? 45,000 Egyptian pounds a month? Is that too much? Is that too little? Take also into consideration, back in January he said he would donate half of that to the betterment of the economy.
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