"Boxer" el sayed al mo7afez

Egypt is boiling, burning, rioting, fighting, prisoners escaping, looters, angry politicians, furious youth ........

Yet the fun never seizes. The situation is aggravating by the hour and amazingly so is the humor.
It's been a while since I last heard a good joke but these days the hilarious jokes are pouring.
People in Tarhrir and most probably all over Egypt are giving a concrete lesson of civilization.
While the wiser mass is mercilessly attacking the protestors for turning the protest to a charade, i really admire them.
They are Real Stereo type Egyptians, making fun of anything including themselves.
Despite an obscure future, the fear of prosecution, tough circumstances, they somehow still find it in their hearts to be their funny selves.
Hilarious slogans, funny scenes, nice songs all this while being a part of history making makes me soooo envious and longing to be there.
Among the funniest stories I heared is one coming from kalb el a7dath from Alexandria,( it's a true story by the way i didn't make it up) ok the governer's house has been mobbed and his clothes stolen. His undies are for sale now.
For those who are interested they only come at LE 7/- cheap price to pay considering that they could be looked at as a long term investment, one that you could proudly pass on to your children along with stories about thawret 25 janayer...
" we da ya wlad ba2a kan boxer el sayed mo7afez al askandareya "

EditFalta7ya al kella al mondassa w agendatha al 7'aregeya

Today marks the anniversary of the 13th day of the Egyptian uprising.
Let's go thru the main achievements so far:

• Cabninet has been dismissed and a new one appointed.(Not bad for a start)
• For what seems like a miracle, Mubarak appointed a vice president(People have been demanding this for the past 30 years but i think he has some hearing problems, so you should roar in his ear to be heared)
• Ahmad Ezz, Habib El Adly, Zuhair Garana, have been dismissed and their fortune frozen.Word says they will undergo trial. Dunno about you but I am thrilled.
• Gamal Mubarak and Safwat ElSherif are OUT.Who could have thought we will live to see the day??
• Government started talks with opposition leaders. Ok some might argue the worthiness of opposition in Egypt and i cannot counterargue however it's a healthy step.Authority in the hand of one person is nothing but mere corruption.
• We have to agree that these changes are huuuge. Had we listened to the "wise majority" demanding " al kella al mondessa min zuwi al agendat al kharegeya" to abandon Tahrir, Ka2ed Ibrahim and all the streets of Egypt, we would have ended up with some lame cabinet change leading us to point zero.

Ok I know what the wise majority is thinking now..what about the damages well fair is fair let's go thru them aswell.

• The grave loss is that of over 300 martyrs and the injuries of 5000 of Egyptians during 13 days(What do you think of your government now?)I beg you please to take a look at the pictures of these young people -you will find them all over fb...did they impress you as agents?? people with hidden agendas? traitors? or simply the boy and girl next door?
• A state of chaos and insecurity. I have no intention of repeating what you already know but who let the dogs out?Kindly refer to the videos with their confessions.
• Collapse of the Economy.Again whose responsibility? The demonstrators? Nay the protests were very peaceful there was absolutely no need for a curefew hadn't the government relased the prisoners and withdrawn the police forces.Talk about hidden agendas.

By the way I am not trying to impose my opinion you are free to agree or disagree but this is my reading of the state we are in. And the way I see it is that if these people are kella mondassan b agendat kharegeya so falta7ya hazihi al kella mondassa web2o ta3alo kol yom.

Al7akika wara2 25 Yanayer!!Mozaharat 3arabi .....Omm el agnabo

Lately we have been hearing many theories/rumors regarding the situation in Egypt let me TRY to summarize them for you, it's not an easy task if you consider our looooove for the conspiracy theories:

• Most famous one: Wael Ghoneim the Google Marketing Manager in Egypt is the administrator of We are all Khaled Said Group who has been missing since Jan 25th...
• To add to this one there is another rumour saying that same groups admin is a US "agent" and his mischevious activities are funded by the US.He is ofcourse the one who started the riots which is part of a foreign agenda to throw Mubarak and do God knows what
• This is by far the funniest one so far :Mehwar's famous Sayed interviewed a girl who claims that she has been trained in Israel -or US cant't remember- to demonstrate(seriously people? i can't get over that one) and she and the rest of the demonstrators have been paid USD 50k EACH to demonstrate.Hmm so she was demonstration trainee ...interesting fe3lann and by the way what a budget ....
• Aljazeera is after Egypt ya gama3a careful !!And so is Alarabeya, CNN, and every journalist on mother earth so only watch AL TELEVISION AL MASRY 7AYSSU EL KEZB 7ASSRY.
• USA, Israel, Iran, 7ezbullah, Gozur el amar are planning on destroying Egypt's national security .Talks about foreign agendas and stuff
• Al Ekhwan are the ones starting the riot
• Al Ekhwan are the ones who are now rioting , the youth of the 25th went home and are convinced by his speech.

Ofcourse, these are only examples, listing all scenarios and theories is a mission impossible! Our passion for the conspiracy theory is confusing everyone and is nutured by our government.They are no fools, it was a masterplan that was successfully implemented. You only have to take a look at your wall to know what I am talking about.
Now I don't claim to know it all in fact i know nothing. I, too am a victim of this scheme and am trusting noone.
But what I am sure of is, that we were all dissatisfied with the regime. We had no doubt it was corrupt.We never believed them.Why should we start now? Egyptians are sentimental..good for them but are we fools??!!
This revolution is causing damage !! True ...but what about all the robbing and the corruption?
For decades we kept hoping and praying for a change didn't we? Since an uprise was no option we were counting on God's grace. But alas, God despite his grace decided not to interfere. Why??? because he wanted US to do it, because we cannot just sit there and day dream of a change, it's never done that way revise your history books.
Are there guarantees? None, but mind you we are already ruled by a dictator and there IS foreign interference.
So please, if you don't want to participate cool... just don't destroy what could be a positive movement.
And if God forbids it should fail please don't complain about a regime you helped creating

What started out so beautifully is taking a very ugly turn

During the past week there was an unprecedented feeling of unity that was sweeping accross Egypt. It was very encouraging and joyful despite all the hardships . If something good came out of this revolution it was the sudden realization that we love our country and most importantly ourselves.
That was the 'before the speech" phase....
Similar to him, our president's speech if anything was very cunning.He managed to cause confusion and seperation amongst people.
Egyptians decided to form two groups(mind you there is a third group "the mercenaries" who also deserve attention only this is not the right platform to talk about them).
Anyways, the two groups are the anti and pro Mubaraks. Don't get me wrong here, arguments are healthy but the sick thing is that the two groups started throwing stones at each other.
Stones in the sense of accusations.
Amongst the hurtful things that personally touched me was accusing Egyptians living abroad of deserting Egypt, firing people up whilst they are enjoying life abroad, etc....
Now am not defending us" The Egyptians living outside" but certain facts need to be highlighted here:
What drove us away from Egypt was the lousy regime who had an imapact on us be it financial/social or whatever and YES each one of us had his share of suffering

• Seeking a better life is not a crime
• Living abroad is not as jolly as u imagine, we are either Expats or citizens with arabic origins and neither is really a plus
• When you are abroad you work your butts off and the odds of being let go is high after all your an Expat and there is no labour law to protect you.
• Finally, being away from your country is not just you being kilometers apart, it's rather the paing of being seperated from your family and friends and missing out on important events in their lives.

Ofcourse life in Egypt is not a treat either especially now; nobody is underestimating the suffering/fear/anger "people inside" are feeling.
However rest assure that we " the outsiders" as you lately began to call us feel your agony so before you start with the accusations, know very well that me and you we all have have our own problems caused by the regime whether we are in or outside.
Please know your real enemy, it's not too late to retain the unity we had last week.



We all want what's best for Egypt even if we see it differently....

To my fellow Egyptian Expats

Yes we might be of split opinion about what’s happening now in our home country.

Yes we might agree or disagree about whether we should continue rioting to obtain our long lost freedom or whether we should stop here and save our country further damage.

Yes we might be supporting Baradei, Ayman Nour or even Mubarak himself, but a very interesting fact has surfaced during the last week.
We all want to be in Egypt right now.
Be it because of concerns about your family/loved ones, the need to be there while history is being written, a sense of belonging to your country, a sudden feeling of “what am I doing here???”
Regardless of the reason, fact remains this feeling is overwhelming and unique. I've been talking to various nationalities who say that at times of turmoil in their countries they prefer to stay away. But not us!

We need to go back. Are we nuts, emotional, curious??? Possible but a certainty is that we are patriotic; we love our Egypt no matter how much we claim the opposite.

You don’t even know the extent of this love until moments as such.

Ofcourse, some of us will still prefer to be away and mind you they are not less patriotic,  it's mainly due to fear about their children and families.

 Yes I love my country and I am dying to go back.

Asek I memnu

Is turkish for forbidden love, the title of a turksih serie am following these days.

Forbidden coz Samar the wife of Adnan is having an affair with Mohannad the nephew raised by Adnan since he was orphaned as a child.

In the mean time Adnan's daughter is in love with her cousin which adds to the complications.

Ofcourse am not writing a post about some turkish serie give me more credit than that please.

Self centred as I am (that comes along with being an only child hold my parents accountable not me ) I started analyzing myself. Yes that I do at times (that comes along with being single and not having much to do).

Now am losing focus and so must you. Ok ok back to my point actually am being evasive coz am having difficulty expressing what I want to say.

I sometimes shock myself .I actually feel for Samar imagine? In another world, few years back maybe i would have hated and condemned such a character. She's cheating on her husband, she's seducing his nephew she sabotages his relationship with his fiance and later on his cousin. In short she's evil. But i feel for her.

Shocking right? What's more shocking is that am putting myself in her shoes...that could happen to me!

I mean why not? Whose immune to evil...love?

I stopped judging people long back especially when it comes to decisions regarding the heart.

Analyze that!!!!

• You're in a dark alley and you know it's a dead end yet you keep on walking...
• It's early in the morning, the streets are jammed and you know that if you take this short cut you'll end up scratching your car.Yet you do!!
• You hate this place why not just pack and leave? You just don't.
• You're awfully sleepy and you sooo much yearn to be in bed.You just sit there motionless and tired staring at the ceiling
• You hate this movie come on you've lived it errrr seen it before how difficult is it to turn off the damn TV???