As the world now knows, 30 June was a success. Millions went out to the streets, and we ended up with a mixture of scenario 2 and scenario 3 from my previous article: Morsi did get deposed, but this time by the military to avoid open civil war and an eventual bloody revolution. Credit must …
Good Morning Egypt⊠So, 30 June arrived, and as anticipated, it was spectacular. What could only be described as an endless sea of people swarmed Egyptâs streets, showcasing a flood of flags and red cards to âPresidentâ Mohamed Morsi and his beloved Muslim Brotherhood. The infighting between different factions in the marches was nonexistent, while …
Egypt is on the brink, and everyoneâs nerves are frazzled. Everyone is both optimistic, and yet terrified about the outcome of 30 June. Given that this is a day of an unlikely alliance between the social conservatives (old regime supporters), the revolutionaries and the independents, anything could happen. While one is operating on very limited …
One of the few remaining benefits of living in Egypt these days is the ridiculous amount of entertainment that our Islamist rulers provide. Â In a scene thatâs beyond parody, a number of Islamists held a massive conference to support Syria, which in their world means âLetâs kill those Shiâa Infidelsâ. In the first ever display …
After a stellar week in Egyptian foreign policy, with both a fiasco of a national security meeting regarding the non-threatening Ethiopia Grand Renaissance Dam and a disturbing court ruling against NGO workers, people have once again shifted their focus to National politics, specifically the 30 June demonstrations. Expectations are flying high on the side of …
For the past few weeks Egyptian society and media have been hysterical over Ethiopiaâs construction of its Renaissance Dam. The public was suddenly bombarded with the notion that Ethiopia will turn off the water faucet on Egypt and that this is an issue that threatens both our national security and survival as a nation. The …
On a relatively hot summer night, in lieu of nothing, a bunch of revolutionary friends were discussing the state of gloom that has befallen the majority of the population, and came up with a theory: We have all gone through the five stages of grief throughout this revolution. The Denial phase started with the first …
1 Egyptian revolutionaries suffer from the silly habit of always getting sucked into fighting in side-battles, and the latest batch of laws coming out of the Shura Council are a prime example. Whether the new NGO law, the new protest law, or the new judiciary law, the different groups are each fighting to apply …
A few days ago I told a Tunisian friend who just arrived some stories about the Egyptian political scene. She listened to me intently while suppressing her laughter, and after I was finished her only comment was: âCheap Drama..You guys are living in a cheap drama.â I have found her comment not only a fantastic …
Egypt is a country where people operate on myths instead of facts, which is one of the primary reasons why we never seem to get on with the country. Between the 7,000 years of civilisation (of which 2,000 we were under occupation), the army that never gets defeated (except in every war it actually partakes …
On Saturday, seven members of the Islamic group âPromotion of Virtue and Prevention of Viceâ in Suez, Egypt, decided to promote virtue by trying to whip a woman on the street due to her âun-Islamicâ dress. The woman took off her shoe and beat one of them with it while yelling at them, which caught …
It goes without saying that the Egyptian crisis is now beyond repair. None of the parties involved, including the military, have the power to resolve the conflict that the country seems destined to engage in. At some point there was hope for such a solution, but it now all seems that we are heading to …
Itâs our one and only message to a world that has always tried to crush us: âYou wonât break us. Do your worstâ.
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The blame game is fun, but it never works
For the past week I have been avoiding, ducking and evading the black hole of negativity that has seemingly sucked everyone in. It wasnât an easy task especially because for everyone I spoke to, the news of whatâs been happening in the country, from mass sexual assaults and terrorism to police torture of street children, …
There is a huge amount of confusion regarding the lists and candidates, aided by the lack of clarity in the positions of the parties involved.
Egyptian children might not be the geniuses that you claim they are, but they are smart enough not to respect you.
In light of yesterdayâs events, we urge you to convince your president to withdraw the constitutional declaration and cancel the referendum
With every semblance of what is commonly referred to as âthe civil forcesâ (the church representatives, the secular parties and members) withdrawn from it, the Egyptian Constituent Assemblyâs fate seems more precarious than ever. While many speculate about its fate and the fate of the constitution it is supposed to present to the public soon, …
As the first anniversary of the clashes of Mohamed Mahmoud approaches, my social media timelines are bombarded with the images of the martyrs who died there and how we should never forget until we get back their rights. As the pictures and the names keep rolling in, it becomes impossible to distinguish the faces and …
Our past two winters have been insane with action, and something tells me that this winter will not be different; that itâs time for things to heat up once more around here.
Explore our magical skies, and try to avoid getting shot down by stray bullets that are being shot by neighbour to kill neighbour, all over this blessed land
Ladies and Gentlemen, congratulations: you are living in a mirage state
