831) Kolena Gaber Salah !!

As if I am posting that post today ...Post 700 

after more than 2 years and a revolution.

Nothing has changed ... 

Nothing has changed... 

Nothing has changed.

Gaber Salah is not a coincidence ... 

Gaber Salah is the new Khaled Saeed, 

and hopefully the last one.

Mohaly

827) Egypt ... Deal or No Deal ?!!!

President or No President, Constitution or No Constitution, Government or No Government, Parliament or No Parliament, Trails or No Trials, Protests or No Protests .... Simply everything and its exact opposite that I am afraid one day it is going To Be or Not to Be. Egypt became a big darkroom where groups of blind people are left together going in ALL directions and NO direction at the same time !!.. Everybody is running, shouting, and even stepping on others, although we are in a deep need to hold hands and find our way up to switch on the light.

After 20 months from the 25th of Jan "Revolution", things are not only in complete unrest, but also the vision, path and even the vehicle are not clear at all.. Each group is living in a separate schizophrenic bubble where they only talk and don't even listen to their own words to the extent that"Contradictions" can easily win the best title for such stage... Liberals aren't liberal enough to accept differences, Salafi's are not following the right Salaf in dealing with others, and socialists are not doing any benefit on any social level,  Ekhwan are not tolerant enough to deal with such huge responsibility that they cant handle alone and where they failed to get Egyptians to be "Ekhwan" in this nation.. Even felool, you can't accurately describe what is meant by the term anymore!!! Simply Every Thing and Its opposite...Kol 7aga wel 3aks!

This is the situation about almost everything in Egypt now ... So is it a Deal or No Deal?! The problem is there is no one offering a DEAL; however, everybody is saying NO DEAL !!!

Mohaly

814) Suzanne for President ?!!

So ... What if Suzanne Thabet (wife of ousted president) decided to run for president of Egypt in 2012 Elections?

Before you say no way, tell me what can keep her from running?
- Felol? Shafik the Super felol is running..
- Age? She is 71, younger than many candidates..
- Gender? other females are already running..
- Accusations? Nothing official, she is officially "clean"..
- Experience? No one has more "experience" than her ..
- Populairty? "Mubarak Sons group" are hers too !
In addition she is the pioneer of El Kera2aa lel gamee3 (Reading for all), so she can handle El Bara2a lel gamee3 and El Re2asa lel gamee3 (Presidency for all)

So seriously, what keeps Morgana from running supported by Ali Baba and the 40 thieves in Torah?!

Mohaly

809) 25 January 2012 ... Celebration or Revolution ?!

On 11 Feb and after couple of mins of Omar Soliman's announcement, I tried to call my very close friend Sherif Saleh to celebrate ... I didn't wait till he answers and went on saying MABROOOOOK.. I got a weird voice on the other side saying "who are you?", I answered "aren't you Sherif?", he said no, I said: "that is ok Mabrouk anyway", he surprisingly said: "Mabrouk for what?!! this is bad, army is bad..." I wasn't capable of discussing or even thinking, I just wanted to celebrate so I told him: "thank you, and enjoy the victory" ... Now after a year, I am still asking myself was he right, should I have chosen not to celebrate?!!!

A picture is better than 1000 words ... I have summarized the incidents of the year in these 20 pictures that symbolized each event ... I think the answer to the question (25 Jan 2012 a celebration or a Revolution?) is clear..

Mohaly

805) The Egyptian Rower !!

At the end of this long year, I thought a lot about writing a long article, but after re-thinking, I decided to share with you this short story about how do we manage our teams and accordingly our countries, and would leave the commenting to you ...

There was a rowing competition between an Egyptian Team and a Japanese Team. Each boat had 9 people on it. At the end of the race, the Japanese team was found winning while the Arab Team was far left behind.. When the analysis was done, it was found out that the Japanese team had the following structure:
- 1 Boat Manager
- 8 Rowers
While the Egyptian Team had the following:
- 8 Boat Managers
- 1 Rower

The Egyptian Team didn't surrender and decided on a restructure. They now have 1 boat manager like the Japanese Team. In the 2nd round of the competition the Japanese team was still found winning with a huge gap like the 1st round .. When they analyized the results they found that the structure was as follows:

Japanese Team:

-1 Boat Manager

- 8 Rowers

Egyptian Team:

- 1 Boat General Manager

- 3 Deputy Managers

- 4 Assistant Managers

- 1 Rower

Accordingly the Egyptian Team had a meeting to see what went wrong and punish the responsible, and the end of the meeting they decided to fire ..... The Rower!!

P.S. Any resemblance between the GM and the SCAF, or the Managers and the Political Parties, or the Rower and the Egyptian Revolts is not a pure coincidence.

Wish you and Egypt a Happy New Calm Effective Peaceful Year where the Rower can actually Row.

Mohaly

804) Ya Layta El Ray2es Y3oodo Yawoman !!

يا ليت المخلوع يعود يوما ... فأخبره بما فعله السكاف بى

و لا يوم من أيامك يا "بابا مبارك" .. كنا مرتاحين من الحرية و الكرامة و الحاجات المتعبة دى ... شوية "عيال" محدش عارف يلمهم يخلوك تمشى؟  .... مش عارفيين نأنتخ و نتلهى فى المسلسلات و الكورة زى زمان ... و لا نركز فى القضايا الكبيرة زى مين اللى رمى الطوبة على أتوبيس الجزائر و هروب الحضرى و إزاى تخلى البنات تحبك .... فين أيام التحرش فى العيد و دينا و سعد الصغير ... فين أيام الإعتصامات اللى كانت بتهز الدنيا و فيها 500 واحد بحالهم على سلم نقابة الصحفيين ... فين أيام البانجو مع خالد سعيد و الويسكى مع أبو الفتوح و البودرة فى سيراميك..     أبو العنين ... فين طلعت زكريا و غادة عبد الرازق؟ فين السحابة السودا؟

أيام ما كان الشعب طريقه واحد -صفر  .... تقول موافقون ، يرد موافقة (حتى لو مردش يرده موافقه) .... كنا كلنا يا إما حزب وطنى يا إما حزب كنبة .. كنا إسم عارفين مين رئيسنا الجاى و إسم أمه كمان ... و عجلة الإنتاج كانت مفرقعة ... و الإخوان فى السجن و السلفيين فى الجامع و المسيحيين فى الكنيسة و المثقفين فى الحظيرة و شنبو فى المصيدة..

 كنا و إحنا بتنعشى نغنى إخترناه و بايعناه .. دلوقتى نقف بال4 ساعات عشان ننتخب و إيدينا تتوسخ كمان ... كنا مفخدين و ما كنش بيفرق معانا 1000 يموتوا فى عبارة و لا 100 يتحرقوا فى قطر .. دولوقتى الدنيا تتقلب عشان واحد عينه راحت .... كنا بنرشى أجدعها عسكرى ... كنا منعرفش المجلس العسكرى .. دلوقتى إحنا "بنموت"  فى بعض ... كنا عندنا مجلس السرور و مجلس الشريف و مجلس المحلى ... دلوقتى عندنا "قعر مجلس" ... كان فيه "كتائب العادلى" بيرموا علينا قنبلة كل سنة يموت فيها 20 واحد بس  .. دلوقتى كل شهر "الفوتوشوب القاتل" بيموت ال 20 دول غير اللى بيتعوروا غير اللى بيتسحلوا غير اللى بيتعروا غير اللى بيتنقطنوا  من السكاف زى مانا منقوط لدرجة إنى قعدت و كتبت البوست ده... 

إحنا أسفين يا سوزان .. ع أبوكو كلكو

Mohaly
ملاحظة: المقالة دى هدفها السخرية من الوضع الحالى ... فى ستين داهيه يا مبارك

802) From Kleptocracy To Theocracy !!

I think this image can say it all ... and actually I don't have much more to say than what I said in my article right after the referendum in March (Open Post 767) ... as the circumstances, attitudes, behaviours, and even mistakes are still the same..

Away from the panic attack liberals and pro-civil country are passing through, we need to see the real political threat here ... I think that Ekhwan wants to write the constitution and change the system into a parliament based system which will guarantee them a looking time of being in power which such state of religious tension and lack of political awareness. They may even make a deal with SCAF to agree upon giving them the special positioning in the constitution and power in trade of that, and can make use of Salafis as a scarecrow.

If the Liberals and pro-civil country continue committing the same mistakes and just keep taking to each other then we will be experiencing a new Theocratic Egypt .. and our Revolution will be replacing Kleptocracy with Theocracy !!!

Mohaly

801) Gada3 ya Basha !!

Shoot me in the eye ... Gada3 ya Bahsa

Shoot me in the chest ... Gada3 ya Basha

Shoot me in the head ... Gada3 ya Basha

End my career ... Gada3 ya Basha

End my youth ... Gada3 ya Basha

End my life ... Gada3 ya Basha

Kill my son ... Gada3 ya Basaha

Kill my brother ... Gada3 ya Bahsa

Kill my love ... Gada3 ya Basha

Smile and Laugh ... Gada3 ya Basha

Get a Medal ... Gada3 ya Basha

Even Escape ... Gada3 ya Basha

But wait ...

Live on the Edge ... Live as a Rat ..

Live afraid from death .. and wishing to die at the sametime ..

Live with our curse upon you ... and dare to tell yourself "Gada3 ya Basha"..

Mohaly

Feeling Betrayed

800) Dedication to the Egyptian Revolution !

الثورة مستمرة ... The Revolution is Still On 

مفيش مكان للوجع فى قلبى و دموعى صلاحيتها إنتهت

إخواتى دمهم بينزف فى قلبى و بلادى خلاص صحوتها إبتدت
Mohaly

798) He who laughs last, laughs best !

I wanna share a short story that reflects the Tom & Jerry strategy that we are living in during the last 9 months..

- A hairdresser wispered to his client: "This is the dumbest child on earth, and  I will prove it to you."

- The hairdresser puts one pound in one hand and 50 piastres in the other, then calls the kid asking him to choose one.
- The kid took the 50 piastres, and went out of the shop. The hairdresser said that he does that every time.
- On his way out, the client saw the kid coming out of an ice-cream shop, so he stopped the kid and asked him: "Why do you take the 50 piastres and don't take the whole pound every time".

- The kid confidently answered him: "The day I will take the whole pound, the game will be over".

End of story, but not end of the lesson. If the SCAF, the Government and all the old regime members and supports think that they are fooling us, and if we seem to choose the 50 piasters every time, they are just fooling themselves, because no matter what happens now, the future is ours, and we will win...

"He who laughs last, laughs best"

Mohaly

Enjoy your vacations :)

796) What is Left?!

My post is week is short and simple ... Actually it is just one question:

What is left from 1952 Revolution, and what is left from 2011 Revolution?

I need to read your opinions about it, and please don't say nothing left as we had made a change but my fear is that 1952 overcomes 2011 and this will be a real 2nd Naksa.

Mohaly

792) Egypt Revolution .. Aybak howa Aktay !

Without introduction ... I am now totally convinced that we are in a big fake drama, and we have wasted 7 months (11 Feb -11 Sept) of our lives in big fat black joke. The only reality was the 18 days (25/1-11/2), after that I feel it was just "film hendy", just like Sept. 11th where today marks its 10th memory.

Let's recall what happened from the beginning:

- On Jan 25th, they tried to get people home through water hoses, and tear gas... It didn't work.

- On Jan 26th, they tried to terrify people through media ... It didn't work.

- On Jan 27th, they cut off communication ... and it didn't work..

- On Jan 28th, they killed and injured people... and it didn't work (made people stronger)..

- On Jan 29th they appointed a VP and changed the Cabinet... it didn't matter.

- On Jan 30th they tried to terrify the people at home and streets... and it made people more determined..

- On Feb 1st they tried to play emotional, and it didn't have the enough impact.

- On Feb 2nd they tried to get us back to dark ages, and we have beaten them...

- On Feb 5th they canceled "El Tawreeth" and it didn't matter then..

- On Feb 8th they tried to compromise... and as if they have said nothing..

- On Feb 10th they tried to delegate power and give promises ... and people ignored them..

- On Feb 11th they moved power to the SCAF as a last resort ... and it worked, and people went home :(

That was the biggest strategic mistake in the history of the Revolution... I have to admit that we were wrong when we went home on Feb 11th, we should have stayed there for another week or two till Mubark men were caught, protesters killers were busted, and a clear timeline is agreed upon for the transitional period. Since then we have been paying the price of not staying there, and each single win came through a struggle with SCAF at first, and then with Islamists, and now with half of the Egyptian People!

I am afraid that Tahrir protests started to be meaningless to SCAF now, we need to think about different strategies to save this revolution that goes along with Tahrir... What I am really sure of is that at a certain level of disappointment and despair, a real 2nd wave of revolution happens, and this time it wont definitely be "Peaceful" as those who will make it will be only demanding one thing ... Taking over power in Egypt in order to be able to apply what others couldn't... and then no one knows how the struggle will look like!

Yaa Raaab ..

Mohaly

791) 7al el Fawazeer?!!!

You have been missed. Sorry for the longest blog break ever, but I was burnt out, and needed to stop writing for a while... I am back to my weekly posts and wondering about the solution for this year tough Fawazeer Ramadan... so would you help me in finding an answer to the following?

1) Why does Mubarak and his sons act as if nothing has happened?

2) Why was "Felool" all over Ramadan Programs?

3) How was Amr Mostafa brought up?

4) Adopting Mostafa's Thoery: What is the hidden message "CotoNil Boxers" ad wants to deliver?

5) What really happened in London?

6) Who did climb the Israli Embassy building?

7) Was there a "Laylat Kadr" this year? Why did the sun shine in all sunrises?!

8) Why did no.2 "Charity" won the Pepsi contest and not "Education"?

9) What has happened in Jeddah Airport & Why?

10) Why did we celebrate Eid in the last day of Ramadan (Zo7al day)?

If you have an answer to any or all of the questions, please post it here in the comments page, and we will win our enlighmnet, as it seems that "El Mowaten X" has been fooled by "El Kebeer Awy" and is retreating to "El Shaware3 el Khalfeya".

On a more serious note; my one and only question to the SCAF: 
"Do you really believe that Egypt is going in the right direction and to the position it deserves?" 
P.S. It is a Yes or No question... not although, but, if, ...etc.


Mohaly


Next Week: The Egyptian Revolution .. 3andena Drama Mesh 2ay Drama..!

787) A Career in Tahrir !

Whether you are with or against or even undecieded regarding the 25th of Jan Revolution, you for sure won't be happy with what the street vendors and beggers are tunrining Tahrir square into these days.
For business reasons, I visit Tahrir at least 2 times a week -some weeks daily-, and I really hate what I am seeing from these vendors who are fighting each other for occupying bigger areas of the great square, the icon of our revolution. I was even an eye witness to the last couple days events and big part of it was because of or involving these street vendors.
Remember: http://mohaly.blogspot.com/2011/04/772-tahrir-deja-vu.html

This is not about July 8th Protests, but I am just against taking Tahrir as a Career whether for street vendors, beggars, thugs, or even any un-peaceful revolt. It has to be kept as an Icon of a clean and great revolution, and I really don't understand what is the SCAF waiting for to build the Martyrs Memorial in the middle of it.

Mohaly,
sadly writing from Tahrir Square.

782) Liberate YOURSELF !

Nilson Mandela said: After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

I add:

If you think that it is over ... then you are dreaming.
If you think that nothing happened ... then you are blind.
If you think that there is no hope ... then you don't deserve it.

William Wallace said: Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
I add: Yes, we feel frustrated, we feel betrayed, we feel useless, we feel disappointed, we feel a lot of things .... but what about dignity, pride, hope, persistence, will, and faith? ....  these words must keep their meanings in our dictionaries, or else it will become distinct forever ..

Che Gevara said: The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.
I add: Eih khalas .... ne2adeeha ekte2ab, wala e3tekaf, wala mokhadarat, wala eih ... foooo2o ... el balad lesa baladna ... wala ento fakreen enaha hateegy bel sahel ... la2 nes7a we nefawa2 ba3dena ... weli mesh 2ader yo23od keda 3ala ganb le7ad manewsal.

Mohaly

أبدا لن نستكين أبدا .... إنى أرجو مع اليوم غداه

781) Thwaret Al Shak !

The Revolts doubt the people

People doubt the Revolts

Who said YES doubts who said NO

Who said NO doubts who said YES

Ekhwan doubt Liberals

Liberals doubt the Military Council

The Military Council doubts the Revolts

... the Revolts doubt the People ......

& I started doubting myself

Mohaly

أكاد أشك في نفسي لأني

أكاد أشك فيك وأنت مني

يقول الناس إنك خنت عهدي

ولم تحفظ هواي ولم تصني