859) To Pee or not to Pee ... !!

I think that William Shakespeare would have written it this way if he had a simple walk in the streets of Cairo, and had witnessed himself the view, smell, and feeling of "Pee" allover the walls, sidewalks, bushes, alleys, ...etc.

The scene of people peeing in the streets is becoming quite normal, something I almost see every other day. The last time I did was yesterday when a Taxi driver pulled over beside a 5 starts hotel and went to the other side of the car, opened the door, unzipped his pants, and simply peed between the passenger door and the car !

Although it seems disgusting, but insisting always to put myself in others shoes instead of framing or judging makes me think that most of the time people do that because there are no practical alternatives (
a decent or even functioning public toilet) specially if they are using public transportation or just walking. It gets even worse if you are a female.

I tried it myself, and walked for 2.5 kilometers thinking about something I wanna do work, and I had all that walk without finding one single public toilet, and wondered, what if I really cant hold it anymore during that walk, what should I have done?! So instead of thinking strategically about "being" or not "being", I turned out to be thinking about "peeing" or not "peeing".

M.O.H.@.L.Y

855) Egyptians ::: The Dilemma of Co-Existence!

With all what happened and is still happening in Egypt during the past 30 months, I have almost reached a conviction that co-existence became something next to Impossible specially between Civil / Liberal and Theological streams.

I have written a long article about it, and was about to publish today, but after seeing all that blood shed, I just deleted the article. I still see that Ekhwan and Islamists were and are a major catalyst in splitting Egypt this way, and I have reached the following conclusion:

Co-Existence--: An imaginary word that is used by politicians in 3rd world countries regarding different ideologies living together and accepting each other, but doesn't have any meaning in reality.

Is there is still a chance to co-exist?!

 M.O.H.@.L.Y

844) ليه مقلوبة !!

!ليه القيم و الأخلاق فى بلدنا مقلوبة ؟

لو كنت صادق ودوغرى حيقولوا عليك عبيط وساذج ..

.. لو جيت فى ميعادك الناس حيقولوا عليك مدلوق

.. لو اعتذرت حيقولوا عليك ضعيف وخرع

.. لو كنت طموح حيقولوا عليك مغرور وعايش فى الدور

.. لو كنت كذاب وملاوع حيقولوا عليك جامد وحويط

.. لو كنت مكبر وهايف حيقولوا عليك روش طحن

.. لو كل يوم مع واحدة حيقولوا فتك و مسيطر

..لو كنت وصولى حيقولوا عليك شاطر

!ليه ؟

M.O.H.@.L.Y

Published Article ::: Cairo's Magnetic Attraction !

This is my latest article published in AUCToday Magazine about Cairo. May 2012

Mohaly

807) Who is the winner?!

An Irony of life and of the international education system too..

Most of the distinguished, attentive, clever and sharp students get technical jobs like Engineers, and Physicians.. while many of those who come behind as average pass college and post-graduate MBA, and become the administrators of the distinguished ones.. Those who fail or below average.. may just go deal in any business, have good connections / work with dirty politicians, and control all of the above !!

Do we need a complete paradigm shift in our systems? I guess so..

Mohaly

774) Being Egyptian 2.0: Building a Generation !

Today in the morning, there was a traffic jam beside a school, and I starred at a mother who kept her eyes on her kids till they safely entered the school, and kept on looking back to be sure that they fine and didn't forget anything, then she left and her face and eyes looking to the sky as if she was praying for God to keep them safe.

I have always seen the relationship between the mother and her children a very unique and sacred relationship and I can claim that if we have healthy relationship with our mothers, the whole society will be much better even in Business & in-turn Economy. This relation is the basic unit for a successful community that our Country can't really develop without setting it right. If you don't believe me, consider the following story:

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.
The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.
- The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none".
- The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.
- The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
- The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.
-The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future. After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office. The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'
The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings."
The youth said, 
Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. 
Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. 
Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.
The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?


The most important thing is our kids should learn is how to appreciate the effort, experience the difficulty, and learns the ability to work with others to get things done, or else, the next generation of Egypt won't lead the real change that we are looking up to after our great revolution.

Mohaly

736) Changing Education Paradigms !

Contintuing my call for change in our educational and career attitudes (ref last post 735), I am sharing with you this video regarding current education systems and how they may be efficient but not effective. Of course, the current education in Egypt is neither efficient nor effective.
Mohaly

723) Muslim ... Mase7y ... Egyptian!

I really don't understand the silly discussions regarding Muslims and Christians that are taking part in all sorts of media during the last couple of months.

I think there are some major stuff regarding life, principals, morals...etc that has to do with our everyday life that are common in both religions and that is the most important thing. Co-existence and our relations have no contradiction with what came in both religions.

Our differences come about major stuff as well, but stuff that has nothing to do with the present life, it is either about what happened in the past or what will happen in the afterlife. In both cases we shouldn’t waste our time about it coz both followers (Muslims & Christians) won’t change their believes, and even if they did, it won’t matter in such case.

Jesus was crucified or not, who will go to heaven, will he come back to fight with or against Muslims... all of these issues don't affect our current life and having major disputes and even fights about it doesn't benefit anyone.

We do both agree about the main values in life, ethics, morals, we look alike, talk alike, and have common history and common destiny. This should drive us both to unite in order to save ourselves and our country from its long setback and don't take into further drops... None of us benefit from what is happening, only common enemies do.

I do like my Christian friends and colleagues -actually the girl I liked the most in my life was Christian- and I don't know a reason of hating them or considering them different in any form. Or as my dear friend Ehaab Abdo sings: "Muslim...Mase7y... Ana Masry".

We are both Egyptians, and we both own and will live this land till the end of life...Other than that, we won't have a country to fight about in the first place!

Mohaly

720) Being Positive ::: Yes We Can... Save Lives !

Accidents in Egypt specially Cairo has reached a scary limit. We are loosing thousands of lives each year most of which are young people. I lost my dear cousin in an accident, and some of my friends too.. May be it is not the first time I talk about this but it is dramatically increasing and I think we must be working in parallel with the government (if they do anything about it aslan) to size it down.

For example, the driving licence requires a test but it is a fake one. Why don't we make sure that we really can drive before driving not for the sake of issuing the license but for the sake of our and others safety.

Why don't we teach our younger siblings and kids to respect the ambulance and stop to the nearest right when we hear its alarm.

Why don't we exert some more effort and have some patience to cross the street from its intersections and when the traffic light is red (now the new monitored lights are really respected by cars).

Why don't we drive on the right when we are moving slowly so that we don't get hit by someone driving fast on the left lane?

Why don't we stop holding the mobile with one hand and driving with the other?

Why don't we place the children in the back seats?

And many other stuff that we can do without a need for regulation or law, even if this will make a 10% difference, it is enough to motivate us to do it, we are talking about lives here...

I still miss my cousin and I wanna be a reason for saving someone else's cousin..

Mohaly

719) El E7sas El 3asry Lel Ensan El Masry !!

I am Egyptian ...

Ana Masry ...

What do you feel when you say that?

In other words Law Sa2ltak Enta Masry te2oli eih?

Do you feel Proud? ... Challenged? .... Frustrated? .... Worried?....or you simply don't care? or even worse you are Ashamed?

I am personally having a mix of all these feelings..

Proud of the ability to survive all these years and all these challenges

Challenged to make any difference

Frustrated coz I can't see any real development

Worried about the future and our kids

Don't care about the fictional democracy and meaningless speeches

and Ashamed of what we have become in &  to the world.

Am I being Pessimistic? or I am just as Realistic as it gets and dreaming of a major change coming soon !!

Mohaly

708) Real Fawazeer; Living in Egypt !

Blog reader Reem was asking me about Fawazeer Ramadan that I used to post every year on Moh@lyics.
Actually I wasnt ready to start it yet, but I have read this on one of my very dear friends page, and thought it is a real fazoura in Egypt/

"We live in a Country Where Pizza reaches home faster than an Ambulance. Where U get a Car Loan @ 8% but an Education Loan @ 12%. Where Rice costs 40LE, but Sim cards cost nothing, Footwears that we wear, are sold in AC showrooms but vegetables that we eat are sold on the pavement..Where we make Lemon Juice with artificialflavours and dish washing fluids with pure lemon". Mohamed El Ammawy.

It is a real fazoura!

Mohaly

702) Egypt & the World, Who changes Who?!

After 30 years of status quo, is Egypt sinking in sand or rising from it?! Will we live in isolated colonies, or will we work in teams?!

Imagine Egypt being the cover topic of the Economist. It an article worth reading. Arabist.net has commented on the article saying:

The overall tone of the report is a mixture of cautious optimism and a lament of some of the Egypt's failings — its corrupt police state, its education. In light of the woe-is-us mood that dominates in the country and some alarmist accounts of Egypt being on the brink of collapse, it's refreshing to point out the dramatic social and economic changes that the Mubarak era has introduced. Will they turn out to be changes for the better, or not, or were they inevitable changes in a world that influenced Egypt much more than Egypt could influence it?

So, let's read the article first and then let's comment/disucss.

Click here to read the article.
Mohaly

701) Taxi ... Sorry, it is for Women only !!

Why do all the signs indicate that we are heading into the separation of the society between males and females. Females cars in Metro, female queues, female hours in some services, female only restaurants (like Hanan Turk's one), and lately female only taxi (check). I wonder what else will be female only!

I am not against women having their privacy for one reason or another, but I am afraid one day - especially with the fake religious and wahabi waves invading our society- to wake up and find Cairo another Riyadh!

Mohaly

700) Tribute to Justice & its martyrs; Khaled Saeed & others!

Every 100th post I dedicated it to someone who has/had/will have an impact on my life. This time I am dedicating it to some people whom I never met, but moved a lot of feelings and thoughts inside me, they made me act more, and fear less, on top of which of course Khaled Saeed and all those who lost their lives and will lose with without a reason except that they don't wanna lose their rights ...

The best thing I can publish here in this tribute is the beautiful short  story written by Dr. Alaa El Aswany regarding this issue ....

I hope that you will enjoy it, and I hope that the blood they sacrificed will be a incentive pushing us to only accept justice and nothing but justice till we join them in Jannah in-shaa-Allah..

Mohaly

بعد أن أغلق خالد باب الشقة ونزل عدة درجات على السلم، توقف فجأة وكأنه تذكر شيئا ثم صعد مرة أخرى وفتح الباب ودخل.

كانت أمه جالسة فى الصالة تشاهد التليفزيون، سألها خالد إن كانت تحتاج إلى شيء يحضره معه عندما يرجع بالليل، ابتسمت
وقالت إنها لا تحتاج إلى شيء والحمد لله. تطلع إليها خالد. اقترب منها وقبل جبينها فاحتضنته وهى تدعو له بحرارة.

فكر وهو يخرج إلى الشارع أن الله قد أنعم عليه بأم رائعة وأنه يجب أن يفعل كل ما يستطيع لإسعادها.

عزم خالد على أن يمر على مقهى الإنترنت ليقابل بعض أصدقائه ثم يذهب بعد ذلك إلى محطة الرمل ليشترى بعض اللوازم لجهاز اللاب توب الخاص به.. بدا كل شيء عاديا فى الشارع، الزحام والضجيج وأصوات السيارات وصياح الباعة.

دفع خالد بيده باب المقهى ودخل لكنه ما إن قطع بضع خطوات حتى أحس بحركة خلفه.

التفت فوجد شخصين يتوجهان نحوه وهما ينظران إليه بغضب. توقف ليسألهما ماذا يريدان لكنهما، بلا كلمة واحدة، انقضا عليه. أمسك أحدهما به من القميص وبدأ الآخر يضربه بيديه وقدميه بكل قوته. صاح خالد معترضا لكن الرجل الممسك بقميصه راح يضرب رأسه بقوة فى حافة المائدة الرخامية.

حاول الزبائن الموجودون فى المقهى إنقاذ خالد لكن أحد الرجلين صاح:
ــ احنا بوليس..

عندئذ خاف الناس وابتعدوا. تدفق دم خالد بغزارة ولطخ ثيابه وبدأ يسيل على الأرض. استمر الرجل يضرب رأسه فى المائدة فأحس خالد بألم رهيب وصرخ:

ــ كفاية.. حرام عليكم..

قام الرجلان بسحله على الأرض وهما يكيلان له الضربات ثم دخلا به باب العمارة المجاورة وراحا يخبطان رأسه فى البوابة الحديدية للعمارة بكل قوة.

هنا صاح خالد:

ـ كفاية. أنا هاموت..

فصاح أحد الرجلين بصوت أجش:

ـ أنت ميت ميت يابن الكلب.

ظل خالد يصرخ لكن الرجلين استمرا فى مهمتهما: واحد يضرب بيديه وقدميه والآخر يخبط رأس خالد بكل قوته فى البوابة الحديدية.

صارت آلام خالد فوق الاحتمال وفجأة حدث شيء غريب. تلاشى الألم تماما.

أحس خالد براحة مدهشة كأنما كان ينوء بحمل ثقيل ثم تخلص منه فجأة فأصبح خفيفا وحرا.

اختفى المشهد من أمام نظره وساد ظلام حالك. لم يعد خالد يرى شيئا، أحس كأنه نائم ثم فجأة بزغ نور قوى ووجد خالد نفسه فى مكان كأنه حديقة جميلة.

أحس خالد بدهشة بالغة ثم نظر إلى جسده وتحسس وجهه فلم يجد أى أثر للدماء والجروح.

ظهر أمامه رجل عجوز تبدو عليه علامات الطيبة وابتسم وقال:

ـــ أهلا وسهلا يا خالد..

هز خالد رأسه وهو مازال مأخوذا. قال العجوز بود:

ـــ لقد صعدت إلينا هنا لأنك فقدت حياتك من الظلم. من الآن فصاعدا لن يعكر صفوك شيء أو مخلوق..
ــ أشكرك..

هكذا قال خالد وهو يلتفت حوله. كانت الحديقة مليئة بأشجار وزهور بديعة لم ير مثلها فى حياته. ابتسم العجوز وقال:

ــ ستعيش هنا مع أفضل مخلوقات الله فى راحة تامة وبهجة خالصة. بعيدا عن العالم الظالم الذي جئت منه. الناس هنا سعيدون جدا بمجيئك وقد أرسلوا إليك وفدا ليستقبلك. انظر..

نظر خالد خلفه فوجد ثلاثة أشخاص: وجد رجل فى الخمسين من عمره يرتدى الملابس العسكرية وطفلا فى العاشرة وامرأة محجبة فى نحو الثلاثين من عمرها.. كانوا الثلاثة يضحكون وقد ظهرت عليهم السعادة. قال العجوز:

ــ أقدم إليك الفريق عبد المنعم رياض والطفل الفلسطيني محمد الدرة وهذه الدكتورة مروة الشربينى..

صافحهم خالد بمحبة واحترام وأراد أن يتحدث معهم قليلا لكن العجوز سحبه من يده قائلا:

ــ سيكون لديك وقت طويل للكلام معهم. أريد الآن أن أريك المكان الذي ستعيش فيه إلى الأبد..

ــ انه مكان رائع لم أر مثله من قبل.

ـــ هل تريد شيئا يا خالد..؟. كل طلباتك مجابة..

ـــ أريد أن أطمئن على أمي..

ابتسم العجوز وأخرج من جيبه بللورة براقة ومستديرة تماما، فى حجم البرتقالة وناولها إلى خالد وقال:

ــ إذا أردت أن ترى أى شخص من العالم الذي جئت منه. يكفى أن تفكر فيه وسوف تراه بوضوح فى البللورة..

أمسك خالد بالبللورة وفكر فى المخبرين اللذين ضرباه حتى الموت فظهرا فورا على سطح البللورة.. كانا يجلسان فى مكان يشبه غرفة المباحث فى القسم وأمامهما طعام يأكلان منه بشهية ويتبادلان الحديث والضحكات مع العسكري الواقف بجوارهما.

ثم فكر خالد فى ضابط الشرطة الذي أعطى الأمر للمخبرين بقتله فظهر فورا. يبدو أنه كان فى يوم الراحة لأنه كان يرتدى تريننج سوت فى غاية الأناقة وقد تمدد على أريكة وراح يتابع مباراة كرة القدم فى التليفزيون.

ثم فكر فى الصحفي الذي اتهمه ظلما بإدمان المخدرات فظهر على البللورة فى وضع مخجل جعل خالد يصرف نظره بسرعة ثم قال للعجوز:

ــ لا أفهم كيف يستطيع الذين ظلموني أن يستمتعوا بحياتهم..

ابتسم العجوز وقال:

ــ كل هذا باطل. لن يهنأ الظالمون بحياتهم أبدا.. لقد كتب الله عليهم المعيشة الضنك حتى تحين ساعة الحساب.

فكر خالد فى أمه فظهرت وقد جلست على فراشه فى حجرته. راحت تقرأ القرآن وتبكى. أحس خالد بالحزن من أجلها فقال للعجوز:

ــ من فضلك. هل يمكن أن تخبر أمي أنني بخير.؟!.

ــ لا أستطيع.

ــ قلت لي إن طلباتي مجابة..

ــ إلا الاتصال بالعالم الذي جئت منه. ممنوع. عموما اطمئن يا خالد. أمك سيدة صالحة ومؤمنة وسوف تصعد إلينا يوما. عندئذ ستسعد بصحبتها إلى الأبد.

ساد الصمت بينهما لكن العجوز بدا عليه الغضب فجأة وقال:

ــ ماذا يحدث فى مصر يا خالد.؟!. أنا حزين من أجل المصريين. لماذا..؟

ــ فى الماضي، كان معظم المصريين الذين يصعدون إلينا من العسكريين.. جنودا وضباطا قتلهم أعداء مصر وهم يدافعون عنها. الآن ومنذ سنوات يصعد إلينا كل يوم مصريون قتلهم مصريون مثلهم..

هز خالد رأسه وقال بأسف:

ــ حياة المصري لم تعد تساوى شيئا..

قال العجوز:

ــ تصور يا خالد إننا أنشأنا قسما خاصا للمصريين. إن عدد الذين يصعدون إلينا من مصر أكثر من الذين يصعدون من أي بلد آخر. تعال معي..

تبعه خالد وسط الأشجار والورد حتى وصلا إلى ساحة كبرى احتشد فيها آلاف الناس ملامحهم جميعا مصرية. كانوا يبتسمون فى بهجة.

أشار إليهم العجوز وقال:

ــ هؤلاء جميعا مصريون قتلهم ظلما مصريون مثلهم.. هنا ستجد الذين ماتوا غرقا فى عبارات الموت والذين احترقوا فى القطارات والذين أصابهم السرطان من الأغذية الفاسدة والذين ماتوا من الإهمال فى مستشفيات الحكومة بالإضافة طبعا إلى الذين ماتوا من الضرب والتعذيب مثلك..

ــ شيء مؤسف..

ــ أنا لا أتخيل كيف يتحمل إنسان ذنب هؤلاء جميعا أمام الله.

ــ وهل المسئول عن موت هؤلاء جميعا.. شخص واحد.

ــ طبعا.. انظر..

نظر خالد إلى البللورة فرأى وجها مألوفا لديه. سأله العجوز:

ــ هل عرفت الشخص الذي أقصده..

ــ نعم..

ــ هذا الرجل لديه فرصة أخيرة..

ــ فرصة أخيرة..؟

ــ لقد أمد الله فى عمره ليمنحه فرصة أخيرة حتى يقيم العدل ويرفع الظلم. أتمنى أن ينتبه ويسعى إلى الإصلاح وإلا فإن موقفه سيكون صعبا للغاية.

ـــ فعلا.. عندما يصعد إلى هنا كيف سيقابل كل هؤلاء الضحايا وماذا سيقول لهم..؟

ــ إذا استمر الظلم فإن هذا الرجل لن يصعد إلى هنا أبدا.. سوف يذهب إلى الضفة الأخرى..

وماذا يوجد فى الضفة الأخرى..؟!

نظر العجوز إلى خالد ولاذ بالصمت.

المصدر: صحيفة الشروق. 

686) Egyptian Humiliation; Feeling Like Home !

I don't think what has happened/is happening to the Egyptians in the last couple of years is a coincidence...


In Khartoum: We was beaten by the Algerians in the streets.
In Darfour: Our peacekeepers were killed.
In Sinai: Our Guards are shot on monthly basis now.
In Saudi Arabia: Our citizens are humiliated.
In Kuwait: We were kicked off the country.
In UAE: We were laid off.
In Algeria: We were poisoned, and our investments are threatened.
In Lebanon: An Egyptian was ... I can even describe what happened.
In Iraq: Our Ambassador was killed.
In Quds: Our Foreign Minister was beaten by shoes.
In Germany: We were killed (Marwa El Sherbini).
In Italy & USA: We were busted and thrown into jails.
In Nile Valley: We were rejected.
In the Mid. and Red Seas: We simply drowned.
In Egypt: We are beaten, rapped, humiliated, killed (on physical and psychological levels),...etc.


It seems that other people want to make us feel home ...


The weird thing that I feel guilty not ashamed... May be because I dont know what to do to stop this snowball of humiliation. It is really hard when you love the country and hate it at the same time.


This country needs a complete revolution and a very soon one as well.


7aga Te7azen Begad :(
Mohaly

644) The Christmas Fatwa!

I don't really understand the recent fatwa from some of the Muslim Shiekh's about avoiding not only celebrating Christmas, but also not even congratulating our Christian friends!

As a Muslim, I know since I was a little kid the prestigious positioning the Christ (Al Masee7 Ebn Mariam) has in Quran and Islam, and how he is among the most prominent messengers of Allah (2olo el 3azm). I also know that Virgin Mary (Mariam Al 3azraa) is one of the most sacred ladies in Islam. Moreover, the birth of the Chirst was positioned as a divine miracle more than once in Quran. So Islam does acknlowge the birth of the Christ and the miracle behind it, so what is wrong when people congratulate their Christian friends about it?!

Even if we have different points of views about the nature of Christ, this doesn't deny the fact that it is his birthday afterall, and on his birthday -peace be upon him- I am telling all my Christian Orthodox Readers today... MERRY CHRISTMAS :)

Mohaly

640) .. and the Misery goes on!

I simply can't understand how can a man in the 21st century deal with his wife through beating her up!

78% of husbands -in Egypt- have beaten their wives either physically or emotionally. The irony is that 65% only of these wives have admitted it !!.....13% were even afraid to admit it!

It is even a chronic crime ... when the children watch this as a normal scene, it becomes part of the their conception about marriage, ... and the misery goes on!

I can't blame the man only, I have to blame the families that apply double standards in raising their boys and girls..... to the extent that some men think of women as a piece of furniture at home, and women accept it coz of "del ragel wala del 7eta".

But it is not about blaming only. The question is: how to prevent this from being passed on to the next generation?

Mohaly

كشف الجهازالمركزى للتعبئة والاحصاء أن حوالى 78% من الأزواج اعترفوا بأنهم مارسوا أحد أشكال العنف سواء البدنى أو النفسى أو اللفظى ضد زوجاتهم، وفى المقابل أقرت 65% من الزوجات أنهن تعرضن لأحد اشكال العف على أيدى أزواجهن.

639) Connect the News !

Each of these four pieces of news -that I read on the same day- provoked me to write about, but somehow they are linked together in my brain. It just tell us something about us and the community/ies we are living within, can you figure out the link between these headlines?!

نجيب جبرائيل يؤكد ظهور السيدة العذراء في إحدى كنائس شبر

هيئة الأمر بالمعروف السعودية تطارد فتاة فى دورة مياه للنساء

بالالوان الطبيعية فيلم مثير للجدل ينتقد عقلية التحريم

تأييد حبس مدون 4 سنوات لإدانته بازدراء الإسلام واهانته رئيس الدولة

Translation:

- A known lawyer assures the "appearance" of Virgin Mary in one of Shoubra Churches!

- "Amr Bel Ma3rouf" Authority in Saudi chases a girl inside a ladies bathroom!

- "Bel Alwan El Tabee3ya" movie is controversial as it is criticizing the mentality of banning and Taboos.

- Higher court reinforces jailing a blogger -for 4 years- for mocking Islam and the President.

Mohaly

620) Sexual Frustration in Egypt!

You may expect a long post for such title, but I just have very quick related questions that may lead to much longer answers, and may be other parts of the post:

1. Are Egyptians (in general) sexually frustrated whether they are married or not?

2. Why?

3. What kind of effect this frustration (if yes) has on the quality of life in this country specially Cairo?

Mohaly

619) What Women Wear !

Why does the whole society have an issue with what women wear?!!!

If women wear according to fashion, they are too fashionable and airheads.

If they wear sleeveless shirts or mini-skirts, they are provoking the men and unmarried youth.

If they almost don't wear anything (video-clips), they are simply "sluts".

If they wear pants, they look like men.

If they wear Hijab, they are not as good as they trying to show and it doesn't hinder them of doing what they want.

If they wear Niqab, they are terrorists and threatening the liberal potentials & security in Egypt.

Why is it so important to have all these articles, fights, programs, books,....etc about what women wear. They will never wear the same uniform, and even if they do, there will be people fighting to change it (e.g. Iran), and others just have it as a social obligation and that is it (e.g. Saudi)...At the end what I wanna say is that everyone knows what is right and what is wrong, and everyone should do what suits her without hurting others, we shouldn't spend -actually waste- so much time about women's wear, and it just leads not nothing except more problems and more time waste.

Er7amona ba2a,

Mohaly