الجمعة، 13 أغسطس 2010

Elgama3a Series, Yes there is a Conspiracy

When I first heard there would be a whole series dedicated for the Brotherhood issue, I liked the idea eventhough I was sure it will be subjective.
I accept that something like the Brotherhood is seen differently through different eyes and ideologies. However, what I've seen in the first three episodes was more than a subjective point of view.
The least I can say is that it contradicts the reality that most Egyptians know and believe.
Featuring the brotherhood members as people taking sticks to the university, and beating other students violently WITHOUT any interference from the security, this was the most weired Wahid Hamed (the author) had said.
Another scene featured the police officer telling a detainee that the police had stopped torturing people!
I'm afraid no one will believe this in the same year Khaled Saeed was murdered..
Many people waited for this series expecting Hamed to question Brotherhood's concepts and way of thinking, it's obvious now that there is much more in his mind
Let's wait and see.

الجمعة، 6 أغسطس 2010

My Journey to Istanbul

A nice and lovely country is Turkey. In a way it's like Arab countries, and in the mean time you feel you are in a European one.
You feel at home when you eat similar food as you miffgt find in other Arab countries, when you find veiled women, when you find so many mosques.
On the other hand, you sometimes feel like you are in a foreign country when you find yourself in a well developed place with no dirty streets and no sexual harrasement.
I liked the Turkish food very much, especially deserts. I liked that almost all the people prefer simple clothes that might be expensive but very simple.
I don't like and don't understand that most of them do not know A WORD in English or Arabi
I don't like the fact that I took my kids to give them the journey of their lives and they only liked the pool at the hotel and the dolphin show!
Shopping there was not bad although not impressive.
Nice people, nice trip, can not wait for the next one that might not be very soon.