News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt
It was a shock when I woke up on a phone call from my parents in Cairo, informing me that our old neighbor got stabbed to death in her bed before killers stole her jewelry. Then they jumped on our roof, entered my bedroom and stole few things from it. Luckily for my parents next door, my bedroom’s door was locked! I could have been in my bedroom this night. They could have killed me too.
It is strange how one sometimes think, it is not going to happen to me, I am “safe” and sound! The truth is you are not! Anyone of us can be in such situation. Talking about being at the wrong time in the wrong place.
This was not the first time I hear about neighbors getting stolen from. But it is a first to hear about a killing happening in our neighborhood, which is considered quite a safe but also a “bourgeois” neighborhood.
Such incidents exist in the egyptian society, I tend to think, for the past 59 years but it got even worse during the ruling of Mubarak & Family & Co !
My thoughts particularly go now to the security in a post-revolution era, the reconstruction of a whole new system which has to be done, especially in the education field, for Egypt still counts, according to UNICEF, almost 72% literacy rate. It seems to me that it will take us more than a decade to rebuild the country, restore security and do the necessary reforms. Undoing the corruption and the wide social injustices is not impossible but it will take time.
Today, I feel I have a new life, I can even say that I am reborn today.
Aujourdhui le 5 Mars et quleque jours avant la journee de la femme le 8 Mars j’ai parti dans une marche pour les femmes a Trocadero a Paris comme independente ,j’ai parti avec le drapeau Egyptien pour rappler le monde de la role del la femme Egyptienne contre l’injustice et la pour la Liberte en Egypte et pour soutenir les femmes Arabe dans les revolutions
La Marche s’arretait devant l’ambassade de l Egypte Au Bout de la Marche une femme qui s’appel Maya Surduts avec un group qui s’apple CNDF parlaient dans le micro elle disait qu’elles ont fait une delegation et elles ont rencontre L’ambassadeur d’ Egypte à Paris, M. Nasser Kamel pour parler sur les femmes Egyptiennes
Quand j’ai demande la parole pour expliquer que Nasser Kamel ne me represente pas comme Egyptienne et qu’il fait parti du regime de Moubarak et et qu’il a soutenu Mubarak et qu’il a meme nie que la police a tire sur les manifestants en disant que ” le 25 janvier a minuit la police a du intrevienir avec des methodes qui sont utilise dans les pays democratique ,et que la police n’avait meme pas des armes a feu ni des matriaque parce que en Egypte on gere pas les manifetstaion de tel maniere on les gere avec un certain professionalism”
Maya Surduts a refuse de me donner la Parole et elle avec une autre ont essaye de me faire taire et de m’eloigner .
25th January 2011 is a historical day for Egypt. The “Revolution” day. A revolution against rejection, social injustic, lack of freedom and above all, corruption. Thoughts.
How would it feel like when you are traveling to a foreign country, and you went to buy some things from the supermarket at the corner of your street, except that you do not speak the language, but just few poor words of English to get you by and you’re using lots of hands and eyes and eye brows communication! The person at the cashier is talking to you and you stand there with a surprised stupid look on your face and you say, huh? Sorry? Or something like, again please? And even though at this very tiny second you feel you’re a fool for not being able to communicate given all the body language you are using and with all the jumping up and down you’re doing (because suddenly you discovered there is an athlete in you), but somehow, you have an annoying feeling of “rejection”!
But what if you are speaking the language, and have been born and lived forever in your home land and you are still not able to communicate! Moreover you feel rejected and isolated. Why? Because every single sense of self freedom have been taken away from you especially if you’re a “woman”. Your freedom of putting on the clothes you want to wear in the streets, at work or sometimes even at your own home. Remember, neighbors are watching every breath you take and every step you make, especially that you are a woman. The freedom to express your opinions about everything and anything, therefore, you make an auto censorship on your views, otherwise, you won’t belong to your society, to the majority, hence you’ll become once more isolated and rejected. Did I mention the air we are breathing? I guess Egypt is one of the most polluted countries in the world but you already knew that, didn’t you? Sigh… at least we are on the top of the list for something! How about the food we are eating? How about the health care and non-existent hygiene? Oh, did I mention the education which is inexistent yet existent! How about security and abuse of power? And then, comes the father of them all corruption and favoritism.
It was necessary to stop and say NO to all of this. It was a wake-up call for Egypt which only began on 25th January 2011 with the initiative of brave young Egyptian men and women who finally decided to say it is enough! The revolution is a last resort, but is still a resort. The road is still long, and it is only the start of a whole new operation. “Operation Dignity”!
This is an extremely sad and criminal way to start the new year 2011. Last night’s explosion in front of a church in Alexandria (second biggest city in Egypt), can and will only accentuate tension and clashes between muslims and christians in Egypt. Even though the Egyptian government said that this is a foreign act, nevertheless, those type of violent terrorist incidents will have their effect on the “unity” of egyptians, a unity which seems to be more and more fragile during the last few years. I sincerely present my condolences to the families of the egyptians who died in this blast. (Chrisitians and Muslims were dead due to this terrorist blast according to BBC link below).
“www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12101748″
Après une longue absence je reviens avec ce post, pour avoir de vos nouvelles, j’espère que vous allez bien.
Malheureusement notre blog est en stand by, ce qui a entrainé la coupure entre nous toutes, mais il n’est jamais trop tard on peut toujours le réanimer et reprendre les posts, on est 20, si chacune de nous postera un jour sur 20, le blog aura toujours un post par jour )
Enfin j’espère déjà que vous allez visiter le blog et lire ce post
Khaled Victime de L´Etat D urgence du Mubarak en Egypte
l s´appel Khaled Saiid un jeune Egyptien de 28 ans , le 6 Juin 2010 il etait dans un cybercafe a Alexandrie
Deux agents de police sont venue dans le Cyber, il voulais inspecte le jeune homme quand Khaled a refuse ,les deux agents de police traîné Khaled Said dans la rue et l’ont battu à mort il ya
Ils l’ont traîné dans le bâtiment voisin et s’est cogné la tête contre une porte de fer, les marches de l’escalier et les murs de l’immeuble
Amnesty International et d’autres groupes des droits de l´homme vendredi a exigé une enquête indépendante.
Les photos “choquantes … sont rares, aperçu de première main de l’utilisation systématique de la force brutale par les forces de sécurité égyptiennes, qui s’attendent à opérer dans un climat d’impunité, sans poser de questions», a déclaré Amnesty dans un communiqué.
It has been a few months now that I did not post anything on our blog. Not only have been and still am extremely busy at work, training courses or traveling a lot, but also have been caught in an extremely bureaucratic system. Recently, my life has been a spiral of the good old stamps and the one thousand and one necessary or unecessary signatures.
In my case, I had to spend about 3 to 4 months to get three of my educational certificates (yes you got it right, they are only 3 papers and not 300!) translated, stamped with all the beautiful colourful official stamps. Oh, did I mention all the unecessary signatures that one gets on each paper? In a presumably called “electornic services government”, finishing your papers can take you ages. It is still a ”headache”, not to mention a great waste of time, money and energy.
I will start posting again as soon as am through with my “headache”!
Podcast Debate about the Reform in Egypt and AlBradei :Shahinaz Abdel Salam Blogger and Supporter from AlBaradei Campaign , Khaled El Khamissi Author and Producer and M.Soirre an Expert on Egyptian affairs
J’ai l’ honneur et le plaisir de vous presenter le plus beau cadeau du ciel, ma petite chérie ,elle s’appelle Isma, elle est née le 02 septembre 2009 à 11h40. Elle ressemble à son papa et sa presence parmis nous est un grand bonheur.
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