tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106397632012-01-17T09:56:32.284+02:00Free thoughts and reflections of an ordinary Egyptian.Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-43304153935871128462012-01-17T09:45:00.003+02:002012-01-17T09:52:10.398+02:00

One year later, my good friend Tarek Shams is being detained for political reasons, while the officers who killed, threw molotoves and rocks in the same events are not even questioned by the investigation judge. Its been alleged that there were instructions to renew his detention for another 30 days, till Feb 12th. Independent judiciary indeed! The military junta is controlling everything and

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Their square feels like the safest place on earth right now. Ppl r flowing..These r amazing ppl#jan25 egypt jan28

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My wife is asking me what's my analysis of the demonstrations happening in Egypt these days. I have none. This is not the time for analysis, we'll have plenty of time for that later. This is the time for action, for energy, for capturing the opportunity of changing this country. The revolution has already happened, by the mere fact that thousands of Egyptians went out to the streets. Egypt is

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It came as a total surprise, when I was least expecting it, and when I was most desiring it. A long fight lasting a few days, I was getting tired. She was very annoyed, causing her to have headaches and vomit twice! Friday morning, after we made up, I wonder, isn't it abit late? I insist on getting a home test, only to have a reason not to go to her friend's party in the middle of the desert.

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To my recent kind commenter. Here's my 2 cents worth on Capitalism today with my humble knowledge about money. I don't think Capitalism will fail, because it already did.I am glad the governments are starting to intervene pumping cash and planning to nationalize banks because it seems this is the only way out of the deep mess free Capitalism got us in. But once that happened, and the government (

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So I've been wondering everytime I hear about blogging, what happened to the Egyptian blogosphere, how far its gone, and how much it has matured. Its been almost three years since I've been actively blogging, not even reading any of the blogs anymore. I would think that things have changed dramatically during all that time. Can I affirmatively say yes? I'm guessing no. I'm guessing the number of

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are bitches with a whip!(details later)

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Today he went out late on his own. Found him coming back with 10 packs of cigarettes. Was shocked. Without thinking, told him sharply no way, and took it away from him. Never did that with him before. First time that he gets cigarettes after his illness. He is so bored, waiting for his day. Sad and disappointed in us. I know he is terribly lonely. We never talk, yet I know he has so much talk

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My good buddy at work has decided to leave. Didn't think I would be that much affected by having someone quit his job like I am now. I feel insecure with him leaving, and I feel so selfish by wanting him to stay. I feel he's leaving me behind, or rather I'm leaving myself behind.I spent 3 hours talking to him today, trying to understand, just trying to figure out why he doesn't see the potential

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I've been really worried about us lately. A partnership I cannot stand is one where each partner is living their own separate life, only sharing what they must share. I am in a relationship because I want it to add something to me, and I want to feel that I am adding something to you.It used to be fun to make fun and be sarcastic of whom I'm with, thinking that this means that we're so close, we

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"Yes. I am selfish.""Your heavy energy is transfered to me. Its hard to breath.""We must open that wall, its dark and I need the light." "We're keeping the wall.""Yikes. That's ugly (your taste)."Facial expression of disgust."He wants this wierd table. Will you tell him that there's no such thing.""I love this stuff, this is what we should do.""I don't love him as much as I love you.""Its just

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Why would man never be satisied with Plato's Utopia? because of greed and luxury, he argues. Men are not content with a simple life; they are acquisitive, ambitious, competitive, and jealous. They soon tire of what they have, and pine for what they have not; and they seldom desire anything unless it belongs to others.Isn't Heaven as it is described to us a Utopia of the sort. A garden where

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They look great together. He looks temendously happy, calmly happy.. she looks beautiful. God, he's a very lucky man. I know she died, but that looks like it was a perfect relationship. Everything ends, but not everything lasts for so long so well, and ends by a third party in a natural way like that. He will miss her, he will be sad, but he is blessed and maybe he doesn't know it. His sadness

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Yes, I had forgotten about that fairouz tape. I really can't afford to have our friendship shaken, especially after its grown so well over the last period. It is a great connection to me, and I had great times with you. Cinderella one of them, Mohandeseen cafe another, and just calling you casually and doing something. But most important is that I feel comfortable opening up and talking to you,

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I also am very possessive, I also want to be your best friend, your buddy and at the same time your lover and perfect partner. You are already my best friend and are on your way to becoming my lover. I'd like you to have all the friends in the world, best friends, close friends, but I'd like to be in a special status on a different level all together. That's not a request, that's a hope. If I'm

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Both our letters pronounced together form a very important and a vital word in the science of Yoga: OM."It's a tool, a phenomenon, a mystery. To many people, om is just a word chanted in meditation or as a closing prayer in yoga practice. However, translator notes that according to the ancient Indian traditions preserved in the Upanishads, all speech and thought are derived from one sound om. It

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Manager: mohamedMohamed: yes Manager: i saw ur mail Mohamed: what do u think? Manager: i know sherif ...ya3ni keda men be3eed le be3eed Manager: the rest i don't know Mohamed: any input? Manager: he was on assignments to region (dubai ... Manager: all the feedback I hear about him is good Mohamed: gets things done? Manager: hmmm .. don't know Mohamed: 7ayban Manager: no one really told me any

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The embryo is well protected. Takes a while to conceive. You know its there but can't touch it or get close. Then you only see it on the remote screen and feel it in your tommy. Then its gender is revealed. Then its delivered and only then is it realized.Life begins

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Sitting in my balcony smoking a cigarette (I hope I never develop that habit). For three days now I wake up at 6 and can't finish my sleep. Thoughts of how she is abrupts my sleep. Triggered me from the first instance, and still does, but now in a much mellow way. Love to watch her. Watching all the angles. Don't want to miss a piece.She's part of the scene, one with the surrounding, yet surely

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In search of meaning. Its still not obvious. Is it replaceable with a goal? or a dream? Set a goal or have a dream and and you've created your own meaning? Shouldn't your goals and dreams be a reflection of your understanding and your definition? Then, the meaning becomes a cause. A cause for motivation, a cause for passion. What drives you? The meaning drives your passion and motivation to reach

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أستمتعنا بصحبة القلوب البيضاء فى الصحراء البيضاء. السماء تشع بنور النجوم الساطعة و صحبتكم تشع بهجة و حياة. هدوء الصحراء غذاء للروح و أكلكم الشهى غذاء للبدن.تحياتى و دعواتى لكم بالسلامة فى الدنيا و ما بعدها

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So you're in that state in what sense?Well, in that I don't feel His presence all the time. In that I feel a big void in my life. In that I'm searching for a big meaning, which I don't completely grasp yet. In that if all the meaning is really in the Divine Himself, that's fine by me, but then I need to experience that Divine Presence. More strongly and intensly than what I am experiencing now --

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Typically, around 90% of the volume of an iceberg is under water.

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He had made an attempt in what he thought was a way for him to find/feel God --even if temporarily. But ofcourse that was too simplistic an approach to get rid of his detachment state. A detachment not from worldly matters, but rather from divine beings. A state that made him realize that he needed to re-establish a connection. So he realized that rather than finding God, he should work on trying

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From "Heart, Self & Soul" by Robert Frager

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Motionless. Totally silent. Lonely. Laying in a dark corner. Face and legs within her shell. Nothing to look up to. Almost dead.I pick her up in my hands. Her face wrinkled, eyes almost shut. She looks old, sad, and depressed. Wonder why she's wasting her life in that corner. What's the meaning of your life? What are you up to? You're not even moving around. Hardly eating. Escaping the world?

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God is my best friend. Its all about love. Do whatever in life, do it well and it ought to be with the intention of pleasing God. That should be the ultimate goal. Whatever you do in life is of no real value as long as its not tied to the ultimate goal. Setting aside the relationship to God, isn't that somewhat similar to Nihilism? where nothing has any meaning on its own. No, Nihilism is very

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Why are we created? What's my purpose? Why do you exist? What's your significance? What's your goal in life? Is it pure self interest, egotistical reasons? Trying to make something useful out of your life. What's useful? Just want to self-develop. Why?Are our lives meaningful in any way? Different views; existentialist, humanist, pragmatist, nihilist. All valuable. Everyone sees it his own way.

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She finally said it; "are you willing to commit to a foreigner?" Huh, didn't really think of it this way, and yes, that's what I've been realizing, yet not really accepting. I admire much of them, yet we are different in the core, us and them, our value-system is different, and that's the most important in a relationship. Well, atleast our perception and life view is very different. Maybe its

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Lots to write about. Don't think I'll write about any though.Clash of cultures, this does really exist, as long as you try to integrate them. We are really different, us and them. We can play friends, try to understand and accomodate, but it takes a while to know where we're coming from. Lets accept our differences, but how can it be part of my intimate personal life? I've never been part of

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Egypt Today magazine had planned to publish an article for me about Egyptian blogging in its next issue, but considering that Cairo Magazine just did a feature cover story about the topic, my article naturally got killed. I haven't read Cairo Magazine's pieces, but I have to assume its good since those guys are bloggers themselves. So anyway, the goal of my piece was to encourage more people to

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Ramadan is bringing this thought to my mind. Controlled separation results in appreciation, which is part of love. Yes, the simple separation from food and water I'm performing these days is the reason for this thought. And no, I'm not thinking that we separate from food and water, so we appreciate them and love them more, so we eat more at night. Rather, I'm thinking we're separated from food

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Last night's prayers were okay. As usual, I can't follow every single verse being read. My mind was mostly occupied with what I'm planning to do on Sunday. My mind grabs a verse every few verses being recited. A verse triggered me, got my tears ready to go for the rest of the night. Looked for the verse in the Quran after the prayer, but couldn't find it, and now I dont' even remember it.The best

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I really miss her, miss her love. That's all I miss about her really. No one ever loved me like she did, and no one ever will. She warned me that I'll miss it and will never find anyone to love me like she did. I took it lightly then, but I knew she was right. Our love was too strong, but just didn't have any power to make things work. That's why I don't believe in the power of love. Its just a

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This blog is moving, to somehwere else. Destination undetermined yet. I'm bored of you all and want to blog in private again, or to strangers again. If I get tired or bored I'll come back, but until then, wish me luck.In the meantime, don't come here again. Look for me elsewhere if you care [keywords = sex, love, sense, thought, logic, me, her, it, gods, now, then, back, whenever, whatever, human

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Sania Mirza is an 18-year old Indian Muslim Tennis player ranked 37 on the world ranking today up from number 132 last February. She's praised by everyone for her pleasant Tennis style, atittude on court, fighting spirit and ambition. The only ones criticizing her are some Muslims who don't like her attire on court, maybe prefer a long restrictive skirt or maybe a veil even!I have seen one of the

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Went to the gym to find it closed in preparation for tomorrow's tournament, so went to see Adel Imam's film in the club instead. Five pounds for his movie is all I was willing to pay for it. A very trivial movie, but I loved it, cracked in laughter most of the film. Imam is still funny, and I still hate his melodramatic and emotional scenes. Just stick to funny.The movie is too trivial, and I

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He feels an intense flood of emotions turning him over. Everynow and then he tries to run away, but it always gets to him. Doesn't want to bend over, or else he's screwed. Why can't he just avoid it? Walk away. He feels belittled. He feels disappointed. He feels betrayed. He's hurt. Physically hurt with a cramped abdomen. Why did he think he was different?!But its all unreal, almost fake. A

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Called my friend who's active with Kefaya/Youth for Change to wish her a happy birthday. Tried really hard to remember to call her this year since she's been so nice for the last few years and always remembered mine. Really have to remember some others too.So she missed the elections day and all the action along with it as she was in Umra, and she's now enjoying her peaceful routine trip in Sinai

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If one of us haven't killed him, then He's alive.I claim that each one of us has this constant struggle between serving our self material interests and rising above them, between good and evil, between having principles and being purely utilitarian, between being moral and immoral.Does it matter if we're Muslim or not, or if we're religious or not even? I say it doesn't. A religion like Islam

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My friend emailed me from Vancouver today telling me that the job market is booming again there and I should reconsider moving there. I replied back that I am sticking here for a little longer. Maybe next summer but probably not, if things go on track here. I would still like to take a few years break there in a few years though.Somehow I am getting satisfied here in Egypt. Its far from perfect,

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I was asking my friend who's involved with the Misr for Culture and Dialogue NGO if they have a lecture planned for this week, and he told me they have a session about "bee-logs" instead. I used to like to attend lectures at this place, but seems that bloggers are planning to hijack it! Come on, give me some space to breath, bloggers are everywhere now, protests, newspapers, TV, activists events,

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Bored with the elections and its results, and before some reporters ask for my dumb political opinions again, here's my proof that this is not a political blog. Shallow silly questions that describe who I am. I think its cool though:How You Live Your LifeYou seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside.You are always tactful and diplomatic. You let people down gently.You prefer a

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That's enough to disappoint many people I suppose, and to make those who didn't vote relieved that they didn't miss anything. I was starting to worry that Mubarak is losing his popularity, but seems that he was freaking out too, missing those good old 99.9% numbers, so somehow the results ended up looking familiar. I wonder if they had to play with the numbers in the last minute after

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My 7-year old nephew got a taste of the elections and went to the poll station. He's getting prepared to vote in a few years. Here's him giving the pink finger.

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Not bad, not bad at all. I'm happy with the preliminary results, 78-80% to Mubarak, 12% to Nour, and 5-7% to Goma'a. Maybe now, we can start to doubt the Oneness of our president, and start realizing that this is only a characteristic of God. Can you imagine what would've happened if the boycotting parties had joined, and if Kefaya had encouraged people to go vote instead of boycott, and if

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Today is indeed a historic day, Egyptians directly electing their upcoming president. Its not historic because of the elections, but because of what many Egyptians have made it to be. I am not participating in it, but I am proud of so many Egyptians today. I am assured again that Egyptians deserve better, much better. They are not getting what they deserve yet, but many are sure working for

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I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this English sign for Mubarak so I had to take a picture of it (below)! Unfortunately, the picture is not that clear, but as far as I remember the sign says something like "To show the world that we are practicing democracy, we say yes to Mubarak. Name: [the guy's full name], Nickname: [the guy's first, father and family name]", and his picture ofcourse, a

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1125471913036695052005-09-04T04:46:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:28.775+02:00

Elections season is making Egyptian blogs visible and high profile:Tarek Atia quotes Egyptian bloggers in AlAhram Weekly last week and this week.Charles Levinson writes about Egyptian blogging at the Christian Science Monitor.Joelle Bassoul writes for the Agence France-Presse (AFP) about anti-Mubarak blogs. The article is translated to Hebrew too, as well as Spanish, and French (or is it

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1125500853428744602005-08-31T18:27:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:28.889+02:00

That's what I think. Sorry to be like most Egyptians in using labels and secluding people, but I'm not labeling people, but the act. The act of voting to Mubarak is a great disservice to this country.The argument of the Mubarak supporters is that he is better than the alternative, Egyptians are not ready for democracy or for change even, let's maintain the status quo. High treason is looking

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1125437364741948172005-08-31T00:07:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:28.663+02:00

I'll try to make the argument here as short as possible because I need to go to bed, but the topic is sure worth a much longer post than this. Why are we not encouraging enough women to pursue engineering careers in Egypt?The question is not, why is there not enough women in engineering? Or why is Egypt different? The first question is applicable everywhere, not just in Egypt, so Egypt is not

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No matter how open minded and clever you are, authoritarianism always finds a way around. Plurlism and authoritarianism, Ibn Hazm asserted, are locked in eternal combat. A single megalomaniac can destory a paradise it took decades or centuries to build.Lots of these around here and all over.

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Caught the last few minutes of the 9 o'clock news on the state-controlled TV channel 1, to find a review of the compaigns of the Presidential candidates. Made sure it was really channel 1 before I sat down and watched the snippets of their speeches today.Ayman Nour, more reasonable than the others in my view. Talking from Assiut, criticizing the lack of investment by the government in upper Egypt

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Will the judges boycott the elections for not getting their demands fulfilled by the regime, or not?My bet is they won't. September 8 will be just another day in Egypt. Congratulations will be due to his Excellency President Mubarak for his historic win, and for his mandate to do whatever he wants with us. A show well done. Right on real Egyptians.Place your bets if you want. No optimism allowed.

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أعود إليك مشتاقاًو قلبي زاد أشواقاًونبضي بين جنبيابإسمك صار خفاقاًو أجنحة تحلق بيإليك تجوب أفاقاً*******************نأيت بجانبي يوماًفكان النأي إخفاقاًو ليلاً في دجي ليلٍو في الظلمات إغراقاًو صاح الخطو في دربييريد العود تواقاً********************إليك أعود يا ربيو حبي عاد عملاقاًو عيني لم تعد عينيتري للكون أحداقاًتنيب إليك خاشعةًيفيض الدمع دفاقاً*******************لديك أبوء بالذنبو منك العفو

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1125097497358139882005-08-27T01:55:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:28.033+02:00

What's with beating kids instead of teaching them properly? Today I saw two such incidents, and I shivered everytime I saw those kids getting slapped. The hip lady sitting next to us for some reason shouted at her teenage girl and then slapped her, takh takh. It couldn't have hurt, but the nervousness that the mother hit her daughter with hurt me. And then while I was swimming with that annoying

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I dropped by yesterday's Artists' Protest (no, not these ones) in downtown on my way home from work. I guess this was organized by the Artists for Change Movement. There are so many change movements nowadays that I lost track of them. Any group of people with anything in common seem to come up with a new movement for change these days. You know how it goes in Egypt, someone starts something, and

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1124875808719951712005-08-24T12:40:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:27.800+02:00

I've been going through alot of resumes lately and the one common thing that I've noticed is that they all look really bad. Not the content, but the presentation. Terrible. This is just one of my evidence of how negligence and recklessness have become part of our culture.Its not just on the Egyptian blogosphere as noted by Zoss, with its lack of proper spelling and punctuations. Maybe those who

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1124660062847624082005-08-22T00:22:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:27.688+02:00

There is such a thing, if you're wondering.Did you know that the more obnoxious you are, the more extreme you are, or the more controversial stuff that you post, the more traffic that you get to your blog. The picture I posted showing two veiled women with a topless woman in a swimming pool got my blog a peak in traffic. People want to see it, simple. I wasn't trying to be obnoxious or to shock

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This Mubarak guy is not bad. He can mutate into anything. Nowadays, he's playing the democracy game, and he's mutating into a presidential candidate. Is this for real?!This is actually much better than before. Thanks Condi for pushing for democracy that far here. We needed the change. I think I can actually survive this elections campaign without major psychological disturbances like those I used

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Wet, veiled and topless. Viewer discretion advised!See also, Lovers in Cairo!Picture will be removed soon.UPDATE: Comments section now open upon popular demand (although I don't feel like blogging these days). Remember, this post will be removed.

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- Tourism in Egypt- Just another game- Happy birthday Sakia- The famous Yacoubian building- We want more- Arabs suck - Our identity crisis- Opposition withdrawal- Meditation through participation- Egypt's traffic and culture- Egypt from up top- What's wrong with Egyptians?- Land of Fear- Arranged marriages- Reaction to the blasts- Islamic swimsuit- Evidence of negligence- Two wrongs don't make a

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- Presidency demonstrations- Elections boycotting- More on the Egyptian demonstrations- Palestine- Government gas - la porte du soleil- The Software Industry’s Growth- Hosni aims to please- Samir Ragab - Another Tarek AlBishry lecture- Gandhi in Arabia?- Gandhi in Iraq?- On strikes and layoffs- Egyptian athlete cry foul- Hosni speaks to me- Allah made them funny- The Arab Spring- Knock, knock

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- Human beings- Behind a veil- Hayy 'ala el-Jihad - Fishawy, Hind and the Sheikhs - Women Friday prayer imamah: Why not?- That Friday prayer- Conservative or progressive- CAIR takes action- Kefaya's rainbow- Hadith types- Iqra'a TV- Humans and other creatures- Dogs in Islam- al-Ghazali on reading the Quran- Jebril the reciter- Moussa naby.. Eissa naby.. Mahammad naby..- Everything falls in place

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- Men's brains- Mars & Venus- I love Cairo- Why do they call me Mo?- Sex on the beach- Masa'a elfoll (drugs)- Eskandareyyaty (Alexandria)- Women are crazy- 1.6.1997- 2.6.1997- A night out- I DO- Divorce diaries- Warda - Anti-Warda- What women want- Void- The memory of her

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- About this blog- The blogging effect- Bloggers in trouble- Our journalist friend - Blogging is bad for your career- Thou shalt not might blog- The blogging syndrome- Cyber Connexions- Blogging black hole- Can blogging be any good?- What about Egyptian bloggers?- Egyptian Bloggers Forum- NPR broadcasts Egyptian blogs- Blogs and culture- Bloggers - Bloggers, again- Elections make bloggers

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- On strike!- Cidade de Deus- Foreigners in Cairo - Lovers in Cairo!- Men and Women- Is SW piracy really that bad?- Look, listen, and learn- Good to Great- What a woman- Kingdom of Heaven- RFID in your toilet- Look, listen and learn II- Real achievers- Terrorists strike again- Stop the USAID- French arrogance- China's awesome rise - Homosexuality - Sania is a good Muslim player

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- An Arab on skis- blog blog- From dust to dust- Dead man lying- What does your father do?- Losing faith- Living the past- 5 Kilos- What shall become of me?- PLEASE GOD... Save me- 6 Kilos- Fortune cookie- Hot Eye- Concessions.. concessions..- London, fly away & formal methods- Fear of commitment- Openning up, no?- Just wondering - Last day at work - Warda - Anti-Warda- Marsa Matrouh- Apathy &

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1123716731694115082005-08-11T13:09:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:26.747+02:00

Some people are actually still asking about my previous post about bloggers! After I wrote that post, some asked what I meant about my description of them, and some emailed me also wondering what I meant, and some I think were playing with me telling me that I've hit a chord!I didn't explain what I meant by each of my sentences about each blogger, or my labeling of them (as someone called it)

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1123706367317918802005-08-11T00:10:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:26.667+02:00

My friend who just came back from spending a year in the UK studying wanted to get a piece of software from me, so we agreed that I'd drop by her at Beano's cafe tonight to drop it off.So I go meet my friend infront of Beano's and after a few minutes she asks me what's with the beard? so I answer that I'm growing it to get closer to God by following the prophet's Sunnah, and then I ask her when

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1123691091570397242005-08-10T19:50:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:24.689+02:00

I think the view I've presented of homosexuality in my previous post is as moderate as it comes from a traditional Muslim. Most Muslims look at homosexuality in a much harsher way. From Egypt arresting 52 gays on that Queen boat, sentencing 21 of them, to Iran executing 2 gay kids just last month.I really doubt that such reactions are proper Islamic reactions. As I said in my previous post, I

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1123646437889306762005-08-10T07:40:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:24.591+02:00

What's obvious is that Islam regards homosexuality as a great sin, I would say greater than extra-marital sex. What's not obvious to me is how Islam advocates the treatment of homosexuals.There is a saying in Islam, which I'm not sure how true it is, that God's throne shakes everytime a homosexual act happens. The most clear story however is the story of prophet Lut and his people. Amazing to me

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[map] Arrived a couple of hours ago. Just came back from the Friday prayer, sitting in the balcony facing the beach. Forgot my scrapbook, so writing on the back of this "Science of Islamic Fiqh" paper.The Christian experienceChecked in at St. Joseph Sisters of the Sacred Heart Summer House. My mother has recently fallen in love with this place. She's been coming here for the last 2 years.

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You know what scared the shit out of me in last Saturday's protest the most? Its not the merciless beatings in that terrible scene. Its the fact that they were detaining people. Its the torture and treatement that comes after the detention, and also the fact that they will have an eye on you forever, picking you for no apparent reason when they feel like it. You're picked once, and you're tagged

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1123071876721114202005-08-01T03:40:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:23.531+02:00

Just woke up on a bad dream. Repercussions of Saturday's protest. In the dream, I suddenly hear very strong sounds of a girl having intense sex. I recognize the voice. Its that of a girl I've known too well a few years back. I run to the source of the sound, and see the guy on top of her, in action. So I tell them that we don't need to hear their sex, "please lower your voice", and I shut the

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1122748973013056122005-07-30T21:42:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:23.444+02:00

Today's protest was no fun at all. Our wonderful president who has been ruling Egypt for a quarter of a century has decided to surprise us all and run again for presidency. How considerate of him. And ofcourse, since Egyptians are a bunch of cynical unappreciative bastards, some of them decided to protest against him for running the country like 3ezbet abooh for 6 more years. Guys guys, its his

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Me: fuckin lonely bitch.DNA: passionate extra-pragmatist. How does that work?!Haal: torn between searching for her divine Godly love and her pure humanly love. Its right there!Baheyya: best political writer out there, but needs to come down to Earth.Mohammed: passionate physician, who's still searching for the cure.Alaa: a real revolutionary activist that I'd love to wash his tongue. Admire his

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This Egyptian blogosphere is having a wild ride. Just in a few months the number of blogs have more than doubled, its growing at an exponential rate. I wish someone could summarize each blog in order to be able to pick and choose who to read. But its really great to have the number of Egyptian blogs on the rise like that. The larger the blogosphere the better reflection it is of our society, and

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Here's a good reminder about China's enormous rapid economic growth, a multidimensional report. Get scared, and start worrying about how we're doing. China is the new mecca that all the businesses are flocking to.Forget about its huge consumer market, but they've managed to use that for their benefit, and become a major producer. Their policy of forcing multinationals who are so eager to tap that

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1122486790464465642005-07-28T00:00:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:22.884+02:00

Big sigh of relief. No regrets, just hopes. Have been planning of leaving since last October, but somehow managed to keep it going, since I had to. Big compromise that didn't really work, but I didn't have much choice. Looking forward to a new experience with much less compromise. Still unknown.I won't think well of the time I spent here, but I've certainly learnt alot. What have I learnt? I

Mohamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397206715607675175noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10639763.post-1122409895372931332005-07-26T23:29:00.000+03:002006-11-14T11:28:22.695+02:00

From Digressing, initiated by Africano:Starting Thursday noon, July 28, 2005.In the garden of ElSawy Culture Center: Leave a flower, light a candle, write a statement, read a verse, put a picture, draw a painting, join us in expressing the feelings of sadness over the victims of the terrorists blasts, and in expressing your opinions on facing terrorism.The idea is based on organizing a public

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After a terrorist attack people tend to forget everything wrong going on and focus on the most obvious, the mass murderous criminal act and its perpetrators. Sure, this should be the first priority, get the frickin bastards and punish them and make a lesson out of them.But being so blind to everything else, to the reasons and to the analysis of how effective the treatment of the problem was,

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So I'm spending more time by the sea these days. The sea is definetely good for me. Heard the news about the Sharm blasts on Friday night while I was in hot Marina. Marina gives a new definition for Egyptian female sexiness. So while hearing the news I thought that this Marina place could very well be a next target for the terrorists.I think its a shame ofcourse, and all the usual curse words for

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  correspondent Eric Weiner has done a series of stories about the Arab media on the Day to Day radio show. Part of that series was about Egyptian blogs. Eric decided to interview a couple of Egyptian bloggers; myself, Big Pharaoh, and another blogger who refused to be interviewed.The broadcast aired snapshots of my 2-hour interview with Eric in less than 2 minutes (more than enough if you ask

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Wondering if this is it for my blogging experience. Was pretty fun while it lasted, more beneficial than I had thought, and just as soothing as I had hoped --but not anymore.I feel that I've let everything out, and that whoever reads my entire blog will pretty much know me too well, and what's left of me I'd rather keep for myself. Contemplated putting up my picture since I feel it adds nothing

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Today I received an email from the managing director of a company that is doing pretty well, one of the startup success stories in Egypt. And this guy is one whom I've heard alot about and am particularly fond of. He was telling me about the new line of business that they are starting and wondering if I would consider joining them.It is exactly the line of business that I'll be doing in my new

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I wrote before about some of the Wasateyya Islamic line of thought, and its integration in the new party that they are trying to get approval for, led by Abul Ela Mady, and how that would be one of the good ways to integrate the Islamists in the political life.After the Parties Committee in the Shura Council (led by Safwat Sherif) rejected the party application last September, the party took its

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Anyone knows the reason for that? If anyone knows me well enough, then they'll know that the one thing that I hate the most in people is arrogance. From the little I know about the French people I find them more than fine. Cultured, sophisticated, and so on. There is a general stereotype about them however that they are arrogant, which I never particularly found that obvious, but I don't know

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I write too many personal posts in this blog that its turning into a very private and mushy blog, and I don't like that. I actually don't want to write this post, but I keep getting those thoughts in my head and they don't go away until I write them down, and then publish them here! So, although I really don't want to keep writing all that too personal stuff and analyze myself online, I can't

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I called my friend who lives and works in London this morning to find out that he was one metro station away from one of last Thursday's blasts. He went to work 10 minutes late that morning. 10 minutes that probably saved his life. He was stuck in the underground train for two hours in the dark, with no electricity and no way out. They were two of the longest hours of his life, not knowing what

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Everything in our lives happens for a reason, we just don't know most of them. For a long while now, I've been baffled by what's happening to me. A friend of mine mocked me a couple of weeks ago when I told her that I pray estekhara for guidance. I kept explaining to her that there is no visible result of this prayers in my opinion, but I pray and I make my logical decision after alot of analysis

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I've heard this more than once now and I'm tired of it. Some Americans asking us Egyptians to shut up, kiss up, and be happy with American foreign policy because of the US AID money given to Egypt every year.Well, that aid money is not helping anyone but our dictator, Hosni Mubarak, where it is supporting his regime ensuring his stronghold to power. Him and his government are stealing half of it,

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Damn. One hell of a terrorist attack in London. Devastating. We already know how mindless sick bastards those terrorists are. But I have one question, what the hell have Bush and Co. been doing for the last few years? Four years fighting that alleged war on terror, making us live hell in the process. And our Ambassador to Iraq has just been executed today. Boy, do I feel safer now! I hope he

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I just resigned.That was one of my easiest resignations. Got a confirmation for an offer elsewhere by phone this morning, printed out this resignation letter (instead of my usual two-line resignation letters), and just broke the news to my manager now. He's a smart guy, he was expecting it all along.I feel nothing yet.My travel plans are scrapped for now. Will now cancel my flight to Vancouver in

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I never quite got how that works. I'm going to write this from a non-personal perspective because I feel very awkward talking about my own experiences with this. My impression of this whole arranged marriage scene, is prostituting yourself for marriage. I really want to write about it though, so I'll draw from the numerous people I know who've been through this.The term arranged marriage is not

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My manager at work decided to have a team building activity by going to ElAin ElSokhna to spend a day. On Thursday, they decided to have it an overnight thing. I'm not really into those people I currently work with, and am definetely not into travelling with them and their families. This job is everything I ain't, and these people are everything I'm not. Somehow I agreed to join, since this was a

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You are about to make some changes in your life (again). Changing jobs, changing residence, and if that doesn't work, then changing continents. As for changing marital status, unless she falls right in your laps, you're not getting any.Nothing stays the same. Hard times pass and never persist, just notice when the good times arrive, and make good use of them, and thank God for both the bad and

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I've been reading relatively more Islamic thought books lately that I'm getting tired of the whole thing. Reached a point where I'm just in this "oh, whatever" state. I wish we would work more and talk less, especially all this ideology talk. We need more of the business mentality, the non-greedy one (and yes, it exists), were work has no ideologies. The goal is to achieve, work, and get things

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