Saturday, December 29, 2012

ليس الإنسان :)

ظننت اني قد تعافيت كليا و قررت اختبار ذلك
ما وجته لم يأتي بتلك النتائج التي وضعتها لنفسي 
تراوحت النتائج من النجاح الساحق إلى الفشل المظلم
كانت النتيجة إن الإنسان لم يعد نفس الإنسان
 وقد اخل ذلك بشروط الإختبار 
كان شعوري غريب تلك المرة
كنت حائر قلق 
ولكني قررت النجاح ووضعته صوب أعيني
والنتيجة: لا اريد المزيد واكتفي بهذا القدر 
كان هذا قرار وليس نتيجة اختباري العبثي الذي دفعني إليه غروري
قررت ايضا ان اعلق اختباراتي.. وذلك 
لأن الإنسان لم يعد هو نفس الإنسان
وقررت ايضا المضي 
وسأمضي ومضيت
وغدا سأكون ما أريد..
إنسان يعشق.
:)

Friday, December 28, 2012

امرأة جميلة

لست على نفس مستوى الجمال ولا حتى قريب من منافستها
للحظات تشتت بين ما وضعته نصب عيني من مسئولية وما انزلق له شعوري
وشاءت الأقدار وشئنا معها وعلى قدر الحب سعدنا 
اوجعتني دموعها وحاولت التخفيف.. من أوجاعها
مضيت ومضيت هي .. كما كانت جميلة 
هي امرأة جميلة وستظل جميلة عظيمة محبه

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

القبيلة

لم استخدم توصيف قبيلة قبل اليوم في وصف ما أهم بوصفه وفضلت عليها كلمة عالم أو حتى تناهيت في الصغر واحببت كلمة اسرة.
في سنوات الدراسة لم اهتم بمعاني الكلمات والمفردات حق الإهتمام ومن الممكن ارجاع هذا لردائة التعليم أو لعدم اهتمامي بشكل شخصي.

داخل جدران مقهى من أشهر مقاهي العاصمة اجلس مع أحد اجمل الأصدقاء واصدقهم على الإطلاق, وبكلمات بسيطة من القلب إلى القلب افهمتني معنى كلمة قبيلة, بدون قصد.
البشر في عالمها قسمين, قسم داخل القبيلة وقسم خارجها.. من داخل القبيلة هم من يشبهونها.. يعني ان تكون انسانا.


شكرا راندا, 
شكرا الشروق.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

تعود على الفقد والافتقاد

كم اكره اني اشتاق اليكي
في انتظار التعود علي الفقد و الافتقاد..
القلق..  كريه
الحب الذي احببتك اياه ايضا كرية
هم من اسمعوني صوتك و جعلوني اجلس مترقبا اخبارك قلقا عليكي
صوتك اليوم سمعتة باردا
تبدين سعيدة..
نعم اريد لكي السعادة
ولكن كيف انسي انك اتعستيني؟
.. لا تحدثيني عن الحب ثانية
لا تحدثيني علي اشتياق
صعب النسيان
صعب
و هذا في خضم حرب.

انهم يحاربون الحب يا سيدي

لا ترتبط الذكريات بالوقت و مخطيء هو من يؤمن بالعلاقة الطردية بين الحب والذكريات والوقت.
شحنات الحب جميلة تقتل الأفكار القميئة الموجعة, وعلى الرغم من كون الحب موجع أيضا.. أحيانا عندما تولد أنفسنا آلية للحفاظ عليه.. من الحياه.
لماذا يحاربون الحب يا سيدي؟

Monday, December 3, 2012

الغياب

غيابك عن حياتي مؤلم.. جدا
ولكن ان يلحظ من حولي غيابك عني.. هو اكثر ألما
ان ألحظ غيابك هو اكثر وأشد ألما.. 


Sunday, December 2, 2012

الشتا

الحب في الشتا 
بدايات دافئة.. حميمية
يأتي الصيف 
يشتعل..
يعود الشتا
نهايات باردة

متيجي نستقطب

موضوع الاستقطاب وتوقيتاته العجيبة اصبح واضح وضوح الشمس من يوم قندهار الأول, ولكن قبلها كان في دلائل كتير على موضوع علاقة السلفيين "بالذات" بالامن أو النظام.

من ضمن الموضوعات الشائكة والحقائق اللي بتظهر من التاريخ قضية السيد بلال قبل الثورة اللي كان بطل ضياع حق السيد بلال فيها هو عمنا ياسر برهامي كما يروي لي أحد مسؤولي شعبه الإخوان المسلمين بالأسكندرية, حيث إنه كان همزة الوصل اللي محدش بيقدر يتكلم عليها بين جموع السلفيين اللي كانوا عاملين غضبانين والأمن.. ده مثال بسيط مقتضب من زمن مبارك.

السلفيين كأداه من أدوات المجلس العسكري غلطوا غلطة عمرهم لما فتحوا الباب للاستقطاب الديني, والإخوان كذراع للسلطة استغلت ده وبتستغله على فترات لقدرتهم على الحشد "الكمي" ولكن الغلطة الاكبر في نظري هي انزلاق القوى المدنية أو الثورية إلى معركه بعيدة عن مسارها من الأول وجعلت المعركة قائمة على الاستقطاب الديني العلماني.

بعد البُكا


بعد بُكا.. اخرج يلا وشوف الناس وبطل تكون الكئيب عشان أنت اللي بوظت اللي بيننا.. يا كئيب..

بين هؤلاء 
لا اعرفهم وليسوا مني 
ولست منهم 
صامت على طرف الطاولة.. اشرب قليلا واشاهدهم كثيرا.. ولا اسمعهم

من بين الأصوات المتناحرة  الضاحكة على ذكريات لا تخصني ولا تعنيني على الطرف الآخر..
يأخذني ذكر اسمك بعيدا عن مكاني على طرف الطاولة إلى التنبه برهه على جانبي الأيسر..

قالت: فلانة؟
قال: هي بعينها.
قالت: وكيف حالها؟
قال: She's great, dating folan now.

لم يلحظوا انتباهي تلك اللحظة.. ولكني علمت ان الحب أيضا لا يدوم.

هذا كان في أحد الشرفات المطلة على ميدان طلعت "الحب" حرب.


تأخذك الأقدار ولكن ليس للعودة, تأخذك إلى مكان اقرب, فقط اقرب.. أسميها عودة بعيدة.
الطرق ممهدة وما أصعبها سيرة على الأقدام.. لأنها مزحومة, مزحومة بالذكريات.. الجميلة.

طرق .. 
واعود يوما منك إلى نفسي على طريق.

كم آلمتني شكوى الآخرين منك وعليكي..
يتذمرون من احتياجك ولا يفهمون أنك تشعرين بالوحدة.. ولكن عذرا.. فقد اخذني طريقك بعيدا عنك إلى نفسي.

العودة منك مؤلمة.. ولكني عائد... من المعادي.. 


Wednesday, November 28, 2012

بُكا


لحظات ألم وإحباط وتخبط دوما ما يلازمها بعض البكاء وكما هو شائع ان البكاء يريح كثيرا من الثقل المحمول على أعناق القلوب, يحيط بتلك الأحاسيس إحساس قميء بالوحدة وعندئذ ستدرك ان الوحدة تقتل.
افعل ماشئت, تألم وتخبط وكن محبطا منبطحا ولا تكن وحيدا, سيربكك الإشتياق لوجود إنسان بجوارك وحولك فقط ليسمعك تبكي.. 
لا تتسلح بالوحدة لأنها تقتل صاحبها أولا, ابحث عن من يسألك "مابك" وتذكر أنك لست مطالب بجواب, سيكون جوابك بحر دموع تشتاق إلى سامعها.
لا تلعن من أوصلك إلى هنا, اشكره, فأخيرا وجدت من يسمع.

28 - 11 - 2012 

Friday, November 2, 2012

شهداء محمد محمود.. نفتقدكم بشدة


هي ليست بالأيام العادية أو التي تستطيع نسيانها بسهولة أو حتى تجاوزها هي ايام من القتل المستمر ولا يسعني الا أن اوصفها كذلك.
ايام صعبة, موجعة , ألام تلك الايام من الآلام التي لا تفارق جسد صاحبها وإن فارقته لا تفارق روحه وإن فارقت روحه فانه ليس بانسان.
ليست وحدها تلك الأيام التي أوجعتني, فقد مر من اصعب الايام واللحظات مايعجز العقل ان يحصيه, ولكني فقدت جزئا مني تلك الأيام, فقدان هذا الجزء هو مايجعلني اليوم ما أنا عليه, هارب من اليأس.
وتمر الأيام وقبل الذكرى السنوية الأولى على "معركة محمد محمود" بأيام نشتاق إلى المكان ونتذكر هؤلاء الذين هم اشرف وانقى من فينا, هؤلاء الذين فقدوا حياتهم واعينهم وفقدناهم.

شهداء محمد محمود.. نفتقدكم بشدة.

اسماء شهداء محمد محمود:
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻠﻤﺎﻥ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪالبطل / ﺇﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺻﺮ ﻗﻄﺐ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﺑﺪﻭﻱ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﺳﻴﺪ ﺳﺮﻭﺭ
اﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﺻﺪﻳﻖ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﻃﺎﺭﻕ
اﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺮﺅﻭﻑ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﻓﺎﺭﻭﻕ حسين
اﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل /  ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻴﻢ  
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺤﻤﻴﺪ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ 
الشهيد البطل / ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪصالحﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺍﻳﻤﻦﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺮﺅﻑ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺃﻳﻤﻦ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺤﻠﻴﻢ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺑﺪﺭﻱ ﺣﻤﺪ ﺑﺪﺭﻱ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺣﺎﺯﻡ ﻣﺸﺤﻮﺕ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﺣﻤﺪﻱ ﺧﻠﻴﻔﺔ
اﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ ﺍﻟﻤﺼﺮﻯ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺣﺴﻦ ﺳﻴﺪ ﺣﺴﻦ
الشهيد البطل / ﺳﺎﻣﺮ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ 
اﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺳﻴﺪ ﺟﺎﺑﺮ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻠﻴﻢ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺳﻴﺪ ﺧﺎﻟﺪ ﺳﻴﺪ ﻋﺜﻤﺎﻥ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺷﻬﺎﺏ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﺪﻛﺮﻭﺭﻱ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﺷﻬﺎﺏ ﺳﻴﺪ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺎﺩﻝ ﺇﻣﺎﻡ ﺟﺎﺩ ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺎﻃﻒ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺩﺍﻭﺩ 
اﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺎﻃﻒ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﻮﺽ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺎﻃﻒ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻓﺎﺭﻭﻕ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻖ ﺳﻴﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻖ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ ﺇﻣﺎﻡ ﻋﻠﻰ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻤﺠﻴﺪ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺰﺕ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻮﺍﺣﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻐﻨﻲ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﺼﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ ﺻﺎﺑﺮ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﺣﺴﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻌﺰﻳﺰ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل /  ﻋﻤﺮﻭ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻖ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻋﻤﺮﻭ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺩﺭﻭﻳﺶ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺎﺟﺪ ﻳﻮﺳﻒ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺎﻭﻱ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل /  ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻨﻲ  
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻔﺘﺎﺡ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺃﻧﻮﺭ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﺸﺮ ﺍﻧﻮﺭ ﺑﺸﺮ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﺸﻴﺮ ﺗﻬﺎﻣﻲ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺭﺑﻴﻊ ﻧﺒﻴﻞ  
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻌﻴﺪ ﺇﻣﺎﻡ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺭﻣﻀﺎﻥ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺻﻼﺡ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل /  ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻗﻨﺎﻭﻱ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻲ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻐﻨﻲ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ ﺳﻌﻴﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻖ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ ﺣﻠﻤﻰ 
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻤﻨﻌﻢ ﺷﺤﺎﺗﺔ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﻤﺮ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻣﻨﺘﺼﺮ ﻣﻜﺮﻡ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / ﻳﺤﻴﻲ ﺯﻛﻲ
ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻴﺪ البطل / احمد صالح


الأسماء تعني الكثير.. الأسماء تخفي وراءها الحواديت.. ولكل شهيد حياه.


Tuesday, August 14, 2012

الانسان ضعيف.. بجد

بقالي زمن ياما بعيد و ببعد يمكن الدنيا غرتني و بتبعدني اكتر ولكن دايما فية امل اني راجع، معرفش مبسوط ولا فاكر اني مبسوط، المهم اني راضي، جوايا يقين ان شئ رابطني مهما بحيد عن السكة، تجارب كتير بتلخبط الواحد و بتشككة.. آه بتشككة لإن الانسان اساسا ضعيف ضعيف.
مخترتش ابعد بإرادتي او يمكن بستهبل و قلت اجرب و جايز اكون بعيد من الاول اساسا، المهم اني حاسس بدة و راصدة كويس.
كل ما بقع بفتكر و اول ما بقوم بنسي، مانت سيد العارفين قد اية انا ضعيف ضعيف.. بقوم و بتفرعن علي نفسي و اغرق تاني.
ولكن بعد رحلة مش طويلة و مش قصيرة و اول مرة اكون مش غرقان و فاكر و طالب رضا، يمكن عشان وصلت لدرجة من الغرق محسساني ان دة العادي، او يمكن عشان زي ما هما بيقولو جبت اخري... انت اعلم.
النهاردة الشعور مضطرب، بكرة هعمل اللي بعملة و مش هتغير انا عارف كدة كويس، انا ضعيف و هم اقوي بصراحة و تقدر تقول ان دة عاجبني و بيرضيني الي حد ما.
انت فاهم و عارف اية اللي مريت بية، طبعا ما انت الممتحن، طب اية الفايدة ما انت عارف اننا ضعاف، ولا انت عايز تعرفنا احنا اننا ضعاف؟.اه فهمت.. شكرا علي الرغم من الالم حسيت اني بشر.. انا عاصي و عارف و معترف.
كنت محتاج الكلمتين دول يا مولانا..
هون عليهم و ارحمهم.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Morsi Morsi..

Hawamdia -small town in Giza- Celebrates Morsi
celebrating Morsi's win - Photo by me.



Wohooo finally we have a civilian elected president to piss off, Of course it's not the best way i wanted the history to be, but it was going there anyway, but the fact is that am extremely happy with that for many reasons, may be it's stupid reasons for many of my fellow revolutionaries but they are the simple facts prove that there is a real change on earth, something like the army soldiers and generals will salute for Morsi who's a civilian, it doesn't matter now what is his ideology or what are his beliefs.. in Egypt this is something BIG and you should to be happy for it.

something like Morsi's story himself from Mubarak's prisons to the presidential palace, it means that any Egyptian now can think about this chair, the past few weeks i suffered a kind of depression after i couldn't see anything going right or going like am planing for, but after the results and the joy emerged allover Egypt with this win which some people considered a good step for the revolution and others didn't see it like that, i actually see it as a step forward for the revolution, despite the hard times waiting for us the next few months from many sides like the in-clarity from the MB side, the shari'a supporters on the ground and the SCAF of course.

None said that the president will come with a magic stick and fix everything or that he will come and screw SCAF ass like a terminator, be realistic people.. it's politics on it's highest levels.

Here's the thing am thinking of from my side, i will chant for Morsi as long as he's doing well, and will give him the bird when he do something fucked up.. yea it's that simple.

i will back him up when he face the SCAF to get his presidential powers and rights, because at anytime a candidate from the hardcore revolutionaries can be in his place in a matter of few years because of the "democratic" process.

Of course many fellow leftists will raise their eye brows and ask "How come you're a leftist and supporting a neolibral capitalist Islamist? and the answer is simple, leave your ideology aside now and start thinking about what people want now, because it's not healthy to live your entire life between the books away from the people.

I am not saying that you should give up your ideological dreams and beliefs, but start think in a different way, think about getting your goal which is the "power" in all ideologies, things have been changed in Egypt.. yes it is.

There's something about Morsi that makes me feel sorry for him.. dunno what is it, but suddenly he reminded me with the scenario of Mohamed Naguib.. the first military president for Egypt who wanted to handle the power to the civilians after 1952 military coup by Nasser and his fellows.

In my opinion Morsi will suffer a lot, from the MB, Salafists, secular forces, leftists, SCAF and of course the Second arm in the old regime which it's conflict with SCAF brought Morsi in the image, not them only.. Morsi will suffer from the people who voted for him, they expect much for him.. you know Egyptians -.- 

Anyways... Despite any of this, Am optimistic. 


Check out my photos from the day they announced the 1st civilian president below:



Tuesday, May 29, 2012

خرابيش انتخابية

السطور القادمة ليست تنظيرة كالاتي يملأن الفضاء الالكتروني الآن انما هي محاولة لعرض وجهة نظر شخصية جدا في معركة الرئاسة وما يترتب عليها من مستقبل الحركة الإجتماعية و السياسية المصرية.

منذ نوفمبر الماضي تم رفع شعار "لا انتخابات تحت حكم العسكر" وبالفعل كانت مقاطعتي لإنتخابات البرلمان المصري الاول بعد الثورة, في بادئ الأمر يظهر هذا الشعار وكأنه ممتد ولكن الحقيقة أنه شعار مرحلي يجب ان يتغير وفق معطيات اللعبة السياسية المطروحة في الشارع المصري وبعيدا عن صحة أو خطأ هذا الشعار كان يعتبر تبريرا لبعض القوى لتغطية عدم قدرتها وجهازيتها لخوض المعركة وبالنسبة للبعض الآخر كان يعتبر موقفا ضد الانتخابات المعروف نتائجها مسبقا -ليس بنية التزوير ولكن لإتضاح موازين القوي في الشارع المصري- ومحاولة لتوعية الشارع واكتساب الخبرات استنادا للقائلين ان المصريين يتعلمون من تاريخهم. 

اتفقت أو اختلفت مع من تبنى هذا أو ذاك فلا يهم الآن في موقف لا نحسد عليه -كيسار مصري .. قال يعني- والعديد منا يعاني تخبط كبير في الرؤى ولذلك يجب النظر للأمور بنظرة واسعة اكثر واحتساب العديد من النقاط الهامة.

تأتي الانتخابات الرئاسية في جو ليس مهيأ للانتخابات من وجهة نظري الخاصة ولكن تم فرض المعركة على الشارع وعلى الثوريين واختار الشعب المشاركة فيها وإن كانت مشاركته تأتي امتعاضا من عدم وجود بديل ثوري وناهيك عن الظروف الاقتصادية التي نعيشها ويتأثر بها الشعب خصوصا الطبقة الفقيرة نتيجة لخلق الأزمات التي جعلت من المصريين مسيرين نحو مايريده المجلس العسكري ألا وهي انتخابات الرئاسة.

"الثوري الحقيقي هو الذي يكون بين الجماهير اينما اختارت وجهتها أو معركتها" بهذه العبارة يمكن تفسير قرار الانخراط في العملية الانتخابية وإن كان من شارك أو من قاطعها لم يؤدي ماعليه, بمعنى ان من قرر المشاركة لم يستطيع خلق الوحدة بين المرشحين الثوريين واكتساح النتائج ومن قاطع لم يقدر على الدعاية والفعاليات التي تشجع الجماهير على المقاطعة لخلق ازمة للعسكر.

لا ادافع عن المشاركة وإن كانت صحيحة جزئيا.
ولا ادافع عن المقاطعة وإن كانت مطلوبة.

ونحن على بعد ايام من الجولة الثانية للإنتخابات الرئاسية والتي فرضت السلطة نتيجتها على الشارع منذ البداية بوجود احد اركان النظام السابق في  السباق الرئاسي وعلى الطرف الاخر يوجد ممثل جماعة الاخوان المسلمين الذي يظهر الآن بالزي الثوري.

يظن البعض ان هذا الاختيار يرجعنا إلى مرحلة ماقبل الثورة حين كان الحل الوحيد للخروج من مظلة مبارك هو الاخوان المسلمين ومشروعهم "المحظور" على حد قول اعلام السلطة, ولكن حقيقة الامر تختلف حيث ان الاختيار الآن ليس بين ثورة ونظام, انما هو اختيار بين استعادة النظام عافيته ووجوهه وبين نظام فاشي جديد.

يذهب البعض للمشاركة خوفا من الفلول وهنا تسمع دعاوى محمد مرسي وترفع شعارات لا لعودة النظام القديم, وهنا يجب ان نقف على تعريف النظام.

في وجهة نظري اعادة إنتاج النظام ليست بالضرورة انتخاب احمد شفيق أو وصوله للسلطة وتمكنه من اجهزه الدولة المعدة له مسبقا بل يكون اعادة إنتاج النظام اكثر وحشية عندما يسيطر فكر ومنهج واحد على كل السلطات ويظهر امام الشعب كالحامي الشرعي كما فعل المجلس العسكري في بداية ولايته, وهنا لا اجد ظلما في مقارنه الاخوان المسلمين بالمجلس أو حتى النظام (السابق/الحالي) حيث أنه ظهر للعيان مشاركة الاخوان في جرائم ضد القوى الثورية أو حتى السكوت عنها وتهيئة الجو المناسب لارتكابها.

يطل علينا د/محمد المرسي ويعد بتقديم ضمانات التي اراها عبث منقطع النظير حيث علمتنا الايام الماضية أن الاخوان لا عهد لهم, وحينما يضغط عليهم المجلس العسكري بتهديد "التنظيم" يمكن ان يقوموا ببيع كل الضمانات حفاظا على عملهم ومصالحهم ويرجع ذلك لاعتمادهم اسلوب رأسمالي ا ترتيب هرمي للجماعة ذات الذيول الكثيرة التي يسهل الامساك عليها وقد ظهر جليا أثناء احداث (محمد محمود - مجلس الوزراء - الذكرى السنوية الاولى للثورة 2012).

الاتحاد السياسي مع الاخوان المسلمين في هذه الحقبة هو فعلا بمثابة العودة لأوضاع ماقبل 25 يناير 2011 حيث استبدل السير وراء سقوط النظام بالسير في ذيل جماعة الاخوان ذات الشعارات المرحلية والعلاقات المباشرة مع نظام مبارك ليس مداهنة ولكن خوفا على مصالح الجماعة, ليس هذا فحسب وانما هو بعد عن الشارع الذي ينتمي اليه الثوريين وبذلك يخسر الجميع.

وفي ظل هذه المعطيات يطرح البعض خيار "المقاطعة" الذي في وجهة نظري لا يكون مؤثرا ولن يكون كذلك مع عدم وجود تنظيم سفلي يستطيع جمع هذا القطاع الجماهيري لتكوين قوة مؤثرة لصد هذا النظام ومن جهة اخرى وعملا بمبدأ "الثوري الحقيقي" يمكن استغلال المقاطعة والدعاية لها في الحالة الراهنة حيث توجد شريحة ليست بالصغيرة من الشعب لا تريد هذا وذاك وهذا ماتسمعه اليوم في الشارع المصري من اناس عاديين يطرحون خيار "ابطال الصوت" لعدم رضاهم على المرشحين ولشكهم في نزاهه جزء خفي من العملية الانتخابية واللجنة المشرفة عليها في ظل تأخير قانون العزل السياسي الذي بسببه يوجد احمد شفيق في قوائم المتناحرين على كرسي الرئاسة.

المشكلة الاكبر في اختيار المقاطعه هو سلبية البعض فيها على الرغم من ايجابية الموقف, وعندها يترك الفقراء من الشعب والمضللين منه فريسة لما يتاجر عليهم بالاستقرار تاره وبالدين تاره اخرى.

توضح الآن وجهة نظري في الاختيارين المطروحين على الساحة المصرية الآن بين مقاطعة ومشاركة, وهنا يأتي تساؤل دوما ما يؤرقني ألا وهو; لماذا نحصر انفسنا في الخيارات الضيقة بين المشاركة والمقاطعة؟ لابد من وجود خيار ثالث.

الخيار الثالث يتيح مساحة  اكبر للعمل بين القوى الثورية ومساحة  اكبر من الإتفاق لو أراد الثوريون ذلك وتركوا خلافاتهم جانبا, وقد يتبادر إلى اذهان البعض ان الخيار هذا يحتاج إلى تنظيم موجود على الأرض وهذا ما تم نفيه بثورة 25 يناير حيث إنها قامت بلا اي تنظيم يحسب خطاها بل اصبحت ثورة نتيجة لالتفاف الشعب على مجموعة راديكالية أظهرت تنسيق عالي بين اطرافها مما شجع الجميع في الانخراط والقيام بدوره المنوط به.

الشعب رايح فين؟  -  الشعب بالأحداث الأخيرة والتحفز ضد السلطة والإنتخابات على استعداد ان يدعم الحركة خارج إطار المفاوضات والضمانات مما يوفر الدعم وينهي على فكرة التنظيم التي تسيطر على عقول الكثير من الثوريين وتجعلهم يتخذون من ذلك "حجة" لتبرير تقاعسهم في حين ان الشارع يرفض الإختيارات المفروضة عليه ولكن يحتاج من يقوده وهو الشيء الذي يتطلب شجاعة بعض الثوريين.

راهن على الثورة! - اتفقت أو اختلفت مع الانتخابات الرئاسية من حيث المبدأ أو النتيجة أو أو .. الخ, هناك حقيقة راسخة ولا يغيرها شيء وهي ان بعد ثمانين عاما من تاريخ الإخوان المسلمين حصدوا 5,7 مليون صوت, وبعد 30 عاما من سيطرة النظام على كل شيء حصد 5,5 مليون صوت, في حين حصل مرشحي الثورة الراديكاليين (عبد المنعم أبوالفتوح - حمدين صباحي - خالد علي) على 10 مليون صوت مما يعطيك فكرة بسيطة على اتجاه الشارع المصري بعيدا عن التحليلات العقيمة في تركيبة أصوات كل مرشح.

في رأي الشخصي يستطيع المرشحين الثلاث تكوين جبهة وطنية ثورية تقود المصريين المنتظرين منذ زمن بعيد, لا ينقص هذا الجمع الا الشجاعة الكافية وتنحية الخلافات جانبا.

نقاط الضغط الهامة:-
قانون العزل.
محاكمة مبارك.

أيها الثوريون تذكروا انكم لا تمتلكون شيئا إلا شجاعتكم وحياتكم لتقدموها وقد كتب العديد منا شهادة وفاته مبتسما منذ انخرط في النضال ضد هذا النظام, فلماذا الخوف الذي يظهر عند البعض؟

إن نفعل الصواب الآن.. أو لنصمت إلى الأبد.

ضميري ارتاح.

Monday, May 14, 2012

365 days ago.. Atef yehia..

Graffiti - Atef yehia
Graffiti - Atef yehia 

I wont tell a new story in this post, i just want to remember one the Egyptian Martyrs, not one of the famous ones, but what made him special for me is that he was a friend of mine.

Atef died after a long journey fighting against the bullet he took in his head during the protest took place last year in the memory of the Palestinian Nakba by the Israeli embassy in Giza-Egypt.

The protest that day last year 15-5-2012 was peaceful as usual but when the protesters asked the authorities to bring down the Israeli flag in respect to the Palestinian struggle and resistance the Egyptian army gone mad, started shooting protesters with tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition.. which broke through my friend's head from behind his right ear and gone out from above his right eye brow.

The damage happened to his brain was permanent, he lost all of his functions.. 
Atef was his mother's only boy with a passed away dad, you cannot imagine how miserable and depressed was this lady when she heard about her only son, What Atef had experienced in El-Kasr Einy hospital after his injury is indescribable.. the lack of respectful heath care and emergency treatment were disastrous.

R.I.P.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Final words: presidential elections, Egypt 2012

Short notes about the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt.
My views from the last couple of weeks after studying the the actual weight and spread of every "real" candidate and the force supporting each.

First here's the elections experts and the most organized and widespread force in Egypt now; the Muslim Brotherhood who joined the rally in the last moment first by Mr. El-Shater and now by their candidate Dr. Mohamed Morsy, The MBs have the biggest amount of voters which will overcome the weakness of the candidate himself, and that's why you will not find that much voters from outside the 2 million MB members supporting Morsy.

Morsy Chanis
Morsy Chains days ago in cairo, the biggest human chain in Egypt, 51 KM.
MB showing power. (Photo: Sabry Khaled)


In the second place comes El-Nour party, they announced their official support to Dr. Abo El-Fotouh days ago, and i thing they can do a good job in packing him and mobilizing people towards him, about the spread and and organizing they come in the second place right after Ikhwan.. The salafi party took long time to decide their destination in the presidential race after the cancellation of Hazem Abo Ismaiel due to the famous American Mama story.

People watching the 1st Presidential debate in Egyptian history
People watching the 1st Presidential debate in Egyptian history.. Between Mousa and Fotoh.
(Photo: Sabry Khaled)



The difference between Fotoh and Morsy in the nature of voters is that Fotoh has gained a wide sector from the left and right wing specially the people called "El-Baradie sons" after the withdrawal, But Morsy and the MB are losing votes because the last situations and the parliament performance, But it WONT affect them that much.

In my opinion Fotoh and Morsy are the most powerful candidates then comes Amr Mousa and Hamdeen Sabahy.

The last days showed a huge rising in Sabahy supporters just because of his Tv appearance, the sector Sabahy gained are the people who were looking for a leftist candidate who have a real chances not Khaled Aly who have no chance but i respect his move, Other thing about Mr.Sabahy is the weakness of his campaign on the real ground.

Another popular face in the election race is Mousa who have a widespread popularity but always countered by the negatie campaigns about him being an integral part of Mubarak's regime, his chance is quite big and his campaign is well organized on the ground.

Mr.Salem El-Awa have no real chance in my opinion according to his popularity between Egyptians, Maybe the negative campaigns against him are more powerful than his campaign, also he have no well organized forces behind him like Fotoh and Morsy who are also Islamist candidates.

Finally Ahmed Shafik who's the loyal servant to Mubarak, his regime and SCAF.. his existence in such conditions is suspicious for me specially after they made him pass the political segregation law.. but in real world maybe he has chances!

Finally we have to wait and see...

Friday, May 4, 2012

Account on MOD Clashes, 4th of May 2012

Summary of the day of 4th of May:
On the 4th of May during the million man protest near the MOD which called "Friday of the End" The Army forces decided to attack the peacful protesters and clash with them.
Army forces attacked the protesters with the help of the military police "the red cap officers", some plain clothed troops and thugs.
They pushed the protesters away using LIVE AMMUNITION , MOLOTOV cocktailS, teargas, stones.
It turned into street war between the angry, injured and beated up protesters and the security forces, many people were injured and more than 200 people kidnaped and will face military trials.
As the army forces raided into the hospitals and detained all the injured people tere is no exact number of the injuries or the dead people.


My Account:

I arrived Abbasyia at 05:10 pm yesterday and just before the cathedral i saw Abbasyia citizens with thugs holding swords and metal sticks banning people from passing from their street to reach the Abbasyia square and the MOD.

I tweeted:

I couldn't reach the protesters till i used the back streets and suddenly i heard sound of continuous gun shoots, it was very very close to the protesters who were escaping from the Army armors, tear gas, live ammunition and thugs, That moment i started taking photos.


Ministry of Defence clashes
More Photos Here.
After that the Armors started to push the people away from the MOD more and more till we reached "Ghamra" 4 km away from the MOD,  Army forces attacked the protesters with the help of the military police "the red cap officers", some plain clothed troops and thugs, They pushed the protesters away using LIVE AMMUNITION , MOLOTOV cocktailS, teargas, stones.

Ministry of Defence clashes
More Photos Here.  This is the photo just before they caught me 1st. time.
As i was busy taking photos so it was normal to be in the last line facing the Army armors, I was taking photos and suddenly 2 plain clothed thugs grabbed my arms and 2 other military police soldiers came towards me, they start beating me up, All i was thinking about is to protect the camera because they are doing that because they saw me using it.. 
A friend of mine Hadeel Gamal saw me that moment.
Thanks to 2 Salafy guys who heroically saved me from them i managed to ran away with no injuries.

I tweeted:
Me and the group of salafy youth who freed me were escaping from them and extremely tired, and many of them were falling and caught by the military police troops and their thugs.
Minutes after that while i was running with the guys, A group of armed thugs faced us and detained me Again with several protesters, they forced us to enter a flower shop just before Ghamra bridge and brought the military police to take us away.. apparently there were some protesters who were watching from far away and decided to come back and save us from them after they saw how we were being beaten up by both the thugs from Abbasiya and the military troops, they broke into the shop by rocks and sticks -the revolutionaries- and took us away.. 
I continues running in the back streets until i reached down town area where i felt safe for the first time since hours.. 


I saw many women dragged and beaten the exact way they beat the Tahrir Girl in december clashes

Friday, April 6, 2012

One of the most important turning points.. Mahalla!

Mahalla..  

It's history goes back before the 6th of April 2008, but this date is special in a special way.

It's the city which inspired the Egyptians and certainly changed the the history of the Egyptian labor movement forever, Egyptian labor movement is full of struggles, fights, sacrifices and victories. But what makes Mahala special is that it came out of nowhere for some people who knew nothing about the social struggle in Egypt under the rule of the businessmen for years and years.

The workers of this city sculpted the it's name in many minds after that two day uprising against the increased prices and shortage of bread where they confronted Mubarak's troops and tanks, and in these moments some people knew that it's a matter of time till we witness the real revolution.

Thit is a magnificent example of the people realizing they are worth more, and must fight alongside each other, not against. Power to the Proletariat.

We've come a long way..



Saturday, March 31, 2012

Game On or Off?!

(Photo: Internet)
Inside a political Organization like the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt you can find the man in charge who's usually the nice face for the media like Mohammed Badie who is the eighth General Guide (chairman) of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. , but always you will find the Rigid, tough and octopus-like man who control almost everything but from behind the closed doors like Mr.Khairat El-Shater who is an Egyptian engineer, businessman and Islamist political activist. And now He is the OFFICIAL Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the Egyptian presidential election in 2012, From inside the the MB it's known that Khairat El-Shater is the most powerful man inside the 83 years old group, Otherwise he won't be the first MB candidate for presidency ever, which is historical!

Actually i don't understand the shock of some people specially internet activists from this announcement claiming that El-Shater himself stated before that the MB have NO any intentions for entering the presidential race earlier this year.. Anyway The idea that MB "promised" it would not run candidates not valid criticism, except internally -which is questionable because i don't trust Ikhwan Youth-. Blame those who believed them.

So this is the real start of the up coming game which appeared to the surface week ago, Nomination of El-Shater now is just the goal of the opposing statements between the MB and the SCAF which will make the MB introduce their candidate as the savior.

Despite these facts the situation in Egypt is not clear yet, specially in the presence of someone like Amr Moussa who will give SCAF the safe exit they want and the constitutional immunity for sure, and till now i can't see that Ikhwan is giving SCAF these features despite how they're acting the last months when they break up with the revolutionary side of Egypt.

So El-Shater showed up again on the Egyptian Political scene  after the revolution after he got amnesty by SCAF to get out of the prison, And directly after his release he started his project about the MB development in order to make the group stronger.

Of course the guy is amazing but after all he is amazing on the MB standards, and be sure when you hear a shocking news from the MB that he is behind that or at least he's a role in it, and it was clear specially after expelling Dr.Abo El-Fotoh from the MB when he announced about his intentions of running for presidency.

MB is not just a political reformist group at the age of 83 years old, It's developed over years to become a closed human society by the all means of the word, So a Father figure like El-Shater is not just a leader who may be left for a political dissenting opinion, for the most of Ikhwan youth it's much more deeper than that.

Talking about the gab between the MB leaders and the youth as it's something should be used against the MB is just ridiculous and it was very obvious just after few minutes of the announcement when many MB youth defected from Dr.Abo El-Fotoh campaign to El-Shater's campaign and this is because of the opacity of the guy.

A man like El-Shater is a man with a project who will do whatever it takes to make his dream real, specially after years of oppression and prison, and the project is obvious now.. MB take EVERYTHING.

How will Egyptian leftists deal with this news?
Till this moment i have no idea.. but we have to accept the fact that we have nothing to do except organizing the people not mobilizing them against the president they were waiting for since 11th of February 2011, most of Egyptians think that the Solution is the New president who will make their lives better which is not right of course.. because running the economy with the same minds "Pockets" will never change the file citizen financial status.

Do you think that it's a smart move? The announcement?
Will they break the rule saying that "An underground group like MB cannot live in real democratic atmosphere."?
Consider that they already having almost everything.. Constitution, Parliament... 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

New Show: The battle of the Beards and Tanks.

I'll leave the long introductions a side now because the issue is very obvious now, actually i may be the last one who started to talk about it or state an opinion which i don't have to be honest, So i'll tell you nothing but a new theory of my theories. **

As it appear to the public the underlying statement clashes between the ruling military and the Muslim Brotherhood from which Egyptian online activists started their jokes which really broke the silence and boredom of the current days in the Egyptian "Blogsphere", But all end to the same conclusion which is that they will leave MB alone to face the SCAF as a way of revenge from them as they did sold the youth many times to the regime.

Ok, enough comics!

Most of the traditional theories about how the ruling regimes work are based on the fact of if two Capital regimes faced each other none of them will lose anything but the confused people between them will be slaughtered if there is no real representative leadership for them to organize their struggle for better world, So this is simply what happened in many opinions in 1954 when the military ruling council suppressed the MBs as they asked for a share in the authority.

I can agree that the players have the same names now like they were in 1954 but there are many differences in the structure of both!

You cannot compare the Muslim Brotherhood now and 60 years ago, because Only the blind who will say that they didn't develop themselves, studied the game well and now they did get some gains from a revolution they refused to support from the beginning.. but add to this their hunger to power which blinded them and dragged them away from the people's demands to gain some demands for their minority in comparison to the masses may hit the streets looking for their share sooner or later.

What you can Compare is the state of the military regimes in 1954 and now and anyone can see that they are the same but with different names but the tools still the same: Tanks, Media, "Fake Good Intentions", etc..  

We should learn from History but we should take these changes in consideration otherwise the whole struggle will go in vain.

Here is the way i think it will go:
-The famous 1954 Scenario will not repeat itself except in one case which is the deep stupidity from the MB side.
-I believe that the the whole issue is fake blackmailing between them both in order to sweep our sights from something going on or will happen in the back scenes.

But what if the MB will have a real clash with SCAF?
This question will be answered by days, but the sure thing is none of their loses both will be compared to the people's loss in case of the Leftist Groups didn't gain the people to their side to protect their struggle.

What if the MB didn't have the people's support facing the SCAF?
What if the MB embarrassed the SCAF with the people's support?

We can state millions of "What if" questions.. but i really deeply believe that it doesn't matter!

I hope you got it.. Right.

Here's one of the most descriptive images of the relation between SCAF and MB now by an Egyptian facebookers:

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Behind the picture.. Episode 6 - Semsema..

Semsema
Semsema.. Click the Photo for more shots.
I was visiting a friend a mean one actually then his cat aka Semsema which is the most important creature in his house as he said to me once before, While i was watching the TV Semsema was watching too then she showed up some inspiring poses.. huh it was hilarious when i asked the cat! "plz dont move till i get my camera from the room.. The stunning thing is that the Cat freeze itself till i finished this special photo session.

Behind the picture.. Episode 5 - Cairo University - Night Shoot


Cairo University - Night
Click the Photo to view more shots on my Flickr photostream.

There is an on-going strike in the main campus of cairo uni. but when i was heading to support the students who some of them are fellow activists and friends the security personnel panned me claiming that it's not allowed for outcomers at night.. specially when they saw the camera and said specially journalists are not allowed.. Ofcourse itold them am not a Journo but they refused.. so Fuck them anyway
Long Live the Students.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Behind the picture.. Episode 4 - US Embassy

Clashes by the US embassy - اشتباكات السفارة الامريكية
Photo by Sabry Khaled. تصوير: صبري خالد.
Yesterday the 9th of March 2012, Clashes broke out between pro and anti revolution protesters with army trying to "separate" them. Suddenly, army used tanks to protect Okasha who was leading a protest by the US Embassy to leave the scene through a small ally while army soldiers fighting revolutionaries with rocks to keep them away. Clashes lasted for few hours mainly between army & pro-Okasha people on one side against revolutionaries and people coming from Tahrir on the other side. It was apparent that the army and people on Okasha's side were working together against Tahrir protesters attacking us with rocks & arresting whoever they manage to arrest.
But in the middle of these clashes i was like "What the hell is going on.." and the boy in the Photo above i think his expressions was like mine.. Lost..


Check more shots from yesterday's clashes on my photostream: 

Friday, February 24, 2012

Behind the picture.. Episode 3

Ahmed Khaled
My Brother: Ahmed Khaled.
It was during his last vacation from the compulsory military service, since he joined the army he changed a lot actually and i can understand that and he understands that too, but in a very different way.
A night before he was telling our parents about the military and how he is proud to be a part of it despite how tough is the military life.
And here comes the difference between us when it comes to "How to serve the country?"
He told me that he spent almost 18 days of his first month inside sleeping on the sidewalk while his commanders sleeping on their beds leaving these young boys to freeze.
The strange thing is that he was talking about humiliation and insults he experienced inside with a pride even i felt like he's asking for more!.. Then he said one thing i couldn't let it go..
"I'm a part of a productive foundation and we are the only ones who can run the country and the civilian people like you actually know nothing." he said.
i interrupted him saying "Man, you remember when you called me crying and telling me that it's more honorable to die than living with these insults and the massive amount of humiliation 24/7"
"I swear to God that serving your country is not by young kids being insulted!, and about productivity issue here's the thing: you are a part of a fascist organization sew up more than 40% of the Egyptian economy but can you tell me what i gained from that? How would that affect my life as a doctor used to work for the government for less than 50 US dollars a month?"
"In my opinion joining the military appears like serving the country and defending our borders but in the fact it's all about serving these lazy ass Generals and make them earn more money"
Then i asked him a question: "In your opinion how many of you inside the army was happy when he knew that  he's chosen to join the obligatory service?"
The remarkable thing is that he couldn't open his mouth to answer me.

That's it.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Behind the picture.. Episode 2

مواطن
مواطن - Citizen
This portrait of an old man in his mid fifties was taken in Mansour st. near Tahrir square during the clashes between revolutionaries and CSF forces near the Ministry Of Interior (MOI) after Port Said massacre where more than 75 Ultras Ahlawy members were killed in a systematic way in front of the police forces eyes and they just did nothing except the made the killing process easier, Clashes started when CSF forces started shooting tear gas and rubber bullets when thousands of Ultras Ahlawy and Zamalek (hardcore soccer fans) marched to Ministry of Interior HQ in Cairo near Tahrir square.


What is so special about this old man is that he didn't leave the battle field in solidarity with the revolutionaries despite his age and health status and i think it's very obvious on his face.


Every time i saw this man going to the front lines in the same time when i couldn't withstand the horrible amount of tear gas, i tell myself that the only thing can force anyone to do so is his belief in the cause.


By the way he is not the only Old man who is doing this or used to do that! we have many of them.. Bless.
You can check my photo set. from the MOI clashes and Ultras Marches to the MOI in this Photo Set On Flickr

Visit My Flickr Photostream for more Photography fro different events and occasions.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

New translation: [En - Ar] Greek activists speak out: ‘We want workers’ power’ - نشطاء يونانيون يصرحون: نريد سلطة العمال

The Original article by Patric Ward  written for SocialistWorkerOnline A revolutionary Anti-capitalist paper in Britain.

My comment:
Before translating this piece i didn't have that much information about the state in Greece except what is going on on the main stream corrupt media and to be honest i was surprised by the labor movement in Greece and the great effort by the socialist and leftist organizations there.. what is extremely fascinating is the grow up of the workers awareness over many experiences and years..
It's a very good piece specially when you search in the background of all this.
All of you have witnessed the clashes and the news of the general strikes in Greece but after reading the article above, you will know how they reached this stage of struggle.
For years Greek left wing was deeply embedded in the roots of the labor unions and the normal working class and they make the normal people now have the ability to organize themselves in labor unions which has a great power to influence the government and to lead the anger of the huge crowds hitting the streets.
So when you look deep inside the Greek labor community you will find how they made this all.
For a moment of time i started to compare the status in Greece and Egypt when it comes to the labor movement!
to be honest i don't see the labor movement in Egypt weak as many of the Revolutionary activists see it because if you see the amount of oppression  they were affected by the Old regime which still in it's position you will know that it's not that easy to have this proletarian revolution in a matter of minutes!
But it still an option and believe me it's easy if the way we deal with the huge working class we have here in Egypt changed just a little bit.
You will notice in that article when some labor unionists keep mentioning the "organization from below" and this is the secret word for this great Greek working class uprising and it's the first step in the Domino Effect..


Power to the Workers!

Behind the picture.. Episode 1

اسرة الشهيد/ محمد خالد - أحد شهداء الالتراس - The family of martyr
اسرة الشهيد/ محمد خالد - أحد شهداء الالتراس - The family of martyr
I took this picture while we were marching from Ramsis square to The Ministry Of Defense (MOD - 10 Feb. 2012), during the march and just before we reach the MOD the whole march stopped at one of the family's balcony and we didn't know that the march will pass by one of the Port Said massacre Martyrs home..
For like 20 minutes the march which was a big one in numbers chanted with the family specially Mohamed's Mom (the martyr's mom), his brother and his grandfather who was crying all the time till we left.
The Crowds chanted "We will bring justice for them or we gonna die like them" for the martyrs.
The grandfather in the middle of the photo saluted the crowds with his tears on his cheek like a waterfall..
Then The march continued it's way to the MOD and just like the train of the revolution at every station you leave someone and someone get in instead.. i left a part of me there.. but i gained strength again! and we will win.

A comment on the Photo on Flickr:
elfouly: Three generations have been marked not only by their loss but by the tribute and respect for that loss. A historic image.

You can check the rest of the photos of that day in this link: Marching to the MOD - 10 Feb 2012

Friday, February 17, 2012

First time dslr user

One month ago it was the first time to put my hand on my first dslr camera (Canon 500D) but i for two weeks before i put my hands on it i was preparing myself for it and how i will deal with it specially because the first anniversary of the Egyptian revolution was days away.. 
I used to spend hours and hours in front of my computer checking youtube.com review videos and teaching videos..
I swear to god i was like a BIG donkey when i was watching these videos because most of them were extremely complicated and full of strange terminology.. but at the end of the day the only thing i understood was that this kind of photography is all about the LIGHT!
Yes the light.. it's as simple as the English alphabet.. even easier as the English alphabet consist of 26 letters but this consist of only 3 letters! (Shutter speed - Aperture - ISO) and if you knew the definition of each one of these you will be able to produce great shots.. believe me just try to make it as a homogeneous mix!
Don't bother yourself by comparing your camera with others because if you did so i can grantee that you will show us just lame photography and you will be blaming your poor camera!.. it was never about the equipment it's all about the man who is holding it.. 
Whatever the body you bought.. My advice: you’ve bought an expensive and rewarding piece of kit… Don’t just treat it like a point-and-shoot (on automatic settings). Invest in learning about exposure and always shoot RAW if you can (think of it as your digital negative)!
I know it's not easy not to panic especially when you take your toy out to a massive protest for the first time.. it happened to me when i was trying to be a pro in the million man march 25Th of January 2012.. but guess what!..  i just put the camera on the P mood and auto focus (AF) programs and started shooting whatever i see in front of me and i got good photos as a start i guess :) Check them here 25Jan and the rest of my photos here Sabry Khaled Photography 
what i'm trying to say is make your life easier.. and dun think about all the crappy discussions about the different shooting moods and what is pro and what is not!..  so you don’t have to think so much about the settings when you are busy taking that shot.
I cant forget the great tip from one of my favorite photographers or my favorite teacher Hossam El-Hamalawy when he said "Don't be lazy and use the zooming capability in your lens.. just move your ass and get into the zone to get your shot"
Such a great advice!.. and after i used it i can grantee that anyone will use it will get a kicking ass shoots.
another tip from El-Hamalawy was about whether the photography is neutral or not.. the fact is that this kind of art is not neutral at all! because it reflects one eye's point of view.. so if you are trying to capture a portrait for a smiling happy man you can show the ugly side of the smile!
Another thing which is extremely important and will help you a lot is to take your camera out with you everywhere and be ready all the time and just press down your shutter button and capture the moment.. because when you are in the street it's the place where there will be always something happening for you to shoot so just get out there and spend lots of time shooting..
You should educate yourself about photography without a personal teacher.. be your own one!
Read about the Greatest photos in history and you will realize that they just came like that because the photographer was there and spent time and effort.. Read about the photography as science..
Believe me if you just relax when you hold your toy and make it one piece with your body avoiding zooming you will have a great shots!
I'm not saying that am a professional photographer as am away from being one.. but i just wanted to share a very interesting experience with you.. believe me you will have a lot of fun and you will be extremely happy when someone says "Nice one man!"

Good Luck.