Here are my questions and his answers :
1-First of all is there an coordination between you and Ruqaya Sadat regarding this crisis ??
Regarding my position with MRS.Ruqaya , I would like to say that we are all with MRS.Ruqaya and her refusal to this film , we are one
family in the end even if each one of us express his or her refusal for this film by her or his own way. 2- what is the reaction of MRS. Jehan El-Sadat on this insult ??
Mrs.Jehan and Gamal El Sadat certainly refuse this insult but they believe that President Sadat is bigger than all these insults and that’s why they did not go to court ; already since the death of President Sadat they got used to the attacks on the late President’s policies whether from inside or outside.
3-What do you demand from the DreamWorks "production company" ??
At least the company should issue a statement to correct its position and should assure that it is an artistic work with no to intention to insult anybody as the film has already been shown and we can’t stop it .
4-Have you received any answer from the American Embassy or abroad regarding this issue ??
The American embassy in Cairo was very positive, the counselor for Cultural affairs at the embassy MR. Haynes Mahoney has issued a a statement saying that the United States respects the history of Sadat and his policies and that what happened is not acceptable by the American administration as the production company is a private company that does not represent the views of the American administration.
In MR. El Sadat’s opinion the timing of the film release is part of the media siege on President Obama whom is being compared to President Sadat for his courage and his constant seek towards peace ; there is ongoing criticism against him for trying to open dialogues with Cuba, Iran and Syria at the time he demanded the freeze of the Israeli settlements in Palestine ; he has a similar start and many people even find resemblances in their skin color.
From another side the Cairo court for urgent affairs is going to look in to the case of Ruqaya El Sadat to stop the screening of the film in Egypt on the 1st of September. Also the general persecutor office in Cairo has decided to adjourn the investigation of her complain regarding the insult to the late President till the return of her lawyer from London on August 30th. The lawyer of MRS. Ruqaya El Sadat is currently in London, it seems that the case is going to be international from there.
One of the things I really despise about my country is our absent sense of humor, it was a joke and a movie, a good one I might add.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is about the movie at all, we just have a crippling inferiority complex that we read so much into any thing remotely demeaning, and we don't wanna deal with the real issue at hand here so we nitpick. This is how american deal with their public figures, they praise them, they also use them as the butt of their jokes, and as any one who ever heard or told a (so the president of Egypt France and America go to a .....) joke knows, they are funny. but for us there is a clear distinction between what you can say and joke about amongst your friends and what you are allowed to do in public, and seeing people without that layer of restriction seems perplexing.
If any thing this be taken as a complement to Sadat, he is culturally relevant in america that almost 30 years after he passed away he still registers as a historical figure. and seriously we should have a sense of humor about our selfs, it'll loosen us up.
I couldn't agree more with the above comment. And the idea that the film is some sort of attack on Obama, via Sadat, is bordering on the insane...
ReplyDeleteI agree with the first comment, too
ReplyDeleteI mean, come on, it was only a joke, for god's sake.
Americans make jokes about their greatest Presidents all the time, and they don't make such a big deal out of it.
Yes, it's not a very respectful thing to say, but the movie is a comedy anyway and not a political movie with the intention of hurting Egypt or the Egyptian people.
And what upsets me the most, isn't that the only 'OKish' president of the 4 we've had until now was 'insulted', it's that desire to BAN the movie in Egypt or censor the scene.
This dictator-like attitude of trying to control everything is just a backwards ways of dealing with these sort of issues.
How can Egypt EVER become a democracy when there are so many people, who are not satisfied with the current Egyptian regime, trying to get this movie banned or censored (which makes them look like small dictators in their own way). What makes them think they can decide, what the Egyptian people are and are not allowed to see.
Let them see that movie, let them form their own opinion, but don't be a hypocritical about it, talk about how terrible dictatorships and police states are, and then suggest something like censoring a pathetic JOKE.
As awesome as freedom of speech might be, it will come with its 'disadvantages'. Some people will hear things they don't want to hear at all, for example, insults about the Prophet, like it happened/happens in Europe. There is no problem with stating your opinion on a subject, but you should never go as far as trying to stop other people from exercising their right to freedom of speech, because that is just WRONG.
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JB
Crisis? really?? have we solved all our other problems that we consider this a crisis now? :/ or is everything a crisis these days? Anyway I got to go, I think I might have a bathroom crisis...
ReplyDelete@buttfuckEgypt , this is not funny at all to describe someone to a dog and that he looks similar to it , it is rudeness
ReplyDeleteThere is a huge difference between political jokes and rudeness I suppose.
Do you think calling prophet Moses name on a dog was funny too ??
@Apollo creed , this is what Mr.Anwar Sadat JR had said and I have the responsibility to transfer it as it is regarding of you think about it
@JB, the film was screened in Egypt without the scene ,the company was aware of the controversy of the scene and they cut ; does this mean something to you ?? would like to be compared to a dog ?? think of Sadat as a human not as a president.
@Ramy , you know where is the crisis dear Ramy ??simply no one respects us anymore and this has to be stopped.