Dear friends here is the last TV interview for late Princess Ferial Farouk on an Egyptian Channel. This was the interview with Ahmed Al-Muslamany on Dream TV 2 I told you about from couple of months ago. “Always a great thanks to my dear friend Tafatefo”
That interview caused a huge buzz when the late former princess said that the EAF stalked them and Prince of seas Galal Allouba avoided them in a very serious accusation to the 1952 coup of trying to kill them for the first time.Of course nobody tried to understand that the princess may have been told later about this regardless of its historical accuracy ,nobody cared to understand that she was 13 years old when it happened.
The second point that caused more buzz was her relation with Haikel; princess Ferial denied knowing him personally unlike what he claims. She only knew his sister in law’s husband former Ambassador and IJC judge Nabil El-Araby from Switzerland. Haikel claimed that he knows her personally and her denial made appear as a liar and you can imagine how the official press found a golden opportunity to slam him.
Al-Muslamany could have presented a better episode if he asked better questions , there is an almost 15 minutes wasted in his silly question which was repeated over and over “Did you follow the political life in Egypt before the 1952 coup ??” !!! Ah and the golden question “Did you hear about Hassan Al Bana !!??” For God sake by logic without asking she was a child during that time raised in a Royal palace with strict orders , how could she know all that !!!?
I hope that people paid attention to the fact that she went to Hajj in Mecca last year by an invitation from Saudi Royal family and stop asking as if they were members in an inquisition court !!! Late princess Ferial was a Muslim woman who went to Omra and then to Hajj last year where she met king Abdullah. She was happy despite it was tough new experience to her. Her daughter is Muslim , her nephews are Muslims who prayed in the funeral and so those people wondering and asking should ask for mercy on her soul better what they are doing on the internet.
Please be careful for what you read in the media and in the facebook groups and be careful more for what Anis Mansour writes because most of what he writes is untrue.
By the way former King Ahmed Fouad is very grateful and overwhelmed to how we received and shared the terrible news and you must know that most of the people who attended her funeral were regular people who loved her truly. The former king has left Egypt again after visiting his parents tombs and princess Ferial’s tomb again.
As a member in the Egyptian Royalty group I would like to tell you that we do not look to restore any political regime “I think you probably know that from reading my blog” but rather to restore back a great part of our history fairly and respectfully. Our history was being disfigured as the habit of the old pharaohs and so we always do not have the opportunity to learn from our mistakes or complete the experiences of our ancestors regardless of their political regimes. History is not a single man story and you have to read it from different sources. For me it is not a matter of nostalgia , it is a matter of a great history that was forgotten too long.
I would like to share with two important websites , important two sources for Egyptian Royalty “ Egyptian Royalty.net and Egypt d’ antan” , you will find lots and lots of Photos from this era with lots of information too if you want. Among the trusted facebook groups I can recommend you Egyptian Royalty. FYI Egypt D’ Antan will have a beautiful Arabic version soon insh Allah. Among the trusted facebook groups I can recommend you Egyptian Royalty.
Dear Zeinobia,
ReplyDeleteThanks for this great work. I have been following your blog recently and checking your new topics had become part of my daily routine.
I just have a comment on using abbreviations in your blog, some time i don't have a clue what it stand for, some examples from this topic are EAF, IJC.
Kindly, could you please add a glossary with the abbreviations used in each topics?
Again, thanks for this great blog.
Dear MSK, first of all thank you so much for kind words.
ReplyDeleteIt is my mistake that I use abbreviations , EAF is the Egyptian Air forces and IJC is the international Justice court. I really apologize for not adding links or a glossary.
I like the idea of glossary which will be really great
Thank you so much
" Of course nobody tried to understand that the princess may have been told later about this regardless of its historical accuracy ,nobody cared to understand that she was 13 years old when it happened. "
ReplyDeleteA 13 years old girl is not a baby...still there is even 1% probability that this might be right,but I assume it was not the skills of Allouba it was that they feared the international and local response.
I was named after her.
ReplyDeleteAllah yirhama bi rahmitu inshallah. Inna lilahi wa inna illayi rajoun.
thank Z for an awesome job on the late Princess Ferial. May Allah swt bless her soul in Jannah and all her family too. She truly loves Egypt. Right from her father the late King Farouk till to her brother the King Ahmed Fouad they are really the true Egyptian people who loves their country.
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ReplyDeleteمتعصبة هانم لو سمحتي اقري!!!!
قال سويسرا قال , مش جاية غير على البلد اللي عايش فيها حفيد مؤسس جماعة الإخوان اللي لو كان عايش هنا زمانه مرمي في السجن زي الكلاب وربنا يشفيكم بجد
واقري ده كمان
http://www.alwafd.org/details1.aspx?nid=39898
يلا كفاية عليكي كدة عملتلك اهمية اكبر من مقاسك والبلوج بتاعك هيشال من عندي عشان مش بحب المتعصبين من كل لون او دين
As an American, I am puzzled by this nostalgia for the royal family. And if you are inclined I would appreciate understanding more of your interest.
ReplyDeleteTo give you an idea what is motivating this question - I'll sketch out some thoughts - hopefully not too impolite. One explanation: I've seen a lot of exploitation of the poor both in my own country and overseas - and I think it is an offense against God and human decency so if I am harsh you will understand my motivation.
In my own country, there are many in our Southern states who reminisce quite fondly about the good old days before our Civil War and the fine life that was led. In both cases pre Civil War America and pre Revolution Egypt a great many people were oppressed living in the most abject conditions so that an elite could enjoy more than a fair share of the production of the country. Unless one is a member of that dispossessed elite, why would one look back with fondness on such a time?
And since I am being impertinent, today in Egypt don't you have a regime that is similar in mnay ways to that before the Revolution? You have a Pharaoh and a son of a Pharaoh ready to assume power. The rich exploit the poor. The average citizen has to work three jobs to earn a subsistence way of life. So in some respoects don't you have the good old days - except perhaps that there is a different elite than before 1952?
إلى القبطي الحقود هاني سمير
ReplyDeleteيكفيكم حقد على الإسلام و ما تفعلونه لن يحول مصر
إلى دولة مسيحية من جديد
شكراً
ملاحظة : ما دخل الرابط أعلاه بالموضوع هنا ؟
إن لم يكن حقدك على الإسلام هو الذي يحركك
و أرجو نشر هذا الرد على هذا القبطي المتعصب
@JR,
ReplyDeletebig difference my friend Yes egypt had a population of blighted farmers, BUT they were not slaves!
iI boggles my mind how the 'general lee' is not treated like the swastika romanticizing the civil war in books and myth was the south THUMBING its nose at the north! but instead of condemning the racist symbols we've accepted them as relics of antebellum!
For Anonymous
ReplyDeleteSlavery via economics can be just as effective as more formal forms.
They were horribly exploited and treated as chattel.
Nasser wasn't popular just because he spoke after Umm Kulthum sung. Or because he looked dashing in a uniform. He remained popular even though not everything he did was successful.
JR the point is romanticizing the antebellum south is a lot more egregious!
ReplyDeletenasser or even the muhammad ali dynasty does not even come close to the 400 years of slavery and subjugation of a people! let alone romanticizing it in books and movies!
Thank you so much for this interview. I am so happy I came across your website. I never knew about it. Please keep up the good work and lt us know about our lost history. Happy New Year
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