tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post5707132897026112504..comments2024-03-23T00:46:27.084+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: King Farouk's TV seriesZeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-68854420749104789622009-08-21T02:57:04.750+02:002009-08-21T02:57:04.750+02:00i dnt noe if u remeamber this, bas abt 7 years ago...i dnt noe if u remeamber this, bas abt 7 years ago there was a mexican show phase when everyone was going gaga at shows like rosalinda wa ma shabah,,, wuts going on with the turkish shows is the same thing... fatra o bet3adi.... hopefully.<br />as for the haleem show,,, dnt forget that those decades in the past century were all abt Jamal Abd Alnasser, and nth abt that time could be brought up without his mentioning,,,,<br /> b nesbe la the investigation on the faulty weapons in the yemenite revoloution and and the unfaulty weapons in the 1948 war,,, to be honest with u ive never heard anything of the sort,,,, walaw baghalbik if u can give me a link,,, or smth i can watch or read to support what ur saying.<br />i still stand strong on the conviction that the saud family works tooth and nail to incriminate Jamal Abd Alnasser,,, as they always have<br /><br />anywayz thank you, and i apologize for pasting after such a long while, its jst that i had trouble getting back to the blog,,<br />salamz<br />once again,,, great blog.manar filisteen elabednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-1196989378092403252008-10-10T23:26:00.000+02:002008-10-10T23:26:00.000+02:00Il est vrai, il est l'une des meilleures Séries TV...Il est vrai, il est l'une des meilleures Séries TV en dépit de son ridicule mistakes.Je suis heureux que ce succès rencontré au Maroc:)Zeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-39224469175703201142008-10-10T18:33:00.000+02:002008-10-10T18:33:00.000+02:00franchement cette série est parmi les meilleures s...franchement cette série est parmi les meilleures séries que j'ai regardée durant ma vie, j'aime bien encouragé les réalisateurs syriens nottament les acteurs et les actrices je vous souhaite toute la bénediction et je vous dédie depuis votre deuxieme pays le maroc toute la consideration vous etes les meilleurs.je t'aime bien tim hassane. ton fun zinebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-16873993655774281132008-07-06T16:57:00.000+03:002008-07-06T16:57:00.000+03:00@Dear Manar , I disagree with you , I mean look ho...@Dear Manar , I disagree with you , I mean look how the MBC is marketing the Turkish TV Drama over the expense of the Arabic Arab , is this against the Revolution and Nasser !!<BR/>By the way Manar from Two years ago MBC produced Halim TV Series where with no excuse inserted Nasser and his life since 1948 to Halim's life , why no one spoke about it !!??<BR/>About the faulty weapons , It was a lie and FYI there was a committee after the revolution that investigated the matter and turned to be lie <BR/>in fact the faulty weapons were in the Yemen war according to the testimonies of this war veterans , of course no speaks about it <BR/>Manar , no one is comparing Nasser with Farouk , the TV series did not come from near or far to this <BR/>let's put it in its right context no more no lessZeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-8047535882780868772008-07-06T02:06:00.000+03:002008-07-06T02:06:00.000+03:00King Farook, if he was to be compared with other k...King Farook, if he was to be compared with other kings and country leaders at that time would be seriously a saint, he wasnt a bad king, but in the end he did mess things up. and the tv show was too sentimental towards him. i am a Nasserist, and i know for a fact that the Saudi tv channel mbc aired the show the way it did patronizing King Farouk and making him as a victim like it did just to devalidate the revoulotion..... ma 2aal ils3ood b7awlo mn awal ma til3at ilthawra mn awal ma tili3 3bd ilnaser allahyer7amo inhm yshawhoo surto... ba3dein in 1948, werent the weapons that they were distributing to the soldiers to go fight in Palestine faulty? anyways one does have to be fair... king farouk was perhaps decieved by those around him, but he and his whole government werent doing much for the benifit of egypt. anyways, allahyer7am iljamee3 o gr8 blog o btw il about me ta3tik .... sista, u aint the only girl living in the present with the glories of the past and hopes for a better future for her nation and people. klna bl hawa sawa.... salamz!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-8340812763595008622007-11-05T14:24:00.000+02:002007-11-05T14:24:00.000+02:00@Sofia , I agree with what you said except about t...@Sofia , I agree with what you said except about the music thing , it is not the best for sureZeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-67282708985179003052007-11-05T01:09:00.000+02:002007-11-05T01:09:00.000+02:00King Farouk is no.1 really & the music was great. ...King Farouk is no.1 really & the music was great. really iam happy that finaly king Farouk have appear again with agood look not like the history. i know he have bad things but also he have good thing we have to be fairUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026521210692366492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-50636107794271416912007-10-23T17:37:00.000+02:002007-10-23T17:37:00.000+02:00Amre, you are real sick rude person and you are no...Amre, you are real sick rude person and you are not welcomed anymore here againZeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-47726206992183429972007-10-23T17:11:00.000+02:002007-10-23T17:11:00.000+02:00@Hajjaj insh allah I will visit your blog , but pl...@Hajjaj insh allah I will visit your blog , but please let's be focused here <BR/><BR/>@ Amr ,I am sorry but I will delete your comment not N.American because you do not have any right what so ever to insult her in my blog like this ,you do not have any rights what so everZeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-15909146372706778102007-10-23T17:03:00.000+02:002007-10-23T17:03:00.000+02:00It is in Iran's best interest to did and weaken Ir...It is in Iran's best interest to did and weaken Iraq, otherwise . Iran will remain locked out of the middle east for good!<BR/><BR/>it is Iran that making life possible for Americans. Hadnt it been for killing squads, all the Iraqi efforts would have been focused on the inernational occupiersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-35636473787068973172007-10-23T17:00:00.000+02:002007-10-23T17:00:00.000+02:00Anonymous.Hadn't it been for the Iranian death squ...Anonymous.<BR/><BR/>Hadn't it been for the Iranian death squads that are commiting the most horrendous drilling and ethnic cleansing crimes and the Iranian active particpation in the invasion in the very first place.<BR/><BR/>And that is not denied by Iranians themselves- just roll back and run over the statements of Khatemy- or Najad's <BR/><BR/>ASecondly I have gotnothing to do with that El-Abyad guy.<BR/><BR/>Very soon I will make my own blog with my perconal photo and details. So please do me the honourMiss Zeinobia and be my first guestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-4186912958545071242007-10-23T16:45:00.000+02:002007-10-23T16:45:00.000+02:00anonymousSadam hussein said it- Persians and Locus...anonymous<BR/><BR/>Sadam hussein said it- Persians and Locust are usless creatures.<BR/><BR/>You were burned in 1988 in el fao- and the freak Khomeini was forced to sip poison.<BR/><BR/>Iam sure it will happen againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-70666909306195823862007-10-23T13:14:00.000+02:002007-10-23T13:14:00.000+02:00@Sondos,thanks dear ,I will insh Allah continue th...@Sondos,thanks dear ,I will insh Allah continue the series as much as I can :)<BR/><BR/>@Omar why do you think the TV series is calling for sectorian devision and backward culture !!?? <BR/><BR/>@Al-Hajjaj or whom I think he is please give me break from Iran !!?? already I know that your favorite part in the TV series was what Farouk did to the Iranian entourage in Cairo !!<BR/><BR/>@N.American, yes dear I think so <BR/><BR/>@ anonymous ,this is so dangerous , why you do have choose between those two choices ,what about a third choice no invasion from any country what so ever !!??Zeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-80531686250612374502007-10-23T08:48:00.000+02:002007-10-23T08:48:00.000+02:00yes you can def. sigh... though i personally find ...yes you can def. sigh... <BR/>though i personally find "it" amusingNo_Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443783795297272286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-56115360646780973512007-10-23T08:20:00.000+02:002007-10-23T08:20:00.000+02:00Hajjaj, i am no shiite, i am no islamist. but if i...Hajjaj, i am no shiite, i am no islamist. but if i have to choose between giving up arab land and oil to either the genocidal anglo-zionists or to a muslim country like iran that will put a stop to imperialism and colonialism and all the philandering and treason that takes place in the gulf (how many american military bases and israeli missions?) then I won't stand in their way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-20934330706299874332007-10-23T03:23:00.000+02:002007-10-23T03:23:00.000+02:00no angel and zeinobia...when u said that al hajjaj...no angel and zeinobia...when u said that al hajjaj is a trolly has adopted a new name...reading his posts here...please tell me i isn't that amre al abyad guy who is so infatuated with the Persians?<BR/><BR/>sigh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-49084661308611485382007-10-22T16:42:00.000+02:002007-10-22T16:42:00.000+02:00Omar wrong.the ones who are fuleiing sectarian ten...Omar wrong.<BR/><BR/>the ones who are fuleiing sectarian tensions is Iran and no ne but Iran.<BR/><BR/>This whole shit of Sunni shiite thing is basically an Iranian rhetoric put forward by the terrorist Khomeini to destabilise the Arab world.<BR/><BR/>Once Iran get out of Iraq and stop interfering in the Arab world. There will be no sectarian tensions.<BR/><BR/>P.S muslms are not one thing. For example mexicans and British are both christian!<BR/><BR/>Iran has to live with the fact that it is not wanted in this region. Sadam hussien burned them alive in 1988 and kept them in their holes like rats.<BR/><BR/>Arabs will do the same agian if they dont pull a brake on their grudges and get out of IraqAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-24476600144733415592007-10-22T09:52:00.000+02:002007-10-22T09:52:00.000+02:00are we surprised it's the Saudi royals who are pay...are we surprised it's the Saudi royals who are paying for the Farouq series. they are behind the most backward cultural movements in the arab world. add to that their sickening tolerance, if not endorsement, of imperialism and colonialism and their appetite for fueling sectarian hatreds between muslims shia and sunni. money in the wrong hands can cause all sorts of serious damage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-18081009322790821422007-10-22T01:22:00.000+02:002007-10-22T01:22:00.000+02:00Dear Zeinobia,I admire your review as it sheds clo...Dear Zeinobia,<BR/>I admire your review as it sheds close light on the artistic side within the series. To say the truth, i haven't watched it yet but u gave me a glimpse through your insightful comment. Of course it would be great if you resume your review on the political and historical backgrounds with your interesting style!!N.B thanks for the link of the series i think i will have a look at some of the scenes to fully understand your criticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-19439011474593846192007-10-22T00:58:00.000+02:002007-10-22T00:58:00.000+02:00@No_angel ,just wait for the historical view ,in f...@No_angel ,just wait for the historical view ,in fact I said that in the post that I would start first with the artistic view ,because it is much shorter and easier , wait for the historical view , just wait <BR/>about Hajjaj ,I have the same suspicions too lol :)Zeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-25506897045544043792007-10-22T00:08:00.000+02:002007-10-22T00:08:00.000+02:00hmm i am somehow disappointed here since you didn'...hmm i am somehow disappointed here since you didn't comment on some of the historical fallacies of the work :S <BR/>or the way it ended ?! why was the choice artistic this time ? <BR/>personally i didn't watch it but from what i could keep up with it seemed like they did a great job garnering the sympathy of the audience in support of the king. or is it the fact that looking at the current atmosphere makes ppl a bit nostalgic about those days ... not sure myself whats the appeal <BR/><BR/>hajjaj demeanor and ideas sound way too familiar ?! <BR/>could it be that trolly has dropped his given name and adopted a new one ?No_Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443783795297272286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-37680968862332170322007-10-21T21:08:00.000+02:002007-10-21T21:08:00.000+02:00@Rana, the Syrians are mostly welcome in Egypt , p...@Rana, the Syrians are mostly welcome in Egypt , please read my post carefully and you will no know that I have nothing against the Syrian actors there are over my head , and I like Tim so much in the role of Farouk ,and I guess I was fair to him <BR/>about Farouk was much more Arab than Abd El-Halim Khaddam, Mustafa Talas and Rafaat El-Asad <BR/><BR/>@Hajaj to tell the truth the make up was not bad Wafaa Amar's make up was wonderful , but the problem is in the costumes !!Zeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-8744367667636860452007-10-21T19:33:00.000+02:002007-10-21T19:33:00.000+02:00Ranayou are totally wrong! Syrians and other Arab ...Rana<BR/><BR/>you are totally wrong! Syrians and other Arab actors are very welcome, Egypt is the captial of the Arab world. We are all Arabs and we have been like this for thousands of years<BR/><BR/>And Farouk was 100 Egyptian. Anyone who drinks from the Nile, lives In Egypt and speaks Arabic is an Egyptian Arab.<BR/><BR/>We all have to remeber that It was Farouk that formed the Arabs league in 1945- It was Farouk that defended the Arabs in 1948.<BR/><BR/>Ibrahim basha the son of Mohamed Ali took his 100% Egyptian army unified the Arab world and humilated the Turks.<BR/><BR/>During his conquests against the ottoman Turks, one asked him, where should we stop??<BR/><BR/>The answer of Ibrahim was: till the last spot where Arabs live.<BR/><BR/>Many consider this statement as ushering of the the very first beginings of Arab nationalism in its modern form.<BR/><BR/>He has a very famous saying: Once I have to come to Egypt as a younfg boy the Arab son scrouched my head, and I have become the " son of Arabs" Ibn 3arab"<BR/><BR/><BR/>I doubt that she is a non Arab Iranian who is trying to dig a wedge in the Arab world in favour of the Iranians and Israelians whose ultimate strategic goal in this region is to de-arabise it.<BR/><BR/>Also to Rana- Egyptian accent is is the most grammetically correct Arab accent acording to the "immortals institute"<BR/><BR/>The only objection we have is about the particpation of Iranians in an art work about a historical Arab figure.<BR/><BR/>As we see the result was downgrading the Egyptian royal familly with some cheap vulgur make-up that made them look like some drag queen strolling the streets of San Fransisco. Still I on't blame them - there is one hell of a difference bertween Egyptian and Arab culture and arts and the Iran'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-42397673982679115612007-10-21T18:05:00.000+02:002007-10-21T18:05:00.000+02:00zinobia, Egyptian actors acted roles for non-Egypt...zinobia, Egyptian actors acted roles for non-Egyptians for decades and no one criticized it. how many historical films and soap operas were produced over the years with historical Arab figures speaking in egyptian accent. there was not even an effort at times to speak proper Arabic. still, we enjoyed the films and the soap operas. BTW, Farouq is not even Egyptian or Arab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-8990909773626965252007-10-21T16:00:00.000+02:002007-10-21T16:00:00.000+02:00Exellent review Zeinobia.I watched an episode fro...Exellent review Zeinobia.<BR/>I watched an episode from the show. The make up was terrible, actors looked like some baroque Manequines- degenrate and cheap. I doubt that Egyptians royalities used to look the clowns those Iranians have in their medivalcountryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com