The Mime master is dead

Legendary Mime Marcel Marceau had passed away in France

To tell you the truth when I was child I used to be scared from he Mime actors because of their white face , black eyeliners and red lipstick since I can't deny that I also loved to imitate as a child the cage move thanks to Ahmed Nabil performance in the national TV

More information about him is here in CNN and I advice you to see this wonderful archive clip from BBC News in Youtube ,unfortunately they are not allowing the videos of the BBC to be embedded in Websites by the request of the BBC as they know the videos will be downloaded and distributed over the Internet

Marcel seemed to be a great artist and may he RIP still the mime actors are creepy

The only time I overcome my fear from them is when I played No One lives forever 2 and I was faced by a gang of mime hitmen and I had to kill them all !!

Anyhow I can't deny that it is a very fine art that unfortunately it is not respected as it should in the world ,the Mime actors in many countries are regarded as beggars

In Egypt I think we have only one famous mime actor Mr.Ahmed Nabil whom I mentioned before and I believe that he is very sad for the death of Marceau as he used to act Marceau 's character Bip

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Another jail order for Egyptian Journalists !!

I do not know if that is going to be on a daily basis , I mean every time I open an Egyptian website I find the news that an Egyptian court somewhere ordered to jail Journalists and chief editor of some newspaper with fine to be paid !!

This is in less than a week , oh man

There was another court order today to jail another group of journalists ,the order came afternoon ,I do not know when ,but it turned out that the Agouza court decided to jail the publisher of "Sawt El-Oma" , the Chief in editor of the same newspaper and three journalists in it  for two months and a fine equals to 100 E.P each

It turned out there is some businessman called "Ali Mohamed Ibrahim" sued the newspaper from defame and spreading lies about him , I do not know by this particular newspaper does not publish anything related to corruption and fraud cases except with hard evidence of documents

This is not the first case independent "Sawt El-Oma" being sued for , I already spoke about the sister of El-Dostor before

Already it is Chief in editor "Wael Al-Abrashi" is facing another court

order of jail for 4 years in the famous trial on the  first day of Ramadan and I remember that last year there was a case against him and journalist in the newspaper regarding the corrupted Judges lists in the elections , yet he was lucky enough to win it

That is first time the court orders to jail the publisher of the Newspaper "Mr.Essam Fahmy"

The three other journalists in the newspaper are :

• Hana Moussa
• Reda Ali
• Manal Abd El-Latif

I do not know but i feel that this business man has an NDP membership card in his pocket

The timing is striking it came in less than 72 hours from the other court order to jail the Wafad newspaper journalists for two years and less than two weeks from the other court order to jail 4 chief in editors including Al-Abrashi for 4 years not to mention the older court order to jail Ibrahim Eissa

And they say that these days are the best for journalism !!

In All countries , defaming cases against newspapers usually has maximum penalty is fine , not jail

I believe this is just another chapter from the witch hunt against Egyptian journalists !!

You do not need to think too much to say that this is a punishment for "Fahmy" and "Al-Abrashi" for what they publish weekly in their newspaper from corruption exposure to police torture watch to NDP criticism

The Egyptian regime thinks it will makes them shut up , on the contrary it will make them speak more and more louder and they won't be alone the people will be in their side even silently and the outside world will be in their side , already the United States criticized the jail of journalists , I am waiting for the EU comment too

by the way Emirates decided to cancel the jail penalty from the the publishing crimes law :) this is the United Arab Emirates with my all respect it does not have a long journalistic history like Egypt , our first newspaper "The Egyptian Chronicles" was published in the time of Mohamed Ali !! And they cancel the jail penalty !!

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Egyptian workers occupy factory

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egyptian workers occupy factory

I received some alerts from different sources saying that currently at 12 AM and something in Gharbia there are many anti-riots and Police vehicles surrounding the factory of Misr Helwan Spinning and Weaving at El-Mahalla El-Kubra in order to end to the strike

This is biggest strike Egypt has seen from a very long time I believe , it is also the first time that the workers occupy a factory in their strike with their families and children and there are fears and concerns that the Anti-riots won't be merciful with them

Look I am with these workers and I totally agree that they must take their rights back , already I read their demands before and its case is covered wonderfully in Arabawy's blog

It is not about socialism ,it is about stolen rights , these workers deserve better treatment

Oh Allah please help them

You know it is a good  , the people began to move yesterday it was the universities ,today it is the factories tomorrow ............ I do not know what there will be in tomorrow

I am happy and afraid , the security won't this pass easily , I believe more restriction will be imposed , already it is enough to see the trials of the journalists to feel where this country is going :(

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R.I.P Haidar Abd El-Shafi

Famous Palestinian Negotiator and community leader  DR. Haidar Abd El- Shafi had passed away yesterday in Gaza,I am really very sad for his death , the only condolence I have to myself and his family that he died in real blessed days of Ramadan

He was a real great honorable Palestinian man , a clean person who did not pollute himself with the dirt of the politics and conflict of power just like the rest PLO and Fatah

I believe that the power of the Palestine in negotiation with Israel was affected negatively with his departure , I imagine if he were there ,things would be different

He was a good friend to all the Palestinian sects and this is what I liked about him , for his sake of his country , the country he dreamt for the last day of his life about

By the way he left the Palestinian legislative council because he did not like the authorities that were given to Arafat , I think this man wanted the impossible to happen in An Arabic state to have a constitutional state with a powerful legislative council

Of course Israel was glad that someone like him to leave the negotiation table to be replaced with Fatah big corrupted gangs like Yasser Abd Rabu and Dahlan !!

I know for sure that I won't forget this man especially whom I  remember from Madrid by his thick eyebrows

It is a rare thing to find the Palestinians agree on someone like Dr.Haider for his great honesty and integrity

Dr.Haider lived in Gaza ,with his wife ,four children and seven grand children ,in the last two years he suffered from Cancer and he died yesterday and the funeral was held on the same day

May Allah bless the soul of his noble man and have mercy on him in these blessing days

Please pray for him ,and in case that you are Muslim , well Fataha will do a great thing for him

More information:

• From BBC Arabic
• From Al-Jazeera Arabic
• Profile from Al-Jazeera Arabic
• Images source Getty photo agency

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Now he is a Muslim !??

Ok we are still with Daniel Sharon the Israeli who was arrested in Lebanon during an investigation of a strange Murder case in Beirut. The case created a big buzz in Israel even more than Lebanon which is busy now with the news of its new political crisis regarding the Presidential election , an expected thing

Of course the Israelis are denying that he is a Spy despite there is no spying charge and in fact they are saying that he is a Muslim !! Yes according to an interview with his father Moussa Sharon with YNet , he loves the Arabs and converted to Islam from 11 years ago !!!

Now the Israeli Media is promoting that he is Muslim !! I am sorry but he is a Homosexual , he is gay according to his own confession who comes to Lebanon only for pleasure ,I do not consider that this is a Muslim behavior at all

Already Homosexuality is totally prohibited with Islam , Islam does not tolerate homosexuality at any level

And I do not care what some would say from those who call them Progressive Muslims , yes there are Muslim homosexuals just like there are Christian Homosexuals , that does not mean that Islam or Christianity allow homosexuals

The Israeli media I am afraid is speaking as he was he was not visiting Mecca nor he was in a religious Spiritual trip ,he was in Beirut and he was in a sexual tourism visit where he used to pay for Sex according to his own confessions in Beirut !!

Stupidity !!

Anyhow it seemed that the Lebanese brain intelligence department is going to deport the pink tourist because he entered with the German Passport !! Already they believed he has nothing to do with the murder of El-Shalaan despite I found out that the photocopy of the Israeli passport was for his passport !!

I do not know how they would let him if he already has a relationship with three security officers , I am sorry but those who are ready to sell their bodies for money are ready to sell anything for money including information about their country !!!

Israelis are hoping that the kid would get away as soon as possible from Lebanon because there was a fear that Hezbollah would receive him in their hospitality and instead of two they will have three , I already expected this too but it seems that this would happen in a Perfect world

Look with my all respect I am not convinced easily with that mix of Islam , homosexuality and security officer not to mention a photocopy for an Israeli passport in a Murder scene !!!

By the way here is photo for the flat where the murder had taken place in the Southern Suburb

It seems messy to me , may be because the search of the police

I am so angry ,you think I believe this Danny Boy has some contact in the Lebanese political arena , those princes of war

it makes no sense and being cool in the investigation is not a sign of innocence all the time ,the Lebanese authorities made a blood test for him to see he was taking any drugs !!

I hope that the Lebanese authorities think again , a relationship with three security officers is not an easy thing , and I wonder what kind of relationship was that made him send the security officer ,the roommate of Shalaan to vacation abroad !!

If I were from the Lebanese authorities I would take a list from all his boyfriends in Lebanon and check of it , also another list for all the places he had visited since his first visit in 1996 not to mention to know exactly what fake documents he used in Lebanon with the help of his boyfriends the security services

Also I would check from the visits of the security officers abroad , there are thousands of things I must check of before letting Danny boy leave the country

I guess this what a respectable intelligence department in an army should do

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The hunt against the Egyptian Journalists continues

Last week there were four chief in editors who were sent to jail and now they are five as today the court ruled to jail   :

Anwar El-Howaray , the chief in editor of Daily "El-Wafad"

Mohamed El-Galb the head of the parliament section in the newspaper

"Amir Salam" the journalist of politics affair in the newspaper

Salam-Galab-El-Howaray "from left to right"

They were sentenced to jail for two years with a fine equal 2000 E.P !!

There is a bail to stop the court order which is equal 5000 E.P for each of them

The court order came like that for publishing so-called false news that harms the Egyptian Judicial System !!!

As the Newspaper published on the last 26th of January 2007 that the minister of Justice said in the Shura council that the Egyptian judicial system is without efficiency ,the Justice is in danger and 90% of the Egyptian Judges are not efficient enough

The source of the News in Arabic

12 lawyers sued the three journalists for what they considered spreading false news demanding the maximum penalty as those three journalists insulted the Egyptian judicial system ....bla bla bla

12 lawyers !!?? Why did not those 12 lawyers sue the minister of Justice for his rude attacks day and night against the Egyptian Judges !!??  those 12 lawyers are from the NDP honorable members by the way just like the rest of the lawyers in previous cases

Look I do not know about this ancient news but I won't be surprised if the Minister of justice said so because this man hates the independent Judges and is rude with them

And even when you read the news they published in January I do not see any insult to the Egyptian Judicial system !!Already this news depends on the statement of the minister to the Shura council ,it is officially documented for sure in the Shura sessions journals , which were already presented to the court by the defense lawyer , for some reason it was discarded !!

I do not know I do not think this is for the Egyptian Judicial System's black eyes , I believe this is a new episode in the witch hunt of the Egyptian Journalists

In less than one month 8 journalists were sentenced to jail between 2 and four years !!

Ironically in all other cases there other side who sued the journalists and wanted a maximum penalty as a punishment is always a lawyer or two !!??

Another interesting point the court which saw this stupid case is the court of El-Warak , this court also saw the famous previous trial against Ibrahim Eissa when another lawyer "did n't I tell there is something strange !!!" sued him and his newspaper for insulting the Egyptian President  sending him to jail ,of course he had to pay a bail

It was the start of the witch hunt technically there ,

El-Wafad newspaper is published by the Egyptian Party El-Wafad , the famous opposition party , it is opposition newspaper which is used to attack the government day and night despite the fact that the head of the party now is the brother of the current Agriculture minister in the cabinet , still it is a popular newspaper , of course El-Dostor and Sowat El-Oma took the lead from it because of the freedom limit

Another bad day for her majesty ,the fourth authority in Egypt , the Journalism

Ironically I was watching an episode from the TV series "king Farouk" when I went to see the news during the commercial break , in the beginning of the today's episode King Farouk was showed so scared and worried that the Egyptian Press could know the flings of his mother in Europe and he would not be able to force any censorship on the press in that case !! This was from more than 50 years when Egypt was a constitutional monarchy

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And the verdict's came in Egypt's most chocking Rape accident

I promised that I would follow the case and here I am sticking to my word .

Egypt's most shocking Rape accident ; Hend's accident , the youngest mother in Egypt if you remember , already I followed up the case day by day for its importance .

Yesterday was the final day in the trial of the young man "Mohamed Samy" who was accused of raping Hend, and the verdict came in his favor : Innocence from all charges

He is innocent of rape charge as the court listened to the witnesses ,read the police statements and the three forensic reports and saw that he was not the real rapist

I won't say that I am surprised because I had my doubts from the start but kept in myself then I shared with you after the first trial in last July 2007

Already the first trial in last July showed to what direction the case was moving towards to after the reports of the DNA proved that the baby "Mena Allah" is not the daughter of "Samy" ,it was a powerful scientific evidence the defense of "Samy" used in his side beside other testimonies from witnesses in the area where they are all living .

According to the newspapers when the verdict was announced the judge there was a storm in the court .

The "Samys" could not believe themselves from happiness that his mother fainted and his relatives cheered screaming the famous Egyptian slogan when they hear a verdict in their side "Long live justice"

On the other hand Hend family had a shock met with silence than the silence with broken when Hend screamed against the verdict then her screams went louder when her dad focused his anger on her and started to beat her inside the court !!

Of course the Samys made interviews where as Hend's family refused to talk to journalists and TV correspondents .

According to the Egyptian law she could appeal again ,yet it is no use because the key evidence in this case is the DNA ,also the confusion in her statements to the police creates a big gap any defense lawyer can use it in his/her client favor.

I think the one who raped her is someone very close to her a relative or someone near from the family whom she knows and fears of , if the father was not in the jail during her rape I would say the father immediately

I forget to tell you among the things the judge said in the verdict is an order for the security forces to capture the real rapist as soon as possible.

Mohamed Samy's father seemed to be a good religious man whom all the people in his village were shocked that his son was accused by that terrible accusation , I think God rewarded the man's patience in Ramadan

About Hend ,I was from the early people who spread her news in the Egyptian Blogsphere and I want to say that by lying and jailing the wrong man because of fear she made a huge sin ,very huge sin in Islam the false testimony , she should say the truth not for her but for the poor child whom till now got no ones knows who is her father.

Hend won the sympathy of all sectors in the society ,Egypt's first lady Susan Mubarak ordered an immediate financial monthly aid and a flat to be given for her and her family ,the human rights and feminists organizations stood by her and all those who write in Egypt from big names in journalism to nicknames in blogging like me spread her case to be known internationally , in Technorati I found in my blog reaction pages I do not from what country or in what language  speaking about the Youngest mother in Egypt linking to me , all that and in return Hend disrespected us all and disrespected her little baby in the first place and accused someone innocent instead of saying the name of the real rapist

She feared a mortal human being and forgot about God , someone will say she is just a child , well this child could have sent an innocent man behind bars for 25 years not to mention and disgrace that would follow his family in a country side community !!

I am so angry from her and her family

N.B : I respect so much the way AL-Wafad daily newspaper dealt with the case , already Al-Wafad was the first newspaper to cover the accident from the beginning , in today's edition they covered the reaction of Mohamed Samy family reaction in a neutral way

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