Category Archives: Criticism
Copts before and during “El-Nahda”
After the 18 utopian days in Tahrir all the Copts who took part in the revolution including me thought that all the sectarian issues will be gone as we all believed that it was all done by Mubarak’s regime. On … Continue reading
Watch out for bisexuals!
I came across an article published in the Egyptian Youm7 newspaper with the title “Bi-sexual, a dangerous type of gays”, basically the article defined bisexuals as “A progressive type of gays who can have sex with women” stressing the point that … Continue reading
The God should seek court
On Tuesday, September 11 2012 thousands of Egyptians protested in front of the American embassy in Cairo against a film that was made by some Copts who live in the USA as it “Insulted Islam”. We have this Arabic proverb … Continue reading
The cheapest way of advertising
It started years ago when the marketing team of Birell (A non-alcoholic beverage in Egypt) came up with the slogan “Man up and drink Birell” airing a series of sick advertisements showing how a “typical man” is the one who drinks Birell. … Continue reading
Pope Shenouda hits again!
A couple of months ago I wrote the post “Pope Shenouda & the SCAF” as I was pissed off from the situations that we get to in consequence of the pope’s actions. Today was the Coptic Christmas eve, the … Continue reading
Egypt is NOT Tahrir!
After living some weirdly amazing days on a square that got the whole world to talk about, I finally took in the fact that Egypt is NOT Tahrir. I will stop listening to anyone talking about the “revolutionaries” because up … Continue reading
When trust went off the table
Since ousting Mubarak on February 18, the SCAF took over the country without any legality except being the armed institution of Egypt. We accepted it, we have chanted for them and returned home waiting for the change we have asked … Continue reading
My trip to the Egyptian embassy in Stockholm
Got a call saying there was a protest in front of the embassy today while I was on my way home to I returned to join. Arrived there to find myself alone with the friend I picked up on my way. … Continue reading
Even martyrs couldn’t escape oppression
A martyr is defined to be the person who is put to death on behalf of a believe, principle or a cause. It is a fact that honouring martyrs is a must in all societies but, it seems like in … Continue reading
My first published article
Egypt’s forgotten jailed blogger
