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No Bikini in the New Egypt

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“We love truism, but hate foreigners” welcome to the new Egypt.

The new plan is to force tourists to adapt to Islamic values, including a ban on bikinis and mixed beaches, and of course not a drop of alcohol. To be honest it does make sense, a country that wants to keep a tight religious cover, weather we like it or not, should probably want to keep people who are not aligned with that mindset away, but Egypt is a little different because it has so much riding on tourism and especially that kind that comes from Europe and very much likes its vacations to be soaked in alcohol.

So this brings the first cultural clash to this new democracy, will it let foreigners do what they do and count on its own people to keep a religious way of life or will it force visitors as well as locals to abide by the rule of Islam. Needless to say that forcing anyone into anything is probably something democracies should not have, especially if it is done in the name of a non existent god.

 

 

 

Don’t Touch the Vegetables

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Read this and you will never look at a salada the same way again

Oh, for the love of god, don’t touch the vegetables!

Its good to see how much time religious leaders take to be inspired by very old pornographic ideas, and much more – to see how they react to that. So some religious person in Cairo just found out that a couple of vegetables can seem, to a very juvenile and hormonal filled mind, resemble the male penis form and from here, well, it is really unfair to attack this religion over and over again for being stuck in a mind set of the stone age.

So god almighty, this perfect and wonderful being, who loves those who believe in him but wants all the rest to part from their heads, created some humble and honest vegetables and some nasty sexy vegetables to see if the human females would try and use them as replacements for the real thing – which is in no shortage in the world.

The sexually repressed nation of Islam can not help but obsessing about females trying to break free from the stone age restraints and making love – even to vegetables, it is no wonder that they cover their women from top to bottom and lock them in houses. With that kind of treatment it will be no wonder if some girls turn to a relationship with cucumbers and bananas.

Tahrir Square Got Dark Secrets

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Now that the elections in Egypt are over, we can look back at the symbol of the popular uprising that started that whole Arab Spring thing, Tahrir Square. While there are probably many who have fond memories of the place, a couple of women have very bad ones, starting with Lara Logan that was nearly murdered at the same place as people were celebrating the departure of the former president of Egypt.

This country is so big and its population so massive that the square in Cairo is a microcosms of it, and while some crazy fanatics try to rape and butcher a woman in one corner others celebrate what they think is the the beginning of democracy in the country. However now we see that Egypt is much closer to the raping and murdering corner than it is to a democracy and equality, not to say that all Egyptians behave like this towards women but there is a clear problem here.

So it was of no surprise that French journalist Caroline Sinz was attacked in the same way Logan was, and nearly killed on the same spot. The only conclusion Western media had to draw from this was that the current ambiance in Egypt is not one that would accept a woman in any role, and that right now it is best to be a Muslim man in this country, well played.

Blogger Aliaa Magda El Mahdy saw this coming a mile away, and protested before she could be placed in prison for all kind of religious accusations, but she did not anticipate the reaction of the crowds to her actions, very much like everyone else she thought that the radicalism is concentrated in the heart of the religious establishment, but she faced a different reality when confronted with supporters of those religious forces in Tahrir Square, where she was beaten by an angry crowd and made to leave for fear of her life.

As we wait to see how the struggle of forces in Egypt begins, with religious parties winning 65% of the votes (we got to wonder how many women voters participated in this election) it looks like the country is heading into a full blown Sharia law state, however the country faces such difficulties that it would not matter much if the ruling party would have been secular or religious, its of vital importance that someone starts making solid decisions in Egypt.

Aliaa Magda El Mahdy’s Art as a Prophecy

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Was the nude photos that sparked such heated debate in Egypt an act of prophecy?, probably not, but they seem like they appeared at the right moment, seconds before the Egyptian government caves under public pressure and the religious fanatics have a glorious moment of forcing the current leaders of the country to rethink the idea of a secular state.

The provocative move made by El Mahdy was the first cry in the fight for keeping Egypt a secular non religious society in which the governing body keeps it well apart from the religion that is not helping any country progress, much like in Turkey – before the current president took over everything and destroyed Ataturk’s vision of a religion free Turkey.

Those simple, black and white photos, with touches of red in them, seem so harmless that one can be easily tempted to think that they were a part of a student project, or some recreated photos from the past, however they were a wake up call to many around the world, showing just how far Egypt is on many subjects and how easily it could crash into the religious middle ages once again.

Now it seems that keeping Egypt out of religion’s hands is not going to happen, it looks like many of those early revolutionaries in Tahrir square are now living a nightmare, a very dark night is falling.

Are the nude photos a prophecy?

Tahrir Again?

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Riots in Egypt Again

With only a few days left to Parliament elections in Egypt, it seems that some are eager to show the currently army governors who is really in charge of the country. The last 3 days have seen scenes of riots and bloodshed in the now famous Tahrir square, a place once used to send Hosni Mubarak out of office is now being used to try and force constitusional changes on the parliament.

The force behind this are the religious parties of Egypt, determined not to let the army establish itself above anyone who will ran the country, a hint to what is next to come in Egypt. There is a growing sense that once in power, those religious parties will move to abolish any sign of democracy or freedom, and that they do not want anyone standing in their way when they do that.

The recent clashes between demonstrators and the police and army raise a question on the way the first Tahrir square demonstrations were dealt with a couple of months ago, it seems that no matter who has control these demonstrations get out of hand and quickly turn into very violent events.