For a few days BBC had a "have your say" about the consitutional changes here in Egypt
It's a really interesting read http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=5913&&edition=2&ttl=20070329134053
The formation of political parties with religious agenda has always been banned, it was inserted here as camouflage, a cover-up for the 2 most threatening ammendments: the first being the so called "anti-terrorism law" which says that if you are a suspect of terrorism then the gov can pretty much do anything to you - this has the exact same functionality of the emergency law - except the emergency law was a temporary thing (even if it lasts a very long time) but an act in the consituion is no longer temporary, it's a fact - and needs another consitutional ammendment to undo.
The second thing that people are not talking about is how the prime minister has been given a lot of importance. We now have two acts in the consitution which state who takes charge if something happens to the president. The old act says it's the head of the parliament or the head of the supreme court, and none of them have a right to run for an election. This act is still there, and there's another act that says that if the perisdent is unable to perform his duties then his VP or the prime minister take his place. And nothing is said about their right to run for presidency. This is a little confusing,,,, and since when can the prime minister fill in for the president?
The BBC thing is interesting because it shows how successfull the government was in covering up the real changes - so many people are focusing on the no religious parties thing, and don't focus or notice the other changes.
I would also like to point out this following comment which deserves an applause:
Till the US and the West keep their eyes closed on the so called democratic set-up in Egypt it will have no impact whatso ever whether rules are amended or not. Hosni Mubarak is going to place his son as his successor and it is all being planned for it. So much for democracy in the ME.
Siraj Ahsan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
And when was the last time you got to vote for your favorite Emir? BTW its not the USA job to provide Democracy to you or anyone else. Blame game gets real old.
[cynic555], United States
Seriously, Gulfies need to learn to put a sock in it sometimes. Just coz their gov buys off their silence doesn't make them any better.
And i agree with cynic555 - the blame game, enough already....
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Moving...
Ok you must have heard, i am finally moving to a new place! The last few days have been super productive, getting all the furniture, the appliances doing all the cleaning and moving stuff from house to house.
And the result? I feel like a truck ran over me, repeatedly - and i am still not done...
I am being a good sport and looking forward to having an elevator, a fully functioning washing machine, a fridge that doesn't need constant defrosting, a tub, and a comfortable couch..finally...
It will be some time till casa de luli is fully functioning, but the essentials are there:
E! Entertainment and Internet (well..almost)
I have also managed to postpone my travels for a couple of weeks so i am actually in the country for two weeks in a row! YAY :)
It's been a good week ... i got to fly business class for the first time (Alitalia business class does not count) and i think i will start buying lottery tickets from now on so i can do this more often
Now all i need to do is get rid of the pink finger i got while voting in the referrendum.
It is a sophisticated system where the government makes sure you don't vote twice by having you dip your finger in some ink after you cast your ballot.... yes very sophisiticated....
And the result? I feel like a truck ran over me, repeatedly - and i am still not done...
I am being a good sport and looking forward to having an elevator, a fully functioning washing machine, a fridge that doesn't need constant defrosting, a tub, and a comfortable couch..finally...
It will be some time till casa de luli is fully functioning, but the essentials are there:
E! Entertainment and Internet (well..almost)
I have also managed to postpone my travels for a couple of weeks so i am actually in the country for two weeks in a row! YAY :)
It's been a good week ... i got to fly business class for the first time (Alitalia business class does not count) and i think i will start buying lottery tickets from now on so i can do this more often
Now all i need to do is get rid of the pink finger i got while voting in the referrendum.
It is a sophisticated system where the government makes sure you don't vote twice by having you dip your finger in some ink after you cast your ballot.... yes very sophisiticated....
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Some thoughts
inspired by recent news about terrorism
The human body is a magnificent organism, it takes in its energy from the surroundings, uses it and throws away all the harmful things - by, for the lack of more eloquent wording, shitting for example. The shit is a necessary evil, but it is controlled, cleaned and managed effectively.
When the organism faces some challenges with fullfilling its regular processes and systems, the result is excessive discharge. The human-being cleans it, and tried to fix it using a number of preventative and theraputic measures.
If we think of the Muslim population as an organism similar to the human body - it too has its discharges. One of which being terrorism and violence. Both of which are natural and found all the time, but the organisim deals with them and cleans them out. They are after all a necessary evil. The organism itsself is not evil.
And now this organism is failing to fullfill its regular processes and work effectively and has been having exessive discharge for a while now.
The organism has failed to show any capacity of cleaning its own shit, and therefore others start intervening to clean it, since its starting to make their world stink too.
On top of that the organism is neither capable of taking the necessary actions to fix its processes and systems to stop this excessive discharge nor does it seem to take any preventative measures to stop this from happening in the future.
So like a child the organism has to rely on others to do these things until it can stand on its own two feet. Others will only provide the temporary solution - they will only clean out the excess, but its the organism itsself that will rise to the challenge and end the problem once and for all.
So what i am trying to say is - we created them, they are our product so it's our job to annihilate them once and for all. All efforts by others are just drops of water on thick bricks of stone.
The human body is a magnificent organism, it takes in its energy from the surroundings, uses it and throws away all the harmful things - by, for the lack of more eloquent wording, shitting for example. The shit is a necessary evil, but it is controlled, cleaned and managed effectively.
When the organism faces some challenges with fullfilling its regular processes and systems, the result is excessive discharge. The human-being cleans it, and tried to fix it using a number of preventative and theraputic measures.
If we think of the Muslim population as an organism similar to the human body - it too has its discharges. One of which being terrorism and violence. Both of which are natural and found all the time, but the organisim deals with them and cleans them out. They are after all a necessary evil. The organism itsself is not evil.
And now this organism is failing to fullfill its regular processes and work effectively and has been having exessive discharge for a while now.
The organism has failed to show any capacity of cleaning its own shit, and therefore others start intervening to clean it, since its starting to make their world stink too.
On top of that the organism is neither capable of taking the necessary actions to fix its processes and systems to stop this excessive discharge nor does it seem to take any preventative measures to stop this from happening in the future.
So like a child the organism has to rely on others to do these things until it can stand on its own two feet. Others will only provide the temporary solution - they will only clean out the excess, but its the organism itsself that will rise to the challenge and end the problem once and for all.
So what i am trying to say is - we created them, they are our product so it's our job to annihilate them once and for all. All efforts by others are just drops of water on thick bricks of stone.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Is this true you guys?! LOL
| Your Personality Is Like Marijuana |
 You're laid back and easy going, so much so that taking a shower is often too much trouble for you! Nevertheless, you're quite popular, and many people enjoy your company. You're rarely turned down. You're prone to giggle fits, paranoia, and forgetting where you are exactly. |
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Dream, Dream,,, Dreamy!
On my way back to my hotel from a night out in stockholm, i was on the underground when i turned to see something that put a big dreamy smile on my face..
Yes, it's a live size poster of Dr. McDreamy! And it's ALL over the Stockholm subway...
Sweden has one of the highest female representation in parliament and cabinets in the EU (according to BBC) - which sure helps making this country very very female friendly.
And what better way to please the masses of women than a poster of Derek McDreamy smiling at you as if you were the center of his world.
Now if the Cairo Subway had the same thing i will oh-so-happily squash myself in that sinky sardine tube :)
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Bye-Bye for now!
Niso is travelling to the US for 2 months and leaving me with an empty empty house. She will also not be here to help me through the tough time ahead,,, my 24th birthday (old old old)
She has almost left so many times but i feel this time it's for real!
We will meet again...
15th of May Nisrin! 15th of May
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Blogging live from East Africa!
It is a beautiful morning here in Addis and the weather is fantastic!
Ethiopia from what i have seen is B E A U T I F U L!
Though i am having quite a pampered and breif experience here i can still sense the cool vibe from the city! Ethiopians are nice, friendly and the women all look very very good!
Business travel sucks in a way that you do not get to experience the country or life - you are busy and in a hurry. But it's a good way to test a place. And this is one place i am returning to.
I will definetly plan a holiday here once and explore this inriguing country.
This is my first non-arab african country - so it's purely african, and i am liking it. Addis bears a small respeblence to cairo - much quieter, smaller and less urbanised of course. But strangely enough Cairo resembles Addis more than it does to Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis or Khartoum! Cairo and Algiers, tunisia and tripoli are nothing similar to cairo - they look different, feel different and sound completely different.
Maybe we are more african than we think...
Anywayz - this trip has renewed my interest in this continent and i think after my next planned trips to Turkey 07, New York 08 and our one and only neighbouring non-arab country 09 i will definetly have my REAL East African experience.
Ethiopia from what i have seen is B E A U T I F U L!
Though i am having quite a pampered and breif experience here i can still sense the cool vibe from the city! Ethiopians are nice, friendly and the women all look very very good!
Business travel sucks in a way that you do not get to experience the country or life - you are busy and in a hurry. But it's a good way to test a place. And this is one place i am returning to.
I will definetly plan a holiday here once and explore this inriguing country.
This is my first non-arab african country - so it's purely african, and i am liking it. Addis bears a small respeblence to cairo - much quieter, smaller and less urbanised of course. But strangely enough Cairo resembles Addis more than it does to Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis or Khartoum! Cairo and Algiers, tunisia and tripoli are nothing similar to cairo - they look different, feel different and sound completely different.
Maybe we are more african than we think...
Anywayz - this trip has renewed my interest in this continent and i think after my next planned trips to Turkey 07, New York 08 and our one and only neighbouring non-arab country 09 i will definetly have my REAL East African experience.
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