A New President For Egypt The Muslim Brotherhood area

After years of thirst for power and seeking the big chair, the Muslim Brotherhood finally got what they desired for so long. Mohamed Morsi, an active member of The Muslim Brotherhood and the leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, became the fifth president of Egypt.

Morsi won 51.7 percent of the vote while Shafiq received 48.3. According to Al-Dostor newspaper, Morsi’s victory was a political decision, a deal with Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the chairman of the supreme council of the armed forces of Egypt. And the victory is fake. Morsi didn’t win people’s hearts, he didn’t win the streets. After Morsi and some of his supporters promised to shed blood and burn Cairo if Shafiq won the election, Tantawi made a deal with Morsi.

I’m not concerned about whether Morsi’s victory is real or fake. What I’m afraid of is the future of my nation.

1- Women’s rights: female circumcision will be forced on girls aged between 6-12. Girls who are so young, who don’t know the damage of this barbaric surgery. In most cases it is performed by a barber not a doctor. It has caused a lot of death, little girls have bled to death.

Forcing women to wear hijab. The previous Brotherhood candidate, Abu-Ismail, said he would make all women wear hijab. And he said that women belong to the house, not in the field or in the office. I don’t know if Morsi will do that or not but it is the policy of the party.

Work and Education. There is a lot of talk that the Islamic government will prohibit women from working in the same office as men, and girls won’t be able to sit in the same classroom with boys.

2- Freedom of speech: will the new government allow freedom of speech? The Brotherhood’s history proves that they don’t accept others’ opinions.

3- Christians’ rights: for many centuries Christians and Muslims lived in peace side by side, brothers and sisters, but now I’m worried about Coptic Christians. They are Egyptians and they have the right to live and pray in their churches.

4- Tourism and the pharaohs’ legacy: tourism is a huge part of the Egyptian economy. Will Morsi allow tourism while many members in The Brotherhood are against tourism?

And the thing I’m worried most about is the pharaohs’ legacy, the pyramids and the ancient temples. Our great history might be in danger.

5- Hollywood of the East, what we call Egypt’s silver screen. Now that industry might be in danger too.

A few months ago there was a lot of talking from The Muslim Brotherhood party about fighting in a holy war to free Palestine and fight against Israel.

Morsi resigned from the membership of the Muslim Brotherhood party and from the Freedom and Justice party immediately after winning. And he also said he will honor all of Egypt’s international treaties including the peace treaty with Israel.  

Has Morsi realized that he can’t break the peace treaty with Israel and that’s why he resigned or it just another game? Is it a conspiracy? Is America really supporting the Islamists?

A million questions are in the air. Will Morsi be a good president? Will Morsi be an extremist president? No one knows and no one can predict the future and there is no way to know what the coming days have for us. Morsi is the president now. I don’t support him but I hope he proves me wrong and I hope he is a good president because the worst type of dictators are the religious ones.

I’m Muslim and I’m very proud of my religion. The Muslim Brotherhood doesn’t represent Muslims.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi 

Potato Kofta

Kofta always means meat fingers and meatballs, but this is a recipe for vegetarians and potato lovers.

Serves 2

Ingredients:
1- four potatoes
2- one onion
3- one carrot
4- teaspoon of salt
5- teaspoon of black pepper
6- one egg
7- two tablespoon of milk
8- soft breadcrumbs
9- oil

Preparations:
1- boil the potatoes until they’re at least 80% done.
2- after the potatoes are done drain them, peel them and smash them until they are soft.
3- shred the onion and the carrot.
4- mix all of them very well.
5- roll it into fingers or balls.
6- beat the egg in a different bowl and add two tablespoon of milk. and salt and black pepper and mix it well.
7- put the potato fingers in the egg.
8- then put them in the breadcrumbs and cover them well.
9- fry the fingers in deep oil.
10- keep stirring until it’s done. It takes less than five minutes to be done.

Enjoy and Be Al-hana We Al-shafe

Pasta With Fried Beef

A different taste for pasta cooked with beef and vegetables.

Serves 2 people.

Ingredients:
1- 300g of beef, small cubes.
2- One onion.
3- Spicy colored pepper.
4- Few spoons of oil.
5- Half a pack of pasta 500g.
6- Three or four table spoon of tomato paste.

Preparations:

1- Grease a frying pan and place it over medium heat.
2- Slice the onion and put it the pan.
3- Stir it till the onion turns golden.
4- Add the beef cubes and stir.
5- When the beef turns brown, add the colored pepper.
6- Keep stirring till all of the ingredients have the same color.
7- Taste it. If the beef isn’t done yet, you may add some water. Once it absorbs the water, taste it again.
8- Use a different bot to boil the pasta.
9- Add the tomato paste to the beef.
10- Add a small cup of water to the beef and tomato paste and stir it.
11- When the pasta is done turn the burner off and drain the pasta.
12- Once the tomato get thicker add the boiled pasta to it and stir again.

Be Al-hana we Al-shafa

The Fall of Democracy

Yesterday was a sad day for millions of Egyptians. Yesterday democracy and justice fell and unfortunately the judge, Ahmed Rifaat, proved that justice is just a word. I couldn’t find any words to describe the feelings of anger and the disappointment of the people.

After a lot of rumors of corruption and stealing the people’s money, Mubarak and his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, were acquitted of corruption charges. And yet the judge sentenced Mubarak to life in prison for a false crime.

The crime is that Mubarak and el-Adly, the minister of the interior, “did not act to stop the killings” during 18-days of mass protests.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEjw71ePW1I

In the above speech, Mubarak promised to investigate the killing of the protesters and promised to punish the ones who are responsible for it. Mubarak also said the protesters have the right to say what they want as long as they were peaceful.

Mubarak didn’t run away, his family didn’t run away. He stayed in Egypt because he believed in justice but unfortunately he wasn’t judged by justice.
“Rifaat described Mubarak's era as "30 years of darkness" and "a darkened nightmare" that ended only when Egyptians rose up to demand change. Rifaat should have described Mubarak’s era as 30 years of peace with Israel, 30 years of achievements, 30 years of building new cities and schools and hospitals. Mubarak fought terror and ended it in Egypt. Suzan Mubarak fought for women’s rights and helped in making laws to protect women and children. I didn’t know all of those achievements were “nightmare and darkness.”

"They peacefully demanded democracy from rulers who held a tight grip on power," the judge said. And again the judge is trying to win one group of people by saying what they want to hear. The protesters in Tahrir Square weren’t peaceful; they had rocks, weapons and Molotov cocktails.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6QjFjR7h5U

June 2 -2012 a day will be remembered in history and the judge, Ahmed Rifaat, will be always remembered as the judge who sent an innocent man to jail.
http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-mubarak-sentenced-life-prison-100619336.html