Sunday, January 30, 2011

Terrorizing the People..


Regardless of how authentic the scanned document is; events on the ground had already proven organized actions by security forces to combat the public protest.. The plot within is unprecedented and provoke the essence the Art of Government.. None of the leaders, philosophers or commons would imagine a government deliberately creates a security vacuum to stay in powers.. No one would imagine a government emphasizes its control by the use criminal tactics to terrorize its own people.. Historically; Egyptian low enforcement and security is part of the civic files controlled by the premiership, which was shifted to the presidency by Mubarak; elevating to a de-facto independent establishment within the system.. What both Mubarak and his government had accomplished in Egypt Jan 2011; will top all academic researches in the coming years.. It is the severe form of governing and control by local authorities..

The unfolded situation requires long term of recovery actions to restore stability and confidence in the local security system.. I can’t imagine how it is to live in a country where its own low enforcement forces would provoke law and order.. Therefore, all western and foreign citizens are advised to live, as no prediction for swift restoration within reach.. The unanswered question represents a great horrible case of uncertainty: Who would investigate, restructure and prosecute the Egyptian Security Establishment..??

Demographically and statistically, Egypt tops the Arabic speaking countries in number of scientists, scholars and awarded academics; yet what happens would prove the level of extraordinary thinking and imagination such smart brains would reach.. What happens is not only a great shame and stigma on the Egyptian regime, but it will reach out to the intellectual elite itself.. Inevitably, who had drawn the said plot affiliate with Egyptian academic establishment in some way; which had allowed for such twisted criminal contents to drive a government of 80 million peoples.. Brains without governance platform, are possible dangerous tools for deep destruction and non-restorable damages..

Our 1970th opposition to Sadat’s false plans on regional peace, local prosperity and cultural identity had had no response at that time, or probably for the poor presentation of the case.. However, the accumulations resulted from such chain of fake yet glowing statements had built the breed of administrators who are governing Egypt of today.. The troops of education teachers, media professionals, and administration executives who had non-shamefully sold the illogic dreams to the public and built the twisted epistemic definitions of the county, had unconsciously deep-rooted the chaos within both individuals and systems.. Egypt had always been an exporter of sociopolitical trends to all Arabic speaking, and the fear was great in the predicted deformation of global Arabic culture.. This came true after 30 years, spelling the states of 2011..




Saturday, January 29, 2011

End of Sudan..


Today; 300111; in a few hours, the Sudan I knew will formoally come to an End..!!



My genes are traced all over..

My blood is composed from all over..

My identity means all over..

My name spread all over..

Wither you unite or separate..

...I'm all over..!!

 

Jeddah 2011


Jeddah became famous for the seasonal floods, which destroy and interrupt the way of life.. Losses are massive, while no serious attempts are observed to rectify the situation.. Preparedness efforts should not be empowering civil defense, enhancing communications, or provide insurance coverage.. I believe the whole thing is related to bad urban planning and design..


What happened in Jeddah is not only a stigma to all Arab Engineers, City builders and civic Administrators, but a big question mark on the deformed way of thinking, compliances and governance..
How Arabs would dream of a future, if the present is totally out of any controls..??


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=27336&id=100001584191564


This is not the 1st time in Jeddah, or KSA.. The corruption within the civic service is beyond believe.. Lots of moneys which covers the mistaken endeavors by redo’s.. Questioned ill-procurement of consultants and contractors.. Disqualified technical staff to run conformity of infrastructure.. Incompetent staff to manage operations and necessary improvements and modifications.. Failed organization to integrate the various departments.. and lastly, general mode of accessory and cover-up despite the cries from the hurt, short-handed and disappointed people..

Jeddah 2011 is the interpretation of a vast country and diverse population with more than 50% as youth.. who are certainly ready to be deployed to change the ugly face of a wonderful city..

It is the Arab consensus..

Pitty..


CSFs of Egypt..


Since the time I had been studying and working in Egypt, the Central Security Forces (CSF) were the subject of jokes for their naivety, lower-IQ and extreme obedience.. A cousin of mine; who was a trainer for them, had told me on how brutal the training course was.. Another police officer had described the animal-alike; their treatment was..

In the streets; they were always a typical scene with their ugly black uniform, long serving hours, and their sparking eyes of humiliated humanity, wondering of urban and extreme simple brains, were never missed, nor concerned by any other..!!

During the recent angry youth-revolt in Egypt; CSF were the spearhead to confront and control the protest.. Their defeat by those enthusiastic educated youth, exercising new tactics of move-around protests, had tired CSF, and severely demoralized them.. Once they had been pulled away, and stayed at the barracks; looters and criminals had flooded all Egyptian cities.. The people wonder where those simple illiterate peasants had gone..!!

"The second CSF rebellion came in December 2008 during Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, when many CSF recruits refused to patrol the Rafah Crossing between Sinai and Gaza and instead wanted to invade Gaza to defend the territory against the Israel Defense Forces..."
http://www.stratfor.com/memberships/182112/analysis/20110129-Egypt-Security-Vacuum


A Brave Egyprtian Young-Woman..


A Brave Egyprtian Young-Woman..
Cairo, Jan 2011


The Roots of injustice..
Egypt-Mubarak



The Cyber Generation




There are few lessons to be learned from the happenings in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen.. I’m afraid that our Sudanese organizers are far unprepared for it.. It is quite dangerous to call the people to walk into the streets protesting, while you can’t keep their reactions within a plan.. This would be a recipe for anarchy or a lasting disappointment..!!

I call it the Cyber Generation, who changes the way both politics and fun are done.. They are not walking-book-shelves as we wre, but global interpretations of skillful details.. They practice work-divide, while we talked about it.. Maybe they are short in leadership, but very good in team-work.. It is amazing time to witness the sociopolitical change worldwide..

Yes, there is no organizing body, despite the replica slogans, graphics and tactics used.. I had observed the same in Tunisia, Egypt, and now in Sudan.. That collective mind set had to be generated from some platform with deep influence; yet never spontaneous.. I guess the league (virtual or actual) organizing the media schools, universities and professionals; is the core base of developing this new trends..



Friday, January 28, 2011

Egypt: Military will Ensure Transfer of Powers


S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 CAIRO 001468

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NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2029
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM EG
SUBJECT: NDP INSIDER: MILITARY WILL ENSURE TRANSFER OF POWER
REF: 08 CAIRO 2091
Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

其1. KEY POINTS
(S) NDP insider and former minister Dr. Ali El Deen Hilal Dessouki dismissed public and media speculation about succession. He said Egyptian military and security services would ensure a smooth transfer of power, even to a civilian.
(S) Dessouki called opposition parties weak and democracy a "long term goal." He said that the MB had no legitimate political role, adding that mixing religion and politics in Egypt was not wise and would not be permitted.

其2. (S) Comment: Dessouki is an NDP insider who has held a number of key positions. His assurances that the Egyptian military and security services would ensure a smooth succession to a civilian (by implication Gamal Mubarak) were unusually straightforward and blunt. The idea that the military remains a key political and economic force is conventional wisdom here. However, other observers tell us that the military has grown less influential, more fractured and its leadership weaker in recent years (reftel). They suggest that in a succession scenario in which President Mubarak is no longer present, outcomes are less predictable. End comment.

其3. (S) On July 22, PolOff met with National Democratic Party (NDP) Media Secretary, and member of the influential NDP Policies Committee Dr. Ali El Deen Hilal Dessouki. Without prompting, he offered newly-arrived PolOff advice on how to approach political issues in Egypt. He counseled PolOff not to "run around" town asking questions about Egypt's next leader, suggesting that most offered only opinions not facts. He said that this kind of wide-ranging engagement "by our friends" demonstrated a certain "naivete." Dessouki suggested that PolOff also steer clear of the many uncorroborated reports and misguided analysis in the local media. He also underscored a common NDP refrain that Egypt's opposition political parties were weak and self-serving.

其4. (S) Dr. Dessouki's most important message, he said was to always keep in mind that "the real center of power in Egypt is the military," a reference he said included all security forces. Dessouki noted that while the military did not intervene directly in matters of day to day governance, it leaders were determined to maintain order and that the importance of a "legal transition" should not be underestimated. Dessouki did acknowledge that the military is concerned about maintaining its "corporate interests," but was emphatic in his declaration of their commitment to a "constitutional" transition of power. Dessouki went on to say that the military has "no objection to a civilian" as the next president (a remark that can be interpreted as a pointed reference to Gamal Mubarak). Dessouki then reiterated that the NDP has not yet selected its candidate for the 2011 presidential elections (a point Gamal Mubarak himself has made to us).

其5. (S) Dessouki acknowledged there would be some violence around the upcoming 2010 parliamentary and 2011 presidential elections, but suggested security forces would be able to keep it under control. Widespread politically-motivated unrest, he said, was not likely because it was not part of the "Egyptian mentality." Threats to daily survival, not politics, were the only thing to bring Egyptians to the streets en masse. Dessouki said the NDP focus on economic reform would continue up to the elections and after any transition of power. He added that Egypt was moving towards democracy, but that a transition from a "pharoanic" political system would take a long time.

其6. (S) Disdainful of its political import, Dessouki said the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was not a credible political organization. As evidence of their pure self-interest, he cited the MB's refusal to "integrate" and become a part of the mainstream political process despite invitations from the last three Egyptian presidents. Dessouki referred to recent arrests of MB members (septel) as evidence they operated extra-legally. (Note: Separately, on July 26 Dessouki publically denied press reports that the NDP is pursuing a deal with the MB that would promise an end to the arrests in exchange for a stop to MB "internal and external" activities. End note.) Dessouki warned that because Egyptians are very religious people, politics and religion is a volatile mix. In a more strident tone, Dessouki went on to say that he, and President Mubarak, "would not tolerate" the existence of

CAIRO 00001468 002 OF 002
Political parties with a religious agenda whether Muslim or Christian and suggested that there was no such thing as a "moderate Islamist."
Tueller

Talking National Security..

An Egyptian man separates fightinng boys, an Egyptian and a Sudanese..
Somewhere in the outskirts of Cairo where many Sudanese refugees are settling..


Some glimpse on the national security of Sudan
Some Facts and foundations of Sudanese-Egyptian relations..
This meant to inspire my fellow Sudanese to revisit the topic and add more clarity and lights on the critical issue for Sudan's future and stability..

Egypt is the northern depth of Sudan, it is our route to Mediterranean, Levant and Europe where we target the epistemic renaissance of the Sudan, while appreciate our southern connections that would enrich our culture and identity.. Egypt is always a potential yet powerful disagreeing neighbor, as their interests in hydraulic, agriculture and mineral resources of the Sudan are great assets in their foreign policies, which were never hidden nor fading.. Egypt is a conflicting partner to the Sudan, despite the wide spread of personal and social interconnections between the two, the Sudan is the first recipient of Egyptian racial hierarchy, cultural trends and political interimship..

While Sudanese borders are 300 km away from main Egyptian military posts, Egyptian administration had managed to extend their influence to almost 15 km away from the same border.. Nevertheless, the same administration had low profile posts southerly deep into the Sudan and beyond in Uganda, in order to measure the water intakes.. While Egyptian population in Sudan is recently limited and ungrowing, Sudanese enjoy a population of nearly 5 million in Egypt, mostly are in active age 0-25 years old.. Many of the prominent Sudanese families practicing manufacturing, trade and light industries are from Egyptian origin, while earlier Sudanese settlers in Egypt had been melted in the Egyptian pot.. Egypt funds and administer a university of 12,000 graduate a year, which recently taken over by GOS, and about 80 schools across the country.. In addition, annually more than 15,000 Sudanese students are getting higher education in Egypt..

At least, one of the Sudanese political fictions is backed by Egypt, while no presence of Sudanese interests in the Egyptian political system.. Sudan imports great portion of its media, commodities, consumables and industrial products from Egypt, while exports most of Egyptian needs from livestock, cooking oils and agro-products.. Egyptian had structured the military hierarchy, strategies and ranks of Sudanese armed forces, which almost unchanged since the declare of independence in 1956..


لمحة عن الأمن القومي للسودان

بعض حقائق وأسس العلاقات المصرية السودانية..

لعل هذا أن يلهم زملائي السودانيين لإعادة النظر في الموضوع وإضافة المزيد من الوضوح وأضواء على قضية حيوية بالنسبة لمستقبل السودان واستقراره..
 
مصر هي عمق شمال السودان ، هي معبرنا الى منطقة البحر الأبيض المتوسط والمشرق العربي وأوروبا ، حيث نستهدف النهضة المعرفية في السودان ، وفي المقابل نقدر علاقاتنا الجنوبية التي من شأنها أن تثري ثقافتنا وهويتنا.. مصر دائما جارة قوية ذات اختلافات وخلافات ، ومصالحها في الموارد المائية والزراعة والثروة المعدنية في السودان هي أصول كبيرة في سياساتها الخارجية ، والتي لم تكن أبداً مخفية أو متلاشية.. مصر تعد شريكاً متضارباً مع السودان ، فعلى الرغم من الانتشار الواسع للارتباطات الشخصية والاجتماعية بين البلدين ، والسودان هو المتلقي الأول لعنصرية التسلسل الهرمي المصري ، واتجاهاتها الثقافية والسياسية..

بينما الحدود السودانية هي 300 كم بعيدا عن القواعد الرئيسية للقوات المسلحة المصرية ، فقد تمكنت الإدارة المصرية من توسيع نفوذها إلى ما يقرب من 15 كيلومترا من الحدود ذاتها.. ومع ذلك ، فإن نفس الإدارة تتواصل جنوباً فيما وراء عمق السودان وخارجه في أوغندا ، وذلك لقياس مآخذ المياه.. في حين أن انخفض كثيراً تعداد المصريين في السودان مؤخراً ، يستضيف المصريين ما يقرب من 5 ملايين سوداني في مصر ، ومعظمهم في سن النشاط 0-25 سنة.. كثير من الأسر السودانية البارزة في ممارسة التصنيع والتجارة والصناعات الخفيفة هي من أصل مصري ، في حين كان قد ذاب في وقت سابق المستوطنين السودانيين في مصر في وعاء المصرية.. الأموال المصرية تقدم من الجامعة المصرية بالخرطوم نحو 12000 خريج سنوياً ، والتي تم سودنتها مؤخراً ، وحوالي 80 مدرسة في انحاء البلاد.. بالإضافة إلى ذلك ، يحصل سنوياً أكثر من 15000 طالب سوداني على التعليم العالي في مصر..

على الأقل ، هناك فصيل سياسي واحد يحصل على الدعم السياسي من جانب مصر ، في حين لا وجود للمصالح السودانية في النظام السياسي المصري.. جزء كبير من واردات السودان مصرية ، مثل وسائل الاعلام ، والسلع والمواد الاستهلاكية والمنتجات الصناعية ، في حين أن معظم الواردات المصرية من السودان تتعلق باحتياجاتها من الثروة الحيوانية ، والزيوت الأساسية والمنتجات الزراعية.. وكما أن مصر قد رسمت هيكلية التسلسل الهرمي والاستراتيجيات وتوزيع القوات المسلحة السودانية ، فانها لم تتغير تقريبا منذ اعلان الاستقلال في عام 1956..



Thursday, January 27, 2011

Adel Imam..


Adel Imam, who had marked an era in Egyptian and Arabic culture, had fallen in typical syndrome of loyalty challenges between personal gains and public connect.. He is not the 1st nor the last in such dilemma all celebrities walk through.. His recent comments were a great shock for Egyptians and Arabs, while it was just in line with all sociopolitical theories; the semi-illiterate folks had used hysterically to reject..!!

Adel Imam was never a fun for me, as he always downgraded all pains and dreams into cheap sexual vocabularies, anarchistic concepts of living and/or appreciation of being neither literate nor illiterate..!! He was simply a critical preacher for the deteriorated Egyptian attributes from knowledgeable we had known to sarcastic we have to deal with.. Arabic speaking would enjoy Egyptian jokes, yet skeptic on resilience and integrity.. Yes, my words are tough, yet true..!!

The ongoing sociopolitical changes in Egypt will leave no room for Adel Imam’s phenomenon (or alike) in the coming future of Egypt.. This new cyber generation feel the pain of why they are beyond the others.. Despite how smart they can’t score.. Despite how sincere, they can’t be a jury.. Despite how hard working, they lost many gains in-vain..!! This cyber generation in no more Egyptian, but global, who know that future is widely constrained with deficit and shortage, and among the great demand, only the fit would survive.. They meant to survive.. This is my understanding of the 6th April Youth Movement in Egypt..

The cyber generation is no more claiming knowledgeable, no more socially smart, no more lives in Egypt, and no more fears the policing and the system behind.. The cyber generation speaks English and share more issues across the globe.. Maybe they are hesitant to comment or debate, yet they read more, listen more, and know more.. They need time to feel confident and encouraged to speak out.. This 25th January is their first step to be their own.. Therefore, Egypt and Egyptian will never be the same..

Why do I care for Egypt..?
Egypt is indispensible and critical “centroid” for the Arab world.. This is inevitable in terms of geopolitics or sociopolitics.. Always, what happens in Egypt is the final accumulations of all interruptions and trends among the Arabs, and interprets the new beginning for them as well.. History never lies, yet Arabs read less; while been more replicas of Adel Imam..!!

Egypt always provides lessons to be learned for understanding the history, manging the present times and plan the future..!!


في بيان له تدوالته وسائل الإعلام عادل امام : هذه المظاهرات "العبثية" الصادرة عن أفراد مندسين لا يمتون للشعب المصري بصلة ، تحركها أياد خفية لا تريد لمصر أن ترى "النور" وأشيد بسياسة الرئيس حسني مبارك التي حفظت مصر طوال فترة حكمه لها .

صلاة الفاتح

اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد الفاتح لما أغلق و الخاتم لما سبق ناصر الحق بالحق و الهادي إلى صراطك المستقيم و على آله و صحبه حق قدره و مقداره العظيم





إِنِّي لَنَشْـوَانٌ بعِـشْقِ مُحَمَّدٍ
مِنْ بَعْـدِ حُبِّ اللهِ جَـلَّ جَلاَلُهُ
إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْكُفْرَ إِنِّي لَكَافِرٌ
رَبِّي شَهِيـدٌ قَـدْ سَبَانِي جَمَالُهُ

Killed Honor or Honor Killing..!!



I'm not sure which "Honor" they are talking about??
A big dilemma among Muslims that they confused Islam with Local culture, producing an ugly misinterpretation that cripple them, future and other Muslims as well..
The campaign against the said violence should be mature and led by open minded, well equipped and truly Muslim scholars..
Regretfully, it seems there is no such brand of people anymore..!!

Did 22-year-old Saima Bibi scream out as she was electrocuted at her parents’ home in their village near the southern Punjab city of Bahawalpur in Pakistan? Did she plead with her family for her life? Did she seek mercy?

The answers to these questions will never be known. In one of the most harrowing “honour” killings reported in recent months in the country, Saima was, according to media reports, murdered by her relatives. They committed the crime following a ruling by a gathering of village elders that she be put to death by electrocution for eloping with a man she had chosen to marry. Police are investigating the murder and the prime minister has ordered the findings be submitted urgently.

An autopsy report states the girl had died due to severe burn injuries. Her relatives had said she had committed suicide. A police officer in Hakra village, where Saima died, Afzal Lodhi, told IRIN “a raid was conducted to recover Saima’s body” after police received a tip-off over the phone.

Murders of the kind which ended Saima’s life are not uncommon. According to the autonomous Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), over 600 women were killed for “honour” in 2009. This usually entails the murder of women suspected of having sexual relations outside marriage; choosing who to marry rather than accepting decisions made by families; or behaving in other ways that are seen as “immoral”. Other “honour” killings go unreported, especially when they take place in remote, rural areas.

Full Article http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?Reportid=91753

Only Breath..



Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion
or cultural system. I am not from the East
or the West, not out of the ocean or up
----
from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all. I do not exist,
am not an entity in this world or in the next,
did not descend from Adam and Eve or any
----
origin story. My place is placeless, a trace
of the traceless. Neither body or soul.
I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
\worlds as one and that one call to and know,
----
first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being




By Rumi


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Revolutionary Chronicles..

A giant Egyptian Youngman fiercely attacks the frightened anti-riot officers.. Recalling the Egyptian myth-alike of medieval Neighborhood-Protector: Fetou’ah


It is all about humane responses to surrounding environments, which either energize or suppress..
1. When the rulers hysterically lose the confidence that they are undefeatable..
2. When the armed forces show signs of controlled uneasiness..
3. When police individually question that protesters are not criminals..
4. When opposition politicians become unable to promote their alternative agenda..
5. When religious leaders cautiously step in the protest lines..
6. When celebrities slowly show up to unwisely support the regime..
7. When unconsciously the hesitant people start to gear up for potential unrest..
8. When rates of domestic violence, divorce, frauds and minor felonies dramatically drop..
9. When market indicators sharply shakes..
10. When people suddenly become more concerned, considerate, and forgiving..
 Then, people’s revolution is inevitably imminent..
Trust me..!
Just read around, compare and assess, then mark your stand..!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

768..


 













































Friday, January 21, 2011

The Hair-Dresser..



Arabs need to admit that they exercise great deal of arrogance and priggism in exchange with each other..!! Certainly, they do the same with non-Arabs, which had developed the long lasting frauds with Africans and Asians; particularly the Indians.. Due to both colonization and supremacy, Arabs can’t practice the same with Europeans.. Anyway; I can understand the deep roots of such behavior; which had resulted not only from their position as brokers of the historical traditional salve trading; but also from the twisted interpretation of Quran and Hadeeth counting the privileges of Arab and Arabic culture.. It is a pre-Islamic behavior that was and still stronger than Islam itself.. No Offense..!!

Admitting so, on the contrary of falsely and commonly said of social tolerance and brotherhood; would enable the Arabs to address and correct the seeds of such awful behavior and concepts, rather than cover them up with temporary slogans and justifications.. In the march to build up a steady consistent and sustainable society, a person have to wisely, openly and unashamedly address all local components of social culture, taboos, stigmas and distinctions as well.. The political implications of Royals, Dynasties, Social Ranking had been marginalized since the industrial revolution, which had elevated the value of the steel worker as key element for prosperity.. However, supporters had find many ways to justify privileges for a person against another..

This came to my observation in one recent case of Tunisian powerful lady, Leila Trablsi, wife of Ben Ali, the ousted Tunisian President.. While the banned French book on her biography, had only ashamed her greed for wealth and powers, an article from a famous Arabic TV website had mentioned her early profession as a “hair-dresser” in a manner is well-known for Arabic speakers that is full of disgrace and stigma.. They also mentioned how her father was a street vendor for fruits and vegetables..!! As she is a product from the same culture, she would know what is sarcastically said about her, and certainly she had reacted viciously and ruthlessly in open cycles of actions and reactions..! This how social cracks rapidly grow, spread and deepened..

Absences of social justice and fairness is synonymous to rigid, painful and historical social hierarchy.. On the Humane chronicles, such was the evil of all declines and drawbacks from early equality among hunters to the early privileges among farmers.. Yes, without the social hierarchy, many achievements would never take place, as early divide of work had proven the need to various professions types, pay structures and leaderships among working people.. or among all people.. However, what is praised for the western hemisphere is their early realization, and subsequent implementations, that nature of profession has no privileges in assessing the workers themselves.. Yes, there are socioeconomic implications, yet controllable and set in coherent integration with the rest of the society, as no one is dispensable..!

Now, we can understand that no shame would stamp any type of profession to undertake, as far as delivered with integrity, lawfulness and transparency.. No shame if depression force a graduate to serve as a waiter, or a PhD holder to drive a taxi or a technocrat to farm a plot.. This is also why the term prostitution was replaced with a sex-worker, to meet the consent in certain communities.. This is also why employment restrictions against gender, ethnic groups or religious sects are widely condemned..

Unfortunately, the history of mankind is never written by fairness and equality, but by injustice and aggression..!!

Should we try to change that..??


The Unwritten Code of Conduct..!


Many questions and raised eyebrows on the amazing escalation of events that ended up with a regime collapse in Tunisia.. Many think tanks are now working to understand the syndrome which had frightened most of the Arab leaders in particular.. The following article shades some light on a part of the story.. The code of cyber conduct among bloggers to motivate the people to move and put their life at risk for the sake of morals, slogans and/or dreams..!

Comprehension, Swiftness, Integrity and credibility are the combined password for any successful cyber mass protest; which would be provoked if some bloggers did not respect the unwritten code of conduct..!


The Cyberactivists Who Helped Topple a Dictator
A group of young Tunisians have helped to organize the protests that deposed a dictator with their activism online.

For more than a month, protests have swept across Tunisia. But “Àli,” a key organizer, has hardly left his home in a midsize town far away from the capital. In fact, he seldom leaves his desk. In a phone interview, Àli, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of arrest, estimated that he spends at least 18 hours a day in front of his computer running a Facebook page that has become one of the primary sources of information on the protestss.

Àli leads SBZ News, a team of 15 cybersavvy activists who have been collecting dispatches, photos, and video from sources throughout the country, posting it on Facebook, and sending updates over Twitter.

For Àli, speaking just hours after Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali fled the country by plane, the results have made his effort worth the risk.

“Yes, I’m worried,” he says. “But I’m ready to sacrifice. Not just to get rid of Ben Ali. But also to feel free—and to say what I believe.”

After the protests began last month, the government began blocking critical news sites and Facebook pages created by protesters. The current site is the sixth that SBZ has put up, Àli says. The government even phished passwords from Facebook and email accounts, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters Without Borders reports that at least five bloggers have been arrested.

Yet the young Tunisians have been firing off dispatches all the same—the government’s long-standing censorship policies have trained a generation of people like Àli in the art of cybersubversion.

Analysts say the Tunisian government’s ability to police the Web takes a back seat only to China and Iran, and getting around the infamous censors can be daunting. Àli uses proxies, encryption, and virtual private networks that help to circumvent censors. “We connect through anonymous names,” Àli says, adding the unstable political situation in his country makes all the precautions necessary. “Right now, this call—the government can record it.”

He also does what journalists are trained to do—trying to verify the information he receives. When possible, he drives to the scene for confirmation. Activist and blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, for her part, began traveling across the country to take photos and video of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns.

“There are no journalists doing this. And moreover, the official media started to tell lies about what was happening,” Ben Mhenni says, adding that she elected to continue blogging under her real name. “Even if you use a nickname, they can reach you,” she says. “You give an example to other people. They say, ‘Look, she’s not afraid.’”

As during Iran’s Green Revolution, the primary function of social media has been to get around the government’s iron grip on information flows. International media can pull the information from sites like Àli’s, then broadcasts it back into Tunisia via satellite TV, a process in which Al Jazeera in particular has played a critical role. Social media, along with SMS and traditional word-of-mouth, has also been an important tool to coordinate the grassroots protests which don’t really have any leaders yet. There is no political party or unifying figure behind the demonstrations, which were going on for almost a month before people outside the country started to take note.

Sami Ben Gharbia, a Tunisian exile in Berlin who runs Nawaat.org, another key aggregator of information from the protests, says that with an Internet-savvy population and half of the country’s 3.6 million Internet users on Facebook, Tunisia’s online activism complement the activism on the ground. “It’s very grassroots, in both the online and the offline world,” he says. “On the ground people are gathering friends who trust each other. And online people trust each other. ”

This article originally appeared on The Daily Beast.

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/15/tunisia-protests-the-facebook-revolution.html

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Suicide..


We all are subject to experience the”Momentary Insanity”.. which would develop kids fights over candies, domestic violence, teen suicides, suicide bombing, war crimes, etc.. It is that complicated psychological concepts with their associated neurophysiological accumulations that draw the abnormal actions, as would be observed by a shocked and paralyzed audiences..  This is why there are experts to deal with suicidal, terrorist and/or insane persons in order to mange, control and minimize the subsequent loss.. Post such regretted events; usually people would recall and wonder how it was easy to stop it, but no one did..!!

The weird type is the political suicide, which would happen despite all governance and systems locks; yet a leader would take a decision, forcing all system to follow, and mark the decline of a fiction, regardless how strong or weak.. Look around in the 3rd world..!
As Muslims, we tend to timely condemn suicide, shutting all opportunities to understand and prevent.. That is why the annual rate is growing among Muslim populations lead by Egypt, Iran, Syria, Jordan at 6.5 deaths per 100,000.. Muslims need to rationalize the prevention of suicide, not by religious verses, but by organized activities to address the destructive circumstances..

Current Average World Suicide Rate: 10.07 per 100,000 people
Watch out that lonely unhappy angry person..!!
 

The Logic of Imperial Insanity..



".. Obama as a Rabid Imperialist

Obama wasted no time in rapidly accelerating America’s imperial adventures. While dropping the term “War on Terror” from usage, the Pentagon adopted the term, “overseas contingency operations.”[4] This was to be the typical strategy of the Obama administration: change the appearance, not the substance. The name was changed, but the “War on Terror” remained, and not only that, it was rapidly accelerated to a level that would not have been possible if undertaken by the previous administration.

The current expansion of American imperialism globally has been rapidly accelerated since Obama became President, and seems intent on starting and expanding wars all over the world. When Obama became President, America and its Western allies were engaged in a number of wars, occupations and covert destabilizations, from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, to the Congo, and Obama took office in the midst of Israel’s brutal assault against Gaza. From the beginning of his presidency, Obama immediately justified Israel’s vicious attack against innocent Palestinians, rapidly accelerated the war and occupation of Afghanistan, expanded the war into Pakistan, started a new war in Yemen, and supported a military coup in Honduras, which removed a popular democratic government in favour of a brutal dictatorship. Obama’s administration has expanded covert special operations throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa, and is paving the way for a war against Iran.[5] In fact, the Obama administration has expanded Special Operations forces into 75 countries around the world (compared with a height of 60 during the Bush regime). Among the many countries with expanded operations are Yemen, Colombia, the Philippines, Somalia, Pakistan, among many others.[6] Further, in recent months, the Obama administration has been saber rattling with North Korea, potentially starting a war on the Korean Peninsula. With the creation of the Pentagon’s Africa Command (AFRICOM), American foreign policy on the continent has become increasingly militarized.

No continent is safe, it seems. America and its NATO cohorts are undertaking a seemingly insane foreign policy of dramatically accelerating overt and covert military imperialism. This policy seems to be headed for an eventual confrontation with the rising eastern powers, in particular China, but potentially India and Russia as well. China and America, specifically, are headed on an imperial collision course: in East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The competition for access to resources is reminiscent of the ‘Great Game’ of the 19th century, of which Afghanistan was a central battlefield.

One would think that in the midst of a massive global economic crisis, the worst the world has ever seen, the major nations would scale back their imperial over-reach and militarism in order to reduce their debts and preserve their economies. However, there is an ‘imperial logic’ behind this situation, and one that must be placed within a wider geopolitical context.."



Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Jasmine vs. Tear-Gas..!


I like this image of Buazizi to be drawn in the minds, rather than the fake one of him in fire, or the last one as hospitalized in bandages.. His bright wishfully smiles, observing the coming prosperity to his beloved country and people.. Freedom is above any value; never known by any but who had already tasted its magnificent taste.. Freedom cannot be honored except by who feel, understand and ought for it.. Freedom is rather precious than life, as life is valueless without freedom..

Regretfully, the ruling regimes; particularly in Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Yemen; had managed with the brilliant support of anti-riot specialists, to defuse the expansion of Tunisian Epidemic throughout the Arabic speaking population.. The wierd Lybian President and many arrogant Arab officials had devalued the street moves.. Some had advised Tunisians to wait for Ben Ali's end of term after 3 years..!! They managed to hold the butterflies in their stomachs..!
Yes, there are different momentums here and there, yet the same strife and disappointment had logically promised similar responses in the Arabic streets.. Tunisian Syndrome, (the unorganized protest for better living) where a powerful regime had rapidly collapsed despite the doubtful speculations; will live across the 3rd world for a while.. Maybe the proximity reactions from Africa and Asia will enable the Arabs to react..!

As Sheikh Qaradawi had valued Buazizi, confirming that he unlikely would be punished for committing the Islamically-denounced suicide; as he forcibly did it in a moment of sever frustration and agony.. Most of Muslim Leaders were clearly hesitant to speak in a differently.. This had met the formal tactics to materialize (or de-religionize) the counter actions.. Allah swt, the holy Quran, Mohammad PBUH; for the 1st time across the Muslim world; were never mentioned or referred to..!!

What is really regretted is how some ones would deny the right to revolute to avoid destruction to some shop-fronts, properties and disturbance of urban life..?? The skillful government media had focused on destructions scene, deliberately ignored showing the true volume, spreading fears from revolute, and call to accept the devil people knows rather than the one they do not.. No Journalist spoke that all destructions in Tunisia were carried out by the 5th Column and loose criminals, and targeted the assets of Ben Ali's family and court.. No one spoke about the pain Buazizi had suffered, which weights the lives of all people.. No one repeated that sweets require fire to be cooked; unless imported..!!

People always forget that what urban execlence we may enjoy,  came as result of tears, bloods and sweat of many others in the past times..
Civilizations and Urbanism never come cheap..
Many spoke as living in secured heavens; while they actually are not..
Part of our humane legacy; that we tend to separate ourselves from risky hurtful potentials..
We as humans; love to peacefully live, yet would cheat our own selves to feel that orgasm..!!
If we do not pay for the righteous change today, we simply steal the comfort from our kids; when they grow up to caltivate the falseness we had seeded..!!

Petty..!

The Uranium War


I had kept repeat the matter till I doubted my own self.. Not only totally kept in the dark by the media, but also was too complex for many to understand or report.. However, the 21 century's social media is enforcing the disclosure of truth.. It is not only a concern for the people to understand, but for the votrs, tax-payers and soldiers to know what's about the cause of the price they would pay...!!



The Visa...


Should my comments to be in Arabic, yet my technical constraints are on..
It would be truly great without the "Egyptian Flags" from the "hysterical" audiences.. They simply provoke the entire concept.. This is the ever-lasting Arabic-Crack.. Without it, Arabs may obtain their “Visa” for the future..!!


Interestingly enough, to carefully follow both comments and vedicts from the Auditors



The Arabic Dream is never matching to MLK legacy.. His dream had put USA on the making-process.. and resulted couple of years ago in Omaba.. But the Arabic one has no parents, nor colleagues.. It is an Barren in times of a must-breeding.. It is a Virtual in times of a must-being.. It is a big lie in times of Wikileaks & Facebook..!!


Friday, January 14, 2011

Mohamed Bouazizi..



Mohamed Bouazizi
Did not live to watch the uprising he had triggered, yet victorious Tunisians will remember him as the dawn for their new era of human dignity, righteousness and prosperity..

May Allah swt forgive and accept all the martyrs in holy fight for better future..

Well done Tunisians, just stay vigilant, resilient and peacefu...l..!!

Who is next..??

GDP per Person: Forecasts..


PwC, a consulting firm, reckons that when countries are ranked by their predicted economic heft adjusted for purchasing-power parity (PPP) in 2050, five of the top seven spots will go to today’s emerging economies.
In PPP terms, the economies of both China and India will be bigger than America’s. But because the populations of China and India are so large, people in both will remain considerably poorer than those in today’s developed countries.
In 2050 GDP per head in America will still be more than twice that in China. But PwC reckons that some emerging economies will catch up even in per capita terms. Russia’s income per person will go from being three-fifths of Italy’s today to level with it in 2050.

http://www.economist.com/node/17905949?story_id=17905949&fsrc=scn/tw/te/rss/pe