Gumhuriyya MISR AL-Arabiya where French: Arab Republic of Egypt (the official name of this country) is still on the front pages of our newspapers. Clashes between the army and demonstrators, the first step toward a democracy, people's pressure to release political prisoners and ensure that real reforms are under way - Tahrir Square is the center of the news. At the same time Egyptians stranded in the border between Libya and Tunisia are anxiously awaiting their return to their country, return of more urgent given the health and humanitarian situation is likely to exceed Tunisia, also still unfinished changing and faces with courage and exemplary devotion to this nightmare by demanding means of transporting by sea or by air these unfortunates stranded on their soil.
And here? It complains about the price of gasoline climbs ... and laze in front of my windows because the huge ferries sailors of the SNCM strike since January 30 ... Paradox of our society, we do not stop at whining mouth full, to demand ever more and cursing against the state - while forgetting that the state is we, the people! - And neglecting to vote. We take offense to his TV that the weapons were sold to dictators - but then stop being naive or ill again: if it produces weapons is obviously for sale to countries intending to use it . Icelanders, Belgians, Austrians, etc.. are much worse customer that Ugandans, Libyans and other Pakistanis ...
Unfortunately I have no power to commandeer the ferry and sent to help the Egyptians to return to their families, and a few private jets to help Bangladeshi "forgotten" by their government from makeshift camps to the border.
A small act of solidarity very thin and pathetic, go see "The Yacoubian Building
" Marwan Hamed's film based on the homonymous book of Alaa al-Aswani which describes very well the social reality in Cairo in the 1990s. Before the film will be screened
several short films by young directors Egyptian , Mayye Zayed, Karim Shaaban Hadil Nazmy, Islam Kamel, Ahmed Nabil, Abdelkrim Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelsalam and Medaht Elsoudy.
where : the Alhambra Theatre, Street Theatre, 13016 When: Thursday, March 3 from 19h Snacks possible through the "Buona Forchetta"