MBs faults since June 30th

There has been much debate and analysis of the MBs mistakes over the time they ruled Egypt. However I think that their mistakes since June 30the are not well discussed. In my humble opinion, I think committed 7 mistakes:

1. Insistence on having a peace solution on their terms- basically return to pre 30 June situation with Morsi, Shura council,...etc. That was impossible. Thus they caused or at least contributed to failure of negotiation. I base their position on their own literature and talks
2. Failure to recognise the scale of popular hatred (not just the bias media and deep state) but ordinary people
3. Failure to recognise that changing slogans and tactics are not effective with ordinary Egyptians anymore. Changing their slogans from Morsi and Islam to Egypt and democracy did not deceive ordinary people who saw that as a change in tactics to return to power and not because they believe in democracy or Egypt
4. The use of their old tactics of violence against Copts, national treasures (Mallawi museum ) and police stations succeeded only in getting  more ordinary Moslems and Copts to fear their return
5. Relying on foreign forces e.g. Qatar, US, EU and misunderstanding US/EU approaches as support for them. If nothing else, this helped to alienate them further in the eyes of ordinary Egyptians who saw them as traitors
6. Insulting the people as "cowards" "traitors”  
7. Last and not least is their failure to recognise their crimes (e.g. at Ithadiya) and mistakes during their ruling and to review their beliefs and approaches. Instead they have blamed everybody else

The hope is that young MBs generations spend time reflecting on the past three years –in fact on the past 80 years- and re-examine their movement. This includes reviewing everything from their fundamental MBs mission, aims, to strategies, alliances, and tactics. They have to realise that they are not the voice of God or the holders of truth. They must recognise that they are part of Egypt nation not of a dream return to old times where neither justice nor God’s word were implemented by ordinary mortals. 

مواويل أبويا الصعيدي

 أبويا كان دايمآ يقول مواويل والحمد لله واحد من إخواتي كتبها وحفظها. النهاردة خدت منه شوية. أبويا صعيدي قح وكلامة ولهجته صعايدة أصيلة من جنوب الوادي - والله وحشتنا ياعم كمال

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يازارع الود هو الود شجرة جَلْ(قل)

ولا شِجار الوداد نزحت وماها جَلْ

أيام سَجِتنا العسل وأيام سجتنا الخل

وأيام ننام ف الفراش وأيام ننام ف الطل

وأيام بنبلس حرير ,ايام مانلجي (نلقي) الفََل

وأيام بتييجي علي أولاد الأصول تِنْدَل

وان عاشر الندل يوم

بعد الغَنْدَرَة ينْدَل

إن تعب الحمل كتفي ما أنا شاكي

وإن جار علَ الزمن ما أنا باكي

وإن سَبْو الأندال ف عِرْضي ما أنا خاكي

ده أنا جدع حر وأصبر علي المر ولا أناجي

وأمشي علي الكون يوم ضاحك ويوم باكي

أنا جدع صُلب والمَسوجَة (المسوقة) صلب

والجحال (القيراوانة) مِلََقََم صلب

والحمل لما مال انحني وجه ع الصلب

شَيَلوني حملين علي كتافي وقالو فِز ياغالي

مشيت أتْنَقَل ولا أوَرِي الأعادي غًلب

Of being a YoYo

 “And how do you feel about the sad things happening in Egypt? ” My kind friends and acquaintances in UK always ask me about my dear country and are really affected by what they see on TV. Egypt, for them, is a country whose history fascinated them since school time and perhaps a place where they had a good holiday. Moreover, it is a country that inspired them when Egypt’ amazing youth led a peaceful revolution in January 2011.

After June 30^th, I have told everyone I met that Egyptians are changing dictatorship regime through their own way of democracy, that the ballot box is not the only way, and that Morsi damaged Egypt and therefore people wanted to stop him and his clan from ruining the country before it is too late. I have even said that the army did not start a coup but intervened on behalf of the people.

I still say that but I cannot help feeling frustrated that death has become a number-just a number. How can these numbers help to achieve the calls of January 25^th: bread, freedom, social justice, and human dignity? For me, the fundamental spirit of Jan 2011 is that the life and dignity of any human has a value not just for immediate family but for society and for the rulers.

Yet what I hear (not only on twitter but from ordinary people) are calls for immediate revenge.  I always felt that as Egyptians we are very “either or” nation: if you disagree with me, then you are in the wrong. But this has moved fast from “your are wrong” to “you are my enemy” to “you should be shot -sometimes without even a trial!”. Disapproving the state killing of MBs sparks an immediate accusation of being an MB or one of their “sleeping cells or a “human rights softy”. Needless to say that expressing support for killed soldiers ignites an accusation of being an “army arse licker”.

My thoughtful friend described the situation as “now the abscesses have been lanced, we need to deal with the out-pouring of poison and the lengthy process of purification.” When I said that the lancing was accompanied by too much blood due to “bad old equipment”, my friend said that it was what we had and that other options were not successful.  

As I read and hear people’s comments and views, I go silent. Being away from the middle of events makes me cautious not to “judge from my arm chair”. Perhaps if I were in the middle of Cairo I would accept more blood? Or perhaps I would speak against it with more credibility. I do not know. I am physically here in UK but mentally and spiritually somewhere wondering in the streets of Cairo and of my home town. In my home town my heart refuses to cry over the ruins of places that have important value in my life. Instead it keeps searching for ways to turn the hatred and animosity to something near “tolerance”. My mind still dreams of dignity for the poor girls who struggle to find a place that can be a toilet, for poor women who don’t know how to feed the kids tomorrow, and for the youth who want to speak without fear of being killed or going to prison.

So answering my friends’ question: I am a yoyo: down when I wake up to news of killings and up if there was no blood that morning. Yet despite everything gloomy happening, I am really optimistic that tomorrow will be better than today-perhaps not exactly tomorrow but the day after.