Egypt …Islamic….Liberal….Free… Military

Written by Rania Busada. Posted in Rania Busada

Between the extremist approaches, fails Egypt as a victim to the personal interest of the Supreme Council of Armed Force (SCAF) and other political parties, where each one of them is trying to enjoy a part of the cake, leaving the egyptian society worst than the condition they were in before the “so called revolution”, the “revolution” of 25th Jan for the year 2011.

The parliament elections which will take place on the 28th November, is but a movie  to be continued,  after the referendum that took place on 19th March 2011. The whole idea of the referendum was mainly to divide the society into a Yes and No. For those who aren’t aware of the referendum, it was about whether the citizens agree to the changes of 6 articles in the constitution, the articles mainly dealt with eligibility of who can a presidential candidate, and the time period of each election terms and so on. However, and because the Egyptian like many other Middle Eastern society, that falls in the trap of “religious-politics”, the referendum suddenly seems to be, if you vote a YES, then you are with the second article which state that “Islam is the country’s religion and that the laws are to be extracted from the Shar3a ( Islamic guidelines), but if you vote NO, then you are against the stability of the country and you are with removing the second article and thus supporting the liberal people ( who now are considered a new thing). But what we all needed to notice is this, that the committee that was responsible for the changes, who were they, and who gave them the legibility to change any article in the constitution. We, the citizens, didn’t vote on them, and they, don’t represent us, so why did we go and voted YES or No. 42% of the Egyptian population voted, and the others either didn’t care or weren’t aware or just don’t believe that Egypt will ever change.

After 77% YES, the educated sector of the society felt the failure of Facebook, Twitter and the talk show in actually effecting the society, because for a minute they forgot, that about 42% of the Egyptian society are illiteracy according to the Egyptian Human Rights report for the year 2005. The Egyptian population, that all they ever  wanted and dream for, is BREAD. The dreams of many is either to have one extra room  so that the parents can have a separate room from their children, or others who want a job with a salary of 1,000 instead of 600 LE (equivalent to 100$) per month in a country where the price of the bread is increasing dramatically.

The Egyptian population, which many of them, majority in fact, didn’t support the revolution and those who did, are now cursing it. “What did the revolution do for me?!….Took my job, and now I can not marry nor can i help my father!”…..
What did the revolution?!…Instead of Hosni Mubarak and the police, we now have army members….
What did the revolution do….Instead of been beaten, we are now been killed even when our only crime is drawing against the SCAF…..
What did the revolution do ….Instead of been forbidden from wearing a skrirt, I will forbidden from wearing anything but Abya ( a black cloth highly used in the Islamic society, in order for a female to cover her body and hair).What did the revolution do……when most of those working in the tourism sector either lost their jobs or their salaries got reduced to half….What did the revolution do ….when every now and then many political activists are been arrested…..one for drawing, other for participating in a stand in a street ….others for been Muslims with beard, other for been Christians calling for their rights…..

And now….parliament election ……when we know before hand, that the Muslim Brotherhood will not get anywhere below 30-35% …..parliament elections, when we know that many will get into the parliament because of their prefect relation with the SCAF….parliament election, when we know that religion will be used in the candidates campaigns……parliament elections, when we know that the functions of the People’s Assembly, will be decided by the SCAF not law…WHY?!..because the SCAF is above LAW!….real democracy..isn’t it?! ……

Parliament Election…will it bring peace, confusion, chaos, civil war, more martyrs, military control and rule….No one knows…and it is hard to predict …..the educated sector failed dramatically to talk to the people, but rather contributed to divide the elite from the low class, and with the vanishing middle class society, Egypt is but a victim, a victim of SCAF, politicians, political parties, religious men, and others who care for their names and titles……..

Peace Poetry

Written by Rania Busada. Posted in Rania Busada

The ability to change, to cure, to heal, to give.....
The tolerances to accept, to wait, to believe....
The environment, draw a smile in the broken spirit,
dried the wet tears...
The environment is the freedom wing of PEACE.

The greatness of the Great endures the unendurable....
The vision of the Light ignites the dark caves....
The love of the Lover cleaned the cure, healed the past ...
The mercy of the Universe draw a new pathway for the broken spirits...

The word of Peace is the Great Lover that Light Universe,
The word of Peace is the environment,
The environment is the freedom wing of Peace
— Rania J Busada

Exercise Democracy…Expresses your duties before Asking for your rights…

Written by Rania Busada. Posted in Rania Busada

Revolution? …The Middle East region is not stable currently, due to the number of uprising that is taking place, starting from Tunisia, Egypt to Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and lastly Syria. But long before them, the Lebanese and the South Sudanese did revolt against their government and leaders of the society. South Sudanese were successful able to obtain their freedom from the government and the culture that for long did discriminate them for been an African Sudanese not Arab Sudanese.  So, the problem in Sudan was mainly in the government that failed to provide a portion of its citizens with their rights. But before asking for rights, we citizens should first ask for our duties.

I can not and will not deny the fact that many of our governments in the Middle East are actually discriminating their citizens and what our leaders apparently care about are themselves alone. Our leaders which are now facing the frustration of their own people, their own community, are but monsters that agreed to step over the values,dignity and principles of humanity.They stepped over it, when they killed journalism for expressing their opinions, they stepped over people’s dignity, when they raped prisoners and normal people just because they commented or upload a video “mocking” the government. They stepped over humanity, when they gave the elites thousands of dollars and took for the poor cents of cents. They stepped over humans, in return they got villas and companies and owned banks of cash.

The uprising did take place in many countries and these similar countries are now facing the really challenge, the challenge of transformation. The transformation is the change in the culture that for longed ruled over us, the wrong tradition that allowed us not to listen to ours’ opinions, kill a girl for honor, murder a baby girl just because the father wants a son instead, punish the girl instead of her raper etc. What are the Middle Eastern society looking for after the revolutions? do they want a new president with a new “sat” of members in the parliament, or did the revolution call for much more. The real challenge is starting now, we need to learn and teach the younger generation, HOW to respect our’s opinion, NO! i mean RESPECT! ….HOW to DISCUSS not fight, HOW to “act” the democracy we call for. It is not a matter of voting, or elections or joining a political parties, it is about been against (i will say it again) the wrong tradition and cultures that for long ruled us.  The real challenge is about caring for the country that we hold its name, it is about been HUMANS and before asking the transitional government to be transparent and democrat, we citizens need to allow our fellow citizen to express their opinions and talk freely…..

Exercise Democracy…Expresses your duties before Asking for your rights…