Crucify Abdel Zaher and Abu Terika "Updated"

Welcome to the land of non Stopped Drama. Yesterday Ahly SC scored the Africa’s Champions league , everybody was happy and overjoyed to the level that most people forgot the fact the two footballers that gave us that precious win were actually Pro-Islamist Pro-MB.
Some of them did not give a damn for what Ahmed Abdel Zaher did the R4bia sign after scoring the second Ahly Goal and even claimed that he was not referring to Rabaa but rather to the 4 goals he scored in the championship. ‘It turned out that he scored only 3 goals” 
Oh yes Abdel Zaher joined that list of athletes doing the Rabaa sign.

Abdel Zaher doing the 4 fingers thing

Abdel Zaher said after the game that he did the R4bia sign to pay respect to the martyrs whether from the Muslim brotherhood or from the police. The young man was a brave enough to admit it. Soon enough a photo circulated online showing the young player visiting the Rabaa sit in before its disastrous dispersal.

Of course some people including me wondered after Abdel Zaher’s goal what would happen to him and whether he will join the Kong Fu players in the blacklist or not. I believed that he would get away with it.
And man I was wrong as he is being crucified right now. The drama started after the end of the game the minister of sports Taher Abu Zeid refused to salute him.Later Abu Zeid downplayed what happened because in the end his club won the championship.


Last night Sports TV hosts “Mostly ignorant Pro regime regardless of who heads the country” were attacking him. Ahmed Shobeir , the famous sports TV host and former NDP member described Abdel Zaher as “Half intellectual” !! Oh yes “Half intellectual”
Today We found out that the Ahly SC administration decided to suspend Abdel Zaher from playing in Morocco referring him to investigation. Rumors already circulating that he won't continue in Ahly club next winter. Updated on 12/11/2013 : Ok it is official Ahly SC decided not only to suspend Abdel Zaher from playing but they put him up for sale. This is too much.
The Olympic committee is speaking about suspending him from playing football professionally for the rest of his life because of the Rabaa sign !!
Abdel Zaher scored a goal and we were qualified to participate in the Clubs’ World Championship for God sake !!!
Abdel Zaher is on the verge of being crucified for real.
Even Mohamed Abu Tarika did not survive that campaign. I do not know if it is true or not but some say that Abu Tarika refused to salute the minister of Sports because he represented “a coup government”. You can imagine how some react after reading this online.
Some Pro-military/Pro-Mubarak supporters  have started their campaign already against none other than Abu Tarika claiming that he is a hypocrite who used to be honored by Alaa and Gamal Mubarak and yet refused to salute the minister of sports Abu Zeid. Fat Mido aka Ahmed Hossam is attacking Abu Terika on twitter claiming that he was still receiving orders from the MB guide "He is currently detained" and that the renowned player should be punished for refusing to receive the medal. Pathetic Mido is jealous.
The conspiracy theorists now are claiming that Al Ahly SC is being infiltrated with MB as its players are pro-Islamists and its Ultras groups are funded by Khairat El Shater !!
Well I do not care what Abu Tarika does or did because actually after making our sad people happy for all those years nothing else counts. All what I know that Abu Tarika took the people's side after Port Said's massacre and he remembered the 72 boys last night.
Anyhow those people are considered true minority because let’s admit the majority of Egyptian people love Abu Tarika to the level that he can be a serious rival to El Sisi over popularity. “Actually he can beat the general after all the people love him whether revolutionaries or Islamists or Pro-Mubarak/Pro-military" 
Why do people fear a sign !? Do they think that fighting ideas like that the Muslim brotherhood and Islamists in general will vanish !? You will not fight extremism in this way
It is getting sillier more and more.
For God sake last night was from the rare moments that Egyptians overcame their political differences.
Back to football I believe that Ahly Club will lose in Morocco. 

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Links and Notes 11/10/2013

• Ladies Who Rally by Tanya Habjouqa | PANORAMA

  Meet Speed sisters , the Middle East's first all female auto racing team from Palestine :) Oh yes Palestinian female auto racing team. Please check the fantastic Photo report from Panorama Mada Misr by Tanya Habjouqa

  tags: #DWC #LN Photos Ladies Women Arabs Panorama Cars Rally

• صحافة القاهرة: عناوين الستينيات + صورة السيسي | مدونة محرري ياهو مكتوب - أخبار Yahoo‎ مكتوب

  Dear Ahmed El Deriny compares the Egyptian press of today to the Egyptian press of 1960s. Same headlines about getting how evil America is and how getting close to its rival Russia is great but with one difference : Instead of Nasser pictures, you will find the photos of general Abdel Fatah Sisi. The Op-ed is in Arabic only.

  tags: #DWC #LN Egypt Arabic Press Sisi Nasser 1960s

• The Monkey and the Mask: Terrifying Portraits of Indonesia’s Street-Performing Macaques - LightBox

  This explains why I believe the acting monkeys in Jakarta were scary. Thanks for the animal activists for saving those monkeys and sparing us from that terror !!

  tags: #DWC #LN monkey mask indonesia portraits Photos

• No More ‘Monkey Business’ in Jakarta · Global Voices

  Great news because it was not animal abuse but also scary !!

  tags: #DWC #LN jakarta monkey Indonesia

• US, Israel lose UNESCO voting right in dispute - Region - World - Ahram Online

  Both Israel and US lose voting rights in UNESCO

  tags: #DWC #LN israel unesco dispute America Palestine

• Egypt: Police Violence Video Revives Fear of Return to Old Regime · Global Voices

  The Egyptian police is back to its what knows best : Torturing people !! This time the victim is from in Minya . Now you must know that at the same time we saw this video , we heard that a journalist was tortured in Minya also. The journalist is a MBC Misr reporter in the Upper Egyptian governorate and he is denying that he is the man in that video so we could be in front of two torture cases. As long as there are no true

  tags: egypt police violence video torture #LN #DWC

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Dear Kung Fu Federation , Show some respect to your players

The drama of the Kung Fu players and their Federation regarding the Rabaa sign has not stopped and it seems that it will continue for a while.
You probably know that this drama started from two weeks ago when the Egyptian Wushu Kung Fu “EWKF” Federation  decided to suspend Egypt’s Kung Fu Champion Mohamed Youssef for wearing a Yellow Rabaa aka R4BIA Shirt and doing the Rabaa sign While receiving the gold medal in some international tournament. Youssef then said that he was only commemorating his friends and neighbors that were killed in Rabaa massacre.

Youssef and his yellow T-Shirt

Now today we found out today that another Kung Fu Silver Medalist in another tournament followed Youssef’s steps. Kung Fu champion Hashem Abdel Hamid earned the Silver medal in the Kung Fu’s world cup held in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. Not wearing the R4BIA Yellow Shirt this time , Abdel Hamid did the 4 fingers R4BIA sign only in one of the photos. “Abdel Hamid turned to be among those who stormed the Israeli embassy from two years ago”

Abdel Hamid

What would the EWKF federation do ?? Well its president justified what happened in a statement to Al Masry Al Youm as follows :

 The Kung Fu federation is a poor one , most of our players are from the middle and poor class , the thing which makes them an easy prey to the Muslim brother !!

This is the most disgusting classist statement I have read from a long time !? So now those champions that score medals and world championships are poor-middle class naïve who will fall for anyone like the Muslim brotherhood. 
It seems that the President of the Federation does not respect his players !!Even if they are poor and they are supporting the MB , there should be some respect for God sake !!
Of course this was a big slap to both the EWKF federation and the minister of sports Taher Abu Zeid.
As if it were karma , after that disgusting classist statement of EWKF Federation , minister of state for sports Taher Abu Zeid announced that he was thinking of disbanding the Federation because “It was infiltrated by Muslim brotherhood” !!!
Now there is a war of words between the EWKF federation and the minister.
Amazingly minister of sports Taher Abu Zeid once said before our historical defeat in Ghana that our victory there would be another political triumph !!!  I think this is a mix between politics and Sports and I think that the former footballer should rethink his decisions as well his statements.
Personally I believe that politics and sports do not mix but the EWKF Federation overacted. It could have penalized Youssef simply without suspending him from the game when he is actually a gold medalist. 
Many believe that if Youssef were wearing some El Sisi T-Shirt things would have different and he would not be crucified like that. Unfortunately with the on going El Sisi cult going strong in Egypt , I believe it could be the case.
By the way in all that drama going , no one is paying attention that we got world champions in Kung Fu that score medals in world championships like this and those champions are regarded as poor and naïve by their captain !! It is just a sad thing

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Links and Notes 10/27/2013

• Egypt's Prosecution slams football Ultras members with another 15 days detention - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

  UA07 tragedy won't end. The ministry of interior and regime think that in this wa they will be able to bring down the Ultras, I believe they are wrong. They are provoking those young men and boys more and more.

  tags: egypt football politics UA07 Ultras #DWC #LN

• «الشروق» تنقل.. روايات الناجين من «جحيم أبو زعبل» - بوابة الشروق

  Horrifying testimonies for the survivors of Abi Zabal prison car incident where 35 Pro-Morsi detainees were suffocated till death thanks to the officers. Testimones in Arabic. Officers and prison warden are referred to court as far I know

  tags: egypt Morsi MOI Rights #DWC #LN

• ‘The Square,’ Jehane Noujaim’s Documentary on Egypt’s Unrest - NYTimes.com

  Filmmaker Jehane Noujam's documentary on Egypt and our political journay aka unrest since January 2011 is reviewed in the NY Times. I think Noujam should present another sequel for "The Square" because the story is not finished by all means.

  tags: egypt unrest nytimes #DWC #LN Documentaries Reviews

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#UA07 Protest to release their detainees

Members as well supporters of Ultras Ahlaway group “UA07” are organizing a protest today in Cairo as well a rally. The UA07 boys are demanding the release of their colleagues that have been arrested from two weeks in clashes with the security forces. Among the detainees leading figures in the groups. Those who have been released from the UA07 detained boys reported that they were badly tortured by police forces during their custody.
I believe that this is the biggest Non Muslim brotherhood rally organized in Egypt against the security since the ousting of Morsi.
Here is a short live blogging for the main event. Scroll down to read it.

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We Have Been the Biggest Losers from Long Time

Yesterday Egypt lost in front of Ghana in the World Cup qualifiers and since then millions of Egypt are mourning the loss of the game in a great grief as if it were the end of the world with no regards to all the losses in all fields of life we shamefully produced in the past 31 years.
It is really ironic and quite sad to see people on TV and social media are extremely demanding enthusiastically the accountability of the Egyptian Football federation’s officials and the team more than the accountability of the Egyptian government officials responsible for setting back Egypt in every bloody field in life.

From Brazil's protests

As facts of life 40% of Egyptians live under the poverty line and 25% of the Egyptians can not read or write according to official numbers in 2012. Our basic education system is considered the worst worldwide according to the world competiveness report in 2013 !! We do not have real scientific research in Egypt , our universities hit rock bottom. We got an energy crisis . We got an unemployment crisis. We got traffic problem and housing problem aside from the shanty towns that can kill millions if we have another 1992 powerful earthquake in Cairo alone.
We live on loans from other countries. We are number no.1 in Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B is spread as well in Upper Egypt. There are hundreds of villages completely forgotten with no clean water access or electricity access in 2013.We got a Nile river crisis everybody forgets. We got a Constitution in making everybody is ignoring. We got laws against the right of protesting made and sent it to the interim president and everybody is ignoring it. Freedoms in Egypt are in real danger in Egypt and yet people care only for a football match score.
I am sorry dear follow Egyptians we have been the biggest losers from long time.
It is not a big secret that the football is one of types of the masses’ opium in Egypt , it is not a big secret and nobody can be denied that from time it is being employed in politics as usual since the days of Mubarak.
If you speak to the people , they will tell that the match and the hope to join the world cup was the only joy that brings hope in those hard times. What I see here that we have mastered the art of escaping from our problems hiding in trivia !! It is no longer passion about sports but a sign of failure.
Ironically and sadly we even ignore other sports that we do not spend on from our public budget lots and lots of money like football , we score good in those sports. Our Egyptian basketball has been qualified for the Basketball world cup in Spain but most Egyptians ignore.
God knows how this match was being employed politically by the Muslim brotherhood supporters  who did not hide how they supported Ghana “they travelled there and held the Raba’a signs” and their opponents from Pro-Military supporters who believe that the defeat was a world conspiracy implemented by the American Zionist spy Bradley who is cooperating with the Muslim brotherhood in order to make us lose the march.
Some of those people believe that Bradley is a spy that should be prosecuted and Mohamed Abu El Tarika brought with him some MB women who put some thing that drugged the players !!  Those some want Adly Mansour to issue presidential decrees arresting Abu El Tarika and all other traitors in the Football federation !!
For the record Abu El Tarika is the one who scored for Egypt in that silly match.
By the way some people including the lawyers syndication in Egypt “its head is a member in the Constitution committee” that is demanding the FIFA and CAF to cancel the match as well its result and have new one !!
There are even people “Ultra-Conspiracy theorists” like infamous Sameh Abu Al Rayas who believe that the Pro-Mubarak forces in Egypt saved the day and made Egypt lose in the match to save Egypt from an evil plan to use football match in order to reinstate El Sisy , the freemason as a president but Mubarak saved the day and scored in Egypt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Side note: Knowing how much hate and violence as well madness in Egypt now I am truly concerned about footballer Mohamed Abu Terika and his safety. I fear of some Andres Escobar scenario to be honest in Cairo especially Abu Terika reminds of the late Colombian star.
The Muslim brotherhood supporters are saying that the loss of the match was actually a punishment of God for the people who were silent on the murders of thousands in the past few months and the Mubarak supporters are crying on his days and how we were the Masters of Africa in football !!!!!
Ironically part of our loss yesterday is the arrogance and how we think that we are better than the rest of the Africans because you know… we are the master of the universe and world power unlike those Africans !!!!
Seriously speaking we had no chance to be honest in the World cup , just look to the ages of our players and the ages of Ghana’s team , just look how no one paid an effort yesterday to play football for real to deserve to be in the world cup
For God sake one of our footballers returning back from Ghana stated that he believed that there was sort of African black magic used in the game to paralyze the Egyptian players !! Yes this is what a footballer aspiring to get qualified to the World Cup in 2013 believes !!
We lost the football match and we will not be able to go to Brazil , we will not have another chance for the upcoming 4 years. May be there is a hidden bless the MB supporters do not see that people may wake up and say the problems we have got.
Yes we got real problems than a bloody match.
Amazingly the Egyptians especially the politicians do not want to learn from the Brazilian model in democratic transition.
Brazilians are now furious on their government is focusing on the World Cup and preparations for Olympics ignoring education , health sector and I will not say anything more.
By the way Egypt is playing in the streets kids world cup in 2014 insh Allah. Yes the streets kids made it and nobody is paying attention.

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#9March : An Apology

I think this needs a separate post. Last night a photo was spread like fire in Egypt through social media in the #9March chaos and drama showing a young man leaving the Egyptian football federation carrying cups and PC LCD while the firefighters were putting off the fire.

We all thought that that young man is a thief but it turned out that this young man was helping the firefighters in placing the cups and the PCs away from the fire and the water.
I think we owe him an apology.

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From #PortSaid to #Mahalla To #EgyPolice To #Ultras , how to cover madness in #Egypt

I kept starring for this post while it was blank for quite some time , I did not know what to write about tonight. I did not know what to write about amidst all that madness.

Port Said is on fire for real as the protests or rather the clashes between the security forces and the protesters continue for the 5 or the 6 day in row as I have lost counting. The last 48 hours were toughest as the security forces from police forces are using birdshots madly and sometimes live ammunition according to the protesters. Real madness in the coastal angry city. Over 1000 injured from civilians were admitted to the hospitals in the city only this week.

I will focus on what is happening right. Another round of protests, clashes and chases. There are unconfirmed news that one protester at least was killed in the clashes. Currently I know that the police wants a truce and there are negotiations between the Ultras Green Eagles and the Shura MPs in the city now. Interestingly I heard that the police officers from the city have left their work and joined the protesters.

Mahalla City in Gharbia is one fire too. The rebellious city has a good reason to protest and to clash with security forces. From two days ago a family of 4 persons have been killed allegedly on the hands of the police while chasing allegedly a group of thugs. The family was made of a mother , a father and two sons. The youngest son was the only survivor. They are from a big family in the famous industrial city. They were killed by more than 70 gunshot. The ministry of interior said at first that they were thugs then they were killed by thugs then they were killed by mistake during a chase. The city already was boiling by anger , this was the last straw.

At the same we got that interesting police movement in Egypt. It seems that the police is revolting and now they are joining the protesting movement and some of them are on strike. Not less than 30 police stations are reportedly closed by police officers , they are on strike. Several central security forces camps are also protesting. This movement is interesting because it got several demands and it is spreading in governorates.

Now the nemesis of MOI and the police , the Ultras Ahly groups are vowing for revenge next March 9,2013. The Ultras group already protested in several governorates in the past 72 hours.

This is quick wrap up for what happened today. It is a mad made day.

It is like a mad race and you do not know what you should write or cover or even follow.

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#PortSaid starts civil disobedience in #Egypt

The people of Port Said have once amazed and surprised the rest of Egyptians with civil disobedience , yes civil disobedience on Sunday
Thousands of Port Said people are marching in protests calling for civil disobedience. Some activists and tweeps say that this is the first day in the civil disobedience. I do not know if it is volunteer civil disobedience or for instance the leading protesters from Ultras green Eagles played a role in encouraging and forcing the people in to civil disobedience according to what I heard from very active trusted sources.
The locals have blocked the industrial zone. The women are protesting and even blocked the main roads leading to the heart of the city.
It is crazy and honestly I do not think that this civil disobedience move has to do with the Port Said stadium massacre trial anymore.
I will not speak now , I will leave you with live updates from the city after the break.

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#UA07 : The trial of the month ends with capital punishment

And January 26th , 2013 is here. The trial of the month is here , the Port Said massacre trial's verdict is here.
After few minutes of starting the trial at New Cairo's special court in police academy , The judges announced that he will refer the papers of 21 defendants to the Mufti.In other words those 21 out of 75 defendants are facing death sentence.
The judge adjourned the trial itself to March.There are still defendants in the case including police officers. " these officers were transferred to a hotel before they were transferred to the court !!"
The families of the defendants in Port Said tried to storm the Port Said prison to release their relatives. The security forces are firing tear gases. The entrances and exists of Port Said are totally closed by the locals theirs . The Green Eagles Al Masry Ultras group has closed the Free zone in Port Said.Things are getting from bad to worse, reports about fatalities and injuries coming from there.
Back in Cairo , the families of martyrs are extremely happy chanting in court after they were angry in the morning
The families of the martyrs of Port Said massacre are the first in Egypt to be really happy.
The Ahly Ultras boys whether UA07 and Ultras Red Devils are having huge celebrations at Ahly Club cussing Port Said as usual.
I am tired now , I take some rest now and return back.

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#UA07 Starts Their battle today

The Ahly Ultras group started their escalation early today. Already UA07 and Ultras Devils announced yesterday on Facebook. It will be the start of their escalation till the trial day on January 26,2013. I wrote about it before.

The Ultras groups are angry that the case may be adjourned at last minute because suddenly from two days ago ,the public prosecutor "appointed by Morsi" declared that he got new evidence and presented it to the court in order to adjourn the case. The Ultras does not want the trial to be adjourned and is demanding that a new separate investigation to be opened in parallel away from the trial.
 Yesterday in a very lame late move President Morsi issued a presidential decree to consider the Ultras 74 martyrs from the revolution's martyrs !!
The escalation has started with besieging the Stock market exchange since early morning. According to the employees of the stock market , the boys did not stop anyone from entering the building or stopped the work there. Of course naturally the stock market was affected.According to the Ultras members online it is only a section from the Ultras.

@Ehab Wanny

Of course Islamists discovered suddenly that the Stock market is Halal and vital to the economy , they are attacking online the Ultras Ahlaway and their groups.
I am waiting for what happened later today.
Here is a video for the Ultras at stock market from Al Watan newspaper

 @Ultra Update @2:41 PM 

The Ultras boys left the Stock market exchanged and moved to the Metro lines. They blocked the metro lines starting with Saad Zaglol station and Sadat Station. I am not an expert in Metro lines to be honest.
From the Metro stations at Saad Zaglol station

by @Ahmed Emad

by @Shehab Diab

@Waleed Nada

That Ultras section is at El Sadat station and things are intense , some are reporting that the police will attack them.
Here is a video clip from Badil showing the Ultras boys in the Metro line

@4:12 PM 

The Ultras left the metro and headed to October bridge from an hour ago where the group blocked for nearly an hour from both sides before leaving it and heading to Tahrir square.

When they blocked the bridge by Shehab Diab

They set tires on fire @Ibrahim El Sherif

The boys on the bridge @Omar El Safy

@Ehab Wanny

Update @8:09 PM

The Ultras groups in Cairo finished their activities for the day. The Ultras devils groups started their escalation across several governorates like Sharkia and Gharbia. Of course Ultras Devils had a big protest in Alexandria , their hometown and currently they have cut the Corniche way. 

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#18/1 : #UA07 is Warming up for #26/1

Thousands of Ultras fans “Ultras Ahlawy and Ultras Devils” are currently protesting in Tahrir square after marching in Cairo today to remind people with the upcoming Port Stadium clashes trial on next January 26/1.

It is expected that New Cairo Criminal Court will issue its final verdict in the Port Said Stadium clashes trial on that day. You must expect huge anger in both Cairo and Port Said as we are speaking about 74 people mostly from youth , from Ultras Ahlawy were killed in that awful tragedy.

Today the chants of the Young Ultras members who were joined by martyrs’ mothers as well and Pro-Revolution Protesters whether in marches from El Sayida Zeinab to Tahrir square or from El Ahly Club to Tahrir Square or from Shubra or Ramsis.

The chants were clear just like the Ultras A07 and Ultras Devils’ statements on Facebook : Justice or retribution.

I said this since day one , the Ultras boys will get their vengeance from Port Said if the legal system does not help them and it will be extremely ugly. Egyptians X Egyptians in the end of the day. The Ultras doctrine for Retribution is simple : An Eye for an eye. In the best case scenarios I fear there will be clashes with Police on that day and the worst case scenarios will be clashes directly with The Port Said’s Al Masry Ultras group “Green Eagles”

Despite some are waiting for what may happen on Next 25 January as much as everybody is anticipating what will happen on next 26 January after the Ultras Port Said Massacre. The “26-1” graffiti already has been spreading for weeks now in Cairo and other governorates as well. One of my friends saw it on the walls of the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis before it was removed.

Unfortunately the defendants in the case will be acquitted thanks to the very poor evidence gathered.

One of my contacts in Ultras Devils told me that the Ultras groups are furious that the ministry of interior and the Football federation decided to start the Premier league in Egypt on February 1, 2013 in a direct provocation for Ahly Ultras group. The first anniversary for the horrifying clashes that ended with the death of 74 young men is on that day !! It is provocation like no other. Even for normal Egyptians I feel that is disrespect to those young men , boys to be correct.

Already according to info I got Some members are actually thinking of attacking the Stadium and torching it down and based on past record of Ultras , I say that they are capable of doing it. We are speaking about thousands of young hardcore fanatics who are capable of organizing themselves like no other in clashes in no time.

I am worried about these young men.

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