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10 comments:
I never really got into his posts, I felt like I couldn't follow his way of writing, not sure why?
I was wondering if he's anti-Islam or something, I read a post somewhere that confused me, would like someone to clear that up! :)
You know, I didn't agree w/ everything that SM wrote, but it's the general trend of shutting down the voice of dissent that worries me. Now more than ever. I think Sandmonkey writes in a secular voice, as I think he should be entitled to do in Egypt. He wrote a lot of social criticism, and I think because society and religion are so tightly intertwined, he would have touched on many religious points. Where's a social revolution when you need one?
Gosh...you know the times we are living in, reminds me of the days of king faruk when everything was in turmoil...history repeats itself? :)
You know, I saw something about King Farouk on tv recently. I asked my husband if his parents thought life was better, worse, the same w/o the monarchy. "Worse." The effects of colonialism...maybe they're never eradicated.
I never cared for the dude. But he knew what it meant to be a successful blogger.
I didnt like a lot of what he wrote either--but I think he did a lot of good in exposing corruption in Egypt to the world and gave the Egyptian everyman a voice. I am sad to see him forced into this decision. What it amounts to is----your blog or your life.
Egypt is truly in bad shape, but apparently too many Egyptians are willing to accept the status quo. They are content with their pc's and satellite music channels, and discos, the nady, new malls, high-fashion and just basically trying to be white Europeans. I am realllly starting to see them as superifical sheep who really dont give a rat's behind about their country. On the flip side the radical religious right makes the remainder of the (Muslim) population want to declare apostacy.
So in my mind--why should I care anymore? I'm not even Egyptian. Sorry for the rant--y'all know how much I love Egypt--and Egyptians--but sheeeesh--they gotta help themselves a bit. No one can take them out of this darkness but themselves!
BTW---in general, I pretty much feel the same abt my own country--so dont anyone go off on me. Humanity as a whole is doomed by power in the hands of a select few.
Eva, one of the things that made me want to leave Egypt in the first place was that the problems of the people and social injustice could only remain 'their' problems for so long. When you embrace the culture and the people, you embrace their struggles, too. You cease to be an outsider looking in at some point. This is blessing and curse, no matter where you choose to live outside your home country. So much of the Middle East that I've seen is crippled by materialism. Our worst export, IMHO.
I am sad that he is stopping! Even though I wasn't fond of all his writings, but sometimes he cracked me up.
I agree, Nousha.
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