Yesterday, friend of mine complimented me of being that I am the wisest man he'd ever seen. No matter how much I tried to convince him to reconsider, he kept adamant on the issue, I am the wisest man he'd even known. Well, since he doesn't know that I am gay, I don't get any credit, for I am quite sure he'd like to reconsider is he's brought to ( Read more... )

Why did the police return to the scene in Egypt today ( Read more... )

- In Egypt; If you are born into a Muslim family, you are NOT allowed to change your religion at any measure: at least in front of the government, you are Muslim even if you pray in churches for years or declare you are Atheist. You are still gonna be Muslim in the ID even if you sue the government for it!

- In Egypt, the only allowable change of ( Read more... )

Last post, I mentioned something about nightmares when I discussed the near future of Egypt. I slept after making the post and was awakened at 4:00 am, having that nightmare:

" It all seemed to real, I was sleeping in my room in Sharm el Sheikh and was awakened by light coming from the window, light as bright as day. There was no sound there and I ( Read more... )

Lots of my pen-friends wrote me after the Egyptian revolution asking me about my opinion, where is it heading and what is there to expect from it. Every piece of news, every current event or recent incident I received emails with question marks but I rarely responded to any of them. Others told me their theories, optimists and pessimist all alike ( Read more... )

 I finally reached the end of Kasr el-Ainy street in less than five minutes! yes, my feet this crossed in five minutes that Saturday what they couldn't cross all along the day before. The aftermath was undeniably devastating with every step I made to the square.

That day, instead of fighting my way through hostile police fires and smell the tear gas ( Read more... )

 "What more could I possibly loose? Mubarak had stolen everything: Every chance I had in a better future, advanced career and decent life." I thought while walking hurriedly through Mobtadian street heading to Kasr el Einy street where the Parliament stood few hundred feats away from Tahrir square. Lots of protesters had already made their decision ( Read more... )

 It was midnight, twenty four hours ago I was safely sound asleep. Figuring out a new way to get to work and what am I to do with the next salary was the only trouble I had. Right then, I would have laughed at a nice joke, I would have gotten excited just seeing some naked Hollywood hunk and would have stormed with my usual temper if pushed beyond ( Read more... )

 So, I have taken my time trying to get my life accustomed to certain routine now that I am an official doctor doing my internship, It sounds a little difficult to judge so fast, but the last 10 days have been like a whole different life time for me; as if somehow I moved from Cairo to go to another planet called the hospital!

The first lesson I ( Read more... )

Episode one: Egypt 

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