I received a text message around 5:45pm, saying Jimmi and Diga’s wedding was cancelled due to the heavy security deployment in Talaat Harb. The one in Sharm is of course underway. I arrived in the square few mins after 6pm, to check the scene out for myself anyways.
And indeed all the expected guests showed up: brigades of Central Security Forces, plainclothes thugs, State Security officers and even firefighters!
[Above: Talaat Harb Sq under occupation by Mubarak’s police.]
When I started taking photos, a young State Security officer in plainclothes crossed the road and ordered me to leave and not take photos of the troops. I told him I was gonna leave, but didn’t move and kept chatting with fellow journalists and photographers who showed up. The officer came back to me again, and told me to instruct the BBC crew not to film. I replied saying he should tell them that himself. He replied rudely saying “I am State Security.” I told him: “Pleased to meet you.”
“Ok, so now go and tell them to leave. Aren’t you working with them?”
“No. I’m a freelance journalist.”
“Ok, go and tell them.”
“Why don’t you do it yourself?” (Of course I know why.. because he’s chicken shit when it comes to foreign Westerners, but only like to flex his muscles on locals.)
“You should be more patriotic,” he charged (I wanted to get my violin out then, and start playing the national anthem.)
Anyways, we were about to leave… so I asked the State Security officer: “So no events planned for today?”
“No, there was no event in the first place.”
“Oh, I heard there was a wedding.”
“No, and if there was one, we won’t let it happen.”
“Why not? People wanna express their joy and share the happiness felt in Sharm.”
“Ok, yalla yalla… There’s nothing today”
جواز عتريس من فؤاده بااااااااااااااااااااااطل
I have a nice thing to tell you about today’s parallel fara7. I approached the talat harb st. sharp at 6pm. I tried to cross through the detour passages to avoid passing in the main streets which was blocked by SCF. I did it twice to see if people could get into Madbuli place. I could notice how huge was the deployment and how frightening it seemed to be. you know there are some signs when you see them in the deployment you can easily predict that the CSF plan will be harsh or not, i.e. Karate Thugs, Matafi Vans, many high rank CSF personnel, ..etc. When I decided to pass through the main street I was stopped by a young policeman in plain colthes and armed with the famous wireless Lasilki and a plain Tabanga hold in his pants built. He ordered me to stop. I acted inocently as I didn’t hear im and moved forward. He shouted and I stoped. he said where do you go and start searching me by his eyes. WHile answering him with a quick lie, he noticed that my pockets are unregularly poped out. He asked for my ID and said, tell me where you go again. I said I’m going to El-Ad to get Cake for my daughter’s birthday, and pulled out the thing tjhat made my pocket seem suspicious, a packet of ballons I brought for the fara7. I showed it to him as a clue that I’m preparing for a birthday event. He accepted my excuse and boldly ordered me not to show up again in the square this evening.
As a good chicken citizen I bowed with an obyance smile and cursed loudly on those who demonstrate in such a moftarag and blessed day and walked down Talat Harb.
بص يا عم حسام
صلي بينا على النبي
اللهم صلي عيه وعلى أله
وصلت الميدان الساعة خمسة الا عشرة تقريبا طبعا مافيش حد وفيه ست عربيات بالاضافة للي لابسين ملكي ،وعربية مطافي ، ربنا يزيد ويبارك ، دخلت النت كافيه اللي جنب مدبولي وقعدت لحد الساعة ما جت ستة وبرضة ما حدش ظهر ، فضلت امام مدبولي واتظاهر بالفرجة على الكتب وعلى العساكر اللي كل شوية يملوا الميدان، استنيت لحد 6 ونص وبعدين قمت ماشي وبرضة عديت تاني الساعة سبعة وبرضة مافيش حد
برضة ما لقيتش حد عند النقابة رغم اني توقعت ان البعض ممكن يلجأ اليها
so thank a lot everyone(bloggers and officers) you have ruined my only day off
what the fuck!
did he actually tell you to be more patriotic?
do these mother fuckers really beleive themselves!
Wael Abbas
تحت شعار
هي آآآة … مصر لأ
الشعب مستعد للتبرع للعروسين يتكاليف الاقامة عشر سنوات عسل
فى جزر الكاريبى على ألا يعودا إلا بعد
انقضاء المدة أو يقررا البقاء هناك
دا البانر اللي كتبته
علقته على حيطة حجرتي الان
ولكنه و إن ظل معلقاً فيوم نزوله للشارع كي يهتف مع البانرز الاخري الصارخه يسقط يسقط حسني مبارك قريب
يومك قريب يا حسني و هتشوف
Of all the reporting and the comments, I really liked `violin’ part:)) hehehehe:) very impressive!
mm
the guy is 40 something, she is 20 something. Age gap people, everyone has failed to comment on
الزميل العزيز
اولا جهد مشكور
ثانيا هما طلعوا منين ؟ خالد البلشي كان عالبي بي سي الساعه 5 قال مفيش امن في الميدان
ثالثا بقه بصراحه انا كان ليا ملاحظات علي فكره الفرح نفسه وهكتب بوست عن الموضوع ده قريب ونتناقش