July 23, 2005

PROTEST NOW

 

Set up a protest against terrorism tomorrow in the streets of Cairo. Do it. Call everyone you know, join together, link up this Egyptian blogosphere and to the streets.
I have been posting this on every Egyptian blog I can find. I'm not in Egypt but I think this is what you should do. For your country and for your religion.
This is your chance to act. Right now. Enough.
Wear white.

 

Karim Elsahy

 

UPDATE.
Hold the demonstration on the sidewalk of the 6th of October Bridge over the Nile between Zamalek and Tahrir. This particular spot gets a lot of fast paced moving traffic and is arguably on of the most beautiful spots in Cairo. It can also be seen from a distance in many directions. The point is to show the world how gorgeous Cairo is while picking up the maximum amount of passerby's. I think you should hold it tomorrow 3 hours before sunset, so that by sunset, it would have picked up some bigger numbers. Then when you hear edan el makhrib (the call to prayer), march to the nearest mosque and pray for the dead. Don't worry about numbers. Get as many as your friends and do your part; don't just talk about how you would like to do something.
 
Karim Elsahy

 

UPDATE 2:

Stop complaining about others and realize your own apathy. Tomorrow the 24 of July at 5:30pm on the 6 of October bridge between Zamalek and Tahrir. There will be banners available but you are encouraged to bring your own. It should last until sunset.
This is not for foreign media. This is to send a message to elements in our own communities. We need to tell these bastards that they are not welcome here.

Keep it decent. Park your cars in Zamalek, Don't bother traffic and stay civilized.

Wear white tee shirts. 
Karim Elsahy

 

UPDATE 3

 

An encouraging bit of information:

 

I was calling to inform two separate non mutual friends of tomorrow and they each told me that they had already heard of it; each from people I had never heard of. Promising.

 

I have arranged for the BBC to call a friend of mine that will be at the protest to get reports that will open for an interview I will be giving them on Monday.

 

We will be printing more banners that say “No to Terrorism” in Arabic and English to compensate for the higher forecast of protesters but still urge you to bring your own.

 

And again wear white.

 

Karim Elsahy

 
Posted by Karim Elsahy at 03:56:40 | Permanent Link | Comments (40) |
Comments
1 - I'm with you for peace and my prayers are for your country.

Dale (Comment this)

Written by: Dale at 2005/07/23 - 03:18:55
2 - i will do this but where and when should we (Comment this)

Written by: Anonymous at 2005/07/23 - 03:27:58
3 - Sorry Karim,
I'm not in Egypt either. I want to contact you about your Pray for Peace project. I'm 100% behind/with you. Let's do something.

For now, I can pray for peace in Egypt until we can figure out something to do. (Comment this)

Written by: Ramy at 2005/07/23 - 03:29:35
4 - i want to help i will email (Comment this)

Written by: Anonymous at 2005/07/23 - 03:48:02
5 - Karim,

This world have gone crazy beyond belief...I feel hopeless hearing the news browsing and watching the latest.

Yes Ramy we need your help, we need every person to join us for pray4peace please e-mail Karim. I can't resort to anything but prayer at this point the world have failed the innocent dead people everywhere!

 (Comment this)

Written by: Twosret at 2005/07/23 - 03:52:29
6 - To those asking how to coordinate this. Feel free to use this comment area as a message board. Someone has to step up and take charge. Now.

Karim Elsahy (Comment this)

Written by: Karim Elsahy at 2005/07/23 - 03:58:35
7 - I am With u Too, We Must Do Somthing, We can't Stand Still and cry, When & Where? (Comment this)

Written by: EgyGirl at 2005/07/23 - 07:13:23
8 - The Journalist Syndicate or the area that surrounds it directly would be a good idea to meet one another and organize, thus eliminating our first obstacle. It is also becoming the hub of Egyptian protests, so people know it, and receive the news instantly when something is happening there. If every one of you gets two or three of his/her friends, I think it could work. (Comment this)

Written by: Tamer ElSahy at 2005/07/23 - 08:45:38
9 - Good thought Ya Karim , It will be more powerful if Kafaya and others groups join it (Comment this)

Written by: Zeinab at 2005/07/23 - 11:07:52
10 - u can not start it & u r in boston
also
u have to say where exact the place for that (Comment this)

Written by: mo at 2005/07/23 - 12:11:22
11 - I can get a few people from Kifaya, to join in. If they do come in numbers though, the topic will, shift from an anti-terrorism rally to "the inefficiancy of the government to prevent the attacks",that is always the center argument of Kifaya and i dont neccessarily oppose it, but i dont think thats the point of the protest. That being said i wish someone will throw in some ideas as to where and when this might take place. Karim said this was a message board for coordination anyway so we might as well use it to pull this thing off. (Comment this)

Written by: Tamer ElSahy at 2005/07/23 - 14:16:24
12 - I agree with my brother, I don’t think this should be Kefaya specific, if any party should be out in force it should be the MB. Just get your friends and go don’t worry about numbers. (Comment this)

Written by: Karim Elsahy at 2005/07/23 - 15:04:36
13 - From Italy a thought for you that you are captive of one too much intégriste ideology. That you can gain and find the peace. Peace Lisistrata (Comment this)

Written by: Lisistrata at 2005/07/23 - 15:21:42
14 - We all need to pray for Egypt. (Comment this)

Written by: myfingerisonthebutton at 2005/07/23 - 18:16:47
15 - This is exactly what we need, its time for us to stand firmly against terrorism. That is why me and a couple of my friends are going to be there at the bridge 3 hours before sunset, we are sick of this. Please refer this blog to everyone you know in egypt or spread the word, the more of us there tommorrow on that bridge the better. Pray for Egypt (Comment this)

Written by: Ali Eid at 2005/07/23 - 19:22:14
16 - What kind of sick people would do that? why? what will they gain? Do they think they are getting a point through this way? Destroying such a beautiful place like that? We should all be together on this and make it stop! This is disgusting. They must understand that we will not just watch and complain, we will act upon this. I'll be there on that bridge at 5:30, with all the people who want this to stop. We must show them that they dont belong here, in Egypt, or anywere else. (Comment this)

Written by: Abeer at 2005/07/23 - 19:26:28
17 -
I've just posted your request on my blog as well Karim...good luck to all those who will be on the bridge tomorrow!!!!!! (Comment this)

Written by: Highlander at 2005/07/23 - 19:42:39
18 - Highlander please e-mail me.

Thanks (Comment this)

Written by: Twosret at 2005/07/23 - 20:17:08
19 - The date cannot be a coincidence..It was one of the most significant dates in the Egyptian history and dream..This dream has to be fullfilled..Not only by words..but by taking action..Let us all unite and for once make a difference.. Lets not look behind...KEFAYA... (Comment this)

Written by: Ola at 2005/07/23 - 20:18:33
20 - i am bringing about 20 people and have sms everyone i know and told them to do the same. well see you there! (Comment this)

Written by: Anonymous at 2005/07/23 - 22:37:15
21 - karim, I am with you. Good work.
I did post about the same subject in my blog at:

http://chaosgnosis.blogspot.com/2005/07/cancer-within-egyptians-speak-up_23.html

We should all mobilize and do something about this intolerable situation. (Comment this)

Written by: chaosgnosis at 2005/07/23 - 23:36:04
22 - "We need to tell these bastards that they are not welcome here."

All the world must "tell these bastards that they are not welcome" 'anywhere'.
 (Comment this)

Written by: El Cid at 2005/07/24 - 00:49:13
23 - Good luck folks, we all need your success. (Comment this)

Written by: Mike H. Spokane, Wa at 2005/07/24 - 02:41:14
24 - This post is by a Zionist Jew, offering condolences to the innocents who lost their lives, and wishing you all the best in fighting this scourge from your midst. Arabic people such as yourselves probably disagree with me on many political issues, but if we can agree that all terror is 100% evel AND TAKE STEPE to fight it (without pretending that responding to terror with military might is also terrorism), then you will be among thos e who lead the middle east to peace. (Comment this)

Written by: Eli -- not Ali at 2005/07/24 - 02:48:05
25 - I hope the Egyptian people know they have our condolences. I'm going to do a roundup of Egyptian blogs later and post it both to my blog and Publius Pundit. I was in Luxor just a few weeks after the massacre at the Temple of Hapsetshut in 1997. The people were very angry; tourists were the targets but Egyptians suffered mightily. Aside from losing their lives, so many lost their livlihoods. This will be the same.

I do agree that the protest should not be anti-government, and the MB should be out front on this, but with more than just declarations. The one thing Mubarak's government has done well is fight terrorism, it just hasn't done much else well. There will be other days to protest against Mubarak. (Comment this)

Written by: Kirk H. Sowell at 2005/07/24 - 03:41:21
26 - Eli,

We are against terrorism. We are starting a pray4peace movement. It is time to forget about our differences and stop the violence everywhere.

Our pray4peace.org site is open for all people of the world.

Twosret (Comment this)

Written by: Twosret at 2005/07/24 - 03:57:43
27 - I am so encouraged by the spirit expressed in the few comments here. Karim, Twosret and all the others, thank you. We should all do what we can to send a very strong message to those idiots. (Comment this)

Written by: chaosgnosis at 2005/07/24 - 07:07:58
28 - Thank you! Good luck. The numbers don't matter, the commitment to end terror does. (Comment this)

Written by: Jay Currie at 2005/07/24 - 08:06:32
29 - Look
let's meet at the Zamalek Exit, since the Tahrir to zamalek is such a long stretch of the bridge. I say we park in zamalek and then get on the bridge from there and group at the exit.and then if we get big enough we move just a lil further towards Tahrir and so on.

Oh, and i am working on getting the police off our backs.Let's hope i succeed. (Comment this)

Written by: The Sandmonkey at 2005/07/24 - 09:28:57
30 - Tamer, Karim, where r u people? (Comment this)

Written by: The Sandmonkey at 2005/07/24 - 11:52:32
31 - I like the idea but am afraid it would turn to non-peaceful anti-regime demonstration and so we loose the target!
I have a suggestion (i guess Alaa had it before me) and i was telling it to Mohammed (ta2 7anak) today:
We start tomorrow a silent protest in front of the AUC (Tahrir square) and we leave candles and flowers in a corner (say at the metro station) with sheets and pencils for people to express their feelings on.(like what we saw in Madrid and London)
in this way, we guarantee not to loose target, more media coverage, and more people who will be interested (they will be less scared from the idea of a demonstartion)

what do you think?
can you contact me on the blog?


Karim: i am interested in the pray 4 peace campaign, please consider me in. (Comment this)

Written by: African Doctor at 2005/07/24 - 12:32:05
32 - African Doctor's suggestion is good , you can all combine that today at the bridge I mean , should be great to live flowers and candles yes ! (Comment this)

Written by: Highlander at 2005/07/24 - 14:26:15
33 - leave flowers sorry for typo ..guess i'm too excited
Highlander (Comment this)

Written by: Anonymous at 2005/07/24 - 14:27:11
34 - Fight back against the heathens! Maybe Western media will pay attention to you guys, inshallah.

Cheers,
Nouri (Comment this)

Written by: Nouri at 2005/07/24 - 15:07:18
35 - A Zionist is as bad a terrorist as an Islamist.

Good luck with the protest. (Comment this)

Written by: Alif at 2005/07/24 - 22:08:06
36 - Man, unnecessary comments like that do nothing but negate everything we've done this weekend. (Comment this)

Written by: Karim Elsahy at 2005/07/24 - 22:23:28
37 - 10 PEOPLE ON A BRIDGE *CAN* MAKE A DIFFERANCE!

I just wanted to make sure that you guys know that a lot more than just a few people passing in cars, and a few police, saw you guys stand up against the terrorists.

You guys made the front page of the MSNBC Online News website (a website that gets millions of hits per hour), as part of a news item (down at the bottom of the front page under the BLOGS ETC. section), written by Glenn Reynolds, who, in his article, asks a question LOTS of people in New Jersey, in the U.S. have been asking, which is...
Why is it that all the "Big Media" sources ignor all the Arabs that ARE standing against terrorism?

I live in New Jersey in the U.S., near a town called Patterson, where nearly 50% (yep, HALF baby!) of my neighbors are Muslims, and more than a full third of them are from Arab countries.

So even as a kid raised in a Catholic Christian family with Irish roots *I* sure as heck know - FOR A FACT - that Arabs, and Muslims from any country for that matter, are good people, and JUST as sick and fed up with these cowardly bastards with their bad poetry and sick fanatasism, as any of the rest of us.

We've been having our own rallies here in New Jersey for a while now (not that "Big Media" cares to cover them), and it's not just Arabs, or Muslims, or Christians, or any "group" that shows up. It's just people, normal everyday people, from just about any background you could name, and ALL of us stand together.

So don't think for a minute that you guys are alone, or that nobody noticed, or cared.

You're not alone, people on the other side of the planet noticed, we DO care, and just because you don't see us on a satellite news feed, standing with you, right there at your side, doesn't mean we're not there.

PEACE be upon you, and all our brothers and sisters.

Michael from N.J.

Link to the article mentioned above, (be sure to follow the links in the article to some of the other people standing with us!):

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3395977/ (Comment this)

Written by: Michael at 2005/07/25 - 09:22:44
38 - This is how it is andnothing is going to change it for decades maybe centurys. The U.S. Government does what it wants to do legal or not. It preforms a coup on the 2000 election and gets away with it. Us Americans are brainwashed and only allowed to see the news and happenings around the world. This is not by our goverment, no, we have no democracy. This is done by power hungry super rich groups of people who want and are still trying to run the world. We U.S. citizens are still slaves. A bunch of cows one following the other afraid to open their eyes and see the truth.
I can't say I'm any better because I never had the chance to feel wealth and power, I may like it also and say kill all the damn sand nigers and take their oil. The thing is the rich and powerfull in all countrys including /arab are not worried about getting gas or food or expensive toys and doing what ever they want. The only thing they are afraid of in losing their power and money.\
If you want to defeat the powerfull countrys all overrrrrrrr the world just take out the powerful and make the other scared and the ones just waiting to step in afreaid to want to be at the top and in charge.
Be a real robin hood to your enemys and their people will destroy your enemys for u.
wake up !
Stupid camel jockeys, sand nigers, gooks, slopes, nigers, spicks, remember, there is a power greater than man and her is not from this planet.




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Written by: Brian from the U.S.A. at 2005/09/06 - 04:27:37
39 - i hate pompous rednecks you rednecks are only making the united states look bad with your ignorance (Comment this)

Written by: ungoodorbad at 2006/01/19 - 20:39:51
40 - انا شاب سعودي عمري في الثلاثين ابحث عن صداقة رومانسية محترمة وراقية
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