المادة الاولي في الاعلان العالمي لحقوق الانسان تقول
يولد جميع الناس أحراراً متساوين في الكرامة والحقوق، وقد وهبوا عقلاً وضميراً وعليهم أن يعامل بعضهم بعضاً بروح الإخاء
اتسائل بادئا بنفسي عن كم حقوق الانسان الذي حاول الاقدر منا توفيره للاخرين في سنوات القهر الماضية فاجد انني والغالبية علي نهجي لم نبذل اي جهد في هذا الاتجاه. اكتفي اغلبيتنا ببذل اموال الزكاة والصدقة علي طريق اراحة ضمائرنا في حين غضوا النظر عن الضيم الذي رزح تحت وطأته الملايين. ان حقوق الانسان كما بالاعلان العالمي الذي صدر عن الامم المتحدة عام ١٩٤٨ انما يعبر في رأي عن الحقوق التي وهبها الله للجميع والتي صادرها ناس من آخرين وحجبها الاقوي عن الاضعف عبر السنين والتاريخ حتي اصبح البني آدم في احيان كثيرة يقبل بما ليس من حق غيره فرضه عليه وتطور حالة القبول لدي البعض فاصبحوا يرون الظلم علي انه العادي او المقبول غالبا لان كثيرون لم يعرفوا غير ذلك طيلة حياتهم
اعلان الامم المتحدة يتحدث عن حق الانسان في حرية التعبير والعيشة الكريمة التي تكفل له حقوق التعليم والعلاج بالاضافة الي حق الانسان في الحياة الآمنة دونما تهديد نتيجة رأيه او عقيدته . وحين اقرأ ما بالاعلان من حقوق اشعر بالخزي والحزن حين احاول ان استرجع نسبة ما تمتع به اغلبية الشعب المصري من هذه الحقوق خلال فترة حكم النظام السابق: لاجد دائما اجابة واحدة لتساؤلي الا وهي اقل القليل!! اذا كان النظام قد ترك ٤٠٪ تحت خط الفقر فقد ترك ٩٥٪ تحت خط المقبول من حقوق الانسان. ان اعلان الامم المتحدة (ومصر من الدول الموقعة عليه) به ٣٠ مادة ومن يقرأه بتمعن يجد اننا لم يتحقق لنا اكثر من ١٠٪ مما جاء به
من هنا اجد انه من الظلم ان يهاجم من كان اوفر حظا في ظل النظام السابق ، من يحاول اليوم ان يتنفس حريته التي لم ينعم يها في حالات كثيرة من يوم جاء الي دنيانا. ان اغلبية هذا الشعب حرمت مع سبق الاصرار والترصد وبقدر كبير من التعمد من تعليم محترم او علاج انساني او عيشة ومسكن مقبول (ولن اقول محترم) ومع هذا فهم في ثورتهم لم يؤذوا ولم يجيروا علي الغير فلماذا نستكثر عليهم ان يعلوا صوتهم؟ خاصة ان الصوت الذي يعلو غالبا ما يطالب بما فيه صلاح حياتنا وعيشتنا جميعا
اي دين سماوي يقول اننا نسكت علي الظلم طالما لم يصبنا مباشرة؟ واي عقيدة تقول اننا نختص بدفع الظلم عن انفسنا فقط دون اعتبار ما يصيب الاخرين؟ واي شريعة لا تدعو للعدل والمساواة وعدم التمييز بين البشر؟ الاجابة علي اي من هذه الاسئلة تقودنا ان سنوات السكوت والصمت والتقبل -طالما لم يصبنا غبن- انما سنحاسب عليها دون شك وان هذه السنين قد اثقلت موازين سيئاتنا لدي الغفور الرحيم
لقد عاشت الاغلبية من ابناء مصر سنين وهي خائفة من شئ او اخر، خوف من التعبير ورعب من الانين مما يعانوه من ظلم وهذه هي الاغلبية الصامتة التي مضت في دنيانا تفكر وتدعو ان يمر يومها علي سلام ولم يكن لديها يوما حرية ان تحلم بغد او بعد غد يزينهما ابتسامة مخافة ان يكون هذا الحلم به نوع من التطاول علي ما قرره لهم النظام او تجاوز علي ما فرض عليهم ان يرتضوه من الامر الواقع
قبل ان يسرع من يبغي الهجوم علي ما اعرضه ،الفت النظر الي ان نفس اعلان حقوق الانسان الذي اشرت اليه ينبه ان للحرية الانسانية حدوديتها من خلال عدم التعدي علي حريات الاخرين او التعدي علي خصوصياتهم او تعطيل مصالحهم. ما ادعو اليه هنا ليس قبول صراخ البعض من اجل الحرية دون تمييز او قبول التجاوز الذي قد يؤذي المصلحة العامة ؛ بقدر ما هو دعوة لتفهم موقف من حرموا القدرة علي الامل في غد افضل قسرا وعدوانا وهؤلاء هم اغلبية المصريين خلال العقود الثلاث الماضية
ان نجاح الثورة سيكون يوم ان نستطيع جميعا دون تفرقة ان ننال القسط الكافي من التعليم والصحة والحياة بعزة نفس مصونة لا يعبث بها احد او سلطة ؛ ولا تمس كرامة اي منا تحت اي مسمي او لأي سبب. حين يتحقق هذا سيصبح كل منا قادرا علي ان يحلم في امان ودون خوف او وجل. وكلما انتشرت القدرة علي هذا الحلم الآمن لدي جموعنا كلما كان نجاحنا في اعطاء كل انسان منا حقوقه التي استحقها عندما ولد ولم يمنحها اياه سوي الخالق سبحانه وتعالي
الرابط للاعلان العالمي لحقوق الانسان هو
http://www.un.org/ar/documents/udhr/
Link to UN Human Rights Declaration is
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
10 Rrandom Thoughts
Aren't we all mixed up and finding it hard to make sense with what's happening? Here are some random thoughts as I try to rationalize my observations in no particular order:
#1: Somehow it appears to me that the moderates among Liberals and Islamists are calling and fighting for identical objectives. The die-hard extremists in every camp are the ones that are scary. And sorry my liberal friends, there are extremists too in your camp. Our real fight is to eliminate the extremists from both sides and live the moderation we always enjoyed
#2: After a period of silence the anti-revolution crowd is emerging again feeling they have a shot at regaining their power. They base their assumption that people are weary, tired and bored of the revolution. Their aim is to reinstate the status quo under which they flourished; those of us who are fighting for a better Egypt should know that granting them that wish will have us humiliated for another lifetime. We can't afford that again, can we? (not twice in a lifetime!!!) Stand up for your dream
#3: The media bombardment we are subjected to daily is becoming too much. Same faces, same comments & same old techniques. It is boring us all stiff but then again think positive in the fact that we are hearing and listening to what some would have been arrested for thinking of a few months ago.
#4: Only very few of the presidential candidates make partial sense. Some know they stand no chance but are simply enjoying the instant fame; others are looking for a glorious retirement and probably free medical particularly when they see the Sharm Sheikh situation. Among the presidential candidates that make sense one is just too good to be true; the other is too entangled in his subtleties and the third is simply dangerous
#5: Years of being fed one conspiracy theory after the other has us now at the point of doubting ourselves without deliberation. We all need to have some trust towards our surrounding environment and we can only overcome the feelings of mistrust by truly believing in our strength. To have faith that we cannot be tricked into what we don't want. The power of the 25th of January is our source of confidence and why we should believe without doubt that we will achieve
#6: Some of the liberal scholars think they are lecturing to political science graduates. Surprise! Surprise! They are lost in translation to most of us. They need to use their smartness and higher education in finding a communication mode that clicks with the masses. And their foes' preachings are so much closer to the hearts of the people
#7: If you decide to pursue leadership and seek iconic status; you have to know that every breath you take is monitored. Once you acknowledge that think twice before you utter something that hurts the cause you represent. Ordinary people can crack jokes at their convenience; those who wish to sign autographs for those ordinary people lose this privilege in their pursuit of greatness
#8: We can't succumb to feelings of desperation. It does feel sometimes that we are in an endless turmoil. The dust will soon settle. It is like we just opened the lid of a very stinky manhole; the smell is intolerable but the fresh air is carrying it away (a bit slow because it is summer). Soon we will breathe naturally again.Just do not doubt that we were on the right side a few months ago; that has not changed we still are on the right side.
#9: The fact that the revolution does not have an identifiable head is probably a blessing in disguise. 60 years ago our leaders mislead us into the disaster we lived in and suffered from for decades. The leader we seek will have to be well chosen and with the integrity to manoeuvre us into what is in Egypt's interest. And this time around we have the right to choose; no one will be enforced on us
#10: The elections are becoming a necessity in order to install a government that has the power of being elected and therefore would be both capable and accountable to pursue the people's requirements and requests. After all the debates we have had in recent months I am quite confident that we will have a good constitution in place eventually. I am of the opinion that all factions (except those that don't count) are in alignment regarding the skeleton of the coming constitution
On the 25th of January and till the 31st of January I (among others) was skeptical & calculating whether to stand up and voice my disdain or surrender to fears for my self interest; but then I arrived at Tahrir. The revelation I had there and those I met & spoke to have me filled with certainty that a better Egypt will rise. It may be slow, it may be frustrating and it definitely will be painful but it will happen. Our destiny doesn't include the easy rosy way of achieving our dreams. We will however always reach the destiny we forge with our arms.Whatever we end up doing we cannot be pathetic and go down in history as the generation(s) robbed of its livelihood by a dire, mean and unjust regime only to be robbed again of its revolution against that regime.
Egypt will prevail
#1: Somehow it appears to me that the moderates among Liberals and Islamists are calling and fighting for identical objectives. The die-hard extremists in every camp are the ones that are scary. And sorry my liberal friends, there are extremists too in your camp. Our real fight is to eliminate the extremists from both sides and live the moderation we always enjoyed
#2: After a period of silence the anti-revolution crowd is emerging again feeling they have a shot at regaining their power. They base their assumption that people are weary, tired and bored of the revolution. Their aim is to reinstate the status quo under which they flourished; those of us who are fighting for a better Egypt should know that granting them that wish will have us humiliated for another lifetime. We can't afford that again, can we? (not twice in a lifetime!!!) Stand up for your dream
#3: The media bombardment we are subjected to daily is becoming too much. Same faces, same comments & same old techniques. It is boring us all stiff but then again think positive in the fact that we are hearing and listening to what some would have been arrested for thinking of a few months ago.
#4: Only very few of the presidential candidates make partial sense. Some know they stand no chance but are simply enjoying the instant fame; others are looking for a glorious retirement and probably free medical particularly when they see the Sharm Sheikh situation. Among the presidential candidates that make sense one is just too good to be true; the other is too entangled in his subtleties and the third is simply dangerous
#5: Years of being fed one conspiracy theory after the other has us now at the point of doubting ourselves without deliberation. We all need to have some trust towards our surrounding environment and we can only overcome the feelings of mistrust by truly believing in our strength. To have faith that we cannot be tricked into what we don't want. The power of the 25th of January is our source of confidence and why we should believe without doubt that we will achieve
#6: Some of the liberal scholars think they are lecturing to political science graduates. Surprise! Surprise! They are lost in translation to most of us. They need to use their smartness and higher education in finding a communication mode that clicks with the masses. And their foes' preachings are so much closer to the hearts of the people
#7: If you decide to pursue leadership and seek iconic status; you have to know that every breath you take is monitored. Once you acknowledge that think twice before you utter something that hurts the cause you represent. Ordinary people can crack jokes at their convenience; those who wish to sign autographs for those ordinary people lose this privilege in their pursuit of greatness
#8: We can't succumb to feelings of desperation. It does feel sometimes that we are in an endless turmoil. The dust will soon settle. It is like we just opened the lid of a very stinky manhole; the smell is intolerable but the fresh air is carrying it away (a bit slow because it is summer). Soon we will breathe naturally again.Just do not doubt that we were on the right side a few months ago; that has not changed we still are on the right side.
#9: The fact that the revolution does not have an identifiable head is probably a blessing in disguise. 60 years ago our leaders mislead us into the disaster we lived in and suffered from for decades. The leader we seek will have to be well chosen and with the integrity to manoeuvre us into what is in Egypt's interest. And this time around we have the right to choose; no one will be enforced on us
#10: The elections are becoming a necessity in order to install a government that has the power of being elected and therefore would be both capable and accountable to pursue the people's requirements and requests. After all the debates we have had in recent months I am quite confident that we will have a good constitution in place eventually. I am of the opinion that all factions (except those that don't count) are in alignment regarding the skeleton of the coming constitution
On the 25th of January and till the 31st of January I (among others) was skeptical & calculating whether to stand up and voice my disdain or surrender to fears for my self interest; but then I arrived at Tahrir. The revelation I had there and those I met & spoke to have me filled with certainty that a better Egypt will rise. It may be slow, it may be frustrating and it definitely will be painful but it will happen. Our destiny doesn't include the easy rosy way of achieving our dreams. We will however always reach the destiny we forge with our arms.Whatever we end up doing we cannot be pathetic and go down in history as the generation(s) robbed of its livelihood by a dire, mean and unjust regime only to be robbed again of its revolution against that regime.
Egypt will prevail
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