"Thank You" Notes

As we are only 2 hours away from the end of 2009 and the start of 2010, this is my last post in 2009.

Today I thought of what I passed through this year. I have to admit that it was quite a good year, it wasn’t the best but it wasn’t that bad after all.

I became more close to many people, I know them better now. I went through many things this year, but all these things made me reveal more about myself, understand myself much more. I can honestly say, 2009 is the year I felt peace with myself. I have been in this struggle with my inner soul for few years now. Sure, I didn’t solve them all but now I know how to deal with it.

This year, I learned few things from few people. I will write them down as a Thank You note for each one of them, I believe each one will know his/her note:

• Because of you, now friendship has a different meaning that I never thought of.
• Because of you, I know that no matter for how long bad things kept happening, good things will happen eventually.
• Because of you, I know that motherhood is not that easy, but it is still a blessing that I want it more than anything in this world.
• Because of you, I believe that love is not enough to gather two people who are in love, but I still believe it can be their weapon in their fight to be together.
• Because of you, I believe that one step, on the way to realize one dream; can open the door to ten more dreams. 
• Because of you, my self-esteem is 10 times doubled.
• Because of you, I now believe more that everything happens for a reason, even if this thing made us sad for a while.
• Because of you, I smile most of each day.
• Because of you, as today gets darker, I know that tomorrow will be brighter.
• Because of you, I got the chance to do something I always wanted to do.
• Because of you, I know what it means to be speechless when you are around.
• Because of you, I have a new definition for forgiveness.
• Because of you, kindness has another definition.
  

For each one who helped me or had been there for me this year, THANK YOU.

I wish 2010 will carry happiness and success for you all. I wish all your dreams come true (and my dreams too :D) in 2010.

At last, GOODBYE 2009, thank you for each smile you draw on my face, and for each tear you caused. I learned how to live happy moments that pass by and to learn something new from each tear that drop from my eye.

Welcome 2010, I am looking for living each moment in you, Waiting to go through whatever surprises you have for me :)

سأقول لكِ أحبّكِ.. نزار قباني

سَأقولُ لكِ "أُحِبُّكِ"..

حينَ تنتهي كلُّ لُغَاتِ العشق القديمَه

فلا يبقى للعُشَّاقِ شيءٌ يقولونَهُ.. أو يفعلونَهْ..

عندئذ ستبدأ مُهِمَّتي..

في تغيير حجارة هذا العالمْ..

وفي تغيير هَنْدَسَتِهْ..

شجرةً بعد شَجَرَهْ..

وكوكباً بعد كوكبْ..

وقصيدةً بعد قصيدَه..

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سأقولُ لكِ "أُحِبُّكِ"..

وتضيقُ المسافةُ بين عينيكِ وبين دفاتري..

ويصبحُ الهواءُ الذي تتنفَّسينه يمرُّ برئتيَّ أنا..

وتصبحُ اليدُ التي تضعينَها على مقعد السيّارة..

هي يدي أنا..

سأقولها، عندما أصبح قادراً،

على استحضار طفولتي، وخُيُولي، وعَسَاكري،

ومراكبي الورقيَّهْ..

واستعادةِ الزَمَن الأزرق معكِ على شواطيء بيروتْ..

حين كنتِ ترتعشين كسمَكةٍ بين أصابعي..

فأغطّيكِ، عندما تَنْعَسينْ،

بشَرْشَفٍ من نُجُوم الصيفْ..

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سأقولُ لكِ "أُحِبُّكِ"..

وسنابلَ القمح حتى تنضجَ.. بحاجةٍ إليكِ..

والينابيعَ حتى تتفجَّرْ..

والحضارةَ حتى تتحضَّرْ..

والعصافيرَ حتى تتعلَّمَ الطيرانْ..

والفراشات حتى تتعلَّمَ الرَسْم..

وأنا أمارسَ النُبُوَّهْ

بحاجةٍ إليكِ..

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سأقولُ لكِ "أُحِبُّكِ"..

عندما تسقط الحدودُ نهائياً بينكِ وبين القصيدَهْ..

ويصبح النومُ على وَرَقة الكتابَهْ

ليسَ الأمرُ سَهْلاً كما تتصوَّرينْ..

خارجَ إيقاعاتِ الشِّعرْ..

ولا أن أدخلَ في حوارٍ مع جسدٍ لا أعرفُ أن أتهجَّاهْ..

كَلِمَةً كَلِمَهْ..

ومقطعاً مقطعاً...

إنني لا أعاني من عُقْدَة المثقّفينْ..

لكنَّ طبيعتي ترفضُ الأجسادَ التي لا تتكلَّمُ بذكاءْ...

والعيونَ التي لا تطرحُ الأسئلَهْ..

إن شَرْطَ الشهوَة عندي، مرتبطٌ بشَرْط الشِّعْرْ

فالمرأةُ قصيدةٌ أموتُ عندما أكتُبُها..

وأموتُ عندما أنساها..

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سأقولُ لكِ "أُحِبُّكِ"..

عندما أبرأُ من حالة الفُصَام التي تُمزِّقُني..

وأعودُ شخصاً واحداً..

سأقُولُها، عندما تتصالحُ المدينةُ والصحراءُ في داخلي.

وترحلُ كلُّ القبائل عن شواطيء دمي..

الذي حفرهُ حكماءُ العالم الثالث فوق جَسَدي..

التي جرّبتُها على مدى ثلاثين عاماً...

فشوَّهتُ ذُكُورتي..

وأصدَرَتْ حكماً بِجَلْدِكِ ثمانينَ جَلْدَهْ..

بِتُهْمةِ الأُنوثهْ...

لذلك. لن أقولَ لكِ (أُحِبّكِ).. اليومْ..

ورُبَّما لن أَقولَها غداً..

فالأرضُ تأخذ تسعةَ شُهُورٍ لتُطْلِعَ زهْرَهْ

والليل يتعذَّبُ كثيراً.. لِيَلِدَ نَجْمَهْ..

والبشريّةُ تنتظرُ ألوفَ السنواتِ.. لتُطْلِعَ نبيَّاً..

فلماذا لا تنتظرينَ بعضَ الوقتْ..

لِتُصبِحي حبيبتي؟؟

One Sleepless Night

I am having a strange moment. For the first time in two years, I am speechless. There are a thousand word in my mind but I don't know how to get them out or even express them. Every way I think to express them in, just seems wrong or disastrous.

I can't sleep with all these things in my mind. It seems this will be one sleepless night.

The point that I though that I got over these moments years ago. I though that I managed to deal  with them, but clearly I am not.

I will try to express them on papers, I don't know if it will work or not. I hope it works or else I won't be able to sleep tonight :(

It would be great if any of you know a solution for this miss. I would be grateful :)

World AIDS Day

1st December is the World AIDS Day. AIDS is one of these ugly diseases that can be easily prevented by knowing some basic information about it. Here is some basic information about AIDS.

• What is AIDS?
  

AIDS stands for "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome". A person is diagnosed with AIDS when their immune system is too weak to fight off infections.

Since AIDS was first identified in the early 1980s, an unprecedented number of people have been affected by the global AIDS epidemic. Today, there are an estimated 33.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS and each year around two million people die from AIDS-related illnesses.

• What is the Cause of AIDS?
  

AIDS is caused by HIV.

HIV is a virus that gradually attacks immune system cells. As HIV progressively damages these cells, the body becomes more vulnerable to infections, which it will have difficulty in fighting off.  It is at the point of very advanced HIV infection that a person is said to have AIDS. It can be years before HIV has damaged the immune system enough for AIDS to develop.

•  How you get HIV/AIDS? 

As HIV is a virus that lives and reproduces in blood and other fluids in the body. Transmission of these bodily fluids from one person to another can cause infection. HIV can be transmitted through sexual contact, sharing needles, or occupational exposure. Fluids that are known to contain high concentrations of HIV include:

1. Blood
2. Semen
3. Breast milk
   
4. Vaginal fluids
5. Rectal mucous

• How can you protect yourself against HIV/AIDS?

 There are hundred ways anyone can get with AIDS through, so there are plenty of things you can do.

 The highest reason of getting infected with AIDS is sexual contact, I pre-marriage tests for AIDS is essential for both partners. Also having regular test after marriage is also essential.

 As Blood is one of the fluids that can transmit HIV, then avoid avoid touching mouth that has sores with your bare hands (especially for detests) and bleeding gum. Be careful while dealing with cuts and sores, even among your family as you don't know who may be infected among them. During your blood tests and getting injected for any reason, make sure that the needle is only used by you. Needles can easily transmit HIV for you.

 Healthy skin is an excellent barrier against HIV and other viruses and bacteria. HIV cannot enter the body through unbroken skin.

Finally, I hope you all can spread the word among everyone you know during this week. It won't take much effort. Believe me, an hour before I started writing this post, I didn't know half of this information. It is only an hour that may save your life and the ones you love.

Remember all, this week is "Red Ribbon Week", I am having red ribbon as my pictures for all my online accounts, it would be nice if you have one too. You can find a picture online, it is everywhere :D 

 Here are some links I read and quoted from in this blog:

The official site for AIDS: http://aids.gov/

The official site for World AIDS Day: http://www.worldaidsday.org/

Avert HIV and AIDS site: http://www.avert.org/

Most Blessing Things in My Life (1- Memories)

Today is one of those wired days when I think of something and find it somewhere around me. This made me insist on posting about it although I am having an exam tomorrow and I hadn't finish study yet.

Today on my way home, I though about the best blessing Allah had gave us: Memories.

When I got home, I found an episode of Oprah's show, it was an old one but I watched it anyway. One of the guests on the show was a woman who remembers everyday in her life with its exact dates and exact events. She also remembers every news she ever heard about with its date and time.

I believe memories can change a person's life, at least for me. I can't imagine how my life would be without all the memories I have. I have an emotional memory, which keeps any thing that had ever touched me one way or another.

I remember so many things from my childhood, school days and even some sad days.

I know this may sound overestimation, but I remember most of the conversations I had by word.

Memories are the most precious thing anyone can have. It makes me wonder how our brains can save this much of memories with that much of details and why we remember some events while forget others...

For me, I only wish to keep memories I have, and memories I will have in the future, till the day I die.

Super Control Girl

Three years age, one of my best best friends said about me that I am "Super Control". I remember that I laughed and though that he is just over-reacting as I thought I don't have that much control.

Three years later, I have to admit, He is totally right.

Before you jump to any conclusions about me, finish this till the end first.

I was never that tough girl that cares to no one but herself (and I am not even like that now). Actually anyone could push me to cry anywhere anytime he wants, yeaa believe it. I was the first one to cry if anyone is shouting even if he is not shouting at me.

Then with time, I met more people. I have been in different situations. All these things made me realize the truth, I make my own decision. It is my right to be happy and I am the only one responsible for making me happy or sad.

The way I was raised created the feeling with this right in me but maybe I was too afraid to use when I was a little girl. Dealing with different people, being out there alone pushed me to try to make my decision for once and use this right as a change, and thanks to Allah it was the right decision to take.

Since this moment and I am developing my protecting system (yea an actual system with all its inputs and its output :D), it is a simple system that keeps me away from hurt or pain. It tells me when to stop, when to object, when to keep silent, when to go forward happily and when to let myself live in pain when it is worthy.

Its basic step is "don't feel hurt unless it is for someone who worth your pain. Don't cry over something that doesn't worth one tear from your eyes. Your tears and pain are more precious than wasting them over something that doesn't deserve them".

This system know exactly when to force my heart to shut up. I hear what my heart and my feelings say in everything until it starts doing something wrong, and here is when the system is activated and starts doing its job.

 I know this sound too wordy and can't be done in real life, but it can be done, believe me for this. I had troubles to do that at the start but eventually I found my way through. I convinced myself that the system is the one who does all these things not me. I can be sad or not in the mood and the system will be the one who stops the pain and the tears (seems schizophrenic right, well maybe).

I know that maybe I lost things along the road, but at least I know how to control my pain and how to keep it away from affecting my work. Although I had sooooo many problems in my life but I learned how to make them affect me the least while I had the chance to learn from each one of them. SO, maybe I lost one thing or two, but I won a hundred in return.

Don’t think I am tough or saving my heart in a box because I am not. I just know when to hear its sound and when to not. I know when to feel pain and when to not. I stayed for two days in bed not bearing to get up because of pain but it was for something that worth it.

It is six years now since I started building this system, and it seems too long. When I look back to these years, I know it wasn’t for nothing and it is totally worthy.

Always Be There

I had just found this a amazing song, I loved it. It is lyrics is beautiful and touched my heart.

Maher Zein is a good singer. I think he has good potentials. This song is his first album "Thank You Allah", it will be released soon. I heard another song from this same album called "Palestine will be free" and I liked it a lot. I recommend you to hear it also.

I hope you like "Always Be There" too.

Fun Theory

I found this post "Have Fun and A Community Will Follow". It made me think that the more natural you become, the more things will be easier. The more fun you have, the more relaxation you will have.

From my point of view, I think "Fun Theory" is so true. If you are doing something that you won't get paid in return for, then having fun while doing it will be the best return.

Doing things your way will help you to have more fun, and this what I am doing while writing. Sometimes I posted things that sounded crazy or even silly, but I never regretted doing that because I had fun while writing them.

I always try to have fun in my every day life. Although I am known with being rational and sober-minded, I admit doing the most foolish things ever, but it was fun. I work the best when I am having fun.

I invite you all to do the same, Having Fun is fun :D

Have Fun, nothing worth it. Everything will differ, you will be more relaxed and happier. Stop worring about everything and have fun. We only have few years to live and every second counts.

Love

Over the years, people tried to identify "LOVE". Philosophers tried to put an exact definition of it. Doctors tried to explain its reason and which is responsible for it. Is it the heart, the brain or even the eyes?   

What I couldn't understand is why. Why they spent all that time and effort to explain what is mysterious. We keep searching for mysteries and when we find it, we do our best to figure it out. Why we don't just consider love as one of the biggest mysteries in life that no one will be able to figure it out no matter how much he tries. 

Love reveals our true soul with all its beauty and ugliness. This makes some people scare but this is where love's beauty exists. This is what makes love lights your life. You play no game, no other character. You stop thinking about others' opinions and what they think - not anymore-. You just be you.

If You Believe

I decided that the next post after my birthday must be about something I love. Today, by chance, I found a video for a song from my best movie ever "A walk to remember", I memorize this movie by word :D

The song is called "If You Believe" by Rachel Lampa. I love the lyrics and the music and it's similar to my mood.

So, Here it is.

Rachel Lampa - If You Believe lyrics

What A Beautiful Day

Today was a really beautiful day. As it is my 21 birthday, I have the feeling that everyone is sharing me this happiness and celebrating it with me.

I can honestly say "This is the best birthday I had till now" :D

This week was Eid, so all Muslims around the world celebrated it.

Two days ago, it was my cousin's engagement. He and his fiancee were so beautiful. I had a really nice time that day.

Today was the big day. It was full of good and happy things. As I am now 21 years old, I am not a minor any more :D, which is kind of cool. I celebrated it with my family. They invited me for a nice launch in my best place ever "Taverna". May be it is not the best place in Alexandria but I adore this place.

Today was my other cousin's marriage. He only wrote his marriage contract so, he is now officially married. :D He was extra handsome tonight.

Also today, the Egyptian youth team for football won his first match in World Cup for youth under 20 held here in Egypt. I believe many people waited this match and Thanks God that we won.

All these beautiful events made me say "What a Beautiful Day".

Gentle Giant Express Blog

While surfing the net, I found this blog "Gentle Giant Express" . The blog is new, it was created this month but I expect that it will contain good stuff in the next months.

Here is one I liked much from this blog.

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Shattered dreams stirrings in the empty halls,
Wounded souls healing from pain,
Wounded souls at peace after turmoil,
Hope becoming reality,
For the wind of change are upon the land.

Mindless thoughts run wild like
Ravaged beast,
Gnawing with their blood thirsty fangs,
Snow clogging the sky as volcanic ash,
Trees shivering with cold as the icy winter wind
Blows,
Winds of fate blowing like a gale force hurricane.

What do you think that you have found
True love as warm as the summer sun,
Hope that will be shining shimmering light
During the darkest of times,
Time is of the essence for mankind.

Everything changes in a blink of an eye,
No matter if you want to accept it or not,
But it does,
Time is never the same as it was the day before.

Drunk on love is no longer a myth or fairy tale,
But reality
People's love for one another diminishing over time,
Love is the greatest gift of all,
Love creates some of the best dreams
That even shattered dreams can not destroy.

 Check this blog, it worths.

You Came to Me - Sami Yusuf

As I am a fan of Sami Yusuf, I decided to share this video of his new single "You Came to Me" with you. I had joined his official site about a year ago, but I have been a fan of him from his early start with "al-Mu'allim" in 2003.

Sami released "You Came to Me" at the beginning of Ramadan. This single is from his anticipated album, which is supposed to be released soon.

My Fanoos - فانوسي

اولا..كل سنة وانتم طيبيين بمناسبة شهر رمضان الكريم. ان شاء الله تغفر ذنوبنا كلها و ربنا يتقبل منا ان شاء الله

ثانيا..انا هتكلم عن فانوس رمضان او بالتحديد فوانيسي و يمكن بعضكم يتأكد اني طفلة جدا لمل يخلص القراءة. بس انا حاسة اني عايزة

اكتب عنه بجد

من يومين تقريبا .. "بابا جابلي فانوس" الجملة ديه صحابي سمعوها مني السنة اللي فاتت بس المرة ديه مختلفة

:D

الفانوس المرة ديه طوله لا يتعدي 12 سنتيمتر ( يعني اصغر من ايدي ) و عشان تولعه محتاج شمعة طولها لا يتعدي 2 سنتيمتر

Different Minds

There is this question that I have been thinking about for a while. It may be an odd question but I am used to think in this stuff :D. I would like to know what you think about it.

The question is "Are men really get afraid of (or don’t prefer) women who have a strong character and women who strongly speak their minds?"

Of course, I don’t mean all men but most of who I met didn’t prefer women who argue with them and this is what I don’t understand. What is the problem if they both have different opinions??

While Life Goes On

"Life goes on", is fact that no one can deny. It is a fact that I have been thinking about in the past couple days. I am thinking that all of us will pass on, no one is immortal. But who will remember you when you pass on and what will they remember about you??

Who of us don’t know Einstein? We all know his inventions. But how many of us know how his life was, how he was as a person, as a human?

Most of us watched Michael Jackson’s funeral on Tuesday. Most of people who talked about him, only talked about Michael Jackson, the singer and talked about his songs. Only few of them talked about him as a friend, as a father and as a brother. Yes, he was king of POP, but that was only part of his life. He lived for about 50 years, if you collected time of his parties and songs all together, it will be about 25 years. Why people talked only about half of his life? I couldn’t answer this one.

I think that each one of us got the chance to live a life, no matter how short or long it is. Each one of us got the chance to achieve all what he think of. But I think what we need to decide is: the face we need people to remember about us when we pass on. Will they remember our human face or only our achievements face???

[Cartoon] Pooh 1

For you, Pooh may be just a cartoon character. You may be one of those who don't even like him.

For me, Pooh is the friend who is always there for me. He is the one who brings me out of sadness, pain or boring mood. He is the one I will never trade with anything in the world. All I know is that whenever I seek for relief or happiness, I go for drawing Pooh or just look to a picture of him. He is the only one that gives me a feeling that I can't describe.

I am not losing my mind. I know Pooh is a cartoon. He isn't real to even use "he". But for all the joy and relief he brought to my life, he is more that real to me. He deserves being "My eternal loyal friend".

Below are pictures I draw for Pooh. I hope you like them.

[Peom] Be Angry اغضب

Whenever I am tired or in a bad mood, I either draw or read poem. As I am having a bad headache, no time to draw and tons of pages to study, I decided to read some poem to relax a little bit. I found this great piece written by "Nezar Kabany", my best poet over all times. And to keep it in mind, I decided to share it with you.

إغضب

إغضب كما تشاء .. واجرح أحاسيسي كما تشاء

حطم أواني الزهر والمرايا .. هدد بحب امرأةٍ سوايا

فكل ما تفعله سواء .. كل ما تقوله سواء

فأنت كالأطفال يا حبيبي

نحبهم .. مهما لنا أساؤوا

إغضب!

فأنت رائعٌ حقاً متى تثور

إغضب!

فلولا الموج ما تكونت بحور

كن عاصفا ً.. كن ممطراً

فإن قلبي دائماً غفور

إغضب!

فلن أجيب بالتحدي

فأنت طفلٌ عابثٌ .. يملؤه الغرور

وكيف من صغارها .. تنتقم الطيور؟

إذهب .. إذا يوماً مللت مني

واتهم الأقدار واتهمني

أما أنا فإني .. سأكتفي بدمعي وحزني

فالصمت كبرياء

والحزن كبرياء

إذهب .. إذا أتعبك البقاء

فالأرض فيها العطر والنساء .. والأعين الخضراء والسوداء

وعندما تريد أن تراني .. وعندما تحتاج كالطفل إلى حناني

فعد إلى قلبي متى تشاء .. فأنت في حياتي الهواء

وأنت .. عندي الأرض والسماء

إغضب كما تشاء .. واذهب كما تشاء .. واذهب متى تشاء

لا بد أن تعود ذات يومٍ

وقد عرفت ما هو الوفاء

As You Wish

"As you wish", a sentence I used to say a lot in a past period. It is only now when I realized what it really means.

"As you wish" is a simple way to escape from your responsibility for bad things happening in your life. It is relieving to think that you only represent the reaction part in all the problems not the action part. It feels as if all these problems came from nowhere, you didn’t start them, or cause any of them. Simply, they just happened. I always knew that it was a false feeling of relieving. But from where I was, I didn’t care much about how true this feeling was, as long as it gave me the peace I needed when I needed.

Now I know something for sure, “You are the action for every little detail that happens in your life. You will never be the reaction.” This is also applied if problems involve someone else but you. If got hurt by someone, you are the one who let him do it. If you had been betrayed by your dearest one, you are the one who trusted the wrong person that much.

I am not a naive, I know bad things happen all the time, but in eighty percent of the time, we cause them to happen either by starting them or by giving up and doing nothing to stop them.

You are the reason why everything is happening to you whether you like it or not.

[Poem] Things I got used to

Over the rainbow, I used to fly.
With the stars, I used to play.
In the night, I used to dream.

You're the one I used to see.
I found my love, I used to think.
I lived happiness, I admit.
I got hurt, I can't deny.

Having you in my life is a blessing or a curse, I don't know.
All I know, my world is a better place because of you.
Thank you, I have to say.

P.S.: Thanks to who inspired me to wrote this piece.

One Little Girl

Once upon a time, there was a little girl living in a quiet city. She wasn’t so beautiful yet people liked her (or so she though). She was funny and intelligent. She had the same friends for many years but she felt lonely for a long time.
One day, she woke up to find herself in a completely different city. New faces, new places, new talks…etc. A city that is different from the world she got used to in everything.
The little girl felt really scared. She felt unsecured and losing control of her life and this was what really freaked her out.
Her insecurity is something that rare people understood it. Security is the thing she was searching for. For someone had built his entire world on feeling secure and being in control of every little detail going in his life, this new city was more like a nightmare for her.
Surprisingly, unlike her habit of running away when she got scared, this time she decided to stay and explore this new city instead of going back. May be this was because she doubt she could go back, but what matters for her that this time SHE STAYED. She thought that she is going to fight to survive but she accepted the challenge.
During her fight in this new city, the little girl discovered that it wasn’t a fight from the start. It was more like a trip. It is true that through this trip, she lived many happy events and more sad ones than she ever lived before, but the experience she got through this trip exceeded what she ever had.
She learned a lot during this trip. She met a lot of great, nice and respected people who she wouldn’t have met if it weren’t for this trip.

She learned how to be independent, trust herself and she started to trust other.
One of lessons she learned from this trip is “There is no prince charming.” May be, there is a prince but not a prince charming. Likely, she also found that the knight of her dreams can be found ….

Our little girl is now a young lady but she is still going in her trip ... hoping for more good stuff to happen…let’s pray for her to reach the end of her trip safely.

Amazing Movie to Watch

Few days ago, I watched an interview with Dr Madkor Thabet. Dr Thabet is one of the most experienced people in movie making field. He held important positions in the Egyptian Ministry of Cultural. The interview was about his new movie that is called “Magic of the past in the video’s treasures سحر ما فات في كنوز المرئيات”. This movie is produced by Dream TV.

In the movie, dr Thabet tried to tell the history of Egypt over the past century since 1889. He went on a search travel to collect the rare videos taken in important events happened over the past century. He collected some videos from Lemerre Brothers Corporation in Paris, Egyptian and Arab Production Companies.

Dr Thabet arranged the videos he collected in such an amazing creative way. While watching the movie, you will hardly notice that these scenes were taken by different people over different times. And this is the most amazing thing about this movie. While watching the movie, you will be accompanied with a comment written by dr Thabet and voice of both great actors “Mohamed Wafee” and “Mahmoud El gendy”. Dr Thabet asks really important questions that worth thinking in.
The movie contains videos that record important moments in Egypt history. Most of these videos were never seen before, and this is what makes this movie a real treasure.

Some of the scenes I saw were the Egyptians gathered to meet Saad Zaghlol when he came back from his exile in1919, the arrival of King Farouk as a handsome young man to Egypt to rule it and a meeting of the Arab leaders upon the Palestinian war in 1948. There are also many scenes during July revolution, 1952. One of the rare scenes (in my opinion) was a march for President Mubarak between normal citizens in an open ceiling car.
There are videos for many other moments of the history of Egypt. You can see parts of the movie on YouTube. You will find the introduction of the movie here

The movie forced me to think about the past. If you look closer to the history, you will notice that history always repeats itself. This is a fact. You will see that people are still the same. People in that movie don’t differ much from us now, same appearance, same look and same differences.
It made me think how Egypt will look after 100 years from now. I couldn’t imagine that there will be people living in the same places we are living in now, without even knowing that we had ever existed here. It is a strange thought but that is what I thought of.

Anyway, I only watched few scenes from the movie, but I can’t imagine how I will feel while watching the whole movie. I can’t wait to see the whole movie.