tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256429.post8425071340140950418..comments2023-08-27T18:57:59.101+03:00Comments on Notes from the Underground: What Rabaa has Come to SymbolizeWael Eskandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685842195441037505noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256429.post-36626468081810060892013-11-12T01:24:35.927+02:002013-11-12T01:24:35.927+02:00Julanar,
I can't agree moreJulanar,<br />I can't agree moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256429.post-63062884494778336542013-10-30T02:50:44.979+02:002013-10-30T02:50:44.979+02:00You're a strong writer. Some of what you say i...You're a strong writer. Some of what you say is accurate but much of it isn't. I'm bothering to say this because you seem like a person with morals and I respect that.<br /><br />I know many people living in Egypt who signed Tamarod and went out on 30/6. After seeing what the army did after 30/6 though, they joined the Rabaa demos, whereas previously they'd been strongly against it. The reason behind Rabaa did change. Before Morsi's overthrow, it was support for Morsi (they said it was "anti-violence" but chants were all basically pro-Morsi). Afterwards, however, it was resistance of the Military and the refusal of the brutality the military was using and what they were doing.<br /><br />Also, I was in Egypt for some of the early part of this summer and I checked out both Rabaa and Tahrir and a couple in Alexandria as well. The night I was in Rabaa, I did see Copts there, and I did see many that were not MB. The majority of the people I spoke with said they were there against the army and not pro-Morsi, some said they were pro-legitimacy.<br /><br />As I said, I agree with some of what you say, but it truly pains me that you would see Rabaa as NOT being a positive symbol. I personally consider Rabaa a symbol of solidarity against the violence of the Military, the killings, the destruction of homes, and the list goes on. <br />You're assuming all Rabaa bearers are MB, but I assure you that is not the case.Julanarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697281830177810098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256429.post-24842485314904839862013-09-19T11:13:00.101+02:002013-09-19T11:13:00.101+02:00Agree with most of what you say. But to me, Rabaa ...Agree with most of what you say. But to me, Rabaa symbolises yet another massacre by the army against (mostly) peaceful protestors, and I say mostly because there were claims that a fraction of people have had weapons, no proof though. We criticise their bendy values but refuse to take their side when they're the ones under attack. Their values are distorted, but what about ours?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256429.post-53729124265126952022013-09-18T16:09:28.332+02:002013-09-18T16:09:28.332+02:00I wrote "An embattled Egypt" http://azza...I wrote "An embattled Egypt" http://azzasedky.typepad.com/egypt/2013/08/egyptian-battered-and-embattled.html on August 15, 2013 right after Rabaa was dispersed><br />I wish there was another way to get out of this mess, but there wasn't. I just hope that the MB don't continue to push their followers to stand in the face of death and retributionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com