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oN hiGh aLert siNai security curFew Breakers A ship is targeted in an attempted Soldiers in Sinai are cracking down Cairo’s curfew is being broken; by terrorist attack in the on smuggling tunnels cafe goers 2 3 6 arab league foreign ministers Constituent assembly discuss Syria announced Egypt rEjEcts Us lEd military strikE on syria, alliEs in thE rEgion agrEE says Fahmy Presidency spokesman By Joel Gulhane The Arab League delegates met last week and held the “Syrian regime fully declares names in a Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fah- responsible for this heinous crime.” my voiced his rejection of a possibil- The delegates also called on the inter- press conferencew ity of a US led military strike against national community and the United Syria ahead of an emergency meeting Nations Security Council to “assume By Fady ashraf of Arab Foreign Ministers at the Arab its responsibilities and overcome the League set to take place on Sunday differences” in order to hold the re- Presidency Spokesman Ehab afternoon. gime responsible for “this crime.” Badawy announced in a Sunday Fahmy’s comments came just mo- The Syrian regime denies using press conference the names of the ments after US President Barack chemical weapons and has vowed members of the constituent assem- Obama announced on Saturday eve- to defend itself if attacked, while also bly, responsible for amending the ning that he was prepared to launch blaming the use of chemical weapons on suspended 2012 constitution. “military action against Syrian regime what it described as “terrorist” rebels. Badawy said that the assembly targets” adding that he is also seeking Iran, one of the Al-Assad regime’s should finish its work in 60 days the approval of the US Congress. strongest allies in the region, has after their first meeting, which is The ministry said that Fahmy, in vowed that any attack against Syria arranged to be next Sunday, 12 pm his interview with MBC, said the US would have “harsh consequences.” at the Shura Council. should “shoulder the burden of the Last Thursday Iran’s army chief said, In the first meeting, the assembly war in Iraq and Afghanistan” saying “any military action against Syria will will choose a head and one or more that Obama referred the decision to drive the Zionists [Israel] to the edge deputies.

Congress to relieve himself of having Al-MalkyAhmed of fire,” in a statement published by The assembly will study the sug- to make the decision. The US presi- arab Foreign Minsiters hold an emergency meeting on syria the official IRNA news agency. He gestions by the 10-man committee dent said previously that the use of also warned that the ensuing conflict of experts, hold a societal dialogue chemical weapons in the Syrian con- The ministry statement also said ‘Friends of Syria’ nations, was that Fahmy along with other foreign would not be limited to the region. over the amendments and receive flict is a “red line”. that Fahmy “sees no great variation only a political solution can bring ministers from Arab League member The Syrian conflict has raged on suggestions from citizens and Obama believes that the US has ad- in the views of Egypt’s allies in the peace to Syria. Obama and others states are expected to meet at the for more than two years and has NGOs. equate amounts of intelligence informa- region” when it comes to launching a who have supported a military strike league’s headquarters on Sunday at claimed the lives of over 100,000 The last constituent assembly tion and evidence to hold the Syrian re- military strike against Syria. He added in recent weeks have said that the 6pm to discuss the Syrian crisis. Sec- people. According to the United Na- formed under ousted President gime responsible for a chemical attack that this issue would show that allies strike is meant to punish Syrian Pres- retary General of the Arab League tions Refugee Agency, as of 29 August was criticised for on 21 August and he does not intend have differences of opinions and that ident Bashar Al-Assad’s regime for Nabil El-Araby said on Sunday morn- there were over 1.8 million registered being predominantly Islamist. to wait for the results of the United they should respect each other’s views. using chemical weapons and is not ing that the Syrian National Coalition refugees who are included in the ‘total Nations chemical weapons inspectors Over the last year the Egyptian intended to swing the momentum of President Ahmad Jarba had made a re- persons of concern’ figure which is For complete list of names, before launching a military operation. stance, along with that of the other the conflict in favour of the rebels. quest to address the foreign ministers. just under 2 million. turn to page 2

Three prominent Brotherhood leaders arrested Brotherhood: arrests include anyone who Security crackdowns on Morsi supporters continue opposes ‘putschists’

By Basil el-dabh was arrested from his residence in currently being revised as part of says “unprecedented” numbers took to the streets on 30 August the Sharqeya governorate, accord- the transitional roadmap put in Sobhi Saleh and Farid Ismail were ing to Aswat Masriya news website. place following the overthrow of the two most recent leading Mus- Mohamed Kamal El-Din, a mem- former president Mohamed Morsi. lim Brotherhood figures arrested ber of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Fifteen-day detentions for for- amid a large wave of arrests against Guidance Bureau, was also report- mer Supreme Guide of the Mus- the group. edly arrested at dawn on Sunday lim Brotherhood Mahdy Akef and Former Shura Council and Broth- during a raid on his home in the area chairman of the Freedom and Jus- erhood member Sobhi Saleh was of Al-Zahraa in Assiut governorate. tice Party Saad Al-Katatny were arrested on Saturday in the area of Charges against Saleh and Ismail also renewed on Sunday for alleg- Borg Al-Arab near Alexandria. have yet to be officially announced. edly inciting the killing of protest- Senior member of the Muslim Both of the figures were mem- ers in front of the Muslim Brother- Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice bers in the Constituent Assembly hood’s headquarters in Moqattam Party and former MP Farid Ismail that drafted the 2012 constitution, on 30 June.

Perpetrators of second Rafah massacre arrested By Nasser azazi ed that Adel Mohamed Ibrahim, also 1987, and his brother, born 1989. known as Adel Habara, who is report- The three individuals will be trans- North Sinai Security forces arrested ed 40 years old, was arrested Saturday ferred into the custody of Egypt’s three individuals thought to have night while hiding out in Al-Arish. He armed forces for investigation into been involved in the murder of 25 sol- has been sentenced to death for com- their involvement in the murder of diers two weeks ago in the Abu Tawila mitting acts of murder while serving as 25 central security soldiers in Rafah. region located along the international leader of Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Penin- The three reportedly admitted to

Al-Arish/Rafah road. sula. Ibrahim was arrested along with being directly involved in the killing of AFP Photo A North Sinai security source stat- an individual known as Ahmed M., born the soldiers. supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood protest in the coastal city of alexandria on Friday

By hend kortam Council for Support of Legitimacy, dent [Morsi] and kept him in an Egyptian Stock Exchange which includes 11 Islamist parties unknown location, suspended the The people will not rest until they and unions. constitution and dissolved the Closing Daily Change bring down the military regime, “Egyptians thought after the 2011 Shura Council,” the statement said. EGX 30 5,301.02 0.63% the Muslim Brotherhood said in a Revolution that they regained their The Brotherhood also spoke of statement on Saturday. freedom, dignity, and sovereignty… the arrests of political figures and EGX 70 446.02 1.03% The revolting people will not but the thieves of the revolutions car- fabricating charges against them, rest after last Friday’s protests and ried out a military coup…” the state- adding that the scope of arrests has 7.4003 7.745 EGX 100 753.19 0.84% will “fill the streets and squares ev- ment read. It added that the “putsch- widened to include anyone who op- EGX 20 6,162.25 0.65% ery day until they regain the revo- ists”, or supporters of the coup, have poses them. 6.9856 7.0157 lution,” the Brotherhood said, add- used the political differences between “They crossed all the red lines,” ing that there would be a “peaceful different political groups and parties the Brotherhood said. 9.1654 9.5406 escalation.” as well as everyday problems to con- The 3 July removal of Morsi has Commentary A few thousand supporters of trol power and dominate. further widened the political divide 10.7381 11.1776 Conspiraces about the deep state in the wake former President Mohamed Morsi The Brotherhood described the in the country. While the Brother- of Morsi’s overthrow are overblown, writes Ra- marched across the country last coup as “worse than the rule of hood was quick to describe it as a 1.853 1.9173 sheed Hammouda. The truth is much simpler Friday in objection to the violent ousted President .” coup, the military has maintained dispersals of the Rabaa Al-Adaweya “There were some people calling that it was not and that it has only Page 5 and Al-Nahda sit-ins. The protests for early presidential elections, so sided with the people in what it were organised by the National the putschists isolated the presi- calls “the 30 June Revolution.” 2 Daily news egypt MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 www.thedailynewsegypt.com suez Canal on high alert i knew the regime would collapse: Members of Ship flying panama flag targeted interior minister the Constituent Assembly: Ibrahim says that Sinai will be “terrorist-free” during 2013 Shawky Allam, the Grand Mufti By Fady Ashraf disperse the sit-in peacefully, and then The minister also rejected the al- Mohamed Mabrouk El Naggar, pro- Eid Al Fitr delayed the decision. legations of assault and torture by the fessor in Al Azhar University Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibra- Ibrahim added that he informed sev- lawyer for the Brotherhood’s Supreme Mohamed Abdel Salam, legal adviser him had known that former president eral NGOs and human rights groups Guide, Mohamed Badie. He added that for Al Azhar Grand Imam Mohamed Morsi’s government would before the dispersal happened, and prominent Brotherhood leaders Mo- Ava Pola, Orthodox Christian collapse since April, the minister said that the amount of fire opened at the hamed El Beltagy and Bishop of Tanta in a Saturday interview on CBC show policemen in Rabaa was “very dense”, who were arrested last week, are more Aziz Mina, representative for the Momken. and came from Rabaa’s mosque, hos- important than Badie for the group, be- Coptic Orthodox Church Ibrahim added that since then he pital and four buildings around the cause they are “on-the-ground” leaders. Safwat El Bayady, representative for had decided to work “for the best sit-in. Ibrahim said that Mohamed El- Ibrahim promised that who at- the Evangelical Christian Church

AFP of his department and the Egyptian Baradei was present when the deci- tacked the Kerdasa police station will Mohamed Abdel Aziz, representa- According to a press release by the , the container people.” sion to disperse the sit-ins was taken be brought to justice, saying that there tive for ship Cosco Asia was the target of a failed attack, intended to disrupt ca- The minister said Sinai will be de- but he (El Baradei) was opposed to is a plan with cooperation with the Mahmoud Badr, representative for nal traffic, at 2:30pm on Saturday afternoon. clared a “terrorist-free zone” during the amount of casualties. Armed forces, but it will be executed Tamarod 2013, and that the militants in Sinai The minister, originally appointed by with the “the right timing”. Ahmed Eid, representative for the By Aaron T. Rose the containers it carried. The situation belong to one group, which finds Morsi, said that the bodies in El Iman The minister added that the Abu Revolutionary Youth Coalition was dealt with strictly by the armed support from many fronts in Gaza, mosque were transferred from Rabaa, Zaabal case is under investigation by Amr Salah, representative for 30 After a failed “terrorist attempt” on forces,” said the press statement. including Hamas and Ezz El Deen El some of which he said were “dead prosecution, pointing to an internal June Front a ship flying the Panamanian flag on Military security is on its highest Kassam brigades. before the dispersal” and some were investigation within the ministry. Mohamed Salmawy, head of the Saturday, the army has put the Suez alert on the Suez Canal after the failed Ibrahim said that the state of emer- found with no bullets in their bodies. Ibrahim, who retained his posi- Writers’ Union Canal under heightened security. attack, said Hussanien. gency would last for three months Ibrahim asserted that “Egypt now tion after 30 June 2013, said that Sameh Ashour, head of Lawyers’ According to a press release by the According to AFP, the canal saw the by law, but may not be necessary for has a department of political security Brotherhood leader Essam El Erian Syndicate Suez Canal Authority, the container passage of 45 vessels on Saturday, the that full time. The minister added that that works under the rule of law” for and Jamaa Al-Islamiya leader Assem Diaa Rashwan, head of Journalists’ ship Cosco Asia was the target of a usual number. Fifty-five ships were General Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi acts solely which he had recruited some former Abdel Maged will be arrested “when Syndicate failed attack, intended to disrupt canal expected on Sunday. as defense minister and deputy prime State Security personnel. The State Se- the time comes” while he added that Khaled Youssef, representative for traffic, at 2:30pm on Saturday after- The Suez Canal was first opened minister, and does not “rule” Egypt. curity department in the Ministry of prominent Brotherhood leader, who the Arts Syndicate noon. for navigation on 17 November 1869. When asked about the dispersal of Interior was dissolved after 25 January is said to be its temporary supreme Mohamed Abla, representative for Shot were fired at the Cosco Asia The canal was nationalised in 1956 pro-Morsi sit-ins in Rabaa Al Adaweya Revolution. He added that no political guide, Mahmoud Ezzat is in Gaza. the Applied Arts Syndicate from the shore, said Suez Canal Au- under President Abdel Nasser. The and Al Nahda, Ibrahim said the Nation- activists will be pursued unless they Ibrahim said that he is concerned Sayed Hegab, representative for the thority spokesman Tarek Hussanien. Suez Canal made the news recently al Defense Council wanted to disperse break the law. Ibrahim expressed hope over the Brotherhood’s transforming Supreme Council of Culture He declined to identify the weapon when member s of the Tamarod cam- it earlier but the presence of the Eu- to “transform the Ministry of Interior their operations into “underground Azza El Ashmawy, representative for used to fire at the ship. paign urged authorities to close the ropean Union’s High Representative of into a foundational entity that does not operations and assassinations”, saying the National Council of Motherhood “The attempt failed completely and canal to ships carrying weapons to for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, change according the political regime that he himself is targeted and has re- and Childhood there was no damage to the ship or support a US strike in Syria. Catherine Ashton and her efforts to by any means.” ceived multiple death threats. Mervat El Telawi, head of the National Council for Women Mona Zo El Fakar, representative for the National Council for Hu- man Rights Hamas authorities release egyptians Mohamed Magd El Din Barakat, rep- resentative for the Armed Forces Foreign ministry official denies that three Egyptians were in Gaza for diplomatic purposes Mohamed Badran, head of Egypt’s Students Union By Hend Kortam Abdel-Atty said they were arrested Egyptian delegation and all official on the Rafah border crossing which Saturday the release of the Egyptians Ahmed Mohamedan, president of for financial wrongdoing. governmental buildings have been limits the number of people who can and the return of all the equipment Suez Canal University and repre- Three Egyptian nationals who had re- Expert on Palestine Affairs in t he moved to the West Bank after the cross from 1,200 to 300. The crossing confiscated during the raid. The Min- sentative for the Supreme Council cently been arrested in the Gaza Strip Ahram Centre for Political and Stra- 2007 Hamas takeover of the strip. is only open for four hours every day istry described the raid as a break-in of Universities have been released, according to Sun- tegic Studies Mohamed Gomaa said Gomaa claimed the arrested are for humanitarian cases, with priority by “elements of Hamas police.” Magdy Yaakoub, prominent heart day statements made by foreign min- the way the media has dealt with the Palestinians who have gained Egyp- given to patients, students and hold- The ministry added that it will not surgeon istry spokesperson Badr Abdel-Atty issue has shown its considerable “lack tian citizenship. “The issues had been ers of dual nationalities. tolerate such practices and said that Amr Moussa, prominent liberal to the German Press Agency. of faith in the facts.” He particularly politicised,” he added. The Rafah border crossing has it completely rejects any attempt to politician and former presidential Abdel-Atty said the Egyptians were criticised media claims that the ar- Gomaa said relations were tense been shut and re-opened several negatively impact the relationship be- candidate not there on a diplomatic basis as rested include the head of the Egyp- between Hamas and Cairo, as the times since the removal of former tween Gaza and Egypt. The statement Gaber Gad Nassar, president of Cai- reported by several media services, tian expatriate community in Gaza. former is a close ally of the Muslim president Mohamed Morsi, some- also highlighted that Egypt has fought ro University but rather reportedly worked at the “Is there an Egyptian community Brotherhood. times for days on end. wars for the interests of the Palestin- Amr El Shobaky, 2012 parliament Egyptian Cultural Centre in Gaza. in Gaza?” he asked. Gomaa said the Egypt has introduced a new policy The foreign ministry demanded on ian people. member and columnist Mosaad Abu Fajr, Sinai political activist Mohamed Ghoneim, prominent Egyptian urologist and political pro-Morsi protests will do no Fahmy meets his libyan and saudi counterparts activist Ali Abdel Mawla, representative good, says al-nour leader Foreign minister discusses closer cooperation with neighbouring countries for the police Saad El Din El Helaly, professor at By Mostafa Salem ber constituent committee to delete Al Azhar University article 219, which states that “prin- Hagag Adol, Nubian Activist and Al-Nour party leader Younes Makh- ciples of Share’a are the main source novelist ioun said on Saturday that his party of legislation”. Makhyoun said: “Since El Sayed El Badawy, head of Al Wafd had accepted the military’s interim June 30 it was as if someone used a Party, liberal roadmap to “prevent bloodshed and microscope to delete all Islamic re- Mohamed Aboul Ghar, head of Egyp- civil war in the country”. lated articles.” tian Social Democratic Party, liberal In an interview on Al Hayah tele- Regarding the party’s ambivalent Hussein Abdel Razef, representative vision programme, Makhioun said stance on the current roadmap pre- for Al Tagamo’ party, leftist protests supporters of overthrown sented by the military Makhioun ex- Mohamed Samy, head of Al Karama president Mohamed Morsi will “pro- plained that the party “had reserva- party, nationalist duce no good” as the “Egyptian peo- tions on the death of protesters and Bassam El Zarka, representative for ple require stability”. Explaining why the unlawful arrests…after the killing Al Nour party, Islamist they Al-Nour supported the army of protesters at the revolutionary Kamal El Helbawi, former Muslim after 30 June, he said: “The benefits of guard headquarters we decided to Brotherhood prominent member the movement were higher than what distance ourselves from the road- and Islamic thinker Morsi had planned.” map.” Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Kader, rep- Al-Nour party leaders ear- Makhioun described the deaths resentative for Farmers’ Syndicate

lier made conflicting statements on of the Abo Zaabal prisoners inside a handout Ministry Affairs of Foreign Mamdouh Hamada, representative whether they would agree on joining police truck as “horrendous”, asking: Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy met with his Libyan counterpart Mohamed Abdulaziz on Monday to discuss for Farmers’ Syndicate the 50 member constitutional draft- “How could 37 die while they are in the strengthening of bi-lateral relations. Mohamed Khairy Abdel Dayem, rep- ing committee. The party previously the state’s custody?” resentative for Doctors’ Syndicate expressed disapproval of the 50 mem- Al Nour party’s political alliances By Joel Gulhane “to move forward in expanding eco- Al-Faisal agreed to “deepen relations” Osama Shawky, representative for ber constituent committee, denying were also questioned, to which Makh- nomic, trade, cultural and security between the two countries. The Saudi the Engineers’ Syndicate they would participate, only to later ioun responded: “Egyptian people are Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fah- relations” between the neighbouring minister expressed his country’s full Hossam El Massah, representative for go back on this and announce their our allies because we as a party are my met with his Libyan and Saudi Ara- countries. This includes “opening the support for Egypt and Fahmy thanked the Federation of the Disabled participation. not biased…our stances have always bian counterparts ahead of a meeting Libyan markets to Egyptian compa- him for this. Elhamy Mostafa El Zayat, repre- Makhioun said during the interview been evident as we do not have a hid- of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab nies and products and benefiting from In a press conference following sentative for Touristic Chambers that the party decided that their “ab- den agenda.” League to discuss Syria. the Egyptian expertise in the fields of their meeting Fahmy reiterated that committee sence will lead to a disadvantages in The interviewer, Sherif Amer, re- Fahmy agreed with his Libyan training and institution building in Egypt will have no part in any military Abla Mohey El Deen, representative the constitution. We want it to be a quested the party head to respond to counterpart to foster stronger ties various sectors.” action against the Syrian regime and for Industrial Chambers committee fair constitution by the inclusion of all claims that Al-Nour party was a “Tro- between their two countries in a va- Abdulaziz stressed the importance stressed the importance of finding a Ahmed El Wakeel, head of the Busi- factions.” By participating, they hoped jan horse for the Muslim Brotherhood riety of areas. of Egyptian workers and companies political solution to the crisis. ness Chambers committee to “defend the principles of the 25th in the next Egyptian political phase.” Mohamed Abdulaziz was hosted “in the reconstruction of Libya.” He Abdelatty said that any strike Ahmed Khairy, head of Egypt’s Work- of January revolution and preserve the Makhioun denied the accusation, say- by Fahmy at the Ministry of Foreign also expressed “support for Egypt in should be exercised under interna- ers’ National Union Islamic identity within the revolution.” ing: “We as a party have stood against Affairs on Sunday morning, ahead regional and international forums in tional law and stressed that Fahmy Gebaly El Maraghy, representative for The former dentist described the the Muslim Brotherhood in many of of a ministerial meeting of the Arab this delicate phase.” “denounced and deplored the use of Egypt’s Workers Syndicates’ Union 10-member constitutional commit- their policies, our situations on the League, which both are expected to Fahmy also met with his Saudi chemical weapons.” The spokesper- Hoda El Sadda, professor of English tee, responsible for the initial amend- previous presidential plans were evi- attend. counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal. son added that it is important to wait Literature ments of the 2012 constitution, as “a dent, the Muslim Brotherhood only Fahmy told his Libyan counterpart The pair discussed bilateral relations for the results of the United Nations Abdel Gelil Mostafa, Prominent committee which wanted to eliminate heard themselves.” Makhioun af- that Egypt “attaches great importance and regional affairs including Syria, chemical weapons inspectors before Heart Doctor and Political Activist the Arabic and Islamic identity from firmed that if “[the Muslim Brother- to its relations with Libya,” according said official spokesperson for the making a decision, also stressing the Talaat Abdel Kawy, head of General Egypt.” The party had previously de- hood] had heard us they could have to a ministry statement. ministry Badr Abdelatty. importance of determining who used Federation for Societies nounced the decision by the 10-mem- reached a better situation.” The two foreign ministers agreed The spokesperson said Fahmy and the weapons. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 Daily news egypt 3

www.thedailynewsegypt.com al-azhar condemns tunisia opposition in anti-govt demo as talks fail

AFP- Tunisia’s Islamist-led coalition possible strike on syria has failed to agree with the opposi- tion on how to end weeks of political The Islamic institution stresses its opposition to deadlock, mediators said on Saturday, ahead of planned anti-government the use of chemical weapons protests. Tunisia was plunged into crisis by By Daily News Egypt people have the right to self determi- the July 25 assassination of opposition nation; they should be transparently al- MP Mohamed Brahmi, the second of An attack on Syria is a threat to Arab lowed to choose their rulers. its kind in six months, with both at- and Islamic peace as well as being disre- Obama made a statement about Syria tacks blamed on militant Salafists. spectful to the international community, on Saturday when he described the al- The powerful UGTT trade union, Al-Azhar said in a statement on Sunday. leged use of chemical weapons by the which has been playing the role of The Islamic institution stated that an Syrian regime as “an assault on human mediator, on Saturday presented the attack on Syria would threaten interna- dignity”. Obama said the attack is a seri- government’s latest proposals on re- tional peace and security. It added that ous danger to the US national security solving the crisis to opposition group, the decision of United States President as well as the security of the US “friends the National Salvation Front (NSF). Barack Obama to carry out a military and partners” sharing borders with Syria. But after the meeting, Hamma stike on Syria would be “a breach of all “I have decided that the United Hammami, a representative of the op- international norms”. States should take military action position, said the group had replied

“Al-Azhar reaffirms its condemnation against Syrian regime targets,” Obama to the ruling coalition’s proposals and / SALAH HABIBI AFP PHOTO of the use of chemical weapons regard- said. He added that the intervention that “the key to ending the crisis is in Tunisian demonstrators hold banners reading in Arabic: “leave” as they flash the sign for victory and shout slogans less of who uses it,” the statement read. would neither be open-ended nor a the (government’s) hands.” during a demonstration calling for the government’s resignation in Tunis on Saturday The institution added that the Syrian ground intervention. Hammami refused to elaborate on the proposals, except to confirm cabinet has been formed. what it called the “week of depar- secular politician whose assassination reports that they envisaged a change Opposition supporters also ral- ture,” a week-long campaign of pro- in February brought down the first of government by September 29 at lied in Tunis on Saturday afternoon tests aimed at bringing down the Islamist-led coalition. syria capable of facing ‘any the latest, after a month of national but failed to mobilise the huge government, starting with a mass rally Ennahda has also been accused of dialogue on the new cabinet and the numbers of demonstrators they outside parliament. mismanaging the economy and failing external aggression’: assad future constitution. have in past weeks. But the demonstration attracted to improve living standards. But the NSF, a wide umbrella A few thousand demonstrators fewer people than two similar pro- But Prime Minister Ali Larayedh Syrian President Bashar al- “Syria... is capable of facing up to group of opposition parties, has re- calling for the government’s resigna- tests held earlier this month -- 10,000 defended his government’s policies in Assad remained defiant Sunday any external aggression just as it faces peatedly demanded the immediate tion formed a human chain stretch- according to police estimates. a statement on Saturday. after his US counterpart Barack up to internal aggression every day, resignation of the governing coali- ing three kilometres (two miles) The opposition accuses Ennahda “Despite all our problems where Obama decided to seek congres- in the form of terrorist groups and tion, led by the moderate Islamist from parliament to the Kasbah, of failing to rein in Tunisia’s jihadist are heading towards the establish- sional approval for a military strike, those that support them,” he said movement Ennahda. where the government headquar- movement, which is accused of mur- ment of a democratic state,” the reiterating his country was ready in comments quoted by state news It has refused to engage in any na- ters are located. dering Brahmi and opposition MP statement said, adding that “social and for any intervention. agency SANA. tional dialogue until a non-partisan Last Saturday, the NSF launched , another prominent economic conditions are improving.” Kerry pushes Congress on syria action security forces guarding port US Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry blitzed the Sunday morn- to such an outrageous breach of in- dent of winning a vote in the Dem- said church injured in attack on Sunday spearheaded a drive to ing television talk shows upping the ternational norms, dictators around ocrat-controlled Senate. Influential convince Congress to approve a momentum in his drive to build the the world will be encouraged in Republican Senator John McCain Police in front of a church near the Suez Canal city are at- military strike onSyria, saying Wash- case for US military strikes. their efforts to follow the example has also argued for military action, tacked in drive-by shooting ington has proof the regime used The ex-senator urged his former set by Assad,” the Syrian National but wants it to go further and top- Sarin gas. colleagues in Congress to give Presi- Coalition said in a statement. ple Assad to end a brutal war which By Aurora Ellis and belongings,” said Mahmoud Qa- Picking up on remarks Saturday dent Barack Obama a green light for The White House has said any has claimed more than 100,000 lives ndil, a resident and activist in . by President Barack Obama, Kerry strikes against the regime of Presi- strikes would be limited in nature, since erupting in March 2010. Unknown assailants attacked police “A few weeks ago a priest from the urged lawmakers to approve puni- dent Bashar al-Assad. aimed solely at ensuring Assad does Kerry told NBC he believed the officers on Saturday in front of a main church had his car attacked by tive military action, warning that Obama, who next week will lay not use chemical weapons again, not call for action would be approved church in Port Said, leaving four po- sticks and stones because there was the world cannot turn a blind eye out America’s case to global lead- at ousting him from power which by Congress. “I do not believe the lice personnel injured, state-owned a cross inside of it.” to chemical arms. ers at a G20 summit in Russia, Sat- is the aim of political negotiations. Congress of the United States will Al-Ahram reported. However, Qandil added that he did Hair and blood samples from the urday took a huge political risk in “The president of the United turn its back on this moment... I be- According to Al-Ahram, the assail- not believe Saturday’s attack on the emergency workers who rushed to committing the fate of US action to States does not intend to and does lieve Congress will pass it,” he said. ants fired birdshot at security forces police was a sectarian one but was the scene of last month’s attack in lawmakers. not want to see the United States And he added on CNN that as who were guarding the church in intended to target the police. He Damascus and given independently The US commander-in-chief said assume responsibility for Syria’s civil a result of new proof the United Abu Seifein in a drive-by shooting; claimed there is much hostility against to the United States have shown he had decided the August 21 chem- war,” Kerry said on NBC. “ States may “be able to provide however, it is unknown if the target both the security forces and Muslim signs of the powerful sarin nerve gas, ical weapons attack on a Damascus “That is not what he is setting out greater support to the opposition, of the attack was the police or the Brotherhood in Port Said since the Kerry told US television channels. suburb that Washington says killed to do. What he is setting out to do and do a better job of helping the church itself. deadly clashes in January between the “In the last 24 hours, we have more than 1,400 people was so hei- is enforce the norm with respect to opposition to be able to continue Churches, especially, are on high family members of prison detainees learned through samples that were nous -- and such a threat to long- international convention on chemi- to fight against the Assad regime.” alert since the ousting of former Pres- and the security forces of former provided to the United States and term US security -- that he would cal weapons.” Sarin is a deadly gas developed by ident Mohamed Morsi in July. Port President Mohamed Morsi’s govern- that have now been tested from first respond with a limited US military And he added Obama was con- Nazi scientists in 1938 originally as Said and other major cities across the ment, leaving many in the city unsym- responders in East Damascus, (that) strike. fident that as the case is presented a pesticide. It kills by crippling the country have witnessed violent clash- pathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood hair samples and blood samples But he said he believed it was im- “people will recognize that the nervous system and paralyzing the es between Morsi supporters, anti- and the security forces. have tested positive for signatures portant to secure support for his world cannot stand aside and allow muscles around the lungs. Death Morsi demonstrators, security forces Despite this there have been re- of sarin,” Kerry told NBC’s Meet plan from Congress when it returns an Assad or anybody else to break usually follows within minutes due and residents of various regions. ports of sectarian violence in Port the Press. from its summer break on Septem- a almost 100-year-old acceptance. to asphyxia. Many of these clashes led to violent Said. Last year, police arrested a man “Each day that goes by, this case ber 9. These weapons are not to be used.” Doctors and witnesses at the incidents against minorities, including accused of participating in a shooting is even stronger. We know that the His move disappointed the Syr- Assad however remained defiant scene in east Damascus said they saw churches and Christian businesses. at the Mar Girgis Church in Port Said regime ordered this attack. We ian opposition, which pleaded with on Sunday saying Syria “is capable large numbers of victims needing The Egyptian Initiative for Personal last year, in which two were killed. know they prepared for it. We know US lawmakers to “make the right of facing up to any external aggres- treatment for convulsions, blurred Rights, an Egyptian human rights And as recently as Friday, masked where the rockets came from,” he choice.” sion.” vision and respiratory distress -- all organisation, describes the spike in militants riding a motorbike shot and added on CNN. “If the free world fails to respond Obama will be relatively confi- consistent with sarin gas use. sectarian attacks against Copts as killed an army conscript and injured “unprecedented”. three soldiers near a checkpoint in the “There have been some minor El-Gamarek area of Port Said, accord- Crackdown on Rafah smuggling tunnels continues assaults on some Christian buildings ing to the army spokesman’s office. 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Egyptian security forces have stepped up a crackdown campaign on smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip since July, Hamas officials said 4 Daily news egypt MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 www.thedailynewsegypt.com Business Central bank issues Zaazou reaches out to travel industry new treasury bills in a youtube video EGP 6bn in t-bills issuEd on sunday By Nada Badawi the military decided to disperse two The tourism minister stated that Pakistan, Yemen and Chad. major Muslim Brotherhood camps the ministry is keen on maintain- In April, former President Mo- By Doaa Farid current fiscal year through addi- Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou in Cairo on 14 August, leaving more ing contact with travel operators hamed Morsi decided to promote tional investment projects worth appeared in a YouTube video on 22 than 1,000 people killed and hundreds and agencies to provide them with tourism between Egypt and Iran. The Central Bank of Egypt issued EGP EGP22.3bn. These projects involve August reaching out to the travel injured. Since then, travel advisories updates regarding the situation in However, Iranian tourists faced re- 6bn of treasury bills on Sunday. strengthening electricity grids, new industry abroad to help assist gov- were issued by many governments Egypt. strictions pertaining to visiting spe- It has not yet been announced what road projects, and constructing resi- ernments to improve Egypt’s tour- abroad deterring potential tourists The tourism sector, accounting cific religious sites in Egypt. exactly these treasury bills will fund, dential units. ism in the coming period, following coming to Egypt from visiting the for 11.3% of the country’s GDP, has Despite these incidents, the min- according to Ahmed Sakr, an employ- The current budget deficit is 14%, the recent wave of violent clashes country. been negatively affected by frequent istry of tourism reported in May ee at the bank, who added that “issu- which the government aims to re- and civil unrest. “Because of some unfortunate protests and violence since the 2011 that tourism revenues grew by 14% ing treasury bills is commonly done duce to 9% by the end of this year While placing emphasis on main- coverage from the media and some revolution, leading to a fall in foreign in 2012. by the Ministry of Finance.” through these investment projects taining tourism partnerships abroad, of the negative travel advisories, I be- currency reserves. The number of tourists plummet- The credit officials of the public as well as the grants received from Zaazou asked foreign travel agencies lieve these advisories should be re- In February, 19 tourists died in a ed to 9.5 million in 2011 compared to banks reportedly said their banks Gulf countries. to push their governments to lift their considered and lifted by these relative hot air balloon crash near the ancient 2010 where the number of tourists were willing to contribute to gov- GDP registered a growth rate of negative travel advisories for Egypt governments,” he said. town of Luxor, a popular tourist des- recorded was 14 million, according ernment projects, according to Al- 2.2% during the second quarter of since the national curfew is not im- “In spite of the fact that at the mo- tination. The accident prompted the to a report published by the state’s borsa news. the fiscal year 2012-2013, compared posed in many beach tourist sites. ment there is a curfew in Egypt in government to temporarily ban bal- statistical agency Central Agency Meanwhile, the Central Bank on to 2.6% during the first quarter of the “The violence that you may have many places, it does not include the loon rides. for Public Mobilization and Statistic Wednesday denied allegations that it same fiscal year. seen in your television screens, I as- area or Sharm el-Sheikh or Following the Luxor incident, the (CAPMAS). intends to freeze deposits in the banks. The government borrowed more sure you that level of violence is dwin- the southern Sinai area,” Zaazou said. World Economic Forum Travel and Experts claim that the ministry’s The interim cabinet adopted an in July than it had previously in the dling down very fast. The security and “That is a reflection that the govern- Competitiveness Index listed Egypt figures are “questionable” due to the economic stimulus plan announced last three years according to a statis- safety is now currently even better ment is comfortable for any guest last in terms of security and safety frequent street protests and sexual on Thursday, which will aim to cre- tics published earlier in August by the by the day, by the hour,” Zaazou said. to come and enjoy his or her time... last March. The report, which included harassment stories recounted by ate a 3% growth rate over the Ministry of Finance. Violent clashes turned deadly when sound and safe.” 140 countries, ranked Egypt behind foreigners. 48 hotels in sharm al-sheikh and taba saudi arabia close due to political turmoil studies egypt’s By Basma Ragab five years, beginning after the 2004 ‘Marshall plan’ bombing attack on the Taba Hilton Decreases seen in the number of which led to the death 19 guests and Saudi Arabia is currently reviewing a closely followed by the necessary tourists traveling to southern Sinai injury of 122 others, most of whom report received from Egypt detailing government agencies within Saudi has pushed hotel management com- were Israelis. the financial needs of the latter, ac- Arabia”, he added. panies and owners to temporarily He stated that the market now cur- cording to Ahmed Qatan, Saudi Ara- close a number of facilities in order rently depended on Eastern Europe- bia’s ambassador to Cairo. Prime Minister to avoid losses. 18 hotels were re- an tourism from Ukraine, Slovakia, the Saudi Arabia agreed to provide cently closed in Taba, in addition to Czech republic, Slovakia and Romania. Egypt with $5bn in aid shortly after Hazem El-Beblawi 30 in Sharm Al-Sheikh. Hisham Ali, Chairman of the South the ouster of President Mohamed recently put forth a Hani Gawish, member of the Nu- Sinai Investors Association, stated Morsi on 3 July following a series of weiba and Taba Investors Organization, that hotel occupancy rates in Sharm popular protests. “Marshall Plan” to the stated that 18 hotels in Nuweiba and Al-Sheikh have dropped to 30% in re- Egypt’s economy has suffered as a Taba recently closed their doors and cent months. result of political turmoil which spread Gulf countries in an laid off all non-essential employees due 30 out of 200 hotels in the South throughout the country following the attempt to secure aid to political turmoil currently being wit- Sinai region were temporarily closed, outbreak of the January 25th revolu- nessed in Egypt, which has had a large Ali said, with occupancy rates for tion which removed President Hosni

effect on the country’s tourist sector. AFP file photo those that have remained open not Mubarak from power. The three Gulf countries pledged Gawish said many investors have Current instability in Sinai has massively reduced tourism to the peninsula, exceeding 30%. Egypt’s government has suffered to provide Egypt with a total of $12bn resorted to temporarily closing their prompting a number of hotels to shut down facilities to avoid further losses Ali added that the current sea- from a $3.2bn monthly budget deficit in aid since last July, $5bn of which has facilities in order to avoid suffering son was usually a high point for Ital- since last January. so far been delivered. additional losses stemming from de- ing since the outbreak of the 25 Janu- in the tourist sector were more the ian tourism, saying however that the PrimeMarkets Minister HazemNo. El-BeblawiVolume Egypt’sValue(LE) transitional governmentTrades creases in the number of tourists visit- ary Revolution more than two and a result of politics than any real lapse in number of Italians currently travel- recently put forth a “Marshall Plan” stated that it will avoid implementing ing the region. He added that owners half years ago, he said. security, saying that it was well known ing to Egypt has also dropped, after to the GulfListed countries in an163 attempt97,031,440 to austerity435,604,583 measures, seeking15,526 instead to have been forced to continue paying Occupancy rates for hotels in the that southern Sinai is geographically a number of European governments secure aid which would help reduce stimulate growth by pumping money the salaries of workers, in addition to region have hovered between 3% and isolated from and relatively unaffect- issued travel warnings on Egypt since the pressureStocks currently 161being placed97,031,421 into the435,602,750 economy. 15,524 electricity bills and taxes, while not 5%, compared to 30% to 40% during ed by events taking place in Cairo. An the forced dispersal of sit-ins and on thePDBonds Egyptian economy.0 0 The government0 further0 seeks taking in any revenue. the same time last year. American intervention in Syria would the Raba Al-Adaweya and Al-Nahda Qatan told Reuters: “What is to avoid implementing unpopular Gawish estimated the amount of Gawish added that foreign tourist further hurt the industry, he said, as squares. These countries include happeningBonds now is that El-Beblawi2 is 19 policies as 1,834a means of addressing2 the losses suffered by hotels in the region companies have recently decreased any attack would affect air traffic in Italy, Germany, Holland and Belgium. informingNilex the three concerned10 par744,078- budget deficit,951,104 such as raising152 taxes or to total EGP1.5m per night per 5,000 the amount of charter flights coming the region, which would lead to fur- He concluded saying that in light of ties….Saudi Arabia the United Arab decreasing food and energy subsidies, hotel rooms. into Egypt, with average rates drop- ther losses in the sector. such developments the market would EmiratesOTC and Kuwait, of Egypt’s14 finan157,933- which combined8,535,418 consume nearly31 half Hotel occupancy rates in Nuweiba ping from 16 flights per month, to 1. He added that Israeli tourism in the come to rely more on British tourism. cial needsDeals for the upcoming14 year.” 157,933of Egypt’s8,535,418 annual budget. 31 and Taba have been steadily decreas- Gawish believes problems faced region has decreased 90% in the last Translated from Al Borsa newspaper “All of these issues are being Translated from Al Borsa Orders 0 0 0 0 Total 187 97,933,451 445,091,105 15,709 Daily EGX30 index performance Total Market Cap 356,150,713,921

Company Reuters Last Close Returns Daily Performance Turn Over Volume Market Cap. Market indices performance Sector Name Code Price Price Daily YTD 12-Mths. Max. Price Min. Price (EGP Mill.) Trade (EGP Mill.) Index Value Daily Ch. YTD Ch. Commercial Bank COMI Banks 35.5 35.66 0.99% 3.15% 18.51% 35.95 35.45 8.38 234,909 21,191.73 EGX 30 5,301.02 0.63% -2.95% NSGB NSGB Banks 25.89 25.93 1.37% -26.36% -17.97% 26.00 25.15 0.297 11,459 11,345.65 EGX 70 446.02 1.03% -6.51% Ezz Steel ESRS Basic Resources 10.95 11.16 0.00% 12.39% 14.93% 11.45 10.92 18.54 1,661,971 6,062.84 Markets No. Volume Value(LE) Trades ELSWEDY ELECTRIC SWDY Industrial Goods and Services and Automobiles 21.02 21.01 -0.33% -8.29% -12.28% 21.02 21.00 0.049 2,316 4,709.65 EGX 100 753.19 0.84% -5.89% Listed 163 97,031,440 435,604,583 15,526 MRRIDIVE MOIL Industrial Goods and Services and Automobiles 1.06 1.06 0.00% -8.62% -14.52% 1.07 1.05 0.55 73,920 379.90 EGX 20 Capped 6,162.25 0.65% -2.84% AIC Contracting AIND Financial Services excluding Banks 0.41 0.41 2.50% -12.77% -24.07% 0.42 0.40 1.927 4,704,005 213.85 Stocks 161 97,031,421 435,602,750 15,524 Amer Group Holding AMER Financial Services excluding Banks 0.51 0.51 0.00% -20.31% -31.08% 0.52 0.50 1.92 3,784,931 1,550.25 PDBonds 0 Market0 Brief 0 0 EK Holding EKHO Financial Services excluding Banks 0.70 0.71 1.43% -44.53% -44.09% 0.72 0.70 3.285 665,627 587.51 Bonds 2 Volume19 Value1,834 No.2 of MarketsDirection No.No. Volume Value(LE) Trades EFG-Hermes HRHO Financial Services excluding Banks 8.01 8.11 0.62% -26.34% -33.14% 8.24 8.00 9.00 1,109,433 3,855.06 Nilex 10 (000's)744,078 (LE951,104 000's) Trades152 Pioneers Holding PIOH Financial Services excluding Banks 3.88 3.91 0.26% -19.55% -15.55% 3.99 3.83 5.577 1,427,596 1,950.00 ListedOTC 16314 97,031,440157,933 435,604,5838,535,418 15,52631 Citadel Capital CCAP Financial Services excluding Banks 3.05 3.10 2.31% -17.99% -10.14% 3.15 3.05 8.77 2,831,734 1,980.77 GainersDeals 10314 157,93351,647 8,535,418185,919 13,77831 Stocks 161 97,031,421 435,602,750 15,524 Raya Holding RAYA Technology 5.13 5.07 0.60% -10.42% 0.80% 5.20 5.00 0.786 154,851 323.69 Orders 0 0 0 0 Telecom Egypt ETEL Telecommunications 12.42 12.49 0.24% -11.73% -11.42% 12.66 12.42 9.59 767,774 21,270.11 DeclinersPDBondsTotal 187210 97,933,4515080 445,091,1054,0660 15,7095220 Orascom Telecom Media And Technology OTMT Telecommunications 0.55 0.56 0.00% 1.82% -1.75% 0.57 0.55 16.129 28,806,868 2,937.59 TotalBonds Market Cap 2 19 356,150,713,9211,834 2 Orascom Telecom ORTE Telecommunications 4.23 4.28 0.71% 7.81% 17.58% 4.34 4.22 3.46 810,093 22,294.19 Unchanged 39 44,877 245,620 1,226 Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals SKPC Chemicals 15.00 14.99 1.28% 13.13% 12.45% 15.24 14.91 2.843 189,586 7,770.00 Nilex 10 744,078 951,104 152 Egyptian Financial and Industrial EFIC Chemicals 9.81 9.94 0.10% 0.20% -15.62% 10.14 9.81 3.70 371,859 688.17 OTCIndex 14 157,933Value Daily8,535,418 Ch. YTD31 Ch. AMOC AMOC Oil and Gas 70.00 70.20 -0.06% -4.09% -11.13% 71.00 70.00 0.431 6,137 6,047.66 DealsEGX 30 14 5,301.02157,933 8,535,4180.63% -2.95%31 Juhayna Food Industries JUFO Food and Beverage 9.74 9.75 0.41% 26.79% 103.13% 9.75 9.71 0.09 9,154 6,855.78 EGX 70 446.02 1.03% -6.51% Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) OCIC Construction and Materials 245.50 243.85 0.67% -3.37% -12.15% 245.50 242.25 3.822 15,674 50,611.15 Orders 0 0 0 0 EGX 100 753.19 0.84% -5.89% Delta Construction & Rebuilding DCRC Construction and Materials 5.47 5.56 2.02% -10.90% -32.28% 5.66 5.47 0.93 167,411 125.93 TotalEGX 20 Capped 187 97,933,4516,162.25 445,091,1050.65% -2.84%15,709 Modern Co. For Water Proofing WATP Construction and Materials 1.31 1.33 2.31% -25.70% -40.36% 1.36 1.31 1.031 772,706 132.60 Total Market Cap 356,150,713,921 Palm Hills PHDC Real Estate 2.24 2.29 1.33% -6.15% 1.33% 2.33 2.24 35.83 15,624,859 2,369.20 Volume Value No. of TMG Holding TMGH Real Estate 4.85 4.93 0.41% 11.29% 6.48% 5.07 4.85 9.156 1,858,073 10,132.09 Direction No. National Real Estate Bank NRPD Real Estate 16.16 16.44 3.98% -17.55% -29.32% 16.87 16.02 2.03 123,445 61.70 (000's) (LE 000's) Trades Six of October OCDI Real Estate 22.27 22.79 1.70% 12.10% 5.07% 23.01 22.26 2.706 118,722 2,032.06 Gainers Index 103 Value51,647 Daily185,919 Ch. YTD13,778 Ch. El Kahera Housing & Development ELKA Real Estate 5.2 5.32 -0.56% -19.03% 9.47% 5.43 5.16 1.83 344,158 501.56 EGX 30 5,301.02 0.63% -2.95% Arab Cotton Ginning ACGC Personal and Household Products 3.15 3.21 0.63% -27.05% 11.07% 3.25 3.15 4.367 1,361,430 844.76 Decliners 21 508 4,066 522 Oriental Weavers ORWE Personal and Household Products 22.13 22.48 0.00% -3.52% 3.36% 22.13 22.03 0.00 198 2,023.20 EGX 70 446.02 1.03% -6.51% Unchanged 39 44,877 245,620 1,226 Egyptian Tourism Resorts EGTS Travel & Leisure 0.88 0.89 1.14% -15.24% -28.23% 0.90 0.88 1.190 1,336,969 924.00 EGX 100 753.19 0.84% -5.89% EGX 20 Capped 6,162.25 0.65% -2.84%

Volume Value No. of Direction No. (000's) (LE 000's) Trades Gainers 103 51,647 185,919 13,778

Decliners 21 508 4,066 522

Unchanged 39 44,877 245,620 1,226 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 Disclaimer: Commentaries published Daily news egypt 5 by Daily News Egypt do not reflect the position of the paper, but the independent opinions of their authors. commentary www.thedailynewsegypt.com out on a limb revenge of the sisi Deep state? Don’t give them too much credit; their danger is much simpler than that Once upon a time a crocodile was snoozing on the banks of the River as both troubling and welcome news. complete with hushed conversations comfortably smug face returning to Nile. Along came a spritely gazelle. Rasheed hammouda Troubling first because, as men- in wood-panelled rooms, Sisi quietly the television after a week of horren- She’d spotted a bunch of cherries tioned above, it is revealing of how little stroking a feline in the corner. Oh, and dous violence wasn’t enough to remind on the opposite side. How to get Following developments in Egypt over political progress has been made. The for good measure, elsewhere some- Egypt how much is left to accomplish, I across? One crocodile in sight in- the past couple weeks feels more like danger here is in taking this disheart- one is on the phone to Israel about don’t know what is. Indeed, Mubarak’s dicated more dozing. reading a dark farce than anything re- ening realisation too hard. For starters, that Zionist/Brotherhood/US takeover. state—or more precisely, the Sisi-style “Wake up, Mr Crocodile,” she sembling a news report. The death-toll arguably the greatest achievements Theories purporting a deep state are military complex, never quite left. All pleaded. The crocodile opened of the violent military crackdown on to-date of Egypt’s revolution has been as overblown as the counter theories the same, this mentality should not be one eye warily. What luck. The ga- Pro-Morsi sit-ins has surpassed that with civil society. Civil action is more claiming some sort of US led cabal con- overstated in its intelligence. Most of zelle would make a tasty dinner. of the 2011 demonstrations, making widespread and open than it has been spiring against the people of Egypt. their attempts at sophisticated media “Our leader Mr Tiger is throwing recent events the bloodiest Egypt has in years. This doesn’t mean the political Again, the real danger is that yes, the manipulation and other hallmarks of a a party. He wants to know how seen in recent history. The military seen has caught up yet, far from it. But brutal military regime never left, but this deep-state often just end up infuriating many to cater for.” PhiliP WhitField continues to go to extreme lengths to there’s no going back, Egypt has awak- is not a result of some larger conspiracy. foreign diplomats. The crocodiles lined up snout- squash the Muslim Brotherhood, and ened, indicative in both the deposal of Sisi is far from a mastermind. The man One thing is certain, the military is to-tush across the Nile. The ga- trenched in the Battle of the Som- their leader, , has al- Morsi and the subsequent protests for came up under a corrupt regime where now trying to send a message to the zelle counted as she tripped me. The cloud blew back blinding, legedly suffered a heart attack as a re- his reinstatement. violence was the lingua franca—the youth revolutionaries: we can do to you across on their hides singing: One stinging and killing their own. sult of the “bad psychological state that Moreover, those who would despair whole military leadership is filled with what we are doing to the Brotherhood two, little feet…three four, a little Wilfred Owen: Gas! Gas! Quick, he is going through.” The most improb- that Mubarak’s release is characteristic Sisi’s. By recognising violence and cor- (odd timing considering their tenuous bit more. boys! An ecstasy of fumbling, fit- able act of all is, of course, the ‘release’ of a sinister deep-state that remains un- ruption for what it is, we can do away alliance). This is their biggest mistake. “How many are we?” Mr ting the clumsy helmets just in of Mubarak. equivocally in control of the country with the time waste of trying to de- In trying to play the same intimidation Crocodile inquired as the gazelle time. But someone still was yelling It comes as no surprise to see a va- are giving the regime too much credit. cipher intentions and focus on what’s card they have been playing for years reached the other side. “Nine stu- out and stumbling and floundering riety of deep-state conspiracy theories To paraphrase the philosopher Slavoj important: stopping the violence and the military has made a severe mis- pid crocodiles. I just wanted these like a man in fire or lime. resurfacing. The most extreme of these Zizek (himself referencing the Marx corruption. calculation. The youth, revolutionaries, juicy berries,” she mocked. Thomas Hardy: War makes rat- theories allege that Mubarak himself Brothers), “this man may look like a This is precisely why Mubarak’s Brotherhood, et al are far from the doc- The weekend warriors Obama tling good history; but peace is had somehow been pulling the strings corrupt idiot and act like a corrupt transfer to house arrest should be wel- ile sheep they once were. While certain and Cameron choose to ignore poor reading. Thomas Mann: War behind the government and military idiot, but don’t let that deceive you— come news. As I said above, his return elements still lack the necessary leader- the No Trespassing signs erected is only a cowardly escape from the the whole time. Milder but equally ridic- he is a corrupt idiot.” In Egypt’s case to the public eye is a reminder of how ship and organisation needed, they have by Shi’as and Sunnis in battle. Pit- problems of peace. ulous theories contend it was the ‘deep the situation is of course much more little political progress has been made found their voice all the same. Once ting the West against the Orient My trade has flung me into more state’ of the Egyptian military plotting dangerous than that: it may look and act since his ouster, a lamentable fact at first these factions ignore the conspiracy disfigures probity to gloss a folly. war than most; killing fields, child the whole time and orchestrating the like reckless and corrupt military lead- glance, but not without its silver lining. theorists or those who would throw Tomahawks don’t distinguish a soldiers knee-high to AK-47s. downfall of the brotherhood from Day ership, but don’t let that fool you—it The simple reason being: Mubarak is a their hands up and lament the futility child from a chump. Hemingway: Before the war 1. I’m inclined to agree with others who really is reckless and corrupt military troubling reminder of how much Egypt of fighting a “deep state,” working to- Their malice aforethought risks you always think that it’s not you contend that this is unfeasible, both po- leadership. That is however, all it is, and still has at stake. Perhaps we were all wards progress can begin anew. enkindling Syria’s pyre, fuel for the that dies. But you will die, brother, litically and physically, and what is more this should not be mistaken for a ruse too hasty to start throwing around the smouldering inferno whether or if you go to it long enough. likely is that Mubarak’s regime never to obfuscate some shadowy, more cal- labels of feloul, after all, the man has not Rasheed hammouda is an Egyptian- not they press the trigger. Assad Coincidentally The Deer Hunt- fully left in the first place (this is a theory culated plans. fully passed to zemaan. American researcher based in London may dodge death this time. But er turns up on TV, gut wrenching I touched on two weeks ago). As such, All the same, some continue to This reminder should be capitalised with a focus on MENA economics and Armageddon nears. for me with a bit of my news foot- Mubarak’s pseudo-return should come suspect more elaborate conspiracies on though, not dreaded. If Mubarak’s contemporary philosophy Revelations 14,v19: The angel age shot during the Fall of Saigon. thrust his sickle into the earth The film’s epigraph was filched. and gathered the vine and threw Hemmingway: There is no hunt- it into the great winepress of the ing like the hunting of man, and wrath of God. those who have hunted armed Obscurantism hangs Assad’s men long enough and liked it never egypt 2013: what can you tell? kin on history’s gallows. Their care for anything else thereafter. mockery of kith bespatters jus- Forlorn, I shrug off melancholia Genuine democracy requires practice demonstrations throughout this year. muslim Brotherhood in Power tice, hideous enormity inexpiable. in the Garden of Remembrance in and partnership, and cannot be realised Egypt 2013 and Chile 1973- Similari- Throughout one year of their rule, Contrariety characterises Heliopolis. Pristine mown lawns aloof from people. Mobilising crowds ties and differences the MB failed to smooth Egyptians’ Obama and Cameron. cushion anger, sanctifying the rage to replace the ballot box is very dan- In effect, the toppling of President fears, and could not walk the walk of Oh, the grand old Duke of in which youth was hewn. Andrew gerous as the lust for power and au- Mohamed Morsi and the ensuing other successful Islamic parties in the York. He had ten thousand men. Downing: What weak, inglorious thority can be cast in popular demands, violence and human rights viola- region, like Turkey’s AKP whose politi- He marched them up to the top fools we mortals are that war and gain proforma legitimacy. In order tions, committed mainly by the army cal and economic success was striking of the hill and he marched them must be, or any need of war… to put forward a truthful analysis, one in Egypt, retells the 1973 US-funded and dubbed by many Arabs as a model. down again. And when they were The sword and bayonet shall be should call a spade a spade. coup d’état in Chile. Thus, it can be inferred that the sole up they were up. And when they preserved by the fair children of Coup d’état The main difference between the reason behind this current state of af- Fadi elhusseini were down they were down. And a nobler race, as relics only of a First and foremost, what the army two cases is the role of external and fairs is the lack of political experience of when they were only half way up, barbarous past. has committed in Egypt is nothing but internal factors. For instance, in Chile, the MB, which was reflected in a num- tion. Tension and incitement escalated, they were neither up nor down. Can balm salve humanity’s a “coup”. Discharging a president who the coup was instigated by the CIA and ber of controversial incidents. fiery speeches, articles and feverish TV Rather than wave their armies wounds, satiating the yearning for was democratically elected through the following government was ostensi- The most striking mistake the MB shows aimed to attack the other side off Obama and Cameron should democracy’s bounty? In its cere- fair elections (the first of its kind in de- bly supported by the US. In Egypt, poor made in was passing the new constitu- became common, until the eruption pick up the chaff left behind har- bration, could Egypt construct a cades in Egypt), the suspension of the economic performance, government tion despite opposition from Christians occurred. vesting misery at El Alamein. To Pharhaonic memorial to hallow constitution (voted for by referendum), wrongdoings, the state of polarisation and civil society. This has caused a rift be- Prognosis this day boys and girls are mu- the martyrs whomsoever they the resolution of the Shura (legislative) and the continuous incitement against tween the MB and the rest of civil and First, it should be underscored that tilated playing in the sand. Cou- are, in whatever circumstances Council and the closure of radio and TV Muslim Brotherhood (MB) were the political actors in the Egyptian society. disqualifying the MB, or any other politi- rageous are those that admit to they fell in this ghastly Gahanna? stations in synch with scores of arrests main reasons behind the coup. In the The rift widened after a series of changes cal or social actor, from political life will wrongdoing and make amends. Can’t Egypt petition its neigh- without warrant or court orders are all case of Egypt there is no evidence of brought about by Morsi’s government have momentous repercussions. The Pip in Great Expectations: I was bours to form a comity of na- signs of a coup. external involvement prior to the coup of Prime Minister , who longer violence, social hatred and exac- too cowardly to do what I knew tions, a free trade bloc from the Meanwhile, the attempts to draw an and even the welcoming reaction of the appointed new governors and refused erbated cultural polarisation lasts, the to be right, as I had been too cow- Mediterranean Sea to the Indian analogy between what happened on some Arab countries who have started a national consensus government. The less likely it is to develop into a sound ardly to avoid doing what I knew Ocean, the Great Pyramid of Giza 30 June, 2013 and 25 January, 2011 is to pour money in order to assist the dismissal of presidential adviser Khaled democratic environment. For that, it is to be wrong. to the Cape of Good Hope: two erroneous. In the revolution of 25 Janu- new- de facto government, does not Alameddine, a member of the senior important for newly fledged democ- It’s ironic the flower-power- billion people four times greater ary 2011, the toppled regime did not prove any external role either. leadership of the Salafi Nour Party, is a racies to understand that tolerance aged orchestrating the newest than the EU, twice the extent of derive its power from democratic and Despite such differences, overall the stark example of how the MB began to should replace hatred and partnership travesty danced to John Lennon’s the Americas, a third more popu- fair elections and its supporters didn’t Egyptian coup appears as a repeated lose many of their allies. should overcome disqualification, and tune: Imagine all the people living lous than China? That would give have any real presence, on the ground, scenario of the Chilean Coup d’état. While suspicions mounted, the po- that this is the sole path towards more life in peace. You may say that I’m a contestants pause. when compared to the rebels. As for First and foremost, the two coups litical exclusion of non-MB actors be- healthy and stable societies. dreamer, but I’m not the only one. Who’s got the guts to banish what happened on 30 June, removing took place within the context of major came evident and new political appoint- Another conclusion which can be I hope someday you’ll join us and vainglory, to realise the dream on a president that took power through global and regional events (Cold war, ments of MB members and their sup- drawn is that the longer coup-makers the world will be as one. this 50th anniversary of Martin fair elections and who has evident pres- Chile’s case & the Egypt’s porters and allies proved these doubts. remain in power, the more likely their Albert Einstein: I know not with Luther King Jr.’s invocation: Now ence and supporters in every city in case). Freely elected presidents were Such actions and decisions deepened rule turns into dictatorship, even if they what weapons World War III will is the time to make justice for all Egypt is an entirely different case. civilians (Chile’s Salvador Allende was and increased uncertainty, and their at- exercise some sort of democratic prac- be fought, but World War IV will of God’s children… we cannot Moreover, the allegations the Egyp- a physician & Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi titude was interpreted as a rejection of tices. The moment such regimes sense be fought with sticks and stones. turn back…we will not be satis- tian army tried to make were marred by is an engineer- PhD holder) and they any form of political partnership with a menace to their reigns, they would Obama (b.1961) is under the fied until justice rolls down like a lot of impurities. Talking about siding came to power with narrow plural- other segments of the society, espe- start gritting teeth to protect and bol- sway of Susan Rice (b.1964) his waters, and righteousness like a with the people in the face of the Mus- ity. Both toppled presidents were cially non-Muslim ones. ster their rule. national security advisor, Cameron mighty stream? lim Brotherhood (MB) is erroneous, overthrown by military commanders Furthermore, and following the Simply put, the Egyptian experience (b.1966) defanged by a querulous Children. They recognise the especially if the classification criterion (Augusto Pinochet in Chile and Abdel hasty dismissal of Defense Minister was within striking distance to achieve parliament refusing to be brow- crocodile tears that wet this aeo- is the presence in squares and streets. Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt), who were pro- Tantawi and Chief of Staff Sami Anan, sound democracy, yet this will not beaten. The obsequious trio think nian waste of life. This is because the bias and siding moted and assigned as Commanders- discontent among security and military now be realized except with a peaceful they can wipe up Syria’s snot just as We mourn a friend who passed would be to one side’s advantage at the in-Chief of the army by Allende and forces became prevalent. This led doz- transfer of power from military to civil Britain and France thought they’d on Friday. Seamus Heaney once others expense. Additionally, saying that Morsi, respectively. Chile and Egypt ens of officers to support the revolu- institutions, in tandem with better edu- wipe out Nasser in Suez in 1956. held my children spellbound on the performance of the previous gov- were living constitutional crises and tion (30 June), especially after Morsi’s cating people on how they can practice Then as now they were gung- our sofa, his words a beacon in ernment was one of the weaknesses of massive economic and social insta- accusations that the security forces their democratic choice, peacefully, and ho with nought a fraught thought: our time’s dark lacuna. the degree that prompted the military bility as a prelude to coups. Last but where incapable of protecting MB accepting partnership and living side by only to leave empty-handed, their History says, Don’t hope/ On action to stop this decline is mislead- not least, the clash in both cases headquarters. side with the others. adversary emboldened and Israel this side of the grave/ But then, ing too. Evaluating the performance of was between two ideological camps; Such a tense environment came cocksure, planning more adven- once in a lifetime/ The longed-for a president or a government cannot conservative-dominated Congress of in tandem with poor political perfor- Fadi elhusseini is a Political and Media turism. tidal wave of justice/ Can rise up/ be reasonable after less than a year in Chile (US supported) versus socialists mance, the continued economic down- Counselor in Turkey. He is an associate Unctuous western warmongers And hope and history rhyme. power, bearing in mind the difficult po- (USSR supported), while in Egypt the turn, declining rates of employment and research fellow (ESRC) at the Institute unite against chemical killing. They litical, economic and social conditions conflict was between MB, as a repre- investment and accusations of margin- for Middle East Studies-Canada and a invented it. The British slung mus- Philip Whitfield is a Cairo com- Egypt suffered before and during this sentative of ‘moderate’ Islam, against alising several segments of the society, doctoral candidate at the University of tard gas at the Kaiser’s army en- mentator. year, plus the continuous instability and liberals (secular) camp. all leading to a growing state of polarisa- Sunderland in Britain.

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The eerie silence, which reigned in We love food. We love the real, the streets of Cairo immediately down to earth, tried-and-tested, handed-down-through-the- after the imposition of the curfew generations, local Egyptian food. on 14 August, did not last long. Two Here is your chance to learn how weeks later, and the cafes of Soli- to make these local delicacies in man Gohar Street in Dokki are once your own home. And just so you again lit up and full of punters until know what to ask for, we have late into the night. added how to say the ingredients Adham Radhy is sitting in just in Arabic. No more excuses, off to one such cafe, smoking shisha and the souq ! exchanging news and banter with a large group of his friends seated around him. “When the curfew just started, we had to go and see how serious it was,” he said, “and on the Tagen ferakh bel khodar wel first day the cafe wasn’t open. Now the street has filled up again and the batates – Chicken tagen with cafe is open until three or four in the morning.” potatoes and vegetables The patrons of such cafes are aware that travelling from neigh- Ingredients: cubes. Blend the boiled potatoes bourhood to neighbourhood is • 1 chicken – fe-rakh in a blender with the milk, salt and probably a step too far, but nothing • 5 medium potatoes – ba-ta-tes pepper until well mixed. Set aside. Aaron T. Rose T. Aaron is going to stop them from spend- • 3 medium carrots, diced – ga-zar • Heat 2 tbsp butter in a deep ing their evenings sipping on mint Cairo cafes are neighbourhood meeting points to exchange news, play games and watch the latest develop- • 2 medium green peppers, diced – skillet. Add the mushrooms and tea and sounding off about their day. ments on television fel-fel akh-dar stir for a minute. Add the diced Not even the power cut, which has • 1 egg – beid pepper and carrots and stir. Add been underway on Soliman Gohar onto the gaggle of Radhy and his is one of the most important parts thing happened in politics, that’s • 1 cup mushrooms, sliced – ‘esh the chicken pieces and most of Street for a full forty-five minutes. friends, as they flinch under the light of Egyptian culture, noting that how I’ll know. We talk about politics, gho-rab the cheese and stir. Add the re- Ashraf, the head waiter, rushes and giggle. “This is basically like their cultural bastions such as Naguib we talk about sport, we talk about • 4 tbsp butter or ghee – zeb-da or served broth and stir all ingre- around serving drinks to his mostly home,” he explained, “like an extra Mahfouz were well known to spend everything.” sam-na dients well. familiar customers, shining a hand- room of their houses. The cafe can’t much of their time sitting around in Mohammed Hamada has indeed • 2 cups milk – la-ban • Butter a baking dish. Add the veg- held torch into their faces as he close; what would they do?” their local roadside cafe. “And look spent much of his evening moaning • 3/4 cup cheese, shredded – gib-na etable and chicken mix to form a takes their order. As a business Ashraf is not worried about the around you. In my cafe no one is about work. “There’s so much pres- • salt and pepper – malh and fel-fel layer that covers the bottom of which makes most of its money in police or army coming to shut the playing tawla. People are talking to sure these days, only bad news on the dish. Add most of the potato mix the evening, Ashraf has a lot to lose cafe down; after all, he is doing his each other. And it’s cheap,” he added, television, people come here to blow Directions and smooth out the surface with from shutting down during curfew patriotic duty by keeping the place “Tea is only EGP 1.5.” off steam and talk to their friends”. • Wash the chicken well. Fill a pan the back of a spoon. hours. open, he says. “The police and the This last remark elicits heckles The curfew has not deterred with water and add an onion, car- • Beat the egg in the blender with I asked Ashraf whether he minds army need me,” he argued. “Keeping from the crowd: “It used to be only those who frequent the cafe, not damom and spices. Add the chicken the remains of the blended pota- me using his real name in the article. the cafe open reduces the number one guinea Ashraf, what happened?” so much as an act of defiance but, and boil until tender. Remove the toes. Pour on the surface of dish. “Why would I mind?” He looked at of people just wandering around the “It went up!” he fired back, de- according to one of the customers, chicken from the broth. Remove Sprinkle remaining cheese on the me quizzically. “I’m not breaking streets, so actually we are helping fiantly. to fill a need. “No one is just going all the bones and cut the meat into surface. curfew, look I’m staying here, in one with the curfew.” “The cafe is the most important to go straight home from work and small pieces and set aside. Strain • Heat the oven to 200C. Place the place, all night!” “If a policeman came and saw the thing,” continued Radhy, ‘it’s how stay in the house all night,” Hamada and reserve ½ cup of broth. dish in the oven for about 25 min- “Anyway,” he continued, “if I cafe open he would probably sit and people know each other’s opinions, said, “people would fight with each • Wash the potatoes well. Boil in wa- utes or until the surface is golden. closed the cafe, where would these have tea with us,” Radhy added. if something happened to Hamada other! People would go mad! It’s ter until tender. Peel and cut into Serve immediately. people go?” he shines the torch Ashraf is adamant that the cafe in work today, he’ll tell me, if some- impossible!” the tradition of tawla gazwareen: the art of driftwood By Mostafa Salem By Thoraia Abou Bakr

Walking inside a local Egyptian cof- When a ship sinks and starts to dis- fee shop, an ahwa, you instantly hear integrate, the wood that the vessel the almost synchronised clacking was made off get lost in the sea. After of dice on a wooden platform, the a while, the wood finds its way to a shouts of men in triumph or the beach and lies there in the sun. Some groans of failure. The sound of many people may not imagine that this stones being shuffled and thrown type of wood can be used, but Shahir resembles something near to an Mikhail does. Mikhail is the founder aggressive physical competition and owner of Gazwareen, the name rather than a board game. It is a of which is a type of tree. soundtrack of any ahwa will have “I am actually a surgeon and so is my this. father, but he was into carpentry as well. An ahwa is where you can find I learned it from him as a child.” Mikhail Egyptians post working hours, dur- recalls the many summers he used to ing lunch breaks or at any random spend helping his father with his hobby. “I time of the day. The community spent my whole childhood in Agami,” he Gazwareen Facebook page Facebook Gazwareen ahwa is to older generations what Hassan Ibrahim explained. Agami is a beach-town close social media is to young Egyp- to Alexandria, and the place where he tians. The inclusivity of the ahwa in Playing tawla is a favourite pastime in Cairo’s coffee shops first saw driftwood. It fascinated him as a Driftwood turned into a kitchen cabinet people’s lives is illustrated in the child as “it looked very beautiful”. popular Egyptian dictum for the identified. For an amateur its hell to Egypt an ahwa can be found and in Mikhail lamented that the concept Mikhail explained that his designs just So, what is the process for or- unemployed, “sitting in an ahwa.” have all of your moves predicted every ahwa it is almost certain you of using driftwood is lost in Egypt even pop into his head, rather than seeking in- dering a piece of furniture? “People Politics are discussed, jokes are and preempted, for an expert it is will find a tawla board. though it is very popular abroad. “The spiration from some particular sources. usually contact me and explain what shared, sports watched and, most par for the course to anticipate ev- Recently, even high-end cafés are sea salt makes the wood very hard “I would have some design in my mind, they need exactly. I prefer to see importantly, an endless competi- ery possibility. striving to attain gaming licenses and it also becomes insect-repellent. but I don’t have the driftwood for it, so the space in which the piece will be tion is ongoing between the local Backgammon or tawla is one to provide tawla for eager gamers. It has an aesthetic quality due to the I postpone it for a while,” he said. So, put [to better envision the design],” tawla players, a tradition started by of the oldest board games in the Women who grew up playing tawla at withering that happened to it, and it his projects do not have a particular Mikhail explained. He added that the the gamers from yesteryear. world, with historical records home and do not have the privilege also has a historic quality,” Mikhail timeframe. However, he added that for process of designing for a client is Each ahwa is claimed by residents showing it being present in Per- of going to a local ahwa, still mostly explained. The historic aspect comes a smaller project, it might take him as very “interactive” so that the “final of the area as their own and in a sia in 3000B.C.E. It is played using a male affaire, are now finding op- from the fact that before landing on little as two weeks to finish it. product can be both functional and recent trend all ages can be found stones called ishat in Egyptian Ara- ponents at cafés. the beach, the wood went on a great “It is harder than regular carpentry aesthetically-pleasing.” He prefers to within the coffee shops. Men visit bic and the pieces move accord- The distraction and relaxation journey. Mikhail stressed on this as- because the driftwood doesn’t have meet with the clients to show them their favourite ahwa with the ex- ing to the roll of two small dice. produced by a good game of tawla pect the most, which he believes gives fixed dimensions and the pieces aren’t the available driftwood. pectation to find the usual company, A player wins by removing all his provides an ease to the stressful the wood “its personality”. straight,” Mikhail explained. He does “I like the design to be very and they are seldom disappointed. pieces off the board before his op- life Egyptians face every day. Time Mikhail combined what he learnt everything himself and all the steps simple, which enables me to build Older generations built their ponent manages to do so. Many spent in the local ahwa down the from his father with his passion for are done manually since he cannot use something durable,” he explained. communities around tawla. Small variants exist such as a’ada, mah- street is almost a necessity to many driftwood to create driftwood furni- machines lest the wood gets ruined. He added that since the driftwood units of men sit around a table bousa or wahed w’talateen. In Egypt, Egyptians and it is considered a way ture and later the Gazwareen brand. “I The step which requires the most was used to make ships, it is very watching the competitive match Turkish and Farsi names are given to make the days pass easier. Hus- have been collecting driftwood for 20 work is the cleaning of the driftwood: tough. Therefore furniture made between two of their acquaintanc- to every sequence the dice gener- bands temporarily flee their homes years now...but I only turned profes- “You need to clean it without the of driftwood can survive for many es. The severity of the situation ate, for example a dice combination and unemployed youth find a time sionally five or six years ago,” Mikhail wood losing its personality and that generations: “you can give it to you is apparent on their faces as they producing a 5 and a 6 is called shesh of respite of the endless rounds of said. He first realised its business po- old look.” This involves sanding to children and grandchildren.” know that a reputation is on the beesh while two 6’s are called dosh. searching for a job by rolling the dice tential when he held an exhibition with achieve “a neat look” without strip- Finally, Mikhail wanted to highlight line. Each group has an expert who Yak,do,seh, gohar, bang, and shesh are and triumphing. Even if these victo- a friend and ended up selling all the ping it of its natural beauty. how “valuable” driftwood is due to its they hope to someday dethrone. the names of numbers in Farsi that ries are small, the complete engage- pieces on display. “I found that there He also has to wait for the drift- “great and long history.” He explained The years spent on tawla is epito- are used by everyone playing tawla ment, the use of finely honed skills was a demand for that kind of furniture wood to dry out before he can work that abroad it is sold for very high mised through the players who have in Egypt. The reason behind the use and the participation of the patrons and people appreciated it,” he said. on it, which usually takes around two prices and that making furniture out deciphered every strategy avail- of Farsi numbers is unknown how- of the ahwa all provide a moment He added that the process of making weeks. In the meantime Mikhail is also of driftwood is also a form of recycling. able. Every possible combination of ever it may be related to the game of joy and relaxation that are by no the furniture is very fluid: “It depends busy with his medical career: “I divide The many beautiful designs of Gaz- the dice is preemptively considered starting in Persia 5000 years ago. means insignificant considering the on the availability of the driftwood and my time between being a surgeon and wareen can be seen on their Face- and every move by the opponent is In the small alleys of every city of pressures of society. the inspiration [for the design].” designing driftwood furniture.” book page.