Scenes

This post is dedicated to my significant other... scenes from around the house

Mei cooked tonight:

We ate something else *smile*

(2011 has been an eventful year from day one, and we just finished February. I wonder what's left in store?) 


Pray for peace.

Donations needed!

I know I said this won't turn into another political space... I just couldn't turn my back on this one:

World Medical Camp for Libya: charity to respond to the urgent medical needs in Libya

I am writing you today to ask for your help in addressing what has now become an unbearable situation in Libya, where for the past week we have seen unrelenting military attacks undertaken against innocent and unarmed Libyan civilians. As a recent Foreign Policy article indicated, "Libyans are painfully aware of the fact that their country does not attract nearly the same level of interest as Egypt or Iran [...]. This, despite the fact that the Qaddafi regime has been in power significantly longer than nearly any other autocratic system, during which time it has proved itself among the world's most brutal [...].”

Eyewitness reports to this effect are already trickling in from Libya, and the death toll appears to be slowly mounting with reports of nearly 300 casualties. Though growing, regrettably, international attention has thus far been minimal and action to stop the violence has been non-existent.

We are a group of Libyans who have established a UK registered charity called the World Medical Camp for Libya (WMCL) to respond to the urgent and immediate medical needs in Libya. With such high civilian targeting and limited physical access permitted for support agencies, we know that these needs are critical. Sources on the ground have reported that the situation is dire with hospitals in Benghazi and elsewhere in Eastern Libya lacking the basic medical supplies and equipment to treat the injured and wounded.

We currently have $50,000 USD worth of donated medical supplies and arrangements are being made for a convoy to transport these much-needed supplies from Libya by road via the Egyptian border which has recently been opened. This current run will allow us to deliver aid directly to hospitals in Benghazi as well as to other eastern towns including Derna, Bayda, and Tobruk, where reports have been received of a greater number of injuries. We will use a wide network of well-established local contacts in Marsa Matrouh (at the Egyptian border) and Tobruk who are experienced in the logistics of transporting cargo across the border into Libya. Representatives on the ground are currently receiving the medical supplies in Egypt and coordinating the transport arrangements so the supplies may be delivered as soon as possible. The representatives will also lead the convoy until its final delivery points within Libya and identify additional needs.

These efforts to provide medical humanitarian aid to Libya need to continue and we appeal to you for urgent, cash and in-kind donations. Kindly find attached a detailed list of required items and equipment required by the hospitals, compiled with doctors and nurses in the hospitals in Libya. With the news of more and more disproportionate and lethal attacks on an unarmed civilian population being reported on an hourly basis, we would respectfully implore you to treat to our appeal for assistance with the required urgency and expedition.

For cash donations, please find the following banking details:
World Medical Camp Libya,
HSBC Bank PLC ,
Sort Code: 400327, A/c No.: 52062666,
SWIFT: MIDLGB22 ,
IBAN: GB77MIDL40032752062666

Please contact Ekram El-Huni (ekramelhuni at hotmail dot com) if you require further clarification or have any questions.

Libya on my mind...

I haven't been blogging much because... well because of many reasons. Other than the fact that we are still in the process of figuring out a routine and finding schools...etc. There's just been too much important stuff going on in the world. I don't want to change this space into another political blog. This space is about escaping and documenting this moment in time, well at least remembering the pleasant moments. And for the past month it has been anything but.

I can't bring myself to write about our family during these hard times when so many families are suffering right now. Libya is at the top of my concern list at the moment. They are ruled by a world renowned lunatic, and he added Monster to his endless list of titles. May God protect the Libyan people and bring freedom and tranquility soon to their land (and all other lands with their people currently bravely and patiently AND peacefully standing up against corruption and tyranny) Amen.

Documenting will resume hopefully soon. For now I am too consumed with other things. Pray for the people. They are very brave.

Follow exclusive Libya news here.


 "Every Pharaoh has a sea waiting for him" Imam Suhaib Webb.

Peace.
 

Egyptians are plain awesome

 photo credit: Mohammad Saladin Nusair

Peace.

Times... they are a changin...

Hello friends,

 (photo credit: Inge Warga)

They painted the sidewalk of the famous pyramids street in Egypt's flag color, they are having seminars to educate the regular people (like myself) about political issues, the constitution...etc


New emerging Egyptian lingo (copied from twitter): Positive:
Enta Gamed Tahrir = you're Tahrir cool.
Waheshny mozaharat = I miss you as massive as protests man.
enta gamed 25 haga = You're awesome like 25 jan.

Negative:
Enta wad agenda = You're an agenda dude.
Enta fakes Kentucky = You're Kentucky shameful.  (you know coz the government was giving out KFC boxes to bribe pro Mubarak protesters)

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I definitely feel like I'm missing out. I do feel like my humble contribution is taking care of my family, especially my slowly-stress-recovering-babes. We are staying with my in-laws in Madison/WI for the time being, everyone here has been more than wonderful, changing their lives and routines to accommodate our family. We are truly blessed.
My husband is honoring his one year teaching contract and flying back to my free Egypt tomorrow... I am jealous, sad, excited and nervous all at the same time. He is looking forward to experiencing a new Egypt (although we still have a long way to go) and re-uniting with his post revolution students.

So my girls and I are hoping Egypt will accept this very small offer (big to our family) of staying with out our rock for the coming five months. I would fly back with him in a blink, if we haven't been hopping three continents for the past two weeks. The girls are the ones who are suffering at the moment and they need to settle down.

So here are some shots from our settling down process:

Peace.

Fallen heroes

Let us take a moment amidst all the celebration to remember our fallen heroes. 300 killed and 5000 injured. The death toll keeps going up. (amongst the fallen is an 8 year old boy)
Please recite al fatiha for their souls, may God give them the highest ranks in paradise amin.

Egypt remembers.

Peace.

Allahu Akbar!

God is Great!

To all my Egyptian brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, grandparents and children...  YOU DID IT!!!

Congratulations. Mubarak resigned.

 Thank you to all of the readers who followed, my family who supported us, got us out of danger, called the white house, and prayed and prayed for us and most of all for Egypt. We are free today because of the courage and perseverance of the amazing people of Egypt and because of all who believed in us, and helped in any  way possible. Even by just following our news. 
Thank you.

We still have a long way to go but this definitely feels like a victory. You have witnessed a glimpse of what we had to deal with for the past thirty years. Today we celebrate.

This blog's usual posts will resume.

Again, thank you.

Keep praying for peace *smile*