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Let´s do it again..

Zutko — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:56:37 +0000

Jag vet inte för vilken gång jag har sagt att jag ska bättra mig på att skriva mer här, men jag fuckar up det over and over again. Så jag tänkte göra ett nytt försök.

Jag börjar med att dela med mig lite av det som har hänt i mitt liv senaste 2 månader. Lång historia kort, efter en lång period av vad man kan kalla vandrande i mörkret, tog jag tag i mitt liv och såg till att börja vandra mot ljuset igen. Med det sagt, så känner jag mig mer positiv än någonsin. Jag har börjat trivas med allt som under ett väldigt långt period kändes som en stor börda. Jag vill bara säga till alla som har varit runt omkring mig, jag ber hemskt mycket om ursäkt. Från alla i min familj, mina vänner, mina arbetskollegor… I will never let you down again. That i promise…

Nu till det roliga. Jag ska åka till Sarajevo den 23-e . Känns så sjukt sjukt skönt, men tanke på hur sommaren har varit. Längtar som fan att få träffa min faster och hennes familj, mina vänner där nere. Lite snö och fest ska inte skada.

Musiken då ? Jo, ska börja spela lite igen. Jag har börjat sakna det igen och det känns helt ok att börja komma igång med det också. Traktor och Audio 4 DJ har inskaffats, nya skivspelare, ny mixer och det är bara att börja njuta av det igen. 2010 kan bli ett riktigt framgångsrikt år och jag ser fram emot att börja på nya äventyr. Alaa och jag har funderat på vad som kan göras och jag lovar, ni kommer bli bra överraskade. Mycket spännande på gång som sagt. Watch out Linköping, we´r gonna get ya….

Avslutar inlägget med en av mina all time favorites. Techno när den var som bäst……

Alaa Al-Aswany: Defending Egypt’s Flag

tsameer — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:10:16 +0000

Defending Egypt’s Flag

By Alaa Al-Aswany

November 24, 2009

On November 14, 1935 Egypt was seething with protests against the British occupation and a large demonstration set off from Cairo University with thousands of students who began chanting slogans in favour of independence and democracy. The students lifted up one of their colleagues, Mohamed Abdel Magid Mursi from the faculty of agriculture, and he was holding high an Egyptian flag when English troops opened fire on him and killed him. As soon as the Egyptian flag fell to the ground another student, Mohamed Abdel Hakam el-Garahi from the faculty of humanities, rushed to pick it up. An English officer threatened to kill Abdel Hakam if he took a step forward but Abdel Hakam walked on, carrying the flag. The officer fired at him and hit him in the chest. He was taken to hospital, where he breathed his last. All Egypt turned out to say farewell to the martyr, who preferred death to seeing the Egyptian flag fall to the ground. On the first day of the war of October 1973, dozens of Egyptian soldiers gave their lives so that the Egyptian soldier Mohamed Efendi could plant the Egyptian flag in Sinai for the first time since it was occupied. So the flag is not just a piece of cloth but a symbol of the nation, of honour and dignity. I thought about that when I saw my country’s flag trampled underfoot by the Algerian thugs in Sudan, with some of them taking pleasure in throwing it under cars, driving over it, tearing it up and burning it. The brutal attacks on Egyptians in Khartoum revealed several facts:

Firstly, it’s common at football matches for fights to break out between the supporters, but what happened in Khartoum went way beyond fights over football. Algerian air force planes had brought thousands of armed Algerian thugs to Khartoum with a specific assignment: to attack and insult the Egyptians. The testimony of the victims all indicates that the purpose of the attack was to humiliate the Egyptians. What else could it mean when Algerians took off their underwear in front of Egyptian women, exposed their private parts and chanted in unison: “We’re going to screw Egypt”? What was their purpose in forcing Egyptian men to lie down on the ground even after assaulting them with knives and swords? What was their purpose in carrying banners reading “Egypt is the mother of whoredom”? Does this despicable behaviour have anything to do with football? This rabble cannot represent the great Algerian people who fought with us in the war of October 1973 and whose martyrs shed their blood alongside ours. So why this insistence on humiliating Egyptians in this way when the Algerians had won the match? I would understand it if this was the work of an army of foreign occupation but it is truly saddening that it should be the work of Arabs. Would any Algerian allow his sister or his mother to be subjected to this kind of intimidation and outrage? The sight of the Egyptian victims weeping on television at the indignity and humiliation cannot be erased from the memory of Egyptians until we bring to account those responsible for this criminal assault.

Secondly, Egypt is the biggest Arab country and the greatest source of human talent in the Arab world. It was Egyptians who brought about the renaissance in many Arab countries. The universities were set up by Egyptian professors and the newspapers were set up by Egyptian journalists. The institutes of art, cinema and theatre were set up by Egyptian artists. The cities and houses were built by Egyptian architects, the hospitals were set up by Egyptian doctors and even the laws and constitutions there were mostly drawn up by Egyptian law professors. The Algerian national anthem itself was composed by the Egyptian composer Mohamed Fawzi. This special Egyptian status has made the relationship between Egyptians and other Arab peoples a composite, including love and admiration most of the time and sometimes some touchiness and tension. During the period when Nasserist Arab nationalism was on the rise, Egypt supported the Algerian revolution with money and weapons, defended it at international forums, sent its army to support the Yemeni revolution and went to war to defend Palestine and Syria. At that time the feelings of the Arabs towards Egypt were of pure love but as soon as Egypt stopped performing its pan-Arab mission and signed the Camp David agreements with Israel, all the resentments against Egypt came to the surface. I do not have space here to enumerate the dozens of examples of the constant attempts by some Arabs to humiliate Egyptians and denigrate their role and their influence, starting with the way Egyptians in the Gulf have been subjected to the slavery of the ’sponsorship’ system, mistreated and denied their rights, then with the way big production companies have often been set up specifically to exclude or marginalize Egyptian talent, and finally with cultural competitions and festivals held annually at a cost of millions of dollars merely to prove that Egypt is no longer in the forefront of culture and art. All of these are of course desperate, abortive and ineffective attempts, firstly because in spite of all Egypt’s difficult circumstances these petty people cannot detract from Egypt’s status and secondly because the Egyptians, an Arab people, cannot deny their Arab identity or dissociate themselves from their Arab brothers whatever the circumstances might be.

Thirdly, the Egyptian regime’s cooperation with Israel, providing it with gas and cement and taking part in the blockade of Palestinians by closing the Rafah crossing, are mistaken and dishonorable policies unacceptable first and foremost to Egyptians themselves, who have demonstrated daily in solidarity with their brothers in Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon. In fact many Egyptians have paid a high price for their Arab nationalist attitudes, most recently well-known journalist Magdy Ahmed Hussein, who travelled to Gaza in solidarity with the Palestinians under blockade there, was arrested by the Egyptian authorities and sent to a military court which sentenced him to two years in jail. The Egyptian regime’s position towards Israel does not at all represent the position of the Egyptian people and cannot be used as a pretext to attack and insult Egyptians.

Fourthly, the attack on Egyptians in Khartoum was a form of state terrorism in which the Algerian regime was implicated, abetted by the negligence and corruption of the Egyptian regime and its inability to protect Egyptians. A whole week passed after the crime was committed without the Egyptian regime taking a firm and decisive position. Those who expect President Mubarak to restore the lost dignity of Egyptians will have a long wait. What has President Mubarak done for the hundreds of Egyptians detained in Saudi Arabia? What has he done for the Egyptian doctors sentenced to be flogged there? What has he done for the Egyptians tortured in Kuwait? What has President Mubarak done for the Egyptian soldiers killed by Israel on the border, or for the families of the Egyptians whom Israel admits it massacred in war? The answer is always: nothing. Egyptians have lost their rights at home and abroad. Why did the Egyptian authorities allow the Algerian player Lakhdar Belloumi to escape after he committed a horrendous crime in Cairo, knocking out the eye of an innocent Egyptian doctor? Would Belloumi have been allowed to escape if he had committed his crime in a respectable democratic country? Would the series of Algerian attacks on Egyptians have continued if Belloumi had been arrested in Egypt and put on trial? The rights of citizens are enforced only in a democratic system, whereas the only concern of despotic regimes is to retain power by any means and at any price. The ruler who usurps power, oppresses his people and falsifies the will of the people at election time cannot convince anyone when he talks about the dignity of citizens. The crime of insulting and humiliating Egyptians in this disgusting way cannot go without questioning or punishment and if the Egyptian regime is unable to hold these criminals to account then it is the duty of us all as Egyptians to put pressure by all means available on the Algerian regime until it makes an official apology to the Egyptian people, arrests the Algerians who attacked Egyptians and puts them on trial. We should never repay one offence with another and we should not confuse the great Algerian people with the despotic Algerian regime which is responsible for this crime. But the time has come for everyone to understand that from now on attacking Egyptians will not be easy or without consequences, not at all. Insisting that those who offended our dignity be punished in no way contradicts our pan-Arab commitment, because, as the proverb says, a debt paid is a friend kept, and fraternal relations between the Algerian and Egyptian peoples can come about only through respect for the rights of all Egyptians and Algerians.

Democracy is the solution.

via alaaalaswany.maktoobblog.com

At the Daily News Egypt during the Egypt-Algeria saga

Ssirgany — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:36:37 +0000

At the newsroom

In the aftermath of the Egypt-Algeria game in Sudan, and as we frantically were gathering information and contacts for our coverage, we also had to sit down and discuss the flood of information – or the lack of it at times.

Every TV show on Wednesday night had covered the ordeal of those who traveled to Sudan. Phone calls were pouring in from those frightened by attacks by Algerian fans and those who can’t get to or inside the airport. People we spoke to for our stories weren’t short of their own horror stories.

But it seemed to be only in Egypt’s mind, because on the other hand, the news agencies either ignored it or referred to it as minor incidents. By Friday morning I started doubting myself. There were two parallel worlds, one where people were traumatized and another where nothing of significance happened.

Pictures were only available of the game, but no photos on the wires of what happened afterwards. But as my friend — a person I trust who gave me a first hand account of his experience there — told me, “Our first reaction when attacked was not to take pictures, but to protect ourselves.”

He did send me photos of the shattered windows of their bus, which we ran in the paper.

But this led to some important questions: How accurate are the reports we are getting? How can we validate them? It’s not possible that thousands have agreed on one story, but are they exaggerating? Are we falling in the trap of sensationalization? Are we getting too caught up in the details that we are failing to see the bigger picture?

Seeing the media frenzy that followed was also worrying. The state-run official satellite station, El-Masreya, ran footage of the Thursday night demonstration. (For those of you who don’t know, for state TV and media, demos don’t happen). Many TV shows crossed the line (not a fine line) that separates coverage to outward agitation of the masses, some even calling for targeting Algerians in Egypt. It’s the same type of irresponsible media that fueled the masses in Algeria with false reports. (Mainly the death of Algerians during the game in Egypt, which the Algerian government denied. The denial didn’t find a place in some newspapers that had confirmed these alleged deaths.)

Alaa Mubarak speaking on TV (a rare occurrence for the media shy son), the initial tolerance for the protests near the Algerian embassy, and the liberty in which media was allowed to report on and fuel the anger were factors to consider.

After the initial story that ran in the Friday edition, we ran more stories the following day: more eyewitnesses’ accounts, the diplomatic relations between Egypt and Algeria, a story about Alaa Mubarak speaking on TV, and of course a story about the demonstrations that took place on Thursday and Friday.

But in doing so, we tried to be careful with the wording. Not sensational but not subdued either. Report it as is. Focus on the facts. I hope we didn’t mess up or miss a word here or there.

Objectivity, the first lesson any journalist learns, can sometimes seem like an elusive goal.

My take on the frenzy: When did Alaa become the hero?

After sending the paper to print and during the two days I took off, I had the chance to talk to more people, not about their experience in Sudan but about their reactions here in Cairo to the whole thing.

The most worrying realization was that many felt more humiliated by this incident than the numerous tragedies that have marred our recent history: from train accidents to the death of over 1,000 people over the course of few hours when their ferry sank in the Red Sea (and the subsequent escape of its owner).

I’m not trying to belittle the incident or what people have went through last week in Sudan. I don’t have the slightest doubt that this happened. Although it’s difficult to prove with material evidence, since people were running away from the attacks rather than clashing with the attackers, it’s still traumatizing for any person to be chased down the streets of a foreign city (or their hometown for that matter). Whether the Algerian government is complicit in this by intentionally allowing more violent fans to travel needs to be probed. Justice needs to be served. The failure of the Sudanese security to enforce order and protect its Egyptian visitors needs to addressed as well. We also need to revise the official response after the bus carrying the Algerian players was pelted by stones on their way from the airport.

But let’s put it all in perspective.

This incident is given more space, in state and private media, than other more tragic ones. Without scientific research, it’s easy to notice the difference between portraying the ordeal of the fans who returned and the ordeal of the families that spent nights (stress the ‘s’ here) in Red Sea towns waiting for news on the fate of their loved ones after the ferry sank in 2006. No masses were agitated on the scale we saw over the weekend. No actors or singers cried on live TV from the shock of it. No one felt humiliated when the case was referred to misdemeanor court or that the owner of the ferry was tried in absentia, because he left the country. Not in disguise but like any respectable citizen traveling abroad with the seal of government consent on his forehead.

Remember no people were chased down streets or had their buses pelted with stones then; they were merely left to die in freezing water and their corpses were left floating in open water, all 1,035 of them.

It’s only when the anger would be directed to an outside enemy is it allowed to be fueled and to mushroom. And not any enemy. People were beaten in Tahrir in March 2003 when they tried to march to the US embassy to protest the Iraq War. They were described as barbaric and accused of vandalism. Last week, the media and the ministry of interior (which usually takes days to issue a statement, that if they decided to acknowledge the existence of an incident) hailed the protest at the Algerian embassy that left a lot of shattered glass in Zamalek as “civilized.”

This has led many to the verge of hysteria and some willingly fell off that cliff. The hysteria I’m talking about here can be summarized in the willingness of many to attack any person just because he or she is Algerian. Someone, usually sane, told me over the weekend he would randomly attack any Algerian he sees in Cairo. What about XX, an Algerian friend? What if the man you are attacking has just spoken in your favor? What if it’s a woman? An old woman?

This hysteria won’t only have violent irreversible repercussions but has the ability of distracting people from the right ways to seek justice and also other important issues on the local front.

The idea that Egyptians are allowing many to cash in on their ordeal is equally worrying. Aside from celebrities, Alaa Mubarak’s phone interjection on TV has left me speechless.

Suddenly, the business-savvy son of the president who’s been in power for 28 years has become the hero. He’s angry, he wants to avenge the masses and like the rest of the Egyptians he feels humiliated. Suddenly, he is speaking against Egypt’s policy of political posturing, a policy that thrived during his father’s reign (except for selected enemies).

Alaa’s popularity is off the chart. The past 28 years and his other ‘business interjections’ were instantly forgiven and forever forgotten.

Sorry, but I draw the line here: When Alaa rises in popularity as hysteria reigns.

Terminal K

lovemau5 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +0000

Dags för en remix av Terminal K, ni vet för modligen inte vem det är så jag tar och berättar lite. Terminal K är en 15årig kille vid namn Jacob Kärrlander från Huddinge. Vi lär se mer av Jacob framöver i tiden!

Alaa – Mayon (Terminal K Remix)

Drumming Pitchblack

jesperc — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:23:58 +0000

Seriöst!! Fred blir ju bara bättre och bättre för varje gång. Lyssna och njut av hans underbara nya booty. Ett snabbt inlägg med några låtar som har postats tidigare och några nya låtar. Tyvärr är Payami låten i 192 men den är ruggigt skön. Kommentera!

Drumming Pitchblack (Fred Lilla Bootleg)

Adrian Ivan – Together

Payami – Backspace

Peter Martin – Heat (Alaa Remix)

Alaa & Kristoffer Ljungberg Vs. Freemasons – I Feel Like Plateau (0202 Prime Bootleg – Andrew Dee & Joker Inc)

Rolvario & Musicfuckerz – Spanish Fly

Muzzaik – Kontrast

Spectre – It’s Time To Let Go (Joel Smiel Remix)

Mick Kastenholt – I Got The Bomb! (Original Mix)

David Guetta feat. Estelle – One Love (Chocolate Puma Remix)

/JC

Shining Heart

William Ericson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:28:21 +0000

Precis som för Jesper har denna vecka varit ett rent inferno av läxor, prov
och annat viktigt man måste göra…
Jag har nu i alla fall lyckats skrapa ihop ett inlägg lagom inför helgen
som ni gärna kan mixa ihop med de sköna låtarna från min kollegas senaste post.

I detta inlägg kommer jag att bjuda på ett par färska bootlegs från svenske Sam Heyman.
En vän till mig från Schweiz, Loïc K, har precis gjort klart sin andra
produktion som house4sure supportar…
Jag ger er även en riktigt skön vocal mix på Basement Jaxx – Feelings gone.

Deadmau5 – You Need A Ladder (Original Mix)
Chemical Brothers vs. Steve Angello – Star Monday (Sam Heyman Mashup)
Michael Gray – The Weekend (Sam Heyman Remix)
Groovenatics – Starlight feat. Yanto (Eric G, Rob Adans & Tom Geiss Remix)
Jonathan Ulysses & Peter Brown – Time (Eric G & Tom Geiss Remix)
Supermode vs. Laidback Luke – Show Me Why (Shane Silver Bootleg)
French Government – Shining Heart (Original Mix)
Basement Jaxx – Feelings Gone (Adrian Lux & Flores Full Vocal Remix)
Steve Angello & Dave Armstrong – Groove In You (Dj DLG Mix)
Passenger 10 vs La Roux – In For The Mikado Kill (Jan Sulockis mashed potato)
Alaa & Kristoffer Ljungberg vs Gamba freaks – Everybody Plateau (Alex Giamatti Bootleg)
Loïc K – Water In The Space

Precis som Jesper gjorde i hans senaste inlägg, ger jag er en lugn bonuslåt

Abigail Bailey – Touch Me

Lyssna & Njut/William

[460] Project 3: PSA - AYB Micro Loans w/ Alaa Mosbah

usmannaeem — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:36:59 +0000

Public Service Announcement

Local Contact: Ahmed Diab, 0108792626, bory@aucegypt.edu

National Contact: Khaled Badawi, AYB President, ayb@aucegypt.edu

Organization: Alaashanek Ya Baladi (AYB) , an AUC community service club

Contact Info: ayb@aucegypt.edu

Heading: AYB’s Micro Loans for Misr Aladema’s youth

Airdates(s): 9 October 2009 – 29 October 2009

Duration: 30 seconds

Usman: Why are you so sad?

Alaa: I don’t have a job. I need money. I want to open a shop.

Usman: Money?

F/X: (Fade out Coins sound bite)

Usman: Have you heard of Alaashanek Ya Baladi?

Alaa: No!!! What is that?

F/X: (Fade in AYB jingle)

Usman: (WITH JINGLE) It’s an NGO that offers small loans and trains youngsters to stand on their own feet with a little push to get started.

F/X: (fade out)

Alaa: Let’s all go to AYB.

F/X: Music (fade out)

Sax Me Up

DB — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:25:39 +0000

D-Unity – Sax Me Up (Original Mix). HOT!

TECH HOUSE

Koen Groeneveld – Microburst (Original Club Mix).

Koen Groeneveld – Stalled (Original Club Mix). I like this better than Microburst, but there both good.

DJ Chus, The Groove Foundation - That Feeling (Kobbe vs. Hugo Rizzo Remix). If you liked there other songs check this out, its a bomb.

PROGRESSIVE HOUSE

Alaa, Kristoffer Ljungberg – Plateau (Original Mix). If you haven’t heard this yet i recommend you take a listen.

Eddie Thoneick – Love Under Pressure (DBN Remix). MUST DOWNLOAD! FAVORITE TRACK RIGHT NOW

Dr. Alaa ElAswany - I'm confused!

ibhog — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:02:55 +0000

Dear Dr. Alaa,

First of all, I would like to convey my deepest respect to you and to the successful example you set for me personally (and I believe for many others), I always found your intellect daring the exact much youth need in Egypt. You impressed me profoundly when you addressed so many issues in your novels and works, and audaciously strode beyond what most people thought was taboo for mere societal and fake religious reasons.

I find your honesty the most important of your skills – and yes, I chose the word skill, because you add dexterity to it, and it was eminent among so many other inept and badly articulated views that probably desired to reach the same goals you achieved – to change how people think.

I don’t fail also to mention that your reach was never less successful, I always say: “What I like about Dr. Alaa is that he managed to speak people minds and experiences in ways they themselves would’ve probably never been able to compose, and that he knew exactly what people wanted to read about – liberating ideas”.

Yes, your themes connoted not ‘freedom of speech’, but ‘freedom of thought’, you managed to point me to some walls I’ve been hiding behind, to warn me about certain paths I might unconsciously choose, you professionally narrated how misjudgment and lack of religious integrity can lead to absolute calamity.

Until I stumbled upon your articles in Shorouk News. I must say, I was quite awed at the number of people who listen to you, given how recent you started to write your columns there. I found myself apt to be slighty confused at some of your views!

I will speak level. I will choose individual and communal; and please forgive my subjective remarks, after all they belong to my own understanding of the prospect, which is prevalent for generalizing around here, a thing I assume I shouldn’t be concerned with, addressing someone as perceptive as you are.

To be clear on things, I had to be sure that you stand against what you chose to call: ‘Wahabis’, and that you find their prude and hard line ways of preaching ‘religion’ to people one of the reasons that deformed ‘true religion itself’ in people’s minds. And because religion sunk down as an important deterrent from huge individual and societal flaws, we turned into one big false country, on most aspects.

You very clearly distinguished between ‘true religion’ and ‘false religion’, the latter conveying appearances and images, and the earlier concerning ‘currently more important issues’; namely: individual discipline and societal general moral (and here I remember the infamous couplet we hear in media: “accept others”). I wholeheartedly agree.

What I find quite difficult to understand, is that you somehow intertwined the ‘perpetrator with the victim’, as exactly as you accused the society of ‘blaming women for sexual harassment instead of men’, only, and that’s what utterly frustrated me, you knew better.

Excuse my unprofessional unstructured writing, but I’ll get back to why I think your accusations are inaccurate later. I forgot my own two levels; individual and communal. Here I go.

Individual:

As an individual who reads a novel like ‘Chicago’, and from a narrow perspective that works with how I live my personal life, I immediately accuse one of your heroines of being a criminal. If I don’t do that, this would mean two things: either I don’t have enough religious awareness in me to tell me that promiscuity/adultery is illegal, or that I root for irreligion generally (the honest way – the ‘religion won’t work anymore’ way). If, personally, I don’t categorize the acts described in your novel as wrong, I might do them! It’s just a line I draw for myself.

Communal:

To say that she’s a criminal isn’t only shortsighted but overly naive. And I guess that’s exactly what your message was. You, most amazingly really, brought to our minds that on the high level, bigger falls exist! Ones that relate to authority, repression, hypocrisy and debauchery. Ones that, if people are a little bit more mindful, qualify for more than very strong leaders to all other kinds of falls. And here, it’s a sign of acumen to regard her as a victim and sympathize with anyone in her shoes. Or, to at least consider her sin minor in comparison.

—

Now, allow me to elaborate on the example you talked about here. The ‘let’s pray right now, embezzler’ person you scolded. I find his predicament very similar to the victim’s in your novel. Sorry, but I’ll bore you with my so called levels again:

Individual:

If I opt for ‘not praying’ to sate whoever thinks the society’s corruption won’t be solved by those ’shallow acts’, then I’m absolutely wrong. If I wake up and stopped any of my religious practices, then I’m becoming worse. The whole idea is to correct religion’s image. To berate or urge to stop any of those acts, in my humble opinion, is not a solution. It’s just useless prose. Because whether we like it or not, it’s an essential part of religion.

Communal:

This man should be sent into exile. But let’s recap for a moment. Aren’t the ‘big factors’ the punch line here as well? What, I honestly wonder, made him the criminal on this level while she was the victim? Why have we decided to drop ‘repression’ for instance? And more importantly, why do I feel that our accusation became more severe just because he had a religious image? and I wish it was severe to ‘deter him’, but it was rather severe as an attack at religion itself (more specifically, the general concept of ‘being religious’), and sadly, the ones who preach it.

—

Have I made it clear that the two examples are quite similar? I hope I did.

And here I return to your accusations:

You say that ‘Wahabis’ caused a lapse in our societal development, while in fact, what caused the lapse is that they’ve been always hindered obnoxiously by the regime the moment they get near that communal line. And you know that! The moment they start using your very own words “Democracy and free choice, current politicians should change”, they get arrested, tortured and imprisoned for life. And you know that!

What’s left of their censored media are some satellite channels (a thing that severely mutilated the education factor), in a very malicious and sly move by the regime. All those preachers are scientists and certified scholars, who know exactly what you mean by ‘true religion’, and who agonize as exactly as you do over those sick false religious figures you mentioned. And you really should know that their message is affected severely by other types of media (the man is an outcome of all miseries).

I could detect a logical error in your list here, you say we’ve changed the way we approach ‘women’, because we’re considering them tools for satisfying our lust. And you blame that ‘look’ on those ‘Wahabis’! This is really weird. You somehow, also, are accusing them of indirectly being a part of a crime like sexual perpetration. This is just wrong ya Dr! I just know that you know better!

Are you saying that if those ‘Wahabis’ disappeared for instance, we will regard women differently? I really doubt. If their metaphors are that inopportune to your liking, then the most you could do is to comment on their ways, not accuse them of what people (affected by a spectrum of other profane mediums) ended up doing in the streets, not to mention put the whole (or even a part of the) moral disintegration of us as a country on their shoulders, they have no business.

—

You have the liberty (that they lack sometimes) to speak to people through your literature and teach them things, great things. You open up their minds to new horizons. The way I see it, you complete the efforts of every other preacher (or they complete you), to solve. Because at the end of the day, when I read for you both, I learn. I learn that adultery is ‘Haram’, but that ‘Hypocrisy’ is as well! They tell me that I must pray everyday, and you bring to my attention that along with that I should never embezzle public money! They tell me to obey the regime because if they said otherwise they will be vanquished (heck, the slightest cue about general things in the country sends the preacher to where the sun rises usually).

They give me individual religious awareness (and spiritual boosts I crave sometimes), and you give me communal (and other) insights. And both are necessary for me. And you both are doing it brilliantly, and you both may find obstacles, but at the end of the day neither of you wishes for the community to flounder. It just doesn’t make sense. And if either of you stops, this will make things absolutely worse. You’re the elite of this society, you talk to people – the very fact makes you one team for me. And whoever tends to choose sides is really narrow minded. (how could they find the time to choose sides?! I mean they really could grasp the whole situation for instance? God I must be a dunce then!)

So, again Dr. Alaa. I find your accusations quite frustrating. If you ever read this message from me, I would appreciate elaboration. [Not to mention I would be excessively honored]

Thank you,

Ibraheem Hamdi

7-10-2009

P.S. I do not stereotype – my ‘Wahabi’ refers to your description.

P.S. I was equally frustrated at people I encountered who criticize you, it works both ways. There is no right and wrong here. I think.

Macumba

Daniel Moraes — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:50:57 +0000

Eu descobri que tenho o dom da macumba…fiquei muito contente em saber que eu sou macumbeiro hj em dia é muito raro encontrar quem é macumbeiro de verdade, maioria hj em dia é tudo falso esses porra kkk enfim agora que eu sou macumbeiro eu posso ajudar o mundo, prevenir doenças e quem sabe até arranjar uma namorada gostosa pra eu chamar de minha. claro que eu ainda não aperfeiçoei 100% a minha técnica ‘macumbal’ ou seja, a minha técninca de ser macumbeiro e descobrir/conseguir as coisas, mas isso com o tempo eu vou melhorando…mas ja fiz uns ‘trabalhos’ que deram certo, vcs souberam da incrivel subida de posições do Havaií? vcs acham que foi pq eles tem Deus no coração e amam os pokemons? kk piada, aquilo ali fui eu…tbm conhecido como Paiínho-Háraméshi … meshupem pq eu sou macumbeiro ;]

Vai uma macumbinha ai?: kkk

quem tiver interesse nos meus ‘trabalhos’ é só falar q eu resolvo tudo. problemas financeiros,amorosos,fisicos,psiquiscos,alcóolicos,psicológicos se vc é broxa não venha falar comigo tome um viagra seu fdp do pinto mole kkkkk se vc é gorda e quer emagrecer procure a rede record de televisão se vc tiver uma irmã gêmea e obesa que nem vc é mais fácil ainda. se vc é linda e quer dar uns amaços num gatinho solteiro é só falar comigo tbm ;D uihiHIUEHAUEH

enfim, eu tenho um dom e posso usá-lo para ajudar a vós é só procurar a nós ;D HEIUA

Aláá!!!

Fresh House Music

J_192 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:21:50 +0000

Sebastion Ingrosso vs Gadjo – So Many Laktos Inphinity (WMC 09 Special Mix)

Dirty South & Sebastian Ingrosso – Laktos Vs. We Are (Dirty South Bootleg)

Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Nari & Milani – Gnuk’s Laktos (Andrés Cabrera Fix)

Raygun – Just Because (Funkagenda Remix)

Rustler – Around the world (Abel Ramos Versailles With Love Remix)

Alaa vs. Roger Sanchez – Rhea Lost (Alaa vs. Andrew Dee Bootleg)

John Dahlback – Pyramid (Vocal Club Mix)

Adam K & Soha – Questions WTF (Funkagenda Vocal Bootleg)

Gun For Hire – York (Original Mix)

Rozalla – Are u Ready 2 Fly (Hard Rock Sofa Remix)

Preview

David Guetta Feat. Akon – Sexy Girl (Original Mix)

YOUR SEX IS ON FIRE - AGAIN!

houseme — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:30:24 +0000

Ny leverans, och jag hoppas ni gillar det! Kan man annat? Väldigt mycket gott denna gången, många galna låtar som bör spelas ute och mycket sunshine över det hela. Några önskemål? Hör av er för fasen, jag är precis just här!

/ HOUSEME

Alex Gaudino & Steve Edwards – Take Me Down (To The Water) (Alex Gaudino and Jason Rooney Original Mix)

Shaun Baker – Hey Hi Hello (Reporn Mix)
Jean Elan – Killer (Jean Elan Mix)

Albin Myers feat. Michael Feiner – Pangea Better Ways (Original Mix)

Spencer & Hill – Cool (Original Mix)

Funkagenda – Do Geese See God (Original Mix)

R.I.O. – After the Love (Original Mix)

Klaas meets Haddaway – What Is Love (Bodybangers Radio Edit)

Albin Myers & Sandro Monte feat. Abigail Bailey – Somewhere (Original Vocal Mix)

Giordano – Amazzonia (Ralvero & Bassjackers Remix)

Klaas meets. Haddaway – What Is Love 2k9 (Bodybangers Remix)

Le Vernissage – Je T’aime (Bodo Turner Remix)

U2 – I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (Dirty South Mix)

Sneaky Sound System – Its not my Problem (Stockholm Syndrome Dub Mix)

Chuckie – Aftershock (Can’t Fight The Fight The Feeling) (D.O.N.S 303 Remix)

Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire (Richard Sharkey & Peter Sar Remix)

Kid Cudi – Day N Krazy (Daffzies mix 2009)

Lil Wayne – A Milli (Alaa’s Bootleg)

Mouse

beijner — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:21:45 +0000

Cirez D – The Tunnel (Original Mix) 320HQ [MOUSEVILLE10] 2009-06-02 Sample!
Första av de 2 nya låtarna från Pryda under hans nickname Cirez D, släppta på hans egna skivbolag Mouseville. Tung!

Cirez D – Raptor (Original Mix) 320HQ [MOUSEVILLE10] 2009-06-02 Sample!
Den andra låten, inte lika bra som Tunnel men fortfarande jävligt bra! Pryda levererar alltid!

Niklas Harding – The Soul (Alaa Remix) 320HQ [BH2700] 2009-06-01 Sample!
Alaas nya remix på Niklas Hardings låt är så skön! Köp den nu!

Dirty Vegas – Pressure (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix) 320HQ [TOOL074] 2009-05-19 Sample!
Grym remix av Sultan & Ned Shepard på en låt från Dirty Vegas släppta på Toolroom Records.

It´s been a long time, sorry i left you.....

Zutko — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:17:28 +0000

Varje gång jag börjar skriva och kommer in i det, så händer det något eller så tappar jag lusten att blogga, men egentligen, behöver man skriva 2-3 inlägg om dagen ? Personligen så tycker jag att det räcker att man skriver kanske 2-3 gånger i veckan. För då har man något att berätta, tycker jag… Vad har hänt sen jag skrev mitt senaste inlägg ? Ja, inte mycket. Same old same old som man brukar säga. Det enda positiva är att jag börjat på några låtar som jag mer än gärna vill avsluta… Känner också att jag kan behöva lite hjälp med dessa, så Alaa, min vän, läs detta och help the brother out .

Vad händer kommande helg och kommande veckan ? Ja , på lördag är det en liten inflyttnings fest hos Alaa, som jag tänker gå på. På tisdag är det F12 med Alaa och lite annat folk. Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell och Dragan “Dirty South” =). Det lär vara hur roligt som helst. Sist vi var där var det SJUKT skoj. Stämningen är alltid underbar, och alla är där för en sak; musiken.

Har funderat ett tag nu på vad det är för låt jag kan rekommendera den här gången och efter många om och men, blev det faktiskt den här

Klingenberg – T! ( Dave Darell remix )

Påminner om SIS – Trumpeta, men lite bättre producerat ( och det är Balkan House så klart )

It´s been a long time...

Zutko — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:46:46 +0000

Puuuuh, dags för mig att skärpa mig, annars blir det aldrig något av den här bloggen. Men jag har en ursäkt, jag har jobbat lite mycket och varit upptagen med lite annat också . Men jag ska försöka gå igenom dem senaste dagarna lite snabbt. Typ, inget roligt att berätta förutom helgen ( eller egentligen finns det en himla massa att prata om, men de är privat ) . I helgen var det sjukt bra drag. I torsdags så skulle det bli en lugn torsdag med en skön premiär på Sliver förvandlas till en rejäl fylla med Agnes och Jenny. Shotsen flödade, Mojitos kom på löpande band, och på fredagen mådde jag som jag förtjänade. På toppen av det hela skulle jag också jobba. Suck. Fredagen skulle vi till Motala och i Love House på Hugo. Många hängde med, men någon större fest uteblev ( dock festade Linköpings folket ordentligt. Utan oss hade det inte varit någon fest alls ). Housefeber verkar Motalaborna vara immuna mot.

I Lördags åkte min bror, jag och hans tjej till Vingåker och Factory Outlet. Efter timmar spenderade på stället lämnade jag det hela med en nota på 1100 kr. För det fick jag ; två Tiger plagg, en super snygg tee och en läcker långärmad tröja, en Levi´s tee och en randig tröja, också Levi´s. En Nike regnjacka och en tröja till. Hade det inte varit för lite andra utgifter denna månad hade jag nog gått därifrån med en nota på 2-3 tusen, lätt. Så sjukt mycket fina grejer, för inga pengar alls..

Kvällen bjöd på mer fest. Jag befann mig tidigt ute med Alaa och Valpen för en lite lounge på Platå. Blev en öl ( eller två ) men sen gick det fort. Skulle spelat lite back 2 back med Alaa, men efter några drinkar så fångade en snygg brunett all min uppmärksamhet och jag stämplade ur för kvällen . Förlåt brorshan, men hon var bara så het .

Nu till något annat. I lördags hände en rätt så rolig grej. En rätt så söt tjej stog framme vid DJ båset och pratade med Alaa en stund ( önska låtar, r n b är bra , house suger, ni vet det folk klagar på mest ). En stund senare börjar hon och jag prata, jag skojade lite med henne ( minns knappt vad vi pratade om ), då hon kläcker; ” Tycker du ska bjuda mig på en drink eftersom du har retats så mycket med mig “. What ?!?!?! Får man inte skoja längre utan att man ska bli skyldig folk drinkar. Ville nästan i samma stund säga; ” i så fall så är du skyldig mig en avsugning här och nu, och dessutom ska du följa med mig hem sen “. Men insåg väldigt fort att ; vill man verkligen bli avsugen av en drinkluder , eller ens ligga med en sådan ?! Njaahh, inte jag. ….

Själv blev jag bjuden på en shot i lördags .

Söndagen bjöd på mera jobb. Jag var på en mässa och det sög pung. Ursäkta språket, men det gjorde det. Ville helst göra annat den morgonen , men jobbet kallade. Men, som plåster på såret, beställde jag mig en liten söt bil på mässan :

Ville ha en svart och en gul också,men dem hade för lång leveranstid på dessa … Så jag nöjde mig med en röd F430 …. Duger för att åka till Ica Maxi och storhandla, heheheh

Just idag så har jag ingen hel låt på G, när det gäller musik, men jag har hittat ett litet klipp på kommande släpp från Steve Angello och hans bror. Låten heter Flonko och har massa sköna Balkan ljud. ME LIKE !!!!

Helgen och några dagar efter...

Zutko — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:33:35 +0000

Måndag. Inget jobb idag. S K Ö N T. Efter en vad man kan kalla det maratonhelg, där jag spelade torsdag och fredag ( vill passa på och tacka alla som kom ) var det dags för jobb på Forex på lördag. Det var ganska lugnt på jobbet, så man var inte så trött. Efter jobbet gick man hem och såg på Liverpool – Blackburn. Liverpool krossade Blackburn med 4 – 0, skönt. Nando ( Torres ) gjorde två mål ( en riktig pärla till första mål också ).

Efter det var det dags att börja göra sig “snygg” för kvällen. Mötte Alaa och tjejerna från Platå i Trädgårdsföreningen och sen var det of to the Ryd, för en liten grill och förfest. Innan jag gav mig på 3 gigantiska hamburgare passade jag på att ta en liten “power nap ” . Sen var det dags att ge sig på ölen, vin och allt vad det blev. Senare kom Haris, Petter, Samuel, Daniel aka Valpen aka Padawan aka Praktikanten och Jenny B. Efter några öl och ett par glas vin, var det bara att ge sig ut till Platå. 7 pers i en SAAB. Tacka gud att polisen inte stoppade oss. Ute träffade man mycket folk, som vanligt. Efter några sköna moves på dansgolvet, var det dags att gå hem. Kl 03.30 lagade man pasta och köttbullar till 4 pers ( varpå 3 av dem åt som om dem var på diet eller liknande ) :p.

Söndag, ja då mådde man som man förtjänade. Tog det lugnt och på kvällen blev det en liten förfest hos Sigrid. Som vanligt, sjukt roligt. Mys, dricka. Kvällens höjdpunkt var när tjejerna ställde sig i en ganska så konstig ordning, nämligen “BH storlek ” ordning. Jag och Alaa undrade hur det egentligen går till på en renodlad tjejfest, utan killar. Man blir fan mörkrädd för mindre :P.

OCH idag, måndag, har jag varit hos min kära mor en sväng. Ätit gott och umgåtts lite. Väl hemma, börjar Jenny B och jag snacka om “girls vs boys” intresse osv. Jag försökte förstå hur man kunde betala flera tusen kronor för en handväska eller ett par skor, men fick inget vettigt svar. Fick reda på att man investerar i en väska, som i t ex konst. Hur fan går det ihop ? A ja, efter många om och men, försökte jag förklara att det enda skillnaden mellan en “äkta vara” och en “fake” ( bra fake ) är egentligen själva tanken att man vill ha en “äkta vara”. Men, som vanligt när det gäller argumentation, så är det en sak vi killar inte kan göra lika bra som tjejer . Suck, seriöst, flera tusen för en handväska ? Ni måste skoja ?!

Lite senare kommer ett inlägg med en massa bilder från helgen, nu är jag sjukt hungrig och jag ska passa på att ge ett litet musiktips;

Pryda – Lift . Kommer ut den 15-e april. Bara att köpa/ladda ner , hur ni är väljer att få tag i denna pärla.

Huuuhhhh

Zutko — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Hemma, förbannad över att jag inte kan se Liverpool – Chelsea på tv, men min partner in crime, Alaa hjälper mig lite med att Pimpa up my blogg

CHICAGO

BIKTOR — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:10:16 +0000

Una controvertida y apasionante novela en la que el autor de ‘El edificio Yacobián’ vuelve a ser cro