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اكتر حاجه بتعجبه هناك لما الحراس بيسمحوله انه يوكل الحيوانات بايده.,So we should have a vision.

بالنسبه لابنى الصغير سلمان، كانت اول مره يروح و هو مدرك.,We should think about the message we came to this earth to fulfill.

فا بالتالى الموضوع كان بالنسبه له مبهر جداً.,"When we are young, it’s really easy to fall prey to the idea of wasting our time doing useless stuff and saying that we’re young and we still have a long time ahead of us."

حمزه بقى المره دى كان مركز معايا فى الاتجاهات و بيقرا معايا الخريطه.,So we postpone taking necessary decisions.

مثلاً كان عايز يشوف الكانجارو.,This is wrong.

و قدر ان هو يلاقيه عن طريق ان احنا اتبعنا ارشادات الخريطه.,My perspective regarding time changed.

من ضمن الحاجات اللطيفه اللى شفناها كان البحيره بتاعه البط.,I’ve become really appreciative of every second of every day and am trying to make use of it.

و لما بيطلعوا من البحيره بنشوفهم ماشيين ورا بعض، زى ما بيقولوا عليه طابور البط.,My father always tells me that “with every tribulation you face comes a disguised gift”.

كان شكلهم ظريف اوى.,"I know there is nothing in the world that would compensate for the death of a friend, but I’ll regard the lesson I’ve learned as the disguised gift!"

و طبعاً الاساسى ان احنا بندور على الاسد.,Hello!

و الاولاد يقعدوا يقلدوا صوته.,"Last Saturday, my older son Hamza woke me up, and said to me, “Mom, take me to the zoo."

انا لاحظت انه الاسد كان عمال يلف جوه القفص بتاعه.,"” I had taken him there twice before, And ever since then, he’s been attached to the place."

يعنى كان احساسى انه هو منزعج.,And he always asks me to take him there.

و بظن انه منزعج من الحبس.,The thing that he likes the most there is when the zookeepers let him feed the animals by hand.

بصراحه هو فكره انه الاطفال يقدروا يشوفوا الحيوانات و يتعاملوا معاهم.,"For my younger son Salman, it was his first time to go while being aware."

هى فكره لطيفه و مسليه للاطفال.,So it was so amazing for him.

بس فى نفس الوقت ان احنا نحرم الحيوانات اللى طبيعتها انها تعيش بحريه فى الغابه و الاماكن المفتوحه… نحرمهم من الحريه دى ده شيء يعنى مش كويس.,This time Hamza was concentrating with me on directions and reading the map with me.

بتخيل انه لو اى حد فينا مكانهم هيبقى حزين جداً.,"For example, he wanted to see the kangaroo."

يعنى بشوف انه ممكن نعمل مزرعه فيها حيوانات داجنه و اليفه.,He was able to find the way by following the map directions.

الاطفال يستمتعوا و يشوفوا الحيوانات و يلاعبوهم و يوكلوهم، و فى نفس الوقت الحيوانات دى متعوده ان هى تعيش فى اماكن زى المزرعه.,One of the nice things we saw was the duck pond.

انما الحيوانات اللى عايشه فى الغابه و متعوده على الحريه، احنا منحرمهاش من ده.,"And when they came out of the lake, we saw them walking single file, [or] as they call it, “in a duck row."

لانه يعنى آدميتنا تخلينا منبقاش انانيين تجاه بقية المخلوقات.,” They looked so funny.

بتمنى فى يوم من الايام انى اخد ابنى لمزرعة الحيوانات بدل جنينة الحيوانات.,"And of course, the main target was to look for the lion."

و بتمنىالكم دايماً رحلات لطيفه.,And the boys started to mimic its roaring.

شكراً.,I noticed that the lion kept turning around in his cage.

بعد اسبوع مجهد و متعب فى الكليه قررت انا و صحابى ان احنا نخرج نتفسح و نشم نفسنا شويه قبل ما نخش على الامتحانات.,I felt like it was upset.

قعدنا نفكر هنخرج فين لحد ما واحد صاحبى قال: انا هعملكو مفاجأه، هنروح مكان اول مره نروحه.,And I guess it was upset for being confined.

كلنا اصرينا ان احنا نعرف ايه هو المكان ده لحد ما قالنا شارع المعز.,"Frankly, the idea of letting the kids see and interact with the animals is nice and fun for the kids."

الاسم كان غريب بالنسبه لى و كان اول مره اسمع عنه.,"But at the same time, depriving animals that are used to living freely in the jungle and open spaces… depriving them of their freedom isn’t good."

المهم جهزنا نفسنا و جه يوم الخميس.,"I imagine if any (one) of us was in their situation, he’d be so sad."

خلصنا الكليه و ركبنا المترو.,"So… I think we could make a farm with domestic and tame animals, where kids can enjoy seeing, playing with, and feeding the animals while these animals are already used to living in places like farms."

المشوار كان طويل شويه، بس المكان كان جميل جداً.,"But the animals living in the jungle and used to freedom, we won’t be depriving them of this."

من اول الشارع بتلاقى باب اثرى اسمه باب النصر ضخم جداً و شكله جميل.,Because our humanity should prevent us from being selfish toward other creatures.

المكان كان كله تراث و اثار اسلامى.,I hope one day I’ll [be able to] take my son to the animal farm instead of the zoo.

و من اجمل الجوامع هناك جامع الحاكم بأمر الله.,And I wish you all nice trips.

دخلنا الجامع ده.,Thanks.

الساحه بتاعته جميله جداً مليانه حمام و قناديل و عمدان.,"After a difficult and exhausting week at college, my friends and I decided to go out and have some fun before the exams start."

شكلها جميل جداً و برضه كان فيه حاجه زى نافوره.,"We kept thinking about where we should go until one of my friends said, “I’ll surprise you by going to a place that we have never gone before."

بس معجبتنيش اوى.,"” We insisted on knowing the place, so he told us Muizz Street."

صلينا العصر هناك.,"The name was a little strange for me and it was the first time to hear about it Anyway, we got ready."

و قعدنا نتصور و نصور المكان.,It was Thursday.

و بعد كده دخلنا كذا جامع تانى.,We finished school and took the subway.

كانوا كويسين بس مش زى جامع الحاكم.,"It was a bit of a long journey, but the place was amazing."

المكان فى المجمل رائع، بس كان فيه شوية سلبيات زى ان نضافة الشارع مش اوى بالنسبه لمكان اثرى.,"At the beginning of the street, you can see an enormous, historical gate called Nasr Gate, and it looks so nice."

كمان مفيش حاجه بتحكى عن كل مكان، زى مثلاً اتبنى ليه و امتى و الحاجات دى.,The whole place was full of Islamic heritage and monuments.

بس زى ما قلت المكان تحف، و فيه ناس كتير فى مصر مش عارفه.,And the most beautiful mosque there is a mosque called Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

لازم يفكروا يزوروه فى اقرب فرصه.,We went into that mosque.

سبايدر مان المصرى… ده اسم واحده من الصفحات اللى اشتهرت فى الفتره الاخيره على الفيس بوك.,"Its courtyard is fabulous, full of pigeons, lanterns, and columns."

صاحبها شاب مصرى جميل اسمه عاطف.,They looked so nice.

قرر انه يلبس الزى بتاع سبايدر مان و يحاول يرسم البسمه على وشوش الناس.,"Also, there was something like a fountain, but I didn’t like it so much."

بينزل للشوارع و الاماكن العامه.,We performed the afternoon prayers there.

و تحديداً اماكن تجمعات الاطفال زى المدارس.,And we kept taking photos of ourselves and of the place.

و بيتصور مع الناس و الاطفال.,"After that, we went into some other mosques."

و احياناً بيوزع عليهم هدايا من غير مقابل.,"They were nice, but not like the Al-Hakim Mosque."

على صفحته بيحط صوره مع الناس اللى قابلهم.,"The whole street was fantastic, but there were some negatives, as the street was not that clean for a historic place."

او بيحط صور كوميديه ليه بتعبر بطريقه ظريفه عن معاناة الحياه اليوميه فى مصر.,"And also there was nothing to tell about the places, like why they were built and when, and things like that."

زى مثلاً زحمه المترو او الجرى ورا اتوبيسات النقل العام!,"But as I said, the place is amazing."

من غير ما يكتب حاجه، صوره بتكون معبره اكتر من الف كلمه… و بتدحك!,And many people in Egypt don’t know about it.

اللى فكرنى بيه ان الاسبوع ده هتبدأ الجوله التانيه من الانتخابات البرلمانيه فى مصر (انتخابات مجلس الشعب).,They should think about visiting at the earliest opportunity.

و كنت قاعد فى يوم على الفيس بوك، من حوالى شهر كده، ايام ما كانت الجوله الاولى من الانتخابات شغاله.,Egyptian Spiderman… This is the name of a page that got famous recently on Facebook.

و شفت بوست ظريف جداً على صفحته.,"Its owner is a nice, young Egyptian man called Atef."

البوست كان عباره عن ان سبايدر مان قرر يدخل انتخابات البرلمان!,He decided to wear the costume of Spiderman and try to draw a smile on people’s faces.

نزل سبايدر مان الشارع، و عمل حمله انتخابيه جامده جداً.,"He goes down streets and to public places, and especially places where children gather, like schools."

و لم حواليه اهل حتته، و اتصور معاهم صور كتير، و عمل فيديوهات حلوه اوى عن الحمله الانتخابيه.,And he takes pictures with people and children.

و علشان انا على نياتى شويه صدقت بجد انه ممكن يدخل البرلمان و فرحت جداً.,And sometimes he passes out gifts to them with nothing in return.

و خصوصاً ان رأيى السياسى مش مع البرلمان الجاى ده اوى.,"On his page, he puts his pictures with people he’s met."

او بمعنى اصح، مش مع البرلمان الجاى ده خالص!,Or he puts comedic pictures of himself that express in a funny way the struggle of daily life in Egypt.

طلع الموضوع مجرد هزار.,"Like for example, how crowded the subway is, or running after public transportation buses!"

بس كنت اتمنى ينزل الانتخابات فعلاً، و كنت هنزل انتخبه اكيد.,"Without writing anything, his pictures are more expressive than a thousand words… and make you laugh!"

لان الوضع السياسى فى مصر دلوقتى مش اكتر من نكته كبيره!,What reminded me of him is that this week the second round of parliamentary elections (Elections for the People’s Council) in Egypt will begin.

و يمكن البرلمان مع سبايدر مان مكانش هيعمل حاجه للناس برضه، لان ايد لوحدها متسقفش.,"And I was sitting one day on Facebook, about a month ago, back when the first round of the elections was running."

بس ع الاقل كان هيكون دمه خفيف شويه!,And I saw a very funny post on his page.

اللى انتو شايفينها قدامكو دى فى الصوره عربيتى القديمه، بعد ما طلعت من حادثه رهيبه انا و صحابى.,The post was about Spiderman deciding to enter the elections for Parliament!

الحادثه دى حصلت و كان راكب معايا كل صحابى و رايحين نشترى شوية حاجات نقصانه قبل ما نطلع رحله كنا مخططينها.,"Spiderman went down the street, and he made a very powerful election campaign."

الظريف فى الموضوع ان انا ده كان تالت مره ليا اسوق فيها!,"He gathered the people of his neighborhood around him, and he took a lot of pictures with them, and made very funny videos about the election campaign."

اللى حصل ببساطه شديده ان انا كنت ماشى بسرعه كبيره و كنت نازل من نزلايه من غير ما اهدى.,"And because I’m a bit naive, I really believed that he might get into Parliament, and I got really happy."

و كمان كنت بحاول اعدى من عربيه من على يمينها، فا فجأه لقيت تاكسى واقف بينزل واحد.,And especially because my political opinion doesn’t support this coming Parliament much.

فا حودت تانى شمال و ساعتها فقدت السيطره.,"Or more correctly, it does not support this coming parliament at all!"

العربيه بقت عامله زى الغساله مره واحده و عماله تروح يمين و شمال.,It turned out to be just a joke.

و مره واحده راحت طالعه فوق السور و ماشيه بجنبها لحد ما خبطت فى عمود نور و رحت نازل على التاكسى اللى كان واقف.,"But I was hoping that he was really going to be in the elections, and I was going to vote for him, of course."

و المصيبه ان كان فيه واحد نازل منه و بيحاسب طيرته من غير ما ياخد باله.,Because the political situation in Egypt now is nothing more than a big joke!

الحمد لله الحادثه دى كان ممكن نموت فيها كلنا، بس ربنا كان رحيم بينا و محدش حصله حاجه، غير واحد من صحابى لما شاف عمود النور جاى عليه بسرعه حط ايده على الازاز فا اتعور.,"And maybe the Parliament with Spiderman wouldn’t do things for the people, either, because one hand cannot clap."

(بس ده بسبب غبائه، انا مليش دعوه.,But at least it would have been a bit funny!

) نصيحتى لكل الناس اللى بتسوق بسرعه، ارجوكم خلى بالكو على حياتكو و على حياة الناس اللى بتركب معاكو.,What you see in front of you in this picture is my old car after my friends and I got into a terrible accident.

بما انى من اسيوط، و دى مدينه صغيره بامكانيات صغيره مقارنة بالقاهره اللى هى عاصمة مصر، عشان كده القاهره بتعنيلى مدينة الاحلام.,"The accident happened while all my friends were riding with me, going to buy some stuff we needed before we set out on a trip we had been planning."

من فتره واحد من احلامى دى اتحقق، و هو كان انى ازور برج القاهره.,The funny thing is that this was [just] the third time for me behind the wheel!

تخيل كده انك بتشوف المدينه الكبيره كلها من على ارتفاع ميه سبعه و تمانين متر، و ده بيساوى تقريباً تسعين دور!,What happened simply is that I was driving too fast and was going past a ramp and I did not slowdown in addition to that I was trying to get past a car from its right when suddenly I saw a taxi dropping someone off right in front of me.

واو!,So I veered left again and lost control.

فيه جمال كده؟,"Suddenly, it was like the car had turned into a washing machine, and kept kept going right and left."

و فى الواقع، الحقيقه مكانتش اقل جمالاً ابداً عن التخيل.,And suddenly it jumped up onto the fence and moved along it until it hit a street light and I crashed into the taxi that had stopped.

كان منظر رائع، مش ممكن يتوصف ابداً.,The worst part is that there was someone getting out of it and paying the fare who I sent flying before he knew what was happening.

لازم تشوفه بس!,Thank God!

قبل ما اطلع البرج، تحت كان فيه زى شجره ضخمه ليها افرع كبيره نازله منها.,We all could have died in this accident.

كان باين انها فى المكان ده ليها آلاف السنين.,"But God was merciful toward us and nothing happened to anyone, except for one of my friends."

كنت مشدودالها تماماً.,"When he saw the street light fast approaching, he put his hand against the glass and hurt it."

و بالرغم من انها كانت مبهره بس كانت مخيفه شويه.,(But that was his foolishness; I had nothing to do with it.

لزقت فى دماغى من ساعتها و فضلت مرتبطه دايماً بالزياره دى.,) My advice to everyone who drives fast: Please take care with your life and the lives of the people riding with you.

فى قمة البرج، كان فيه شوية منظارات “تليسكوبات” للناس اللى حابه انها تبص بنظره اقرب.,"Since I’m from Asyut, which is a small city with small facilities compared to Cairo, which is the capital city of Egypt, so, Cairo means to me “The City Of Dreams”."

حجزت تذكره و استخدمت واحد.,"A while back, one of my dreams came true, which was to visit Cairo Tower."

المنظر كان اقرب شويه، بس طبعاً مقدرتش اشوف كل التفاصيل.,"Imagine that you are seeing the whole big city at an altitude of 187 meters, which is equivalent to almost 90 floors!"