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Queen Fatimah of Libya
2009-09-20 11:43:00
For the first time since a very long time Queen Fatimah of Libya , the last living Queen from the Senussi dynasty was the subject of an Arabic newspaper report  . Of course I understand why the Saudi owned Pan Arab newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat made a report about the 91 years old Queen in exile in the same Qaddafi was celebrating the 40 anniversary of his co-called revolution which is a military coup to be accurate. Queen Fatimah has been living in exile in Cairo since the revolution in 1969 , currently the old Queen is in hospital , hopefully she will get well. I wish time will come and she will see the day her country without Al-Qaddafi. The former Queen has won recently a lawsuit against the State in Libya to restore her old palace in some Libyan city , I do not know if it were Benghazi or Tripoli but I know that currently this palace is the new HQ of the British Embassy in Libya if I were not mistaken. Here is a photo taken for her from several years ago along with an adv...
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Follow Up : 2 Other Votes
2009-09-20 03:13:00
Farouk Hosni managed to score other 2 votes in the past 24 hours and thus he secured 25 votes in the UNESCO race , he has still got 5 votes to become the UNESCO Director general. He is a lucky man because the elections will continue on Monday so technically he has got 48 hours to use his charm to win the hearts and minds of another 5 countries ?Hopefully he won?t insh Allah, Say Amen? By the way I would to share with you this video taken for the French Minister of Foreign affairs Bernard Kouchner in an interview with senior Journalist Jean-Pierre ElKabbach about the candidacy of Farouk Hosni. One part of the interview is very interview where ElKabbach asks Kouchner if Hosni was a respectable man and Kouchner pauses for awhile before saying ?He is a candidate? Technorati Tags: Citizen Journalism,Egypt,UNESCO,Paris,video,Media ,Politics ,France,Farouk Hosni,International,Culture
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Happy Eid
2009-09-19 23:54:00
Happy Eid to all Muslims , Arabs and Egypt ians in the world Eid Saied and also Eid Mubarak to all of Egyptian Chronicles Readers Around the World Technorati Tags: Eid,Egypt,Islam ,International ,Religion
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I Miss That Ad So Much
2009-09-19 11:57:00
There are generations in Egypt where were raised upon that wonderful ad including my generation :) RiRi's Classical Ad RiRi used to be our Egyptian Cerelac. I really miss that ad and that jingle and its lyrics. I miss it so much in Ramadan :) Technorati Tags: Citizen Journalism,Media ,Arts,Cartoon,TVs,Ads,Jin gle,Cerelac,Riri,babies,Egypt,Egyptians,h istory,Culture ,nostalgia
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Follow Up : Another Round For Farouk Hosni
2009-09-18 22:28:00
Are ?23 votes? better than ?22 Votes? in 24 hours for Farouk Hosni ?? I do not know really but it seems Hosni will face another sleepless night in Paris to secure more votes tomorrow to get those bloody 30 votes ?insh Allah he won?t, Say Amen !!? Technorati Tags: Egypt ,Farouk Honsi,Politics,UNESCO,News,Culture ,Intern ational,Mideast,Middle East,Citizen Journalism
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Porto Aswan : The Regime?s Response To Nubian Demands !!
2009-09-18 11:52:00
I found the news circulating around  ?Porto Aswan? very interesting if we consider the timing, coming right after the historical visit of Gamal Mubarak to Nuba where he advised the people there ?Not to live in the past? hinting out that they won?t return to the land they want to return to for years ?Porto Aswan? is said to be a huge touristic project planned in Aswan by tourism tycoon Mansour Amer to join his ?Porto World? empire in Egypt and in the Arab world ?He is building one in Syria?. I do not need to elaborate how the historical , social and environmental nature of Aswan can?t have such huge touristic project. The news is causing huge anger in Egypt especially in Aswan , the people there are extremely angry and I will summarize their anger in what Mohamed Mounir has said : ?I pull the rocks of the great pyramid if the government approves that project? It is not only them but anyone who loves this country will refuse this project which unfortunately is not a rumor becaus...
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Do Not Stone Her Alone
2009-09-18 11:47:00
Dr. Hala Mustafa, the chief in editor of ?Democracy? magazine is facing an investigation in the journalists syndication and this is just the start ; what did Dr. Hala do ?? She hosted the Israel i ambassador in Cairo Shalom Cohen in some lecture in Al Ahram center for political and strategic studies. According to the laws of the syndication , she did something wrong as the laws of the journalists syndication are clear : No normalization with Israel , No Israeli officials in the Egyptian newspapers HQs. But was she the first Egyptian journalist to do such huge sin ?? Was she the first Al Ahram journalist to do host Israeli officials in the Al Ahram building ?? I do not think so , Dr. Abdel Manam Said who has headed Al Ahram recently is from the most famous pro-normalization with Israel and from the Copenhagen group with late Lotfy El-Kholly. Al Ahram administration says the Ambassador came to the building without its permission despite the fact I believe to host such heavy gue...
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Wrong Market !!
2009-09-18 00:43:00
I do not think that those who were misfortune and spent some time in the ring road yesterday morning knew that President Mubarak made a surprise visit to ?..Carrefour in Maadi !! Yes President Mubarak made a so-called surprise visit to Carrefour store in Maadi to check on the conditions of the markets and internal trade in Egypt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear this is not a joke , he paid Carrefour a visit to check on the citizens and the conditions of the consumer markets in Egypt , again I repeat !! I will not joke about it because already since the news found its way online and the jokes have been pouring like a flood , you do not mess with Egyptian people . I will just say one thing , for those advisers of Mubarak ,for that entourage around him : Stop misguiding the old man because when he goes down , you will go down with him !! Mubarak did not ask them to go Carrefour by himself , he did not know Carrefour , he knew nothing despite they want him to look like as if he knew every ...
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Does Anyone Follow What Is Happening in Yemen ??
2009-09-17 21:24:00
Does anyone follow what is happening in Yemen carefully ? Does any human rights organization follow the attacks on the civilians in the war between the Yemeni army and those Shiites rebels ?? War ning graphic content This massacre happened on the last 14th of September 2009 in Sa?dah governorate , in one of its markets where civilians were targets to the Yemeni air forces. Ali Abdullah Salah is doing a great job in creating tensions in his country. Please do not tell me what is national internal matter of Yemen !! Technorati Tags: Yemen,Middle East,Human rights,War,Minorities,Democracy,Video,Med ia,Regional ,Mideast
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Breaking News Do Not Tell Me He Is Going To Win !!
2009-09-17 21:09:00
Farouk Hosni has just received 22 votes in the UNSECO elections, the highest in today?s elections , he needs 30 votes and so tomorrow there will be another around :( Oh God please do not let him win  Technorati Tags: Egypt,Farouk Hosni,UNSECO,Culture ,Paris,Elections,Arts ,National ,Photos,Breaking News ,Mideast,Middle East,Citizen Journalism
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Les Miserables
2009-09-17 10:55:00
Al Masry Al Youm from two weeks published a small report  about an Egypt ian construction worker who work on a daily basis from one site to another site independently. He is from those workers known in Egypt as ?Fa?ala?. Anyhow what is unique about this worker and deserved to be mentioned in the newspaper is that he is originally teacher , French language teacher who was graduated from university of Asuit !! Oh oui a university graduate !! He worked for a while as a teacher then left teaching because it was not that profitable and enough for decent life , it seems that now the hard life of independent construction worker is better !! This young man is not the only university graduate who took the same hard road , there are millions like him !! I do not know why I remember ?Les Miserables? when I read his story !! Technorati Tags: Citizen Journalism,Egypt,Egyptians,Upper Egypt,National ,Mideast,Economy ,teachers,l es miserables,books,press,media
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Rosetta Houses
2009-09-17 10:26:00
I spoke about the Rosetta old houses before when I was wondering about that old house forgotten by the ministry of culture and the supreme council of antiquities despite other houses in the city were restored and inaugurated by Mubarak last year. This slideshow will show you how beautiful the old houses of Rosetta are and how the Tawakitty house can be so beautiful too if the ministry of culture remembers it. Some people will consider this an achievement of Farouk Hosni and I tell them , well this is the least thing he can do , already this is his job to look after our national heritage ,the heritage which has been stolen , attacked and destroyed for the past 20 years. Technorati Tags: Citizen Journalism,Egypt ,Culture ,Arts,Follow Up,Media ,National ,History ,Photos,Rosette, Farouk Hosni,Tawakitty House,Nile Delta,Middle East

Regarding Farouk Hosni : Last Argument
2009-09-17 00:52:00
I think I spoke a lot along others online and offline regarding our rejection to Farouk Hosni?s nomination to hold the highest cultural position internationally as the UNSECO?s director general.  Of course we have been attacked in the official press as if it were from patriotism and the love of Egypt to say Yes for Farouk Hosni , well it is because we are patriots and we are madly in love with Egypt , we say No to Farouk Hosni. We have been attacked in the official press because we are saying working against the Muslim and Arab candidate in the race despite the fact that candidate did not work for 20 years to preserve our Islamic Arabic heritage. We are saying No because we love our country more than Hosni whom for 20 years worked in successive cabinets for a suppressive regime in a sign for loyalty even the defense and interior ministers did not enjoy for all that time long. One of the things that made me sad is the fact that the controversy regarding anti-Semitism and burni...
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The Muslims Are Coming, The Muslims Are Coming
2009-09-16 10:24:00
Please watch this video from the Daily Show till the end or near the end to be precise The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Mad Men www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Healthcare Protests ?The Muslims are taking over !!!? , ?The Communists are coming? , ?Obama is Hitler? and ?Obama is Muslim Marxist !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? I am not an expert in the America n affair but I wonder where those angry protesters were when Bush brought down the house in 8 years !! The title of this post was inspired by 1960s American political comedy ?The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming? Technorati Tags: America,International,Economy,Daily show,Islam ,Muslims,Obama,Right,tea parties,Politics ,Fox News,Video ,Media
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World environment day
2008-06-10 22:30:00
we forgot about this important day in Egypt , originally it is on the 5th of June according to the UN but of course you may know that from this blog that many Egyptians associate this day with our worst military defeat in the modern history. Nevertheless it is not too late to celebrate especially that for the first time in Egypt we feel that people the real people began to have great awareness about environment. Thanks to Agrium , seriously those greedy businessmen Canadians opened the Egyptian people?s eyes especially in the Governates on the hazards of industrial and chemical factories.Now Agrium is stuck in Damietta and can?t go anywhere and has nothing to do except in my humble opinion to close the factory and move back home. Already all the Governates are refusing to host this factory. There are another two Agrium alike cases, may be there are not under the spot light like Damitta?s Agrium for now but they will sooner or later. The first is a factory owned by an Indian Company ...
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Follow Up : The Al-Burullus City
2008-06-10 19:48:00
Here is quick info about Al-Burullus City ,You know that there were violent clashes between the citizens and the police , still the city deserves more attention. As almost every City and place in Egypt , it has got real long history ,I will try to summarize it in the few minutes Al-Burullus is a coastal city,well it is actually a peninsula , the Mediterranean sea is in its north and the lake of Al-Burullus is in its south. The city of Al-Burullus itself is historical ,It is named after the Al Burullus lake and the fortress of Salah El-Din known as ?the tower or Al Borg? , officially it is ?Borg Al-Burullus? still it is known as ?Al-Burullus? The city has got one of the original light houses that Khedive Ismail had built in 1869. There is also a from the time of Ahmed Orabi and his battle against the British invasion in the 19th century. It has its own battle in 1956 against the French invaders on the 4th of November which is its national day , the famous Battle of Jules Jamal and...
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Testing the i google publishing feature
2008-06-10 11:43:00
coz I like to test every new feature
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Follow Up : Al Burullus revolution.
2008-06-09 22:04:00
First of all I want to clarify something , yes Kafr El-Sheikh has a great MB presence but they do not have any relation from near or far with the uprising , with the mini revolution of the Al Burullus people. Already Al Burullus people acted alone with no pre-organizing movement and this is why it is dangerous from the security of point of view . If it were the MB or the leftists then it would be easily to control but this sudden emotional rebel moves make the regime scared to death. This is stupid regime which does not learn from its mistakes , it forgot that simple fishermen can be very angry and their anger of those outcasted forgotten people can harm all Egypt ,especially rich Egypt that goes to the north Coast and already they saw it last July in the Water protests. Now here is a theory the regime acted so ugly and violently with the people of Al Burullus ?they did not arrest them last year? because they wanted to teach them a lesson , it is not a game to cut or block the ...
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Follow Up : The Al-Burullus uprising "With videos and photos"
2008-06-09 20:49:00
Al-Burullus made the headlines around the globe in the last 48 hours as the city which saw the hunger revolution , real hunger revolution. All Egyptian commenters and activists consider Al-Burullus to be the second Mahalla whether from the public anger or how the security dealt with it. Nevertheless Al-Burullus people proved to be real respectable people with hot temper , if we were all with hot temper like them our rights would not have been taken one by one like this. If you remember last summer we were shocked to know that in the land of the Nile there were Egyptians who could not find not clean water for months , the Nile Delta saw huge protests starting from Al-Burullus , when the people from that city brought their cause to the attention of the world when they cut and blocked the international highway for 6 or 7 hours after 11 days without water. Ironically its anniversary is next month The people of Burullus knew the trick ,the government won?t listen or look down humb...
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Follow Up: Momtaz you are fu*ked up
2008-06-08 21:58:00
Lol Mr.Momtaz El-Kot is paying for his kisses to the regime ass as I expected. The Egypt ian Presidency was shocked at what he wrote last Saturday ,well not at what he had written but how the people received it in and outside Egypt. The man made from Mubarak an universal joke with package of dates , exactly two kilos of dates, oh yes Mubarak paid the customs for two kilos of dates. Now the Presidency had to act fast and thus they issued indirect press release from their unofficial spokesperson General Mustafa Bakery in his nationalist newspaper to deny the incident , it did not take place. He wrote this in his column and Al Dostor re-published it ?It is a strange act? According to Bakery, Mubarak was angry from El-Kot that in Italy he asked him on the air force 1 , our air force 1 ?From where did you get that story of the dates ??? El-Kot smiled and did not know what to say . Still Bakery got a point It turned out that those presumed two kilos were present from the Pr...
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Jon Stewart and AIPAC
2008-06-08 19:15:00
digg_url = "http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2 008/06/jon-stewart-of-aipac.html";digg_ti tle = "Jon Stewart of AIPAC";digg_bgcolor = "#F8EFD5";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;I know it is late , but you know me , it is never too late , I comment about Alexander the great sexuality so why not to speak about last week?s stuff . Jon Stewart made fun from AIPAC and the appearance of the two candidates Obama and McCain ?also Hilary? and how they kissed the AIPAC ass. I have seen on TV and I am happy to find it that it is so popular on the Internet From the Daily Show P.S Jon Stewart is a Jew.   Technorati Tags: America ,AIPAC,Israel ,American Presidential elections 2008,elections 2008,Daily Show,Jon Stewart,Jews,politics,Films,videos,Media
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Follow Up : Al Matrya hosptial
2008-06-08 16:53:00
digg_url = "http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2 008/06/follow-up-al-matrya-hosptial.html" ;digg_title = "Follow Up : Al Matrya hosptial";digg_bgcolor = "#F8EFD5";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;The terrible incidents of Al Matrya educational hospital are still making headlines , all the spot lights are on Dr.Akroot and his co-doctors who impressed Egypt with integrity. The General prosecutor now is investigating in the incidents. Now more people come to the media who relatives from parents or fathers or children were victims to the outage. By the way Dr. Akroot has a blog now , so bookmark it now because he is promising for a new scandal. Technorati Tags: Al Matrya,Hospitals,Citizen Journalism,Egypt,Health ,News,follow Up,Mideast,Middle East,Blogs,Blogging,Dr.Akroot

Laura you are not Jackie
2008-06-08 16:14:00
digg_url = "http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2 008/06/laura-you-are-not-jackie.html";dig g_title = "Laura you are not Jackie";digg_bgcolor = "#F8EFD5";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;Laura Bush is visiting Afghanistan now , seriously I do not know why ?? It is too late. seriously what is she doing there ?? What are they trying to prove ?? That Afghanistan is under control and too safe that the first lady is visiting it !!?? For God Sake the coalition forces only control 30% or even less from Afghanistan !!?? Laura Bush is not Jackie Kennedy* , Laura Bush is married to G.W Bush , I guess this enough *Jackie had visited Afghanistan in Technorati Tags: Laura Bush,Jackie O,Jackie Kennedy,Afghanistan,G.W Bush,America ,News,Women ,politics
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8,000 protesters are not few protesters
2008-06-08 10:47:00
Last night the city of Al-Burullus witnessed huge clashes between the citizens and police forces. About 8000 citizen gathered and protested against the governer's decision to distribute Wheat on bakeries instead of the people.The clashes and its size and severity reminded the people with the clashes of the Mahalla on last 6th of April 2008 .I think that this is the first big sized protests to be for wheat and bread , Mahalla was originally for workers' right and rise in prices , but this is for Wheat and bread.People are getting more and more angry for wheat , this reminds me with the French Revolution , strangely no one reads history or learns anything from it , Moshe Dyan was right !!The Governer of the Kafr El-Sheikh , which Al-Burullus city follows of course denied that there were clashes and said that the protestors were few on TV last night !!??I do not think that 8000 citizens can be described as few protesters ,even if they protested in Cairo !!??I am trying to put my hand...
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What happened to Filbalad ??
2008-06-07 12:28:00
digg_url = "http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2 008/06/what-happened-to-filbalad.html";di gg_title = "What happened to Filbalad ??";digg_bgcolor = "#F8EFD5";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;What happened to Filbalad News website ?? After two months of upgrading the website to become a Web 2.0 look alike I found out that they closed their news and political section . Why ?? It was very successful as far as I could see and It received comments and good reactions . It is ridiculous to close their successful news section and keep their sports and Arts sections , well may be someone wants the Egyptians to think only in those two things only !!?? That website was my favourite and I made it my homepage for its news section but now.. ?? I am asking why again ?? Did they receive orders from someone especially they used to host people like Ibrahim Eissa in the Website ?? or what ?? FilBalad | ?????? ????...
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The Agrium Saga : Your President stayed so long in the rule and this is why
2008-06-06 23:13:00
digg_url = "http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2 008/06/agrium-saga-your-president-stayed- so.html";digg_title = "The Agrium Saga : Your President stayed so long in the rule and this is why we are here !!??";digg_bgcolor = "#F8EFD5";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;The Canadian  manager of Agrium Egypt justified why they chose Egypt using these stupid words that would make people more and more angry We chose Egypt because of its political stability , your President ?Mubarak? has stayed too long !! The War is going by the people of Damietta and the company. The newest thing is that the Company began a campaign to spread lies that the campaign against its pollutant factory is funded by NDP members in the city who wanted this piece of land. I could believe this if the Government did not stand with them so blindly , those poor Canadians do not know that the NDP and the Cabinet are the same th...
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This is what he should do !!??
2008-06-06 21:40:00
digg_url = "http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2 008/06/this-is-what-he-should-do.html";di gg_title = "This is what he should do !!??";digg_bgcolor = "#F8EFD5";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;Our family do not buy Weekly Akhabr Al Youm since Mr. Momtaz Al-Kot , its chief in editor crossed all the lines in kissing the regime ass , after being loyal to Akhabr Al Youm publications for more than half a century for professional and emotional reasons , we could not take it anymore with the rubbish Mr. Momtaz writes every week to book the CEO place of the Akhabr Al Youm publishing house, even daily Al Akhabr we found ourselves living without it after boycotting it for a week and thus we do not buy it anymore even for Ahmed Rageb and Mustafa Hussein.Al Akhabr and Akhabr Al Youm are turned officially in an Egypt ian Parvda , well it was like that since its nationalization I am afraid but we just do not remember....
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This was not from 5 June 1967
2008-06-06 19:49:00
Daily Al Masry Al Youm published a special report about the 41 anniversary of the six days war. I noticed something , it may be silly but I can?t go over it . I love photography and photos and I love to study the details of photos so much because I believe you can know a lot from it just by studying it. In the online edition and also printed edition , they published a photo as a scene from the six days war ?they even used this term as the caption ? . I think this photo was not from the six days war 1967 but from the Suez War 1956 , with my all respect I saw many photos from both wars and I guess some of you know that due to my research about the POWs whether in 1956 or in 1967 , I saw sorry  studied many photos . To prove my point please look to the photo As you see those Egyptian soldiers were wearing winter coats , where as the Six Days war was in June 1967 , the Egyptian Soldiers were dying from heat and thirst. If I am mistaken this photo was from the 1956 war ...
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Remembering them
2008-06-06 00:35:00
I can?t forget them because Egypt does not forget them. powered by ODEO Please visit http://egyptianpows.net There are new updates and news Technorati Tags: Egypt,POWs,Egyptian POWs,1967,Israel ,War Crimes,History ,Human rights,photos,UAR,Middle East,Mideast,Africa
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Follow Up : The Matrya Hospital scandal
2008-06-05 22:11:00
More info about the terrible the Matrya hospital scandal. First I contacted Mr.Akroot who uploaded those daring videos that shocked the public and reached to the media and this is what I knew Dr. Akroot is actually a doctor in the Matrya educational hospital. He did not film these shocking videos , but they were filmed by his co-doctors . He is the one who collected these clips in order to publish it and expose the corruption in media and in public. Now here is the news updates : The minister of health presented an urgent request to the General prosecutor to open an immediate investigation about the incident. There is a lot of trouble in the administration of the hospital. The doctors are being admired for their courage in the situation. It turned out that in this black night not only 4 babies were killed but also 2 adults because of the outage. The families of the victims are so angry. Here I want to say something Dr. Akroot is a citizen Journalist ...
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