4 HALF AN HOUR WITH KHALED
Wile Ala sin priso 2 major set bate bros ut be
cn relator and enrol ea
days os oh ln Molamed Mabmoud Stet wc
ras rom Tabi Sparen Mini of the Interior
eg on! Neember 20 On 28Normber the SCAR, re
onsen tet amnnaced be ranseeftbe ase
‘restietin to th coon Pable Preto At eas ry
‘peopl edi the bale of Mabemed Mabroad ander
(tewnd wer par
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lave file inceding murder et ib itn 0 commit on
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mal ec tents ht eater at am expo rons?
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Teo st aera 2 Deemer be Publi Praseator
puted a ce frm State Scary and eine 8
‘eigen be Publ Proton tbr
ese its my destiny that say imprisonment should
be tied to the diary. wa imprisoned in 2006 wit
fitycomades Irom the Kelaya Movement and unl
hundreds of Muslin Beotherhood members for out
Insolcariy with he uary ida against Mubarak
Andis vogine. Westaged svn fo he independence
tthe Judy and thir complete oversight ofthe cee
ions ~ so we were imprisoned by the State Seeuy
Prosecutor fr amonth and ball
And nomi he Es ofthe Revolution, the Military
Proctor bat imprisoned meas a punishment fo
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Jpssing on appearing bie vin jude, nd pr
iin for my rote in the events of Maspero ~ also
Tag he civil jcary~ in whic we took a sand io
Mee Conic Hospital to ensure reinvention by the
ihc Prosecuoe and prcine top Thasand isthe
Bie rsyaumeappetsinibeene soft poles and
Mester ncligece
Hytannchca iene Masperocase fr Tas
Demers bcksa icy wns Ganrour tate
Petes cnc tug theese fered 0» ce
Meet ind myulfonce aun ced with he State
Beery Peston
Miter of te Deposed we wed 10 rete ques
Ting by Sie Secor Ponca Beas ae
Metecinary asic bat nthe Er of Gano wee
Ming ot because cxsondinary cian Justice
Tetcrtsncsroainry mit jrice Sot cts
tc tne Gancoun vic. qua the opposte i a.
Tm etarnd tor th prssetr i amierable state
Edspetny mos dca weekinprio. Unt ten the
Broa hed bon sein ary wa eons and
Src inpies pcos and makes estience ery Bat
Sruthe pun ony praonment the ne has nom
Kemtrnstencd? Whatstesimofmy eine?
he oryers assure ne that my appa apsnse he
Tmprnonent on rm would he heel cian
Gage Ast utd open tnt Fhe Join for
Mie wereimpsone andotred for defending it
Postion and prose sndindcpendent uony
TAN ik stat war ating out ime be‘here at the birth of yf cid, Khaled. Our doc
‘oad advised an ealy C-seton was bs for Mal
heh soseth the renewal of my detention we ere nk
tng arhkpospenag tic ra lspng lord beter
And Khaled was acting in solar went onsen
‘woulda come eat even afer line month, holding o
‘rou inal hopesthesppalia unt ofthe cian ee
‘Or hopes were high eeae there anno reson
ipl tected ferrpel |
‘returned fom abrod appear a my sone
ollight rik the charges against me are ety fabric
the investigation bo serious andthe testimonies
{he fle witnesses dent math up. We put our own es
dears lerenrd diac ettreL yes om
ven st Maspero athe time of the masz. The th
rusevident
‘Kale did his band waked forthe age, the were
sade thei arguments Mana sked the jude or me
Se rekmed om sili with erat the ith Bat
from the look that my regula judge gave her tha he
‘wold bring men justice
‘My morte cllapeed compel 1 wax drowaing in
fear and worry fr Khaled and his mother For the
Hime, [else fr mysell My imprisonment had
‘come shred and ny lod, may hear, cout be
hmv I understand bing ed by 2 State Secs
Provcrutor Bats cv jaage? Wheres our enty? Art
tha wil happen now? Will 1 besome one a he th
“Snds of miserable eeturesin Torah Prion? Wait
far months ~ years sometimes ~ fr judgement ht
never cme, fom judges for mhom the la declares
innocent unl proven gully fr whom the consaton
ecees that our edn and eights must ao be i
Fanged on without court sentencing ~ ad yet, WH
Ipprsonme nt continve, our cscs never end ogoten
pie work tele the prison walls? Everyone tn the
J pale and misrble, even theca, hee mone
bens incr cyesopet and broken
Iie asienp convinced fry ft ix onthe 3 least
Tlie ny coe wile head then months more of pos.
bs before being fel incest How wold
eri?
When came Kral! The next day Iga messagesay
Tigh snd Mana ere healdy and well and phot.
Tove at firs igh, love at ist photograph. The prison
Gadisralontiscasallvaished, everthing vanished
(rept love for Khaled andy joy chiara Islet
On is hic day, Kha visited me ras surpie
Tse the doctor woulda let hi vs fora east»
Sek Khaled was with cfc hour held him in
Imysrms for tn miner
Ty Goa ose come he so bensufu? Love a ist
Tous fa hall an hour be gave me joy enough il he
itn fora werk. In halfan hove ge hi ove hoped
Maldsrsnnd ines ck Inhalfan hoor Lehanged
Bil the iverse changed around pe. Now Tunderstand
IuhyTimin pron: they want to deprive me ofjoy Now|
Ulertand why il rr: prison wl not top lve
Inyhappines resistance. olding Khaled soma
estate
J Thsnever alone in my sesistanc; there are always po
Peiosodariy. Andsol want loncinthejoyorKhsled.
Pitas hod with te joy of comrades 1 get tle
Hams went congratulations for EW, for my irthy,
fBeteatlations forthe revoltons return o Tanne But
Ted ae smh clo. Macs clograms, neat
Fompeopel dont know andy never have honur
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-.of meting: wring to express theirjoy at Khaled rvs
Sa thei love for bin, wring to troduce tems,
Thenamesothe members oftheir families thlraddres:
tr ihle obs ther hen wring to say that Khaled hx
‘eles and aunts in hundreds homes everywhere
Eee
Sadly [was allowed o keep these messages: Iss
shown them one, en huriedly hey vanished vi
ot be able to spe the ames of every aunt nd every
tice to Khaled othe love as reached him. Halon
Tour inpite tne with happines that sureive on for
tek, jst the news of i aerial esplres people who
Udowtknow swith joy hat makes them send tegrms
{Wa imprisoned Sher
Halfan hour in which dé nothing cxcept lok ath.
‘What shout halon hourin which ebangz hm? Or hal
nbout in which fed hin? Or alan horn which |
inp with ins? Whatebout alan ou rkim ote =
howtschoo? Halfan ou forhimapdttlkabout his
‘dreams? Halen hour to agueaboat wheter he shoul
fo down to. protest Half an hor for him owe m=
nimprsoned speech abou he revolution and hos
wile ws? About rerdapd feedomand digi 2nd
Jonce? Halfan hour forme el proud that my sons
Brave man crying the responsibilty ofa county Belore
Iecofage to be responsible forms?
How much happiness in balan hourlik th? siti
‘helast hou the father ofthe ary pen wid hiss?
Prison robs me of Khaled, bu for haan Rowe 1
tient because we wl spend the et oF bal hous
Togeher How ean the martyr aber be paint?
The martyr immoral in oor hea immorl >
ur minds iosmora a hsor immoral and in prise
emo! Bu what happiest Joos immorality Bog
ear? Hehe wl burst wih ove forthe Fema
Fpshol ours of hile Wile empty whatsin hk eae
athe ars ofbistory? Iwai or my rlese nd me
Hat What docs nabs ofthe martyr waifor?Thathe
fallow theimmorttio heaven?
Bicthowght the jdge weal do wsjusc. a 2006, me
‘ante forthe jdge re ws fom yranay. then my
Agus hg ld meto rob me of Khaled. The father
Asmrte thought ht the regular solder would oight
Bp when in Febraar we chanel that the army ad
Mlepeople are one hand the the reulr solder rn
lxertorob eof Khaled
ooking for resonsformy imprisonment pointes.
Myimprisonment wl not estore ther sate. The death
Dfment one marys poiness. Perhaps atthe hen
Tig they Kile the marys to stop the revolson, but
Ay they cary onli art was proven ime and
Be that the revoltion would continue? The Kling
ten increnss ax they draw cloner to delet remem:
Tri snipers appearing onthe day of the Bato he
Teel hey came ites tw clear ha the sure
Halo skiing forthe sake of ling wth no
Aaepe objective ling simpy co depive vs of the
‘mort
“Me ned ne igi they donot ilu to restore
these, br because billing 3d ing ar oral be
Bavlourinteirstte. Yes normal behaviour st that
Beli ourcives wax nly their police who wronged
Wid the deans of tee colleges ao share in running
Grerourchiiven>” Werewe not wronged thebakenies
Bp secon Sein.and the gis depots oftheir sate? By the fetes an
‘ors orth tate? Were we mat wronged by is wheat
‘rpredtion tht lavissmlions on the dtestor snd
the consultant ~ even whist sands = ut ern,
sare a crumb forthe worker when taning? Wee we
‘ot wronged by ils economy that lores dawn the ce
tle feos white coton ped igh he farmers
home bu keeps te feriier plan pouring pion Ine
‘urate? Were weno wronged fot clas,
Tetsecurty britaiethe fans for heen os nol bt
{intervene oshield layers when hey risers? We are
wronged hy allt instttions and crery leader in ton
‘omortow we will be wronged by is pigment ands
president
Teould never hae imagined hat my heart carte
‘helonethatburst oa wih te birth of Khaled how could
fathom the sre in the her ofthe marie fate?
Lord how ca te so ere? To bury your sn, ther
shan he Bay his father ~ i there a reser wrong? A
‘wore imbalzes? We ki ourslvs sed prec itso
eptional, hat sts pombl a reform the ate ut the
erence sows wits egulaty and tha there's ope
Buttrthe aloft state
esther sale must ll Were afd to ae up oi
sifaidfor the country should the site all. the sus
foppes the sate whats Bet fe us? Kay ent the
goer!
Tis re that fey int theyre: But we've not
destod the aguare, What do we doin the square? We
wwemet weet we sleep, we alk: wep ne chant,
Smeghicondieigeicnmans
we expend energy andes none sstinour-
es we ches at wedding nd weep In fener we
fess Our Meas. our dreams, ou inten we ear
sometimes, sometimes were hse and contesed
ing fo the Tture we spend each day ast omen
Knowing what the future ides for.
Isthis not what we do otlde the square? Nothing i
cxptonal inthe square excep our togetherness Out of
sine, wer happy as wedding basse we know
ide and groom. In the square we rejoiced a the
pines of stranger. Oat of the guar, we grieve ts
gal beause we know the docs inthe sure me
ye for srangers Nothing new inthe agua excep
ve surround oursleswith the lov ofsteangers But
ove of rangers isnot unigue to the square hun
ls sent me messages of lve for Khaled om outside
squire, even some selédescrbed members ofthe
Pry" Millon grieved for the marty i evry
eines.
Me rejoice at a weding because tis a mariage: We
a Tuner because is death, We love the new
becausthe'shumanand esas’ Fayplen, Our
break forthe martyr bonus hes human and he
e's Egyptian. We goto the guar to diconer ha
lovelfecusdei,andto discover that our lone for is
fesse. We ace owurdsthe bullets been we lone
Hand we waknio prison besa we ne ceo,
The country iswhat weloveand what we veor what
elerate rd what we mourn. I the tate fle sore
is the square wil remain ~ there willbe the love
rangers, there willbe everthing tht deve wo thesquire and everything we etnedin the square
Love is Khaled and srr x Khaled andthe sere
is Khaled and the marie Khaled nd the county
‘led: AS for thee ste, iti or an hour Jt for ao
Aba Khaled
rida. 9 December 2011
ll 6/1 ard 4, Torah Investigate Prison
Published on December 2011 nal dora
iteration —en
HING TO CELEBRATE,
rresare ocr te Mapes mace bs hen mal
yt major bortsof Mame Naten Sires 1-24
and he Cabinet Bulg (1-20 Deemer) and
es Decbe 201 Ala ordered ree from rion A
ef sires and juraa at or im ude oe
Scr Directorate When be ental alts
one
Big own mire Wetec tting
eine strove acatctnchoes
Bee ec viensiacaecactcineror
Beste hye. Wena tts
per citing Wen cue as
nore we cr tcev vee nes
Bec peopc“turhetirearntroahes ie
Bee ccs erection
Hao wnt cc withing an oe.
elas se hisjudge ale o get General Hama)
Biden 38 the sceued in ths eve oe not? Thats the
Suen. And the revolution, this elation, will have
Bcreded when General Hardy Baden sin cls inthe
Stutoom picking his nose and cylinder cooking as
fs five pounds
Delivered on 25 December 2011
ouside the Cairo Sour Directorate