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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 "ies er on 28 Nocmber Aaa war bough bo ‘Ste Sect Peat ech are charges lave file inceding murder et ib itn 0 commit on { teevot SateSrurty Proecaton WoW branch Sf the Pac Posction esse Jor ices mo mal ec tents ht eater at am expo rons? (9 teil tem and efi persecte olia! pba 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 90 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 93 -. 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 the squire 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

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