الأحد، 30 أكتوبر 2011

Creative free Silent Rebel left Fouda writes before it really .. «Last word»

Before it is really .. «Last word»       
  
By left Fouda 30.10.2011Mifleh Major General Ismail Osman phone call the afternoon of Tuesday, October 11 last year, spread over an hour, carrying me during almost all that came, then twenty-four hours, in a press conference in which he explained the military point of view on the events of Bloody Sunday .. Maspero events.
The man was, as usual, simple and friendly, and in his hands what appeared to be blamed: «we are in need of Zaalnak you man?» .. Did not quite understand its purpose, but my mind took me at first glance to ring the night before the «last word» which, in its context, imposed the same facts to the position of condemnation of the events of Maspero Maspero.
Although the source of any talk about anything with any press is subject to publication, unless you request the source is clearly not Publish, I - indulging in uncertainty - Snap the cradle reverse in most of the time: that every conversation is not for publication without permission. And then I will address here only for the chosen Major General Osman, from his talk with me during that communication, that repeated by himself on public occasions later.
It was clear that the talk reached us after a long argument to a dead end, he Yahya cover the state television without reservation, and I criticized without reservation. He sees that the TV did not do anything before that when you decide it is to broadcast what was happening on the air. I think - although this is true, at least in the aspect of the image - that what the owner's comments, oral and written, was the decisive element, otherwise why the police stormed the military Brchacadtha in a scene dramatically studios channels two not the grip of Maspero to prevent them from broadcasting scene himself on the air?
There is a small principle in our industry to say: «If you are afraid of the camera must that you have nothing to fear». There is a great principle in the world and in religion, says: «Every son of Adam, mis, and the best sinning repent». Between this and the principle that helps us to continue to live together: The difference of opinion does not invalidate the intimacy. But the difference in this case is only one manifestation of a gap in vision had begun to widen over the past few months.
Gap in vision
Met a number of reasons to allow this gap so deepened, including: first, that civilian life moving horizontally in the framework of the give and take, while the military life, moving vertically in the framework of command and obedience. And, secondly, that the message of the military council did not reach the people, not for lack of experience in civil affairs, but also because the message lose half their effect before the start if the sender can not determine in advance the target audience accurately.
I can emphatically say that all military official spoke to us so far has been distributed, in his mind and in his tongue, between the public street and public barracks. Can not wait for the impact of an actor for one message directed to different audiences to this point. And then argue that this message is missing inevitably in the folds of a combination of impossible extremes: Lynn-and-take with the civil, which is expected sometimes an apology for the mistake, on the one hand, and firmly command and obedience with the military, which is expected always to his commander far above error, on the other.
And third, to punish the days and weeks and months, while going through a learning process for all parties in the most severe cases, he gave all of us - between us and the military - to a state of physical and mental fatigue and nervous system had its results. Among these results, in the case of the military council, drifted to change the course of dealing with the situation, which it had taken in the beginning, seemed to him to the path is shorter and easier, and probably also contributed to a purely military nature in this delinquency.
Manifestations of a new path
The manifestation of this process, first, the emergence of chill between the military and the elite of the hand closest to the conscience of the nation of politicians, intellectuals, activists and journalists after the stage of a rich and promising dialogue, declared and undeclared. And had to arise from this estrangement gap, a gap can not be left blank, a gap usually filled not only hypocrites and private stakeholders. Which lost to the Council «consultant» honest and was tired, and earned him the «consultant» comfortable but does not represent anyone but himself.
Second, this contributed to the formation of a new way of old believes that «if the camera were not there, nothing happened» .. Way seem shorter and easier to believe in addressing the issues by the media and, because the media in its consideration can deny reality exists on earth, as can be invented reality does not exist, and so the problems will evaporate. It is banal to say that the theory of eating old-fashioned, and most importantly, it proved detrimental to all parts of society, governor and governed.
New this time, and ironic at the same time, that «the camera was there», in the events of Maspero and in the other, and we had yet to believe that something did not happen, and that if there was a problem in reality it is not those that you see with your own eyes now and hear at Abu-ears.
Lesson «Al Jazeera»
Thus, we intended to go back fifteen years, at least when Al-Jazeera appeared for the first time, and then we had to go through three stages before it starts the idea of ​​access to the minds of the Arab regimes. The first stage was a shock directly resulted in a political move intensively taken different forms, including dispatching ministers and envoys to Doha «to Taqil» prince's new, then the withdrawal of ambassadors from the pressure on him, and when he failed attempts we moved to the second phase, a phase of breaking bones and beating sometimes below the belt, and manifestations of the island close down the offices and the arrest of correspondents poisoned campaigns in the media and domestic and international, and what does not work and that we moved to the third stage, a stage «If you can not be joined by beating». It should be added to this address among others: «But do not believe yourself too much».
However, it was the arrival of the Arab regimes, even if compelled submissively not true, this marked the launch of the third phase would argue that it is not a milestone in the history of media, but also in the daily lives of Arab citizens from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf. That people usually do not miss what is not known. Now they know, for fifteen years know, and now they will miss if they lose, and when lacking will do all in their power to get what they lost by any means. The experience of freedom, in a sense, similar to the experience of death. Yes, you can visit the death, but you can not go back. As well as freedom.
Al-Saud, not with all their money and influence, and the Mubarak regime with all his tricks and thugs, and all the Arab regimes were able to stand together in the face of this flood, which can be summed up in two words: the imperatives of the era. But in Egypt now seems he did not learn that lesson the Great. In Egypt now seems he did not know that in the capacity of an amateur, launching five satellite channels from a PC Mobile from the bedroom, in Egypt, now does not seem to understand that the messages «BPM» short set of five cities in Britain in a single moment before a few weeks. In Egypt now does not realize that Egypt is now in a new generation familiar with the dictates of the times Mtdhuqa sweetness of the will and freedom. Now in Egypt, simply, those who have not yet understood that the revolution in Egypt.
This is the general climate, which began to impose itself again over the past few months since the finger, Major General Mohsen Fangary, has he got what he was appreciated in the hearts of the families of martyrs and in all our hearts, through what we know all of us to stop and call and alarm, intimidation and distortion and domestication and the lure and favoritism, down at the end of the day and close to the storm and terror machine guns on the air. And be easy to the fact that Egypt is divided between what the media follows the state, which is in the grip of the ruling directly, and, with the private sector, which is also in the grip albeit indirectly interesting in many aspects.
Fragility of the private media
Allow the Arab regimes, especially in Egypt, the same with this assumption is mental: «you if you can raise money and we are in power, you owe us», something like Bataoh youthfulness warm, although the royalty in the book is open to at the end of the pay in effect overriding the warm, Because the relationship of power holders money is more complicated than this, especially in Egypt, I do not see that it is my duty to defend this or about that and I do not know exactly the corridors of the relationship. But - like me, like many of my colleagues - I am concerned only affects my ability as a citizen and wanted to study Media had the opportunity to invest when we have imposed a «imperatives of the times» power to allow some of the windows media through a group of businessmen. The best, like many of my colleagues, I do not care in this «Joy» all only to be able to do my duty before God and before the nation.
This imposes a duty, first imposed, self-recognition of the principle: we are facing an information system is fragile, fragility of, in some cases end tragically ironic at the same time. It also makes the system than it is supposed to have a minimum of professional integrity - such as our coverage of the events of outrage on Fri Jan 28 - closer to the work of the mass suicide on the side of the road. It also imposes this duty of self-recognition of another: if we in the media on those affected by the fragility of the situation, our colleagues in what the state tells the victims.
Of course, the islands are of different colors within each of these types, including difficult to generalize. But we are talking about broad types: In any case, what concerns us here is that the military has remained close to what remained of the street close to the islands in certain types, especially in the pattern of private media.But this transformation of the private media in the framework of climate referred to in advance, from the standpoint of the military council, to something closer to the burden of it to the asset, or even just crossing to him. This coincided with the frequency of mounting pressure, which has taken different forms and a variety of methods, some inherited and some of the other innovative, and were all baptized to provide sufficient motivation of the media in the end of the chain so volunteer to exercise more self-censorship.
I mean, separate?
So what happened specifically has led to the cancellation loop «last word» with two great writers, Alaa al-Aswani, Ibrahim Issa? .. People ask me. After all this, people ask me? Despite my deep appreciation to the people's passion to detail, I feel sometimes a black comedy in the desire to Obt my head in the wall and I shout: «differentiate er I mean? .. I mean, if you divide that Zayd, not Amra, which is proposed? Differentiate mean, if the phone for, not a meeting, was the reason?Differentiate er I mean, if the Shubra, not Heliopolis, was the scene of an interview? », Who differentiate I have, first, that people recognize the fact that the cessation of such a program was not an easy decision, and secondly, that the main problem is not necessarily the people, but in the complete system.
Lockey resting hearts, before you let me the simplest of these facts: First, I made the decision to stop the loop and suspend the program indefinitely. Second, I took this decision because there is what led me to it, and what led me to him is the fact that I am aware there is a limit to the exercise of self-censorship, but the man has respect for himself and his audience and his career and his homeland. And thirdly, that the pressure did not come from channel management «Online TV», but from the military, but the channel management, represented by colleagues Albert Shafik, Yousef Shukri, remained until the last minute trying to convince me to continue, to the insistence of Mona on the spare channel critical additional pressure Fourth, my insistence that my decision was not intended to never show starring an empty shed or «a chair in the hooks». Fifth, because I needed to isolate myself from the channel, even temporarily, so do not bear the burden of the channel decided that it became my duty to touch him as a citizen and wanted to study Media.
Finally, it was not for my decision that any relationship from near or from afar, the emergence of organic junta, General Mohamed Assar and General Mahmoud Hegazy, in a program that is not programmatic or the channel is fallopian as some want to distort the objective, good faith or otherwise. For my knowledge I am the only journalist who asked permission to cancel the Ring project was agreed upon with the members of the military council, before that, when I realized it would not be subject to the minimum, which I see conditions professional, with all due respect to members of the Council and the pride Balzmalan Ibrahim Eissa, Mona El Shazly. I, too, who sought to «Online TV» to broadcast episode repeat of my program, which was be broadcast on the air at the same time to meet the military council with the «me» and «Abraham», but I called my friends on the «Facebook» and «twitter» to follow up this meeting, simply because it happened above the competition.
As for the connection, Major General Ismail Osman on the air, two days later, my colleague dear Reem Majid, what is it with us, the media, from the professional relationship clad simply the Egyptian countryside, with its originality and Asham, allows me to send him this smile that I could not resistance when I felt like I «Eil Tayeh» a call over the air: «back my left .. We need you ». However, in terms of a more serious, I did not wish to summarize the whole matter in dispute the possible existence of me and the channel, while completely rule out, if only from the possibility, the difference in views or in the estimation of positions with the military junta. This, in itself, another indication of the nature of that gap, which we referred earlier in this article.
Summary of the story
Simply put, I wish - I wish I still - to open the emergency landing of programs on my hand to stifle a door to a quiet room illuminated with two windows. The first window overlooking the military council set of messages from the most important, first, that will not protect the homeland, especially in times of crisis, something as much free media Sadiq forces, and for us in the difference between Media 67 and Media 73 Sermon on the major, and that the media play an important role, if not decisive, in these moments and in the near future is promising in both Munther. Secondly, now that Egypt does not assume the absence of the ability to absorb a huge lesson Media could not absorb the former president in his time, and that he fell at the end of the day because he preferred the easier path, but it is safe Ballafl. And thirdly, that the means available in today's world, a generation before making a revolution, innumerable, and the best of all of us to embrace «imperatives of the times» before trampling is the mishandling of us.
The second window Vttal us - we the media - the opportunity for reflection. We are the owners of the media, no one changed the owner. No power, not even the owner of the channel or newspaper, we are his companions, this simple fact self-evident, but many of us get lost amid the crowd. It is our duty, to ourselves and to the nation and, above all, to God, to speak the truth even if the price is our livelihood and our necks. I compare our time - and what the alternatives from which countless pampered us lucky - memories of our ancestors struggled in front of them was not of an alternative. I compare where we took, including Mahmoud Awad, for example, from the darkness, there is no Google or Blackberry email and phone iPad and satellite channels and not others, and see the product of his hands in the sixties and seventies is surprisingly superior to many of the product today. I see what it took briefing from the injustice in the eighties and nineties, the power and Manafiqiha, it was not only an additional fuel charge by the king ordered him to respect, has kept his hands to himself and his audience and for his country and won, and when he died he had lived.
This let us know and we his friends, It is a matter of self in the hope that some of us began to realize that practically started thinking in the past few days in a range of initiatives, including the initiative to launch a channel owned by the people, by offering direct part in carrying its banner colleague Aziz Bilal Fadl with a set of national professional colleagues. The other initiative, I join with colleagues in carrying its banner as I share in the canal project, which aims to create a permanent national front to protect the free media, and to have the agreement of members of the media's teeth to ensure this protection. These initiatives are not directed against one, but that would help shore up what we have and the advantages of alternatives, and help everyone to absorb the fact that new era does not fit with the old ways.
Do you come back after this to «last word» ... Yes, I go back.
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