A letter to Egypt: Why occupy you jailed my buddy Mahmoud Hussein?

Has it truly been 500 days of you in the succor of bars Mahmoud Hussein, my buddy? How would possibly well perchance your jailer execute that? Maybe this skill that of they execute no longer know you? Or even this skill that of they execute no longer care about you and the oldsters who love you?

I am having arduous time notion why has your jailer snatched you out of your family and chums with out price.

Is it that it’s possible you’ll well perchance imagine to excuse them for they execute no longer know you as effectively as I execute, your actual buddy for as regards to 30 years?

Let me communicate to your jailers then, maybe they’ll learn reasonably of what I learn about you?

Pause you be wide awake Mahmoud the time we spent at the prestigious Cairo University in the Eighties to peek in the effectively-known College of Economics and Political Science?

When some of us were reserved about mixing with folks in the capital having come from the villages, and likewise you were always bridging the gaps for us with your kind soul you introduced from the geographical region, and civilised system you attained at the metropolis. 

Till at the second I am searching to attain the skill you became everyone’s buddy so rapidly. How used to be it that everyone admired you and wished to changed into your buddy in this form of quick whereas. 

Will you answer me, Mahmoud?

Then let me have interaction this chance and demand how did you arrange to execute so noteworthy with very miniature time?

Being an effectively-known pupil in college, who’s heavily pondering about pupil lifestyles, organising social activities and journeys, and being a stage actor and director all at the a similar time?

I composed be wide awake your play which entered the college theatre opponents, « crazy and proud ».

I laugh on every occasion I be wide awake what took place on the evening of the level to.

You purchase here speeding to me, all the blueprint by technique of the play, asking me to place on a dressing up and play a personality that you just realised no person used to be there to play.

And when I was hesitating you talked about « no skill » I will procure out of it, since I was the very finest one who knew the script from accompanying you to the total rehearsals.

Trusty to the guidelines

What else can I explain your jailer? That you just cherished folks around you, making time for everyone, and being on hand to them after they wished you?

Maybe they’re going to explain me that your personality and personal lifestyles is no longer of curiosity to them.

Then let me explain them about your professionalism and work ethics, and the skill you mentored dozens of Egyptian journalists to originate of their careers.

How you were actual to the guidelines of your profession, always pushing the boundaries of freedom to the most.

Let me explain your jailers this: you will be astonished whenever you happen to regarded by technique of Mahmoud’s reporting ancient previous, seeing how official he used to be, always siding with the oldsters and the reality.

Maybe you will salvage something in there to tells you how unsuitable you are about him.

Pause that Mahmoud used to be never politically actual to any individual but his nation?

He used to be company in his beliefs but never offending any individual, debated strongly but never misplaced his head, and his smile never left his face.

He has never misplaced any individual over views, which has develop correct into a scarce trait in Egypt lately.

I execute no longer know the skill it’s possible you’ll well perchance sleep at evening whereas retaining Mahmoud in detention heart for 500 days with out releasing him or giving him of project to protect himself in court docket.

And the blueprint execute you revel in sitting among your family, for these that’ve left Mahmoud’s children deprived of their father for no motive?

And what about his grieving dad and mom? 

Model that his father suffered a stroke about a weeks ago out of saddened his son’s condition? Must you did now not know, here I even occupy told you.

And at final a message to the free world. Pause that a journalist will full 500 days in the succor of bars on Friday with out price, no longer having the more than just a few to appear earlier than a court docket? 

Must you did now not know, I even occupy told you.