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Monica
Joined: 10 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:36 am Post subject: Winds of Change in Egypt's Ahmad Nazif |
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Winds of Change
Ahmed Nazif is good news, but in a nation where the average citizen cares more about where he’ll get his next fuul sandwich than about internet access, the new prime minister must make progress on a host of problems left behind by Atef Ebeid before he can break the ice between citizens and the government.Topping the priority list: Spurring an economic recovery, gaining control of his Cabinet and improving the lot of the poor, all while fending off critics’ claims that a technocrat can’t orchestrate the political reforms the nation needs.With a presidential referendum looming in fall 2005, time is already running out for one of the most intriguing prime ministers we’ve had in decades.
By Azza Khattab
Ahmed Nazif blew into office as the nation’s seventh prime minister under Hosni Mubarak like a breath of fresh air, already armed with plans for all of us. Among his first priorities: a talk with Falah Kafr El-Hanadwa, the malcontent cartoon peasant from the fictional Upper Egyptian village of Kafr El-Hanadwa (Indian Village).
Every Saturday since the mid-1980s, millions nationwide have turned to satirist Ahmed Ragab’s strip in Akhbar Al-Youm to see El-Falah sit down for a chat about the politics of the day with whoever was sitting in the PM’s hot seat.
Unlike his predecessors, Nazif beat El-Falah to the punch, telling the editors of Al-Akhbar he hopes the sarcastic, sharp-witted cartoon character might consider burying the hatchet — and perhaps change the name of his village from Kafr El-Hanadwa to Kafr El-Azkeyya (Smart Village, the high-tech business complex that was one of Nazif’s biggest projects when he was minister of communication and information technology).
“The Egyptian citizen is smart by nature and has creative energies in all fields,” Nazif said. “Why don’t we exploit these energies and channel his creativity to reach this goal: to become a nation for smart people?
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Jaguar
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| The rate Ahmad Nazif is going, I wonder where the hell has he gone??? It is over a month now, and THIS IS THE FACE OF THE GUEST (aady wish el daif) |
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Monica
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Mmmm...let's send him an email..a fax..or a telegram..
:twisted:
You mean that again..it's a hoblez case?
Jaguar wrote: The rate Ahmad Nazif is going, I wonder where the hell has he gone??? It is over a month now, and THIS IS THE FACE OF THE GUEST (aady wish el daif) |
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The Egyptian
Joined: 16 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Samoo Ahmed samoo Atef kolo wa7ed. Mesh keda wala ei7? Alah yemaseek belkhair ya Fouad El Mohandes :D
His name is Ahmad his name is Atef it is all the same. :( |
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