احتراماً لي زميلي و بعض الزائرين،
ختمت مشروع اسلام اليكترونيكا و
لغيت الفديو و المب٣

الرجاء ان تنظر إلي “الحوار” الذي تم حول هذه الفديو.
هتلاقي في جميع انواع الاراء : اللي غضبان،
اللي مستغرب بس بيبتسم، اللي فرحان،
اللي زعلان لكن فاتح مخه للمنقشة…
و في الاخر اللي الفاظه فيها نوع من العصبية

اعلي صوت كان صوت شخص اسمه “حاتوما”.
بالصدفة، قابلت تعليقات أخرى له، حول فديو “ليدي ديجا”.
يشترك “حاتوما” في حوار شديد العنف مع زميل اخر

مع اسفي الشديد للجميع لابد ان اقرر هذه الحوار الشنيع

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amaaa7 (3 days ago) Marked as spam

مش مهم مين يمسك مصر المهم مايكونش الشاذ جنسيا شنودة ومن معه من اقباط المهجر الكلاب

hatooma3010 (2 days ago) Marked as spam

معاك والله العظيم , الشواذ دول بيحلموا بتكوين دولتهم ,فاكرين البلد بتاعت ال جابوهم , إن شاء الله قريبا يا أخى هنكنسهم لتشاد ولا نرميهم فى البحر الأبيض ويبقوا يكملوها سباحه لإيطاليا

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هل هذه الالفاظ تمثلك كا بني ادم مصري و مسلم و غير مسلم؟ لا… بالطبع

هل هذه الالفاظ تشبه ايديولوجيا أخرى موجودة حالياً في سوق الكره، الجهل، العنف والقطل؟

نعم. ان هذه الالفاظ ليها وجه و صوت و اسامي عديدة : زرقاوي، بن لادن، ايمن الظواهري.
هل رأيت فدييو الظواهري الاخير؟ انه مثل الفديوهات السابقة: كره، جهل، عنف وقطل

س سؤال : هل أيمن الظواهري يمثل الاسلام؟

…لا

هل يمثل افكارك و أسلوبك في حل بعض المشاكل السياسية والاجتماعية، وعلاقتك مع العالم الغربي و العربي؟

أظن لا لكن لبعض المصريون، العرب والغرب، أظن ان الصورة مش وضحة ابد… انا بكلمك بمنتهي الصراحة

نريد اليوم ان نتحد بصوت واضح حول هذه الرسالة : أيمان الظواهري انت لا تمثلني

نرجوا ان تشترك في هذه المجهود و ان تعلن هذه الرسالة في موقعك

مع الشكر

أحمد شريف

As an expression of friendship and respect to my friends and some visitors, I have put an end to the “Islam Electronica” project, and have removed both the video and MP3 file.

If you take the time to read the discussion that took place during the Project, you’ll realize that it occasionned a variety of opinions: some were cross, some were surprised but smiled at me, some were very happy, some were opposed but with a mind open to discussion, and… finally there those whose comments expressed nervosity and stiffness.

The loudest voice was the voice of a user called “Hatooma”. I incidentally came across other comments written by the same “Hatooma” under one of my other videos. In these comments “Hatooma” engages in a discussion with another friend.

The violence of his words is beyond imagination.

With my sincere apologies to all viewers, I must repeat these horrendous words :

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Amaa7
It doesn’t matter who runs the country, as long as it’s not this homosexual called Shenouda and his followers, those Coptic dogs. (Editor’s note: Shenouda is the name of the Coptic Pope).

Hatooma3010
In the name of Allah the Great, I agree with you. Those homosexuals dream they will build their own government. They believe our country belongs to those who gave them birth. With Allah’s Will, we will soon brush them off and throw them in Mediterranean so that can swim back to Italy.

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Do you relate to these words as a human being, an Egyptian, a muslim or other than muslim ?
No. Of course you do not.

Do these horrific words remind you of similar ideologies, currently available on the markets of hate, violence, ignorance and murder ?

Yes, they do. These words have a face, a voice and several names. Zarqawi, Bin Laden, Ayman el Zawahiri.

Have you watched Ayman el Zawihiri’s latest video ? It resembles the previous ones: hate, violence, ignorance and murder.

I have a question: does Ayman el Zawihiri represent Islam ?

… no, he doesn’t.

Does he represent your ideas and your attitude in solving our political and social problems, your vision of what our relation should be with the West and the Arab world?

I would say “no” as well but I truly think that it isn’t that clear to many people, Egyptians, Arabs and Westerners.

Today, I believe we need to unite in clearly stating : “Ayman el Zawahiri, you do not represent me”.

I kindly request that you participate in this clarification effort, and that you display this message on your Website.

Many thanks,

Ahmad Sherif

احتراماً لي زميلي و بعض الزائرين،
ختمت مشروع اسلام اليكترونيكا و
لغيت الفديو و المب٣

الرجاء ان تنظر إلي “الحوار” الذي تم حول هذه الفديو.
هتلاقي في جميع انواع الاراء : اللي غضبان،
اللي مستغرب بس بيبتسم، اللي فرحان،
اللي زعلان لكن فاتح مخه للمنقشة…
و في الاخر اللي الفاظه فيها نوع من العصبية

اعلي صوت كان صوت شخص اسمه “حاتوما”.
بالصدفة، قابلت تعليقات أخرى له، حول فديو “ليدي ديجا”.
يشترك “حاتوما” في حوار شديد العنف مع زميل اخر

مع اسفي الشديد للجميع لابد ان اقرر هذه الحوار الشنيع

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amaaa7 (3 days ago) Marked as spam

مش مهم مين يمسك مصر المهم مايكونش الشاذ جنسيا شنودة ومن معه من اقباط المهجر الكلاب

hatooma3010 (2 days ago) Marked as spam

معاك والله العظيم , الشواذ دول بيحلموا بتكوين دولتهم ,فاكرين البلد بتاعت ال جابوهم , إن شاء الله قريبا يا أخى هنكنسهم لتشاد ولا نرميهم فى البحر الأبيض ويبقوا يكملوها سباحه لإيطاليا

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هل هذه الالفاظ تمثلك كا بني ادم مصري و مسلم و غير مسلم؟ لا… بالطبع

هل هذه الالفاظ تشبه ايديولوجيا أخرى موجودة حالياً في سوق الكره، الجهل، العنف والقطل؟

نعم. ان هذه الالفاظ ليها وجه و صوت و اسامي عديدة : زرقاوي، بن لادن، ايمن الظواهري.
هل رأيت فدييو الظواهري الاخير؟ انه مثل الفديوهات السابقة: كره، جهل، عنف وقطل

س سؤال : هل أيمن الظواهري يمثل الاسلام؟

…لا

هل يمثل افكارك و أسلوبك في حل بعض المشاكل السياسية والاجتماعية، وعلاقتك مع العالم الغربي و العربي؟

أظن لا لكن لبعض المصريون، العرب والغرب، أظن ان الصورة مش وضحة ابد… انا بكلمك بمنتهي الصراحة

نريد اليوم ان نتحد بصوت واضح حول هذه الرسالة : أيمان الظواهري انت لا تمثلني

نرجوا ان تشترك في هذه المجهود و ان تعلن هذه الرسالة في موقعك

مع الشكر

أحمد شريف

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As an expression of friendship and respect for certain viewers and fellow bloggers, I have put an end to the Islam Electronica Project and have removed both the video and MP3.

Many thanks,

Ahmad Sherif

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الاسلام يستخدم جميع ادوات التكنولوجيا الحديثة : الكمبيوتر، الاجهزه الإلكترونية ،الانترنت، و لغة إعلامية من احدث اللغات .
هل انا كافنان استطيع ان أعبر عن ديني بلغة موسيقية حديثة و نفس الادوات الإلكترونية ؟
اشترك في هذه الحوار الحر وانظر الي الفديو.
مع الشكر.

أحمد شريف

This is an open discussion aiming at understanding our relationship to modernity. Islam is in many ways hypermodern.I, as a an artist, wish to participate and celebrate my religion, just as other muslims use new technologies to discuss, celebrate and explain Islam. If Islam uses Flash Animations, PHP, LINUX and Chatrooms, can I sing and use my electronic music tools ?

Thanks for watching this video and participating in a friendly way.

Ahmad Sherif / AhmadSherif

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This is an open discussion aiming at understanding our relationship to modernity. Islam is in many ways hypermodern.

I, as a an artist, wish to participate and celebrate my religion, just as other muslims use new technologies to discuss, celebrate and explain Islam. If Islam uses Flash Animations, PHP, LINUX and Chatrooms, can I sing and use my electronic music tools ?

Thanks for watching this video and participating in a friendly way.

Ahmad Sherif / AhmadSherif

Ahmad Sherif / Ahmadsherif

مصر اشكال و الوان إذن انا مش اخوان — الي اخي العزيز عبد المنعم محمود

Intro : Egypt is diverse and plural, hence I am not “Ikhwan” (Muslim Brotherhood). To my dear brother Abdel Moneim Mahmoud

Translation of the video :

Title : I am not Ikhwan – A video to my dear brother Abdel Moneim Mahmoud

The video says :

I am this sculptor, I’ve been sitting this way for 4000 years
(Portrait of a Luxor sculptor)

I am Mrs Mary and Mrs Zeinab, two friends and neighbors since 1956
(Portrait of two old ladies)

I am this writer, you remember the “Building” he wrote about about
(Portrait of Alaa el Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building)

I am this young man asking for your liberation because you are a human being, not because you are Ikhwan.
(Portrait of a secular protester)

I am Nermeen and Rania : just last week, that one was wearing a Higab and the other one was not
(Portrait of two female Bank employees)

I am Rouby, whith her art, her beauty and her determination
(Portrait of Rouby, the singer, model and dancer)

I am these features, this thick skin, those eyes.
(Portrait of an Egyptian smiling peasant)

I am this soul, and whoever would forbid it would be a fool
(Portrait of Adel Imam, the actor)

I am you, with your seriousness and your hopes for the future
(Portrait of Abdel Moneim Mahmoud)

I am this young Nubian boy, who was told when he was born : you’ll become a servant and if you oget lucky you’ll become a “bawwab”
(Portrait of an anonymous Nubian Child)

I am these girls who when you tell them “Salam Aleykum” reply by telling you “hi”.
(Portrait of a group of anonymous Egyptian girls)

I am this woman wearing the Niqab. Who ever does her any wrong is also doing me wrong.
(Portrait of an anonymous woman wearing the Niqab)

Voice over in the End :

Different books and different tunes
Different thoughts and different faiths
Old people… youngsters:
The Egyptian people is a colorful one
and cannot be satisfied with only one color:
the green color of “Ikhwan”.

Ahmad Sherif / Ahmadsherif

مصر اشكال و الوان إذن انا مش اخوان — الي اخي العزيز عبد المنعم محمود

Ahmad Sherif

Ahmad Sherif / Ahmadsherif

Cell Phone Movies Presents

Title : Speech: so what

Voice over

President Mubarak is a great man
President Mubarak is a first class ruthless dictator
An Islamic government is our only hope
A religious government may seriously damage your freedom
A woman is to cover her body, listen to her husband and stop acting like a whore
A woman is a man’s equal, she may do whatever she likes
Punch line : Freedom of opinion requires no second opinion

End : Egypt, speak up

Thank you for your participation

Here is the link to the video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z71M4WDozaE

Thank you for your participation

Ahmad Sherif

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE “AMENDMENTS ” VIDEO

So, Mister Dictator,
I hear you’re about to mess around
With our Egyptian Constitution

For your dictatorship
It does seem to be…
The best solution

Hey, boys and girls
Are we that dumb?
Aren’t we the smart guys?
He thinks we’re numb!

By the way Mr Mubarak
We’re the new generation
We’re smart as whips
Trilingual and… chips
Believe or not.. we are so connected
To the world, to the press
Man… you’re a mess

Your game with the West is simple and clear
We know how it works, don’t fool us my dear
You wave the “islamist threat” and take Western cash
Don’t you believe there could be some backlash?

The West is well aware of your amateur tricks
They’re just busy in Irak, with a bad war to fix.

Hey, you know what?
*We* have no beards
We’re no fanatics
No guns, no grenades
We’re a secular crowd

So… you hang to your crown
- Believe my friend -
We’re taking you down

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Girls and Boys, please send me your message to President Hosni Mubarak: you can leave it right here in a comment, in any language.

COMMENTING ON THIS BLOG REQUIRES NO EMAIL ADDRESS OR PRIVATE INFORMATION. YOU CAN TYPE ANY USER NAME. ALSO, ***DO NOT FILL**** THE “MAIL” FIELD. Thank You.

“PRESIDENT MUBARAK YOU’VE GOT MAIL” VIDEO (below, bilingual)

Ahmad Sherif / ahmadsherif

Write *your* message to President Mubarak in a COMMENT right here and we will publish it on Google. To understand what this is about, watch the video (below).

From now on, EVERY THURSDAY, President Mubarak receives public messages on Google.com. To read these messages: go to Google.com and search for the keyword “ahmadsherif”. Then: click on the “reload button” of your browser to see ALL the different messages.

Ahmad Sherif / ahmadsherif

Background:Emad Kabeer is a young Egyptian bus driver who had been arrested for no reasonable charges, then tortured and raped by Egyptian police.

A few months ago a video was released on the Internet by blogger Wael Abbas, showing the entire scene in its unbearable crudity.

This video (1) made it possible to identify and arrest two of the torturers: Islam Nabih and Reda Fathi.

On trial day (very first days of March 2007), accusations against both torturers were rejected almost in full, and the video in question was considered as a forgery, an enactment.

If this was an enactment… then Emad Kabeer does definitely deserve an Oscar for “Best Actor of the Year 2007″. This is what we attempted to do in this satirical video. We also wished to congratulate the directors, Islam Nabih, Reda Fathi, and their producers and sponsors, President Mubarak and Mr Habib el Adly, Minister of Interior.

Ahmad Sherif

(1) Available on Wael Abbas’s Youtube Channel, under the title: “التعذيب في المعتقلات المصرية”. Be warned: highly explicit.

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Besides Islam Nabih and Emad Kabeer,
both featured in this video,
***NO OTHER PERSONALITIES***
featured in this video are connected
or related ***IN ANY WAY***
to the torture events described above.

© Copyright Notice: Many thanks to all those, artists, comedians, film directors, producers, Youtube managers, who will agree to leave this video as an expression of Freedom and Fair Use.

Mubarak

The original video may me found here:

Note: due to the low quality of the original soundtrack some parts were hardly audible. This translation is as accurate as possible, nevertheless feel free to notify me with any error you would notice.

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