Viva La Revolution!

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I've been in Egypt from 22nd-30th Jan. Subhanallah, what's an experience.. Never thought of writing those experiences in this blog, because there are too much things to say that I would be beyond exhausted. As soon as I arrived Moscow, I've to share with other sisters what I experienced there for few times, not including ummi wa abi.. For full report, click here (privyet).

And, soon, ada post circulated among blogs I follow/know commenting on Malaysian students' cowardice. And, that includes me. I don't read them. They're somehow true. While Egyptians are fighting against tyranny, I was busy being selfish to save myself. It's not like I'm that keen to join the demo, be @ Tahrir Square what-so-ever..It just that I don't have enough emphatic concern towards what Misr (Egypt) is going through even some simple thoughtful gestures.. Instead, saya merasa agak 'bangga' kerana berjaya membawa pulang dengan selamatnya 3 org adik2 di bawah jagaan saya.. Duh..

Berikut adalah sebahagian perkara yg menyentak pemikiran sy :

Guy Fawkes of V for Vendetta [gambar : www.zagasi.com]

• Akhawat Jordan yang turut menumpang rumah akhawat Egypt meninggalkan akhawat Egypt dgn tangisan. And, I wasn't.. Hati kering, or am I too Russian-ize to cry? :(
• Kami duduk di Kautsar, rumah akhawat Mesir yang terletak di Kasr el-Ainy, yang terletak dkt dgn metro Sayyida Zaynab. Syyida Zaynab tuh selatan of the famous Tahrir Square [malam2 kat rumah tuh bleh dgr bunyi tembak2]. Bangunan depan rumah akhawat Egypt yg kami tumpangi ade markaz bahasa arab + sirah. Ada pakcik di situ yg dikatakan anak murid (possible gak kalau anak usrah) kepada Sy Ramadan al-Buti (penulis Fiqh Sirah). Akhawat2 ni ada gak join talaqi sirah yg dibuat pakcik tuh berejam2. Kata mereka, menusuk masyuk sangat2 sampai dengar bisa melelah air mata. Ruhi habes!
• Waktu 26 January, demonstarsi berlaku, tapi masih terkawal.. Kami sempat round2 Kaherah dibawa oleh travel agent. Kami mengelak dr pergi ke tempat2 demo. On our way back, lalu area2 tahrir, tepi nil, area2 bridge.. dekat dgn national tv (propaganda gila stsesen tv kerajaan nih.. malam2 kami berkurung ketika curfew, tv tunjuk keadaan nil yg super tenang + terkawal.. haram!!), nampak ramai gile orang beruniform kawal.. stesen TV mmg ptg, sbb kalau dpt twn, kite bleh hijack tv n declare "Mubarak dah jatuh!"..  mmg teringat lah kat V for vendetta. 
• Bahasa Arab baku/fushah memang terbaek, menusuk! The night before our flight was scheduled to fly, memang dah diberitakan banyak penerbangan dikandaskan. Kami cubalah call no Egypt Air yg dimention dalam berita. Dia kata "la (tak) mumkin (mungkin) ittisal (dihubungi) bihazihil (dengan ini) raqam (nombor)".. Dengarnye "la mumkin" memang dah nampak malapnye sinar2 harapan. 
• Muslimahs/Muslims are connected in weird warm way and we're treated warmly. @ Cairo Airport on 30th, sy dgn serabutnya cuba menyusup melalui lautan2 kelompok manusia yang tengah mengerumuni kaunter Egypt Air. Yolah! Skit punya ramai terkandas, dia bukak 1 kaunter jah. Too many men, that I retreated & I asked this 1 mat salleh how can I get to the counter. So, he was making this one way at the side of the flock, so that I can get to counter tanpa perlu berebut2 with other men, and alhamdulillah! other men were also making way for me + keeping distance away from me.. Who said Muslim (esp Arabian) aren't gentlemen? When I was at the front of the counter, other women follow beside me (one woman beside me asked me to help her ask the ppl @ counter about her flight too & I got this feeling as if we're connected in warm-Muslimah ukhuwah!), and I heard shoutings at the back "'aib! aib!" Huhuh.. because we're too close with other men, eventhough everyone was trying to keep a distance away. Less than 10 minutes, a special counter for women were opened. Terima kasih.  
• Tengok vid ni.. (best Egypt revolution vid I've seen so far) huhu.. meremang.. duh.. rasa bersalah.. terfikir, kalau sy adalah seorng org Islam yg prihatin, mungkin sy boleh lari dr Egypt dgn cara yang jauh lebih bermaruah, bukannya dengan cara seorang yg selfish.. eg jumpe pakcik Fiqh Sirah dpn rumah, kata sy dah nak balik + kata sy bersama perjuangan rakyat Mesir + tanya apa yg boleh sy bantu dlm kemampuan sy (as if mintak izin, bleh tak sy balik ni pakcik.. pakcik tgh susah2.. sy plak sibuk nak selamatkan diri sindri)... huhuhu... terasa sepertinya ayat2 al-quran berkenaan lari dr perang menyindir2.. Moga, jika kita ditakdirkan lagi berada dalam situasi utk pilih selfish/contributing, Allah beri kita choice yang Dia redha.

Allahu'alam..