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With brown hair
by Dr. Wael Fouad Naguib You are really one of cute persons You look beautiful with your sons By your young spirit you touch every person So you are seen looking like a young person Although you are really of some age You are able to go straight to the edge. Your attractive characters reform personalities Of the people around you and change their personalities People are gathering around you to know How you are acting to overcome below The problems and to the goals how You plan to reach and the top how You will be on and keep the success How you will be able to restart with good guess Of the obstacles and the cost of the success By your experience and responsibilities you guess Really you are able to let everyone happy And let them all capable by choice to be happy No one denys that you have faced problems But with a calm spirit you faced the problems Your strong personality give you strength And your trust in good God gives you strength You understand well that the wisdom you have Is making you humble enough to have Solutions and good reactions against fractions You want to keep people in peace by action. You are not a talkative person Your attitudes and actions reveal your person
Voice of Belady
a day ago
- Politics
- Voice of Belady
Israel Between the Jaws of a Mill
Written by Howayda Awad Ahmed Israel's deception of European countries and the lies it employs in the media it broadcasts to those countries, claiming that the land inhabited by the Jews is the Promised Land, and that the Palestinians are merely Arab inhabitants seeking to strip them of their Jewish identity. Because most of those countries have a mental makeup problem, namely the persecution of Jews since ancient all the crimes committed by the Zionist army against defenseless civilians and children are in defense of existence. Since Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa, European support has reached its peak at all levels. They support the Israeli existence and the defense of its land, as they claim. This support has not ceased to this day due to the Zionist media fabrications, lies, and various stories broadcast to delude the European continent into believing that they are in a state of defense of existence. Quite simply, Gaza was lost and reduced to rubble, with more than 25,000 martyrs and thousands more injured, hungry, and disabled. All this was applauded by Europe, which embraces all the ideas promoted by the Hebrew media in Europe day and night to gain positions and endless support. This was in the complete absence of international and humanitarian law, international conventions, and treaties. But a surprise recently occurred: the European conscience began to awaken slightly from its deep slumber and accepted the proposal of Spain and Ireland in 2024 and to consider the European partnership with Israel. This stems from the refutation of the position of the Israeli government and its far-right Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding US President Donald Trump's recent moves in the Middle East, the negotiations with Iran to halt its nuclear program, Trump's choice to play it alone, far from Israel, his agreement with the Houthis in Yemen, the cessation of airstrikes on Yemen, and the exclusion of Israeli ships from the agreement. Netanyahu felt anger and disappointment, and that Trump only cares about America's interests, even at Israel's expense. Matters worsened when Trump visited the Gulf last month, ignoring a visit to Israel. The situation then escalated with the establishment of mechanisms and a negotiating line directly with Hamas to secure the release of an American prisoner without any reference to Israel. Europe is following Trump's ideology directly, but this time it has adopted an independent approach, not subservient to the US position all along. It has a different stance on events in the Middle East and Ukraine, and is committed to European economic security. Europe's pent-up anger is searching for an outlet to explode from Israeli practices. We have seen France, Britain, and Canada in particular summon Israeli ambassadors, suspend talks on a free trade zone with Britain, and demand and condemn the cessation of displacement, genocide, and starvation in Gaza, and open the door to humanitarian aid. Israel's response, unfortunately, was the Gideon Armored Vehicles, an operation designed to end its plan to completely occupy Gaza, divide it, and tighten security control over it. It has thrown all European opinion, unable to ignore humanitarian and civil society organizations working in international relief, universities, and school students denouncing Israeli massacres, and bringing this matter to the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. All of this has put pressure on Europe. Because the world is now governed by the logic of the jungle and double standards, Europe's position will become difficult if it does so, harming its position on the Russian-Ukrainian war. It has found it necessary to unify its position and change its direction. This has placed the entity under isolation and boycotts in various popular spheres, halting conferences and research activities, and closing some Israeli-affiliated companies. This clear and explicit threat from the European Union will have a profound impact due to Israel's violations of human rights. Israel may even lose trade relations with the European Union, which accounts for more than 30 percent of Israel's international trade. The situation is exacerbated in the practical field, including satellites and the requirements of scientific advancements in the field of computers and globalization. The issue of a European review and the suspension of the partnership between the 27 member states represented by the European Union and the practical suspension of their partnership with Israel seems a remote possibility, as it requires the unanimity of all member states. However, the good thing about what is happening is that there are more than 15 member states capable of halting trade with Israel, even if the decision is opposed by Germany and Hungary, with their significant influence. But in the end, it appears that all this opposition and skirmishes are nothing more than a purely political exercise to appease European public opinion, which has recently awakened and begun to grieve. Despite all this, the Jewish lobby abroad will not allow any resolution to emerge that opposes and undermines Israel's path of killing, destruction, and displacement. Therefore, Israel pretended to accept the pressure and allowed the entry of some food, relief supplies, and trucks, which do not meet the needs of Gaza, which is crying out for refuge. Unfortunately, this aid was used as a political bargaining chip and a weapon for Israel in a war that will only end by a miracle. Then the Zionist entity resumes broadcasting to the European media that they do not understand the gravity of the security situation and that the people of Israel are threatened by the Arabs, thus allowing its actions to go unpunished, dissolving partnerships, terminating trade agreements, and stripping it of its international immunity. Let us see what the outcome of the two-state solution conference this month at the United Nations, under French and Saudi sponsorship, will be, and what recommendations it may ultimately unravel. Then Israel resumes broadcasting to the European media to stop European decisions, using the old priesthood of anti-Semitism and its influence on European commercial, political, economic, social, and even humanitarian decision-makers. Israel will not abandon its old dream of extending the Nile to the Euphrates and its project of regional expansion in Lebanon, Syria, and all the countries of the Arab region. It will maintain a state of no war, no peace, and insecurity, which will make all the countries of the region aware that future expansionism will not stop as long as the United States and the European Union take a position of objection at times and rejection at other times, to silence the peoples of the world.
Voice of Belady
a day ago
- Politics
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Identity Amid the Rubble: Syria and Iraq Between Grand Narratives and Systematic Dismantling
By: Mohamed Saad Abdel Latif – Egypt In a moment many perceived as a turning point, Ahmad al-Sharaa appeared in civilian clothes, speaking in a pragmatic tone about Syria's future. For some, his appearance signaled the dawn of a post-Assad era—perhaps a new Syria, radically different. Yet the Iraqi experience had already taught those willing to learn: no statue falls without casting a longer shadow, and no regime collapses without leaving behind its ghosts—in the alleys of cities, at the borders of identity, and in the pulse of geography. When Saddam Hussein's statue fell in Baghdad, the scene resembled more the toppling of a tyrant than the birth of a nation. Years later, the destruction of the Assad family's monuments in Damascus echoed that image—yet with one key difference: the game's threads were far more entangled, and the geography more defiant. What has happened—and continues to happen—in Damascus and Baghdad cannot be viewed through a single lens. It's not just a tale of fallen despotism or crushed revolution; it is an entire structure that continues to reproduce itself through new tools. The killer and the victim have begun switching roles, the masks change, but the stage remains the same—operated by the same forces whose interests intersect above rivers of blood. Here, the specter of Gamal Hamdan looms—the geographer who did not read fortunes but rather the genius of place and time. When he spoke of Iraq and the Levant, he was not prophesying, but mapping out the latent fractures in the region's fabric—those inherited from geography, history, and politics. He saw signs of disintegration that needed no military coup or foreign intervention—just one tremor for the entire image to collapse. Amid sects and minorities, regions and rival powers, the internal fabric morphs into a perpetual battlefield. Sectarianism has not only been a domestic tool but has also become a foreign one. Iran, Turkey, and Israel each view Damascus as an extension of their national security—just as Baghdad was once a playground for redrawing influence maps. Sovereignty became a worn-out slogan, and the 'state' a fragile framework governed by unwritten agreements among power brokers who see human beings as mere numbers in the balance of power. In this context, the democratic slogans hoisted atop tanks—whether in Baghdad or Damascus—proved to be flimsy veils for a bitter truth: democracy cannot be crafted by armies, and freedom cannot be imposed from abroad. The fragile political entities protected by militias or regional deals possess no soul of statehood. They are mere protectorates—awaiting the next deal or war. Iraq never produced a true 'state' in the Green Zone, and post-2011 Syria only yielded new faces over the same corpse. Lebanon continues to breathe through the lungs of others, while the Golan Heights—an open wound—now witnesses wars fought in names not its own. The result? A complex scene of organized fragmentation, the collapse of statehood concepts, and a battle over identity. The 'partition of the already-partitioned,' as some have written, is no longer a deferred scenario—it is a reality administered drop by drop, under global watch and through the hands of blood-soaked proxies. The geopolitical landscape of the region—with all its historical, ethnic, and sectarian entanglements—cannot be understood through a Facebook post or a shallow reading in the cafés of the virtual world. This moment calls for a pen that grasps the depth of time and place, and eyes that see beyond the mirrors—not fleeting whims or temporary allegiances. Mohamed Saad Abdel Latif Writer and researcher in geopolitics and international conflicts Email: saadadham976@
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The Pragmatics of References in The Poem, "I Flirted with Myself,"
By The Poetess Elham Issa (Syria). Written by Laarabi ( Algeria). Translated by: Awny Seif.(Egypt). Signs are distinguished by their pragmatic function in that they are directly concerned with the relationship between the structure of the language and the context in which it is are directly related to the process of communicating the discourse. They are those linguistic signs whose reference is determined only in the context of the discourse in which they appear, as they are devoid of any meaning in themselves, which is why they are called ambiguous or variable. Personal references of pronouns: These are references that indicate people, whether speaking, addressed, or absent, and language carries shapes and signs that are linked to the deliberative position to achieve the poetess, Elham Issa, - - in the world of writing - has become a systematic poetic icon who improves the use of communication and reporting tools, and masters the use of linking and rhetorical harmony create familiarity and solidarity between its texts and their recipients. Personal references: Connected first-person pronouns: ( These kinds of pronouns are found in Arabic Languages not in English) The poetess herself, by employing the first-person pronoun at times, conjured up the past tense and the present tense to carry the function of the object, as she said in the title of the poem, "I flirted with myself once, and I also knocked on the door of dawn, making dreams burp..," and in other places it is linked to the verb whose subject is hidden to carry the function of the object, as she said, "The question flared up and It covered itself with my silence". Expression in the first person is the most important stylistic means in cases of expressing anxiety, fear, love, hesitation, and heartbreak... Indications indicating absence: The poetess employed the indicative element indicating the absent person with: -Hidden pronoun:In past tense and present tense verbs as "knock, crowd"...Thus, she harbors what settles in her mind and emotions that have taken control of herself. The pronoun connected in words: In English: my silence, my pulse These pronouns refer to a central, basic reference, which is the poetess' function of referring to the same reference was performed by this self, which loves its homeland, glorifies its history, is anxious, and fears the girl's fear for her mother, so the images came to us embodied in verbal predicates pregnant with human emotions and emotions for a healthy self which loves her country. -Finally, the poetics of the creative poetess, Elham Issa, became clear, and she mastered the use of temporal references with overwhelming mastery. She took us from the time of her knocking on the door of dawn to the moment of stories that had not yet been written, which makes us acknowledge the elegance of her mental perception. The Text of The Poem. Flirted with myself once.. I knocked on the door of dawn. The morning opened brightly with a smile. The blossom washed to pray with peace. Until the garden of words grew. The question flared up and It covered itself with my silence. The ink wasn't enough to restore my pulse. I lost my Wishes Road compass, my map was torn on the sidewalks Lost dreams burp here and there.. I don't hear anything anymore.. I don't have the ability to wait for reactions. The horizon has stuttered.. Silence spreads his meaning under and over the bridges, as there were stories sealed with wax.. Others were drenched in tears.. As the caravan of oblivion crowds.. With tales and tales yet to be written
Voice of Belady
a day ago
- Politics
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The passing of the global order
Mahmoud Mohieldin How should the countries of the Global South react to the ongoing changes in the international order? Those most aware of the end of the so-called global order are its own architects. They are like the owner of a football club who invites other teams to play on a field of his own design. He also hires a referee who is told to implement rules that he has designed as well. The teams play match after match, which always end with the victory of the owner's team, because its members know the pitch better and the rules work in their favour. However, then the other teams grow more familiar with the terrain, master the rules, and begin to win some matches. Initially, the owner doesn't mind, as long as he retains the upper hand. But when the competition gets tough and he can no longer ensure victory, he grabs the ball and leaves. These new outcomes were never my intention, he shouts, as he fires the referee, obliterates the lines on the field, tears up the rules, and makes up new ones that ensure his team comes out on top again. Of course, the real world is much more complex than this example might have us believe. One main difference is that the other teams in the game of nations are not about to wait for the master of the old order to bestow on them a new one that has been rigged in his favour. Instead, they will pursue alternative and more equitable arrangements to facilitate trade and investment and to settle any disputes that arise. At the same time, they will try to contain the anger of the owner of the formerly dominant team. They have too much to lose from his attempts to perpetuate his hegemony by creating friction and lashing out against all and sundry with combinations of soft and hard power, while imagining he is clever enough to avoid getting burned by his own ruses. While we are on the subject of the use of power in international relations, let's turn to an article by the late Harvard professor Joseph Nye published just days before his death in the April edition of the journal African Economy. Writing on 'The Future of World Order,' Nye noted how the end of the Cold War in 1991 had given rise to a unipolar world order that allowed for the strengthening of existing international institutions and agreements and the creation of new ones affirming a rules-based approach to the management of international relations. In the role of referees in the global game were the Bretton Woods institutions the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, among others. However, Nye writes, 'even before Trump, some analysts believed that this American order was coming to an end. The twenty-first century had brought another shift in the distribution of power, usually described as the rise (or more accurately, the recovery) of Asia.' Asia's gains have come more at the expense of Europe than the US, which still represents a quarter of global GDP, as it has since the 1970s, Nye writes. While the Chinese economy has grown considerably, it has not yet surpassed its US rival, and while the Chinese defence industry has progressed by leaps and bounds, China still lags behind the US in overall military weight, alliances, and technology. However, the crucial point with which Nye concludes his article, which draws on both his academic expertise and his experience as a former US assistant secretary of defence, is that 'if the international order is eroding, America's domestic politics are as much of a cause as China's rise.' He leaves readers with the open question as to 'whether we are entering a whole new period of American decline' triggered by the current Trump administration's attacks on the country's institutions and alliances, or whether the current situation 'will prove to be another cyclical dip' from which the US will recover after it hits rock bottom. He suggests that we may not know the answer to this before a new president takes office in 2029. Fate did not grant Nye the chance to see what a post-Trump presidency might look like. However, I doubt the rest of the world will hold its breath until US voters cast their ballots depending on whatever the American mood is at the time. In the interim, we can expect more tit-for-tat in the ongoing global tariff skirmishes. The latest round of these was kicked off on 2 April by the blanket unilateral tariff hikes US President Donald Trump declared on what he called 'Liberation Day.' It ended on 9 April – 'Freeze Day' – when he suspended those tariffs for 90 days because the international financial markets had been severely rocked by the escalating trade war. Since then, various parties have been trying to work out better trade agreements with the US or at least terms that are not as bad as they could have been. The UK managed to strike such a deal, and the European Union is working on one. As for the countries of the Global South, such as the Arab and African nations, perhaps they will heed the advice to increase the added value of their sources of natural and mineral wealth by processing them domestically instead of persisting with the low-yield trade relations based on exporting raw materials and primary goods. They could achieve the desired shift by encouraging companies to invest in domestic manufacturing activities. Working in favour of this is the US' rush to secure critical raw materials for its advanced technological industries, particularly given how China has already made inroads into sourcing such materials, especially in Africa. On precisely this point, economists Vera Songwe and Witney Schneidman believe that the US, in its new trade agreements with Africa, should prioritise opportunities to increase manufacturing partnerships in order to compete with China, which has had a head start in the continent. More important than the foregoing is how the countries of the Global South, having recognised the collapse of the old order, manage the process of development and progress by focusing on people, economic diversification, digital transformation, investment facilitation, and data revolution.
