Egypt won, let's get over it and focus on more important issues

I'm really really really ecstatic Egypt won! I screamed, I jumped, I update my facebook status and 'liked' everyone's status on my friend's list who wrote about Egypt's victory. I even changed my pictures on FB to Egypt-related. Okay. Now what? Third time in a row champions. Very nice. 7 time winner. Excellent. So ... Again, now what? I think it's awesome that Egyptians every where are celebrating, and especially in Egypt itself, Egyptians are laughing, being happy, cheering, and having that pride-filled sentiment.

Unfortunately everything comes to an end. We won. The End. Now let's focus on more important issues, such as that flood that happened in Egypt, that no one seems to be noticing. And that the Egyptian election is coming up and people need to know more information about who is running. I find that soccer and sports can some times be a relief to all the hardship that's going on in one's country.

I mean, yes Egypt has accomplished a lot, but in reality, it's on a pretty low scale compared to other countries. If people were more enthusiastic about overthrowing corrupt governments, poverty, injustice, imagine how amazing Egypt should be? Egypt still deserves to celebrate, the people need a little break and past time and that's healthy. And it's also wonderful that Egyptians of all social levels and religions all cheer for that one team and celebrate together.

I just think they shouldn't celebrate for too long and no not move on with their lives -- but move on to other more crucial issues in the country. I love Egypt with all my heart. And one of the goals of this blog is to not criticize my country, but to encourage others to take MORE steps in making it a better country.

Congratulations Egypt, you deserved it, and he team made us all proud. But let us always stay proud of who we are, regardless of whether or not we win a soccer game, and to strive to make Egypt a better place. I'll end with this quote in a New York Time's article that just came out, title Soccer Gains Ground on Politics In Gaza Strip: "When people ... cannot find solutions to their political problems, they shift their interest to movies and sports. Sports have become a prime interest," he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/01/31/sports/sports-uk-soccer-nations-palestinians.html

EGYPT VS ALGERIA 4-0

And Egypt won heck yeah! We won 4-0, and Algeria (Semi-finals for the African Cup of Nations) received 3 red cards! We were awesome. I'm trying to find the video of the goals online but I don't think they are up yet. On Saturday we get to play Ghana for the final cup!!!!!! This will be our 7th time winners of the cup if and when we win, God Willing. WE ROCK! And anyone who says the referee was paid, well, then, I'll lead you to this video, and listen closely to this guy's very last phrase:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neMw-agguwg&feature=sub

MASR!

Hellz yeah Egypt!

Egypt beat Cameroon today, which qualifies them for the semi-finals in the african cup of nations!!!!!!!!1 We won 3-1! We rock. Period. On Thursday we play Algeria. Oh no. I'm feeling tremulous but confident we will win, God willing. I don't want to talk about what happened in the qualifying matches for the World Cup, because you most probably already know. And for the record -- I think both teams/fans were crazy and BOTH were at fault! Let's try to calm down a bit before the next match and not do any thing stupid!!!

On a more serious note, I find it so interesting that although Egypt is a pretty poor country, EVERYONE, well ok mostly everyone who is Egyptian will either support their team or watch it together and cheer! It's probably the only thing I can think of that all Egyptians have in common. I think it's awesome. And I think if all Egyptians had other things like this in common, then Egypt would be a better place. You know ... for example, as in opposing corruption! Opposing the president and the government! Imagineee if all those people watching the match did some type of protest or revolution. Egypt's disgusting dictatorship might end. And if not, at least we will say we tried.

Good luck Egypt! InshAllah you will win, my love!

Details about our win ... since I suck at explaining sports-related issues: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/01/25/sports/sports-uk-soccer-nations.html

hilarious video: i love egyptian soccer commercials they crack me up!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B_tbLcc0cg

Debatable: Religious, "Muslim" soccer players?

This is interesting. The Egyptian soccer coach only allows devout Muslims on his team. I mean, I see where he's coming from. If you're religious, you pray to God often. If you pray to God often, you pray that you win. If you win, then you win different cups, games, etc. But to single out Christian players? What if they're religious Christian players in Egypt that are really good? And what if these so called Muslims are pretending to be religious just to be on the team? I don't follow up often on Egyptian soccer games, but I'm pretty sure there have been excellent Christian players on the teams before (El-zamalek, Ahly, etc). I just don't think your religion should be based on whether or not you get to play on a team. If you're religious, excellent. If you're Muslim--good. If you're Christian--good. Let's keep a person's religious beliefs out of this and just WIN! And pray that we win!
Here's the link:
Egypt's soccer boss says piety key to making team