I can definitly say it was quite a special week end, just came back now from the Diwan library, Robert Fisk the British writer and Middle East correspondant for the Independant newspaper was signing his books today…Actually, I knew yesterday by coincidence when I was there taking a look at the new books, my usual monthly visit, I just couldn’t believe myself this is going to happen in Egypt, I mean Robert Fisk one of my favourite writers, I enjoy reading his articles about Middle East a lot, he’s so like us ( I mean Arabs Middle Easterns ),having same views in those local issues that usually Westerners can’t understand quite well and we usually justify this by the word Cultural issues.

I took my book the one I book a year and a half ago ” The Great war for civilization “, actually he mainly talked about this specific 1300 pages book, he started by saying that usually he takes people who buys a 1300 pages for foolish people but he had quite a lot to say about Middle East but he promises his next book will be smaller, he’s such an ordinary man, not really looking like our famous writer who insist on wearing the most expensive suits in event like that and make a huge effort to draw that Cameras smile to seem important people, but this one was wearing the usual everyday less expensive clothes, you know that kind of clothes you wear on a daily basis as you get into the bus,and go and buy your daily stuff,and keeps jocking and laughing, he’s been just so spontanuous…

Being the only western journalist who made 3 Interviews with Ussama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, that was quite impressive, and I just couldn’t help but asking myself the same question that my mother in law asked me a little while ago, ” And he didn’t go to Jail? then why did they take Tayseer Alouni ( AlJazeera reporter ) to Jail ? “, he mainly talked about Iraq, Lebanon , Palestine, he lives in Lebanon since 31 years, he even signs in arabic his books translated into arabic…

The most impressive thing is that he has the same views like us in issues representing the elements of the Middle East Crisis : The War on Terror, Lebanese confessionalism, Israel, Palestine, Iraq,..etc, Starting by the title of his book he said that there is no such thing, there’s nothing called War for civilization neither war for freedom and stuff like that, and that the most dangerous thing is that the current wars are religious war, he says that he misses the Cold war, that now you’re just obliged to take sides, besides that now they’re fighting Islamists, so it’s not an ideological war anymore you’re not fighting Communists you’re just fighting Islam.

The most characteristic thing is the event was that I was for the first one to sign her book, maybe cz I was standing just infront of him, or maybe cz I’m the only pregnant in the event..:)

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