More Blessings Than I Know What To Do With
By Sally Bishai (05/01/06)
You all know that I'm a Christian, right? You have to know, also, that I'm an Egyptian. In fact, I may have thrown the word "Copt" out there one or two times, although you may have read that I generally consider myself a Christian human who happens to be Christian. (The term "Copt," while accurate, sometimes seems divisive, and I truly take Muslims, Christians, Atheists and, yes, Copts, to be my brothers and sisters.) But that's not what today's spiel is about.
Rather, I wish to share with you, dear reader, the fact that I have been SO BLESSED this past week. Despite the fact that I can just feel that failed my SPSS final and will have to re-take the class, God has lined up meetings, conversations and interviews with an amazing group of people.
While their professions are diverse, their interests bind them together, albeit loosely. (So does their kindness to me!)
For example, the directors and staff members of several human interest and human rights groups have much in common with the senators and politicians that I also talked with, not to mention the fellow Egyptians--of both religions--that I spent time with, whose love and concern for Egypt shone so brightly in their eyes that I could feel a different sort of shine creep over my eyes.
In almost every case, I could sense my new friend's committment to God.
In a related matter, this new documentary is going to be so brilliant, even better than Kemet! I should throw a party for everyone that's participated in them. Then again, where would I hold it?? Here in DC? In Egypt? In Florida? In California? In New York??
I know! I hereby pledge that once Egypt gets to be the Egypt that we want--equal rights for Christians and Muslims--when the riots and kidnappings and murders STOP (or at least when the perps actually get arrested rather than the victims), when the media gives us equal time, when the "Emergency Law" is repealed (truly) and we can finally assemble in our homeland, when we have complete freedom of speech without fear of arrest and/or retribution, and when the lady that wouldn't sell me the orange-sequinned-tank top because I wasn't veiled deigns to SELL me the blasted scrap of clothing, then (and only then!) will I fly everyone who had anything to do with Kemet and the new documentary to Alexandria for a gala at the Biblioteca Alexandrina, which I shall rent out.
(If someone volunteers to install AC in all cars and homes in Egypt, I might also buy a few thousand seats on Lufthansa to bring over all of my dear AntiSocialites and friends from the American Daily!)
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