By Premankur Biswas, *‘It’s as if the world was abandoning us’* - Indian Express - India; Saturday, February 5, 2011
Waves of protesters shouting anti-Hosni Mubarak slogans — and firebombs — have taken over the Al Haram street outside his home in Cairo. But Amel El Tony, who has not spoken to his wife for a day, is not worried. “My family will stay indoors. They know better than to step out,” he says.
Away from the turmoil in his country, the Sufi dervish who is currently in India to participate in Sufi Sutra, a Sufi music festival here, adds, “I have faith in the Almighty. I can’t afford to get agitated. We are messengers of peace. We have to perform in his name.”
When Tony and his six troupe members took a flight from Cairo International Airport on February 2 — six days after the protests erupted — they witnessed a sight they wish to forget soon. “The airport was crowded with people from foreign consulates and tourists who were boarding special flights away from the country. It’s as if the world was abandoning us,” he says.
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
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Waves of protesters shouting anti-Hosni Mubarak slogans — and firebombs — have taken over the Al Haram street outside his home in Cairo. But Amel El Tony, who has not spoken to his wife for a day, is not worried. “My family will stay indoors. They know better than to step out,” he says.
Away from the turmoil in his country, the Sufi dervish who is currently in India to participate in Sufi Sutra, a Sufi music festival here, adds, “I have faith in the Almighty. I can’t afford to get agitated. We are messengers of peace. We have to perform in his name.”
When Tony and his six troupe members took a flight from Cairo International Airport on February 2 — six days after the protests erupted — they witnessed a sight they wish to forget soon. “The airport was crowded with people from foreign consulates and tourists who were boarding special flights away from the country. It’s as if the world was abandoning us,” he says.
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By Premankur Biswas, *‘It’s as if the world was abandoning us’* - Indian Express - India; Saturday, February 5, 2011Waves of protesters shouting anti-Hosni Mubarak slogans — and firebombs — have taken over the Al Haram street outside his home in Cairo. But Amel El Tony, who has not spoken to his wife for a day, is not worried. “My family will stay indoors. They know better than to step out,” he says.
Away from the turmoil in his country, the Sufi dervish who is currently in India to participate in Sufi Sutra, a Sufi music festival here, adds, “I have faith in the Almighty. I can’t afford to get agitated. We are messengers of peace. We have to perform in his name.”
When Tony and his six troupe members took a flight from Cairo International Airport on February 2 — six days after the protests erupted — they witnessed a sight they wish to forget soon. “The airport was crowded with people from foreign consulates and tourists who were boarding special flights away from the country. It’s as if the world was abandoning us,” he says.
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