"The Egyptians prefer leaders with brown or black eyes. They are enchanted by leaders with falcon-like sharp eyes, as this shows these leaders are brave even if they withdraw from the first battle. The Egyptians do not like seeing their leaders wearing eyeglasses because they downgrade them from the rank of gods.
Therefore, if you want to be Egypt's leader, you have to wear lenses rather than eyeglasses" (from "The standard features of Arab leaders", by El Yousfi Alaoui).
I know that Ayman Nour was shocked when I talked about his wife's honor while he was in prison, but I want to tell him that those who say he is the opposition's leader are deceiving him.
They have turned him into a leader, but he has to know the difference between truth and deception before it is too late. The funny thing is that Nour – despite of his pains in prison – said to Al-Masry Al-Youm: "The law does not prevent me from exercising my right, as a citizen, to participate in public life for the sake of this country. In accordance with the Ghad Party General Assembly's decision, I was chosen as the leader of the Ghad Party." Some people deceive him and tell him that his actions are good. They will drive him crazy through images. On the first day of freedom, they took him a photo from under the soles of his feet; on the second day, a photo of him wearing eyeglasses and denying striking deals with the regime; on the third picture, a photo before the mirror. Time magazine drove Sadat crazy during his last days of life and Egyptian Al-Dostour daily will do the same with Nour in his first days of freedom.
They talk about Nour not because they love him, but because they hate the regime. They take Nour as a cover to attack the regime. In addition, Dr Saad Eddin Ibrahim, the head of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, has turned up again calling on the regime to treat him like Nour. In fact, Ibrahim Issa, editor in chief of Al-Dostour daily, smartly turns marginalized people into leaders! They promised Nour he would be like Nelson Mandela, but Nour should know very well that not all prisoners become leaders. Egypt does not lack leaders, as it already has two. One is Khaled Mohieldin, one of the leading figures at the time of the Free Officers and now in Dr. Rifa'at el-Saeed's party. The other is Egyptian actor Adel Imam, who played the role of a leader in a movie as if leadership were a role that can be written by a scriptwriter or a film director. There has also been a third attempt to elect Mahmoud Abaza as leader of al-Wafd Party, but Mr. Abaza is aware that he belongs to the opposition. Stay in the opposition, as we are in dire need of real oppositionists. You entered the prison as a menial and will not come out of it as a leader. The early symptoms of leadership have appeared on Nour, who made a promise to his people saying: "I will tour provinces and immediately accept all invitations from anyone even if they were in the most remote village or hamlet."
Al-Ghad and Tagammu parties grant political leadership. The latter grants it to the elderly while the former grants it to the prisoners!
