A prince of the south

This prince called (Hammam). He born in 1709 and he died in 1769. He was  from famous tribe called (Al Hwarah ) where this tribe was living in south of Egypt and it was a great tribe from the number of people who belong to this tribe many thousands and also this tribe had strong influence in all south of Egypt.

This tribe has great history because its original was Arabs and they moved with Muslims forces to invade the Maghreb and they lived there even they defeated in great battle against the Fatimids.

They escaped from Fatimids to Egypt and they lived in the western desert but after that when Ottoman empire invaded Egypt they obligated to fight with Ottomans in their war and their performance were good but after that they defeated from Ottomans and they escaped to south of Egypt again.

Hammam had ambitious dream to establish independent emirate in south of Egypt for his tribe because in this time the Mamluks were very weak and he thought it is good time to establish strong state in the south.

Hammam was the first Egyptian thought about the independence and he was smart and he had good plan.

In the first he united all branches from his tribe to be under his rule and he established divans for lands and the people.

He attracted all Mamluks who escaped from Cairo especially from the commander of Mamluks which called (Ali Bik) who was shrewd too.

Hammam began to prepare strong military and he used the Mamluks to do that and he bought the weapons for this military and he started to build many castles to control and protect his military if the commander of Mamluks in Cairo think to attack him in the south. The commander of Mamluks when knew that and now Hammam has strong military from Arabs and Mamluks too and he can't win in the next battle against this leader who came from south of Egypt.

The commander of Mamluks asked the Russians to help him through sending advanced weapons to use it in the next battle.

Actually Hamman he well knew he will face the commander of Mamluks so he began the moving toward to Cairo and he made his cousin which called Ismael to be the commander of this military but the commander of Mamluks used the trick and cunning where he convinced Ismael to betray his cousin Hammam during the battle.

Unfortunately the treason occurred and Hammam defeated in this battle and he escaped to the south again to rebuild new military there but he died in his way to the south.

The commander of Mamluks entered his capital and killed many people there and burned all houses there and he left this devastating town.

Indeed I consider Hammam was brave man and real prince because he had ambitious dream about the freedom and he attempted to do that but he failed but the history will remember him like a prince who came from the south of Egypt. 

The great Masjid

In North Delta in Egypt there is ancient town called Desouk near to the Nile. There is a great Masjid which contain the remains of a great sheik Sufi called Ibrahim Dessouki due proportion to the Prophet Mohammed and held a celebration every year on the occasion of His birth. This great Sheikh lived between 1255 and 1296 AD during the reign of King Baybars and he has thousands of followers in many countries still now they visit his tomb inside the Grand Masjid to pray in this Masjid and ask him to help them.

This great Sheikh has a lot of miracles despite of many historians doubt about that and they talked about he was great Sheikh Sufi without any miracles but I will talk about it like tales about this great Sheikh.

The first miracle happened when the crocodile ate small child from the beach where in this time the crocodiles were living in the Nile so the mother ran to the great Sheikh to ask him and help her to recover her son again.

The great Sheikh sent his follower to the Nile to call this crocodile to go with him to the great Sheikh.

Actually the crocodile came out from the Nile and walk beside this follower till arrive to the great Sheikh and when he saw the crocodile he ordered this crocodile to get rid of the child from its abdomen.

Some people said the child was alive and some people said the child was dead.

The great Sheikh ordered this crocodile to die now and this occurred in front of many followers for him.

Some people told me this crocodile you can watch it within the great Masjid till now.

The second miracle where in Alexandria there was judge where he was hating the great Sheikh and when one of his followers to this judge to ask him about something this judge decided arresting on this follower and put this follower in the jail.

This follower sent message to great Sheikh to help him so the great Sheikh sent message to this judge and when this judge began to read this message he said abusive words about Sheikh but when he continue the reading he died and in some tales he found arrow came from the message to penetrate his chest to kill in this moment.

There are many miracles for this great Sheikh but actually it was like legends without documents to be sure these miracles happened or not.

The king Farouk and Hitler

The king Farouk actually he was the last king of Egypt before July revolution and I think during this stage of history in Egypt has many stories and secrets about the conflicts and change the balance of the powers before the World War II and after that especially in the Middle East.

 Unfortunately many books talked about him as corrupt governor and he was just boy search about his lusts with women and he was the main reason for many disasters happened in Egypt in this time but any way I will write him from another angle specially the relation between him and Hitler during the world war II although there is no information enough about this relation.

In the first the king Farouk when he took over the rule of Egypt he was young man after his father and he had many dreams about Egypt and the people in Egypt loved him but in this time Egypt was under the British colonial rule in Egypt and the Egyptian military was very weak in this time and there is no way to get rid of this British colonial except if he rely on the people to do that.

During the World War II he thought he can get rid from British colonial through Hitler when he found the Axis forces gain more lands from allied forces in Europe.

In the first he thought about the suitable way to communicate with Hitler to tell him he will support the Axis forces if he promised him Egypt will be free and under his rule again if the king Farouk gives him much information about the British forces in Egypt.

These communication began through Egyptian ambassador in Iran in this time and the first message from Hitler he will help them in getting rid the British forces from Egypt.

These communications were just oral message from his ambassador to German ambassador in Iran but when the Axis forces advanced from the west to continue their way to Alexandria

He felt his dream will achieve and he will see Egypt get its freedom again and he was very happy with the victories which achieved through Axis forces in the west of Egypt and when the Axis aircrafts attack the British forces in Alexandria he was coming out from his palace to refer to aircraft with his hand to express about his joy with that.

He became more daring and he decide using transmitter device to send his messages to Germans directly from his palace in Alexandria.

The British intelligence discovered some messages come out the royal palace in Alexandria and they send warning message to Egyptian government about that but the king Farouk ignored that and continue his communications with Germans but the British sent last warning message to him to tell him they will force him to abandon the rule of Egypt.

After Axis forces defeat near to Alexandria he frustrated and he discovered there is no way to get rid of British colonial.

I think he had good intention about thinking of the freedom for Egypt but Hitler was another face to colonial and he attempted these emotions for king Farouk to achieve his plan through invasion the Middle East through Egypt.

Tales of Egypt

I will dedicate this book to my grandfather to write many tales about his life with ghosts and Jinn plus my impressions about many secrets and strange tales through the Egyptian history. This book it’s just trip among places and people through the history to close your eyes and imagine that maybe someday you can find yourself there in these places and these characters with my soul. In this book you will read many strange tales happened out the history with people the history will forget them but this book will keep with these stories forever. Just enjoy during the reading to imagine these stories only.

Now the book available on this link

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The lantern

The lanterns in Egypt have a great history from long time over eight hundred years when the Egyptians came to welcome with new Caliph at the night during Ramadan where they carried the lanterns to light the way. Since this time the lanterns became aspect of the joy related to Ramadan or holy month. Through all these years this importance of lanterns which became related to Ramadan created new craft linked lanterns manufacturing and the introduction of new amendments to the course of this history. But in the last twenty years I watched many changes occurred for traditional lantern but unfortunately for the worst.

Many families still keep with traditional lanterns within their house to remember their heritage and the old stories about these lanterns.

 I remember the first lantern to me. The lantern was the famous sign for Ramadan and you can see that in Egypt where every child has lantern till now but the shape of these lantern changed from time to another time. The lanterns in Egypt have story from over eight hundred year when the Egyptians came out during the night to receive the Caliph when coming to Egypt. The Egyptians came out with their lanterns and this happened in Ramadan. From this time the lantern became related to Ramadan in every year. I was very young when I had the first lantern which its shape was square shape of stained glass and we were put inside it a small candle to light the lantern and the glass reflect its color to give me a moment of joy and happiness . After breaking the Ramadan we gather all the kids and all the lanterns light up and walking in the road to sing traditional songs about Ramadan. We were knocking on doors in order to sing for the people of the house, and we call them well and the pond in order to give us a little money or sweets. When we finish that are going to buy with the money, candy or donate them to the mosque even give it to the poor because we are in the month of goodness and love.

The canon

In my childhood during Ramadan I had many memories about this month because after twenty five years I found many things disappeared from our life and a few of people still remember it although it were amazing things despite it were very simple but we were happy with it. Now you can see the children in streets are lazy and they don't have innovation.

When I was a kid I had something like a small cannon. It was a large screw with small hole about ten centimeters in depth and with an iron hand. It was amazing innovation for all children in this time and it is not easy to get this canon because it was handmade and need money to buy every part and going to someone has good experience in this canon. I was very proud because I have this weapon because many children didn’t have this weapon. The other children had piece of wood with nail instead of this canon. This canon to use it you should do some procedures and preparations. I still remember I discover specific method to increase its efficacy through putting some of molten lead to increase the sound of explosion. We were filling this cannon with sulfur flammable and wait for the time of the sunset and when we hear the call to prayer call this small cannon is issued a loud noise like an explosion to know everyone that the time of fasting is over and everyone is happy that we are convicted of obligatory fasting of Ramadan this day to Allah, we gather all children, even those small cannons we are launching at the same time in order to feel pleasure. Actually these canons disappeared and it became just memories for me and my son now uses Chinese rockets instead of these canons.

Ramadan

I have many memories about Ramadan where the games and spending my times with my friends and I still remember my mother was saying to me you are vagabond boy because all the day and the night I was playing in the streets. I remember Ramadan in 1982 because it was special year for me because I had ten years and I decided to fast for the first time for me but it was our decision me and my friends. In this year Ramadan came in the summer and the weather was very hot so we suffered from the thirty because we still young children and actually I fasted about fourteen days. In this year Ramadan was very amazing where the World Cup football matches where it was before breaking the Ramadan fast time and after it. I was watching these matches with my brothers during preparing the food during waiting the sunset and with my friends during the night in popular cafes. In this time I encourage my favorite team which is the German team for football and I thought myself like Rummenigge and he was the German player was famous at the time. He was my ideal player. In the evening after watching the matches we all gather to play on the light poles in order to be a football team and play throughout the night, such as the World Cup .Every friend had special nick name regarding to his favorite player and I remember my nick name which was Mohammed Rummenigge.  I remember many people were watching our matches every night in Ramadan.