CHANGING MOOD PLUS ACTION MATTER ASTOUNDINGLY ! ...Don't protest, build
Many of the Brotherhood's opponents have accused the FJP of vote buying by running such charity drives in the runup to elections. Indeed, new parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held by April. But Abeer scoffed at the notion that her vote could be bought for the few pounds she saved on tomatoes and onions, and pointed out that the Brotherhood has a long history of social work. But the sale did show that the FJP has the people's interests at heart, she says.
Nearby, Brotherhood women were selling new and used clothes at greatly reduced prices. The clothes were piled on tables in a ground-floor room filled with voices of women and children as they shopped for their families. On one table, childrens' clothes were sold for 1 to 2-1/2 pounds per item. New men's shirts, still in the packaging, were sold for seven to ten.
“The Brotherhood are those who feel the pain of the people who are lower, and they help them to bring them up,” says Eman Fouda, one of the Brotherhood members helping to sell the clothes. “The country doesn't need protests. We need to build our country.”
Back in Tahrir Square, there was little talk about upcoming elections. “If they forged the constitutional referendum, they will forge the parliamentary elections,” says Helal, explaining why he would rather protest than help an opposition party prepare for the vote. “What should we wait for? For Morsi to make all the government institutions under his control?”
CHANGING MOOD PLUS ACTION MATTER ASTOUNDINGLY ! ...Don't protest, build
ReplyDeleteMany of the Brotherhood's opponents have accused the FJP of vote buying by running such charity drives in the runup to elections. Indeed, new parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held by April. But Abeer scoffed at the notion that her vote could be bought for the few pounds she saved on tomatoes and onions, and pointed out that the Brotherhood has a long history of social work. But the sale did show that the FJP has the people's interests at heart, she says.
Nearby, Brotherhood women were selling new and used clothes at greatly reduced prices. The clothes were piled on tables in a ground-floor room filled with voices of women and children as they shopped for their families. On one table, childrens' clothes were sold for 1 to 2-1/2 pounds per item. New men's shirts, still in the packaging, were sold for seven to ten.
“The Brotherhood are those who feel the pain of the people who are lower, and they help them to bring them up,” says Eman Fouda, one of the Brotherhood members helping to sell the clothes. “The country doesn't need protests. We need to build our country.”
Back in Tahrir Square, there was little talk about upcoming elections. “If they forged the constitutional referendum, they will forge the parliamentary elections,” says Helal, explaining why he would rather protest than help an opposition party prepare for the vote. “What should we wait for? For Morsi to make all the government institutions under his control?”