“When you have half of Caironese in slums, when you don't have clean water, when you don't have a sewer system, when you don't have electricity, and on top of that you live under one of the most repressive regimes right now... Well, put all that together, and it's a ticking bomb. It's not of a question of threat; it is question of looking around at the present environment and making a rational prognosis.”
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“العبارة الأخيرة التى قالها فاروق لى: "ليس من السهل حكم مصر". ساعتها كنت اتصور أننا سنواجه كل ما نواجهه من صعوبات الحكم باللجوء للشعب, لكننى الان أدرك ان فاروق كان يعنى شيئا اخر.. لا أتصور أن احدا من اللذين حكموا مصر أدركوه, وهو ان الجماهير التى ترفع الحاكم الى سابع سماء هى التى تنزل به الى سابع أرض .. لكن.. لا أحد يتعلم الدرس.”
― كنت رئيسًا لمصر
― كنت رئيسًا لمصر
“I see murky visions of other gods and rival magic."
That REALLY didn't sound good.
"What do you mean?" I asked. "what OTHER GODS?"
"I don't know, Sadie. But Egypt has always faced challenges from outside –– magicians from elsewhere, even gods from elsewhere. Just be vigilant."
~Ruby & Sadie Kane about...? Possibly Greeks?”
― The Serpent's Shadow
That REALLY didn't sound good.
"What do you mean?" I asked. "what OTHER GODS?"
"I don't know, Sadie. But Egypt has always faced challenges from outside –– magicians from elsewhere, even gods from elsewhere. Just be vigilant."
~Ruby & Sadie Kane about...? Possibly Greeks?”
― The Serpent's Shadow
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