Yesterday, I received a researcher at the American University in Cairo who is specialized in political sociology. She interviewed me, as an Editor-In-Chief of the biggest electronic newspapers interested in the Coptic issue. She asked many questions about the social conditions in Egypt after the revolution of January 25, 2011, especially concerning the Coptic minority. I admit she was well-informed about the Coptic issue more than most journalists interested in the same issue.
I think that many journalists concerned with the Coptic cause never try to understand it. They only concentrate on the clashes between Coptic coalitions or between different Christian sects. This doesn't give us a chance to concentrate on other problems that need to be solved, but ignored by all governments, and she was smart enough to understand what I meant.
She asked me: “Why don't Coptic businessmen support Copts United financially?” I told her that Eng. Adly Abadir is the founder and the only supporter for Copts United. After he died, many businessmen have tried to sit on Abadir's chair, but no one had the proper mentality or responsibility to do so. Strangely enough, some Coptic businessmen prefer to support fanatics and killers in order to show their own tolerance!
“Who of the Copts are the most to pay the price of the increasing fanatism?” she asked. I told her that the poor are the most to suffer, especially in Upper Egypt. In Maspero massacre, many people died and others have been trading on their blood till their rights have been lost.
Finally, she asked me: As an Egyptian woman who lives under an Islamic rule, what do you want from the West? I said: Stop supporting those who came in power after trading on ignorance, poverty and hunger. Here, we are suffering more and more, soon you will do as well by many Muslim husbands of your women.
