Egypt: From Egyptian Artists to Artists of the World · Global Voices
Eman AbdElRahman

Egyptian artists are lending their voices to the Palestinian cause, explaining to the rest of the world the history of the Arab-Israeli struggle from their view point.
The initiative, spearheaded by Khaled El Sawy, a famous Egyptian actor and blogger, is called “A message from Egyptian artists to all artists of the world“, and is targeted towards non-Arabs.
Om Maryam translated El Sawy's message in one of the comments on the post.
Here's the actor's message in Arabic, followed by Om Maryam's translation:
Then he proceeds with clarifying history details:
He further continues:
You have seen with your own eyes the collapsing of the ethics of the ruling classes throughout the world with signs of the crisis of global capitalism, which turned the optimism associated with the onset of a new century to global pessimism of comprehensive mess. All the ruling classes have been unmasked by their people , especially in the United States and Britain, which mixed racism and sectarianism with the murderous capitalist globalization.
to all artists of the world ..
Greetings from all of us to the “Not In Our Name” movement which was historically signed by American intellectuals and artists against Bush's repressive and bloody policies inside and outside the United States. Inspired by the same spirit, we appeal that we stand together and say to the entire peoples of the world:
Not in our name, never .. is being killed strangled Gaza for two years and then finished off now slaughtered
We have stood by our people with all of your people against Nazism , fascism and the apartheid of South Africa until all were transferred to the dustbin of history. Today we are all called upon to address the State of Israel , the Zionist movement and the dirty Imperialist alliance which links them to the same ruling classes-involved in the crisis- in a chaotic and brutal
world which is about to collapse economically , environmental and moral together.
To all artists of the world ..
Bear with us this responsibility and press on your Governments, which has long been unfair to us.Carry with us a common slogan which is:
Save Gaza now .. and Stop Israel
Let VII of January 2009-which is the Christmas of Eastern Christians – our brothers in the Arab world – to be a day of all the artists of the whole world from all religions ,in all languages and with the various ways of expression in all places available to save Gaza and bury the bloody Zionist project which is the last remnants of the depraved racist regimes.
At last, he signed off his message saying:
The initiative has been welcomed by Egyptian bloggers and readers – and 3arabawy writes about it in this post.