'Smartest Evah' - Egyptian leader Mohamed morsi’s gaffes called out.

'Smartest Evah' - Egyptian leader Mohamed morsi’s gaffes called out.(ET).

Pakistani academics were probably not paying close attention when Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi delivered his gaffe-riddled speech at the National University of Science and Technology’s convocation earlier this week.

Had they been listening, they might have caught on to a series of grave factual errors made in the speech, which were pointed out a day later by an Egyptian expert on Arab heritage and medical history, Youssef Zeidan.

Fortunately, a majority of readers in Pakistan remained unaware of the errors, because members of the local press corps were too focused on the bilateral relations between Egypt and Pakistan.

Mursi, it turns out, knows precious little about the scientific achievements of Muslim innovators during the Islamic Caliphate. 

On Monday, March 18, 2013, he told the NUST convocation that it was Abu Rayhan al Biruni (973–1048) who discovered pulmonary circulation. That feat was achieved by none other than Arab physician Ibn al Nafis, who lived in the 13th century.

The Egyptian leader made another false claim about al Biruni, saying he contributed to the field of philosophy. Instead, Biruni’s areas of expertise were physics, mathematics, geography, astronomy and history. He is also counted among the world’s first anthropologists.

Mursi’s other allusions to Muslim thinkers and innovators were also widely inaccurate.

Iraqi-born polymath Gabber Ibn al Haytham was credited by him for pioneering the study of modern anatomy. This 8th century scholar, according to Zeidan, did not practise the science of medicine or anatomy. And most importantly, al Haytham was not the founder of chemistry, a subject that was known centuries before him by the Greeks, Alexandrians and Muslim Arabs.

The Egyptian president told his largely Pakistani audience that it was early Muslim historiographer Ibn Khaldun who defined sociology. Zeidan corrected him by saying that Ibn Khaldun only provided an early introduction to the field of sociology.

Now that his gaffes have been called out, Mursi has a lot of explaining to do. He could feign innocence and blame it all on his speechwriter or he could swallow his pride and admit he was wrong.

For the NUST faculty, graduates and students, there is a lesson to be learnt. Facts are indeed sacred. And even a president’s word can’t be taken for granted.Hmmmm......A memory as a rusted Iron trap?Read the full story here.

Egypt prosecutor orders apprehension and arrest of five opposition activists.

Egypt prosecutor orders apprehension and arrest of five opposition activists accused by the Muslim Brotherhood of inciting attacks on headquarters.(AO).a statement from the prosecutor's office said.

Those ordered arrested included Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a prominent blogger; Ahmed Domah, a member of the Popular Current; and Hazem Abdel-Azeem, a leading member in the oppostion National Salvation Front.

The five were also banned from travel.

Earlier on Monday, Abdel-Moneim Maksoud, the Muslim Brotherhood's lawyer, had filed a complaint with the prosecutor-general against 169 individual including party heads, politicians, and "thugs" accusing them of inciting violence against the group. South Cairo's General Prosecution on Monday summoned Mohamed Abul Ghar, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, and other political figures to hear their testimony in the allegations against them of instigating attacks on the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Mokattam.

South Cairo Prosecution also summoned other political activists including Free Egyptians Party member Mahmoud El-Alaily, member of the Revolution Youth Coalition Khaled Telima, and Hazem Abdel-Azeem.Abdel-Moneim Maksoud, the Brotherhood's lawyer, filed a complaint with the prosecutor-general against 169 individual including party heads, politicians, and "thugs" on Monday.

The prosecution earlier listened to the testimony of a large number of injured protesters from the Brotherhood who accused a number of political figures and party members of instigating the attacks.

The Brotherhood protesters accused Abul Ghar, El-Alaily, Abdel Hameed, Telima, and activists Ahmed Domah and Alaa Abdel-Fatah.

Proesters also accused Khaled Ali, a renowned lawyer and activist, Nawara Negm, revolutionary activist, Bothaina Kamel, TV presenter, Ziad El-Olimy, member of Egyptian Social Democratic Party, and Takadum El-Khateeb, member of National Association for Change.Hmmmm......The Muslim brotherhood Dictatorship is starting, welcome to Egypt ....Iranian style.Read the full story here.

Obama's new BFF Morsi splashes the cash as many Egyptians can’t afford to eat.

Obama's new BFF Morsi splashes the cash as many Egyptians can’t afford to eat.(AA).Reports that Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi recently sent his family and friends on an expensive vacation that consisted of a private jet ride to the Red Sea resort town of Taba and the booking of 12 rooms at the Hilton has caused outrage in country, battered by an ongoing political and economic crisis.
Earlier this week, an official at the Taba resort told the Egyptian newspaper, Almasry Alyoum, that Mursi’s family arrived on Wednesday. The official also said Mursi’s family reserved 12 rooms at the Hilton Hotel, which overlooks the Red Sea, and in addition to the Mursi clan wives of officials from the Freedom and Justice Party came to stay.
Egyptian screenwriter Wahed Hamed on Sunday spoke out against the alleged luxurious vacation.. Hamed, in remarks published in the Egyptian daily Al-Shrouq, asked who was paying the bill for the 12 reserved rooms.
“The country is poor, and the [rate of hunger] increases every day. Mursi’s [financial] resources do not allow these huge expenses. And since when has Mursi’s family traveled via a private jet?” he added.
Almasry Alyoum reported the president’s family, as well as the others who accompanied them, returned to Cairo on Saturday afternoon, on a private jet.
An official at the Smart Aviation Company said expenses for the flight per hour costs 6,000 U.S dollars. The official added that the total cost encompasses the time from when the jet was prepared for travel and until it lands at its destination.
Radwan Salam, head of the Smart Aviation Company, said he did not know who rented the jet which Mursi’s family boarded, Almasry Alyoum added.
During an interview with the channel An-Nahar on Saturday evening, Hamed, the Egyptian screen writers, acknowledged that Mursi’s wife, Najlaa Mahmoud, may have “nothing to do with politics.” But she “must look at the poor citizens.”
Reports on the alleged expenses of the vacation were also not well-received on the social networking website Twitter. One user tweeted: “I thank all the respectful citizens who paid the price for the Taba vacation.”
Another wrote: “All of this is from the citizens’ pockets.”
News of the president’s family’s vacation comes during a week of deadly clashes, which killed at least one leaving up to 48 people injured. On Friday, heated demonstrations kicked of riots between security forces and protestors in front of the presidential palace.Hmmmm.....'Let them eat falafel'? Read the full story here.