Om El Donia is burning down...

Here we go again..
Another disaster!

Parliament is burning down... 9 hours of burning and our fire squad is not "trained" to turn off fires... They have ladders that were not opened... They used hoes to deal with the fire... And the helicopters of the Egyptian Military were throwing water on the streets around parliament and not on the fire location... And to my surprise, people watching the fire where smiling and waving at the camera that was supposedly taking shots of the fire... PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY WAVING AT THE CAMERA, and our Shoura Council was being burned....

And of course, "el masader el amneya" declared that it is an "electrical circuit failture" that did the fire... And burned piece of architecture, the voice of the people, the rights and duties of the government towards the public, the building that has been there since the 20's... The electrical problem basically killed our voices... And people are waving at the camera with a smile, so as to appear on TV smiling...

And guess what! Cairo has about 20 fire "trucks" only or something of that sort. And it had to borrow from neighbouring governorates. Moreover, for those trucks to ride through the never ended traffic jam of downtown Cairo, reaching the building would take them forever. And with those untrained firemen to fail to let out the fire is an even more depressing piece of news. I watched the building burn on TV, not that I have some personal memories in that building or agree with any of the decisions that come out of it, but the fact that my country is a failure at stopping fires adds to my frustration and feelings of insecurity.

It reminds of the song "london bridge is falling down"... Om el Donia is burning down.. burning down.. burning down..." my fair lady