A Personal Letter to my Brother, Ahmed Mansour Al-Shehhi
Dear Ahmed,
I am writing you this letter, my brother, as you and I are part of the same extended family, one shared by all Emiratis, with the same founding father. And I am writing you this letter, shocked that a family member would cross the lines that you have crossed. It is for this reason that I, and many others who feel the same shame that I do for your actions, stood and will continue to stand outside the courthouse where you are on trial, condemning your actions. And as we feel a responsibility for the shame that you have brought to our family, Ahmed, so do we feel a responsibility to make sure that the stain you have brought to our name is wiped clean by showing our pride and respect for what this family represents.
When a father shares of his food and clothes to make sure all his family is fed and clothed, Ahmad, do you consider this to be a bribe? When our late father Sheikh Zayed gave land and homes to the people of the UAE as citizens of our federated state, were those bribes? Exactly what was he bribing them for, starting as far back as 1972? But this is exactly what you accuse Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed of doing in his visit to the Northern Emirates, on the direction of our President. So when our leaders continue the policies of our founder, for some reason it is only you who can see that the motivation has changed. That is it not for the good of the people and the nation, but out of self-interest. Surely you must have sound evidence for making such a claim; I hope it couldn’t simply be due to attention-seeking and arrogance. But then your history speaks against you on those counts.
But in choosing to ignore our late father’s good will for all of our family and the natural continuation of this generosity in his successors today, you not only had the audacity to slander our leaders’ genuine efforts, you even had the audacity to say it on television. But if you had the bad manners and poor taste to make such ungrounded accusations in public, I very much want to know what else you were willing to say behind our backs, behind closed doors. I would be willing to bet that those things were far worse; it is probably very fortunate for you that these things have not been made public. If they were, it would be a lot more difficult for you to hide behind the fiction that you made these slanderous and libelous remarks as an “activist,” when they are surely nothing more than insults of the gravest and most reprehensible type.
But you have chosen to not only embarrass us inside our family, but to go outside and insult our family in front of the neighbors, without even trying to reconcile your concerns with our father directly; the act not only of a liar but of a coward. Our family provides proper channels, some of which are more direct than those found almost anywhere else in the world, to sound our concerns; all of which are familiar to you. Yet you resorted to public betrayal, using the foreign media to present your one-sided and vicious criticism.
But I suppose this should be no surprise; the list of those with whom you choose to associate speaks as badly of you as your own mouth. And if these groups and interests stand by you through their willingness to confuse your criminal charges with broader issues, be assured: if the full extent of your libel were known, you would watch this support melt away. Even as it stands now, who do you see in your camp? Intellectuals? The business community? Students? Make no mistake, Ahmed my brother: None of these people, whatever their other beliefs, support your libel. You stand in that courtroom to face the evidence of your rudeness and disloyalty alone.
That is why I have stood outside your trial each day you have been seated inside, that is why my other brothers and sisters stand there alongside me, and that is why the rest of our brothers and sisters throughout the nation stand united with us to condemn what you said, the disrespect and disloyalty that are the reasons you said it, and the type of person it shows you to be. You have crossed the line, my brother. Now, for once, stand like the man you should be, and face the consequences of your actions. A proud family could, and should, demand no less.
Sincerely,
(@Thabet_UAE)
Labels: UAE
posted by Insomniac_Blogger at 7:12 PM
6 Comments:
Dear Thabet,
This must be a joke, my brother. You are the attention-seeking embarrassment to this country. You are the shame, you and all your supporters. You not only spread hatred among Emiratis, you are like a disease, an outsider to the Emirati organism, masquerading as one of our own, shamelessly and ignorantly. As much as you ignore our voice, it does not take away from the fact that you are a palestinian condemning an Emirati for speaking his mind, REGARDLESS of whether what he spoke was for against the country, it is something beyond you, you don't have the right to speak about this.
Who are you after all? Nobody. You have no shame to spit on your home country, and all you do is kiss Emirati ass all day long so that you are accepted by its people. You chant outside the court not because you care about Mr. Ahmed, but because you are so desperate to show how much you love the uae, you are desperate to be accepted as one of us. Look in the mirror and see how sad that is. I pity you.
You don't speak about Emirati affairs all day long because they concern you. You speak about them to shove down our throats, and other unsuspecting idiots, that you are Emirati, when you are PALESTINIAN. No REAL emirati needs to try THIS HARD to prove his nationalism. You are like a new rich, adorning his gaudy palace with gold plated, over-decorated furniture and garish, vulgur drapes.
All your topics, and your style in writing, is tasteless and vulgar. I am surprised at the low standards of some personalities that actually give you the time of day. You must go to bed with a smile every night when an Emirati pats you on the back or sends you a congratulatory tweet. "YES! THEY THINK I'M EMIRATI! I MUST BE EMIRATI THEN!"
LOL.
Seriously, my brother, own up to who you are. And leave the Emirati affairs to Emiratis. And stop beating a dead horse. It's like you can't believe this golden ticket you got to show us how much you root for the uae. Old news, my brother! get over it! Nobody is talking about him anymore, and you are writing an Open letter to him? Even this mode of writing is outdated.
I can only laugh at the state the UAE is slowly falling in, when mjanseen are stealthily spreading their poison and hatred among us.
Your sister (you wish!)
A REAL Emirati.
I, as an Emirati, and many others in my shoes, proudly support Mr. Thabet and anyone taking similar initiatives in protecting and defendig our lands. Our country is proud to have sons like him.
Your country, Emirates, needs you and all of those who are doers rather than talkers. You all are our soldiers, the soldiers our father, Sheikh Zayed, may he RIP, would proudly think he raised his generation to turn into.
In your journey towards making a difference and sending a message, you will always face those who try to drag you but always remember "the very things that held you down are going to carry you up". You rise above by continuing to give what you've been raised to regardless of other's comments. From were I stand, you're already there. :-)
Thank you for everything you generously give your country,
A
Ahmed Mansour saying that Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed announcing the infrastructure package to the North Emirates was a bribe is at the very least incorrect, at worst libelous against a single man i.e. Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed personally, so the prosecution by the state, and the list of the charges, is excessive and disproportionate.
Anyone with eyes can go to Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah can clearly see they are much worse off than Sharjah, Dubai or Abu Dhabi. So it was not a bribe as Ahmed Mansour said, but as many have described it, a long overdue investment in the Northern Emirates.
What Ahmed Mansour MIGHT have said behind closed doors is none of your, my or anyone else’s business, Thabet. Unusual area to have ventured to there.
“insults of the gravest and most reprehensible type” surely Thabet, you’re old enough to have heard insults against random people far worse than saying an action is a bribe, so exaggerating there.
“go outside and insult our family in front of the neighbors” and “resorted to public betrayal, using the foreign media” Would domestic media have published or broadcast his comments? ;-) Exactly.
“not only of a liar but of a coward” As stated above, not so much a lie as a viewpoint, a value judgment, and a easily deflected one at that.
“list of those with whom you choose to associate speaks as badly of you as your own mouth” As with what he thinks above, a personal attack. Stick to the subject and topic, not the personality. Among the greatest problem with us Arabs is instantly attacking our opponent in some way rather than their argument, syllogism or logic.
Like the first comment in this thread, the author hasn’t at all dissected your argument but has made personal barbs against you, serving no purpose at all.
“your criminal charges” Hardly. The man expressed an opinion, which was not hate speech or speech that incited violence.
There is a major difference between those who support what he said and those who disagree with what he said BUT believe he has the right to express what he thinks or believes.
I disagree with what he said, but he should have the right to say it.
And while granted that no one is protesting outside the courthouse in support of either what he said, or his right to say whatever he wants, there being only about 100 people demonstrating against him and supporting the prosecution against him suggests there isn’t exactly overwhelming support for his prosecution, either.
That when you blog about this subject anyone who posts a comment does so Anonymously, even those who support your positions Thabet, speaks volumes of how afraid Emaratis still are of approaching the subject of Politics in a public forum.
Was-salam bro.
Seerwan
Sorry, but Emirati is a cultural group, not a nationality.
You may, sadly, be a UAE National because the people dont hold the power to deny your kind, the murtazaqa, passports, but that doesnt somehow make you of our cultural group.
Today the zalamat, tomorrow raju and john.
For all the crap Ahmed Al Shehhi has done (Which we yet to have seen) he is an EMIRATI, his family name is an Emirati tribe, one rich with it's culture and history in Ras Al Khaimah that predates the union.
You are not. You are a Palestinian, an ethnic group with no country. A group that God has forsaken. When the Jews deserved it, God lost them in the desert for only 40 years. God has lost the palestinians for over 50. Thus one could argue that God is more displeased with your kind than with the Jews.
An American passport doesnt all of a sudden make you culturally an American. The same goes for your passport.It enables you to steal my country's riches and benefits while not even assimilating to our culture. Do you even wear UAE National dress?
Maybe one day the UAE will understand it's mistake and revoke the passports to people like you. One day, we pray.
Firstly , You are not even an Emarati. Secondally , None of the five hve broken th law
A man writes online.
A man should not be arrested.
That's it...nothing else required.
If the governing system is afraid of words written on the internet, it speaks to its legitimacy and its support.
Freedom can have no compromises.
If it does, it is not freedom at all.
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