On the other hand, Al-Masry fans refuse to take responsibility and their animosity toward the capital and the centrality of conspiracy theories to their narrative is exacerbating tensions. It was not a festive time, though the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces SCAF and the freshly elected, Islamist-dominated parliament struggled to emphasize the celebration. This is a good place to start the process of healing. Their slogan is "Together Forever", meant to highlight the connections between their members. Articles containing Arabic-language text Articles to be expanded from February All articles to be expanded Articles using small message boxes Use dmy dates from February The Century Foundation takes your data security and privacy seriously. 
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Many insisted that he should have been one of the accused—since he was part of the security force responsible for the eastern stands.
Ultras Ahlawy - Wikipedia
The Nile IS Egypt, because in a desert country, a river represents fertility, crops, life, abundance. Arabic has an awful habit of not writing the short vowel sounds. The Ultras, who so often are perceived to show an affinity for street justice, decidedly pursued qasas through formal channels.
The third line got a little ugly for me because of the grammar, but I think I got it all right. Before such games, sports media reports constantly raised alarms about fan violence—though nothing in those days compared to what happened in and It is alleged that on that day, Mubarak's regime fell apart.
The most confrontational of these protests was outside the Giza Security Directorate in Cairo, with thousands of protesters chanting insults directed at the minister of interior.
The rivalries were stoked by the fact that the capital club had far more resources and visibility than the regional teams. It hardly ever served any peacekeeping or crowd-control purpose. Most of these youth movements developed a discourse that was still to a large extent, anti-political.
Ultras Ahlawy is known for its members' banners at both home and away games. The confrontation between the Ultras and the state was one of many subtexts of the revolution. Many Egyptian Ultras, including the Ahly SC Ultras who were to visit Port Said on that day in Februaryhad been part of the revolution, and became known in street protests for their infectious chants and colorful coordinated displays. Much of this energy went into gratuitous scuffles with rival Ultras.
MSA is the language of the newspapers and high-brow literature.
With this new visibility, the Ultras suddenly became immensely popular. So the first line even gives me grief.
Ramy Essam, “Bread, Freedom, Social Justice” (2011)
It took a while for television viewers to realize that fans were actually getting killed—and the numbers, as we watched on TV, were making great sudden leaps, from ten to somewhere above thirty to more than seventy. Uso7 youths copied the aesthetics and even the Italian and English nomenclature and mottos.
It would be difficult to argue that the police had no responsibility for what happened, but now the common belief went further: The verdict for the rest of the convicts is to be decided on 9 March Sweat is generally thought to come from hard work. One absurd hypothesis that emerged later, peddled by one of the defense lawyers in the courtroom, was that the Ahlawy Ultras killed themselves.
Since this was a championship game and a trophy would help release some tension, the authorities allowed the whole stadium albeit a small one to be filled. On March 9,when the twenty-one death sentences were confirmed, the Ultras and their sympathizers gathered to cheer them.
On 26 January21 of the convicted Masry supporters were sentenced to death. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here When ua7o football league resumed after a brief lull during the first weeks of the revolt, the fans, abused by the police for so long, could finally vent, chanting against the infamous Central Security Forces CSF.
Videos of the event show the referees and stadium staff fleeing the pitch after calling off the game. The committee published its preliminary report about ten days after the event.
With a story that parallels the rising hopes and dashed dreams of the Egyptian revolution, this report traces the history of the Ultras from their creation until the present and their quest for justice in Port Said.
The trends that El Sherif described are happening against a backdrop of increasing balkanization of the political space in Egypt—different institutions, communities, and identity-groups are looking ever more inward. Sabry, until Port Said, was a perpetual stadium-goer. But football during that time was not isolated from what was happening in the larger society.
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