Thursday, September 01, 2011

Rising anger in the new Egypt against Saudi Arabia

There is a lot about this in the Egyptian Arabic press.  "Thousands of returning Egyptian Umra pilgrims Wednesday continued to suffer on their second day of being stranded at Jedda International Airport in Saudi Arabia.  The pilgrims said airline employees have not served them food for 72 hours, and have forbidden them from buying medicine or using toilets.  They also said that Saudi employees “insulted” the Egyptian revolution, told them that former President Hosni Mubarak will not be convicted, and threatened to refer them to the Saudi intelligence service.  “They have ridiculed us for bringing Mubarak to court,” said Khaled al-Sherbiny, who finally returned on Wednesday after having been stranded with 1500 other pilgrims for 22 hours. “They put more than 1500 pilgrims in a small lounge with just one toilet for men and women to share,” he said. “And they only allowed flights carrying other nationalities to depart, leaving the Egyptians behind.”"  I am thrilled that the new Egypt is most angry at Israel AND Saudi Arabia.