On the Newspapers
Posted by: amellie
1 year, 10 months ago
I found an interesting cartoon in one of Saudi leading newspapers, Okaz. The cartoon shows many pilgrims who enter the Kingdom for Umrah and Hajj, yet only few of them go back to their country of origin. These people are known as overstayers. Saudi Arabia receives an influx of overstayers not only from Indonesia, but also from other Asian countries. I guess, this is one of many reasons why we have to apply for visa everytime we want to go overseas (except ASEAN countries, of course). I was not happy when I discovered that I have to apply for a tourist visa to go to New Zealand. I found out that Malaysians and Saudis don’t have to apply for one! Whoa. There’re so many documents to be submitted, including the bank statement to show them that I have a sufficient amount of money. Because the office is in Sydney, I have to send everything via post. I think they should make the process a little bit easier, knowing that I’m a student here. Hff… I’m complaining again.
Let’s change the topic. I’ve been monitoring the Egyptian politics for few months. Videos of prisoners who were tortured by the police have spread. Political activitists were imprisoned. Demonstrations have been held by Kefaya movement for the past few months opposing President Husni Mubarak. His son, Gamal is reportedly being groomed to succeed him. Egypt was scored 3.4 3.3 by the Corruption Perceptions Index based on the corruption degree (10 being highly clean and 0 being highly corrupt; FYI, Indonesia got 1.9 2.4!!!). Husni Mubarak became the President of Egypt since 1981 when President Anwar Sadat was assassinated. He declared a state of emergency which unfortunately never ended. He has been a president for 25 years, the corruption is certainly unavoidable! The Egyptians have had ENOUGH (thus the name, Kefaya).
I found an Arabist’s article few weeks ago. It shows 2 images from Kefaya demonstration, this one:
and this one, the original photo:
Can you see the difference???
Yeah, the Egyptian newspaper, Daily Star Egypt censored the original picture, by cleaning up the writings on the paper which is held by that man. The ‘cleaned’ paper itself shows the “biography” of Husni Mubarak. I can’t understand some words displayed, but then I found the translation. The writings read:
Name: Hosni Mubarak
Health: Zero
Education: Zero
(something): Zero
Torture: 10/10
Framing people: 10/10
Fraud: 10/10
Get rid of him
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Talking about cradle of civilization… Wait a sec…is it Iraq or Egypt?
(something) = Freedom
Oskar Syahbana: You mean, Mesopotamia? It’s Iraq.
alay: thanks!
ternyata dimanapun sama aja ya.. politik itu “jahat”.
selalu menjatuhkan… benernya Husni Mubarak itu bad guy or good guy? ini menurut amel loh? coz i dont have a clue (ketertarikanku anime sih, bukan tokoh2 macam dia)… poor me.. hiks.. :p
bebek: Well, judge yourself. If Husni Mubarak is a good leader, he WON’T rule his country for 25 years!! No, not as a president. And plus, his government is corrupt! no doubt about that.
Talking about corruption ehm…I guess this is part of the nature of human being. Thomas Hobes reminds us with this dictum “homo homini lupus”. Only positive law can stop it! Everybody has to respect the law! What do you think Amellie? Have a marvelous day!
sebenernya sesuatu yg berlebihan emang ga bgs kan..dan menjadi pemimpin tuh jgn sampe seumur hidup..kl bisa ada batasannya..jd kecenderungan tuk KKN kecil..dan kadang2 ada pemimpin yg bgs, cm ya kroni2nya itu yg ngebuat jd ga bgs..hmm, indonesia jaman dulu bgt ga siii..btw mel, bisa ga sih di form comment ditambah “save my profile”??maksudnya biar aku ga perlu ngetik nama,url&email lagi gituuu..huehehe..maklum bumil yg satu ini kan pemales..hihihi
kita susah keluar negri selaen negara Asean,bukan karna kita pemegang passport kelompok negara duniavke3,abis..roomie gue yg korean,bisa keMalaysia tanpa apply visa,sedang yg India,harus proses visa dulu…
mangkanya,orang2 yg sgt kaya diIndo punya greencard,biar gampang kemana-mana…mungkin golongan pejabat gitu…
bener gak sih??
Rethar Sis: Yes, I know that it’s part of the nature of humang being. I believe it exists everywhere. Positive law won’t work if the president has a power over everything! It won’t affect that much. He/she can change the law whenever it’s possible. So I guess, it starts with how we educate our children… we need to build them a strong faith in them so that they won’t follow other people and change their mind so easily.
senaz: hehe iya, iya nanti aku pasang save profilenya… skrg belum sempet. thanks loh udah ngingetin
ctrlz: ya krn terlalu banyak org2 dari kita yg tinggal ilegal di negara lain.. makanya kita musti apply visa dulu hehe. Greencard??? Itu kan cuma permanent resident card. Bukan citizenship. JAdinya, paspor kita masih paspor indo. Tetep aja kita musti apply visa walopun punya greencard…
oh bgitu ya, kalo dipikiran gue dulunya,mungkin karna taraf hidup kita rendah dibanding negara2 maju kaya’ eropa/amerika/australia..dibandingin ama currency kita dan mereka…
jadi,nggak mungkin dengan gampang org2 kita dikasih izin untuk keluar negri,jadi harus diliat dulu seberapa kuat tabungan kita kalo kesana sponsor sendiri… daripada ntar kita jadi gembel disana…
(ini hipotesa gue aja sih..)..
lagian kalo dipikir2,jadi org indo mo hidup lebih maju diluarnegri nggak segampang bule,guru gue yg eropa,jadi expat disini,cuman beli visa kerja gitu katanya(karna tabungan euronya kuat kali..)..kita?
harus cari sponsor dulu..terikat dong hidup kita kalo bgini terus…
males bgt deh…udah deh..jadi curhat…kepanjangan…hihi
ctrlz: iya, taraf hidup juga menentukan. ribet ye, jadi org indo hehehe.
soal sponsor, tergantung sih… di aussie bisa apply visa gak pake sponsor… jadinya kita yang keluar duit hehehe…
Sensornya Kurang keren, jadi keliatan banget
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