in their Facebook Status Lines!
Amira Mekkawy said in her status: "Cairo Fire on Installments"! This witty comment refers to 1952 huge fire in Cairo which devoured many theaters, cinemas and buildings, and compares it to events of 2008, 56 years later, where the fire is also devouring important and ancient buildings of Cairo, but now one at a time.Manal Fahmy asked, also in her status line: "our heritage on fire ... is it a coincidence?" and got a comment from one of her friends saying that "Our Heritage is the target!"Sameh Abu El Dahab an activist and a blogger was one of the first to alert the Facebook community to news of the fire in a factual, neutral manner.Bahaa Mohamed, suggested that the fires are a part of a zionist conspiracy and a cultural war against Egypt!Ahmed Milad, an activist and a blogger asks: Why none of these fires come even close to Presidential Palaces?Eman Hashem sees that this is "Business is usual, in fact, less than the usual" !Walid Fouad makes an observation, that the Fire took place on the "Eve of the Decree" or "Lilat El Qadr", which, with a little twist, could be translated as "Eve of Fate", and wonders if there is a hidden meaning for this connection!Samir Saad describes the fire as "Episode number 10,000 of Egyptian Disaster Series, and is sadened as Egypt's cultural heritage burns".Hany El Khayat wonders "Who is burning Cairo? "Moataz Emam provided a link to a BBC video clip of the fire and asks for Gods Support, Grace and Mercy.