CAIRO: Prominent Egyptian writer Anis Mansour, who passed away on Friday, gave a recent speech regarding the January 25 Revolution. “Each one of the revolutions has difficult labor preceded and followed by blood; the Revolution is a wild, blood-thirsty animal, and the tree of freedom grows and is revived by blood,” he said. “I am afraid for them and for the strife, which means that I am afraid for their souls; I am also afraid of the vanity that could corrupt them or others,” he said. The Egyptian revolution will change the course of the Middle East, he said, quoting late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat: “the Middle East after Khomeini will not be like the period before Khomeini's era.” Mansour was born in Alsenblawin in Dakahlia in 1923. His friends referred to him as “Normalizer” because of his views on the peace process with Israel. He claimed that the real crisis is in the Egyptian conception of Jews. Mansour worked for several newspapers and magazines, like Rose al-Yousef and Al-Ahram. He was also the editor-in-chief of Akher Sa'a and October. Mansour asked to be buried in his family cemetery to reflect the love for his parents. He was also a significant critic of women, particularly in his book “They Say.” He also wrote others books, including “The Adults Laugh, Too,” “Those Who Landed from the Sky” and “Our Days in Aqaad's Salon.”
