{"id":43266,"date":"2026-02-28T04:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=43266"},"modified":"2026-02-28T04:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:45:06","slug":"when-the-nile-cried-allahu-akbar-and-fasting-wore-its-armor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=43266","title":{"rendered":"When the Nile Cried \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d\u2026 and Fasting Wore Its Armor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Poetry: Ashraf AboArafe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was not merely a day\u2014<br \/>\nit was **a walking revelation**,<br \/>\nbathing in the waters of the Suez Canal,<br \/>\nlifting its brow to the sky<br \/>\nand proclaiming:<br \/>\n**Allahu Akbar**\u2014<br \/>\nand the sand trembled,<br \/>\nand the water split before an unbreakable will.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the Tenth of Ramadan,<br \/>\nfasting was a sword of light,<br \/>\nhunger was discipline,<br \/>\nand hearts abstained from despair<br \/>\nas lips abstained from water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">O Egypt,<br \/>\npalm tree rooted in history,<br \/>\nleaning from balconies of victory\u2014<br \/>\nthat day<br \/>\nyou did not only cross a canal,<br \/>\nyou crossed fear,<br \/>\nshattered the mirror of defeat,<br \/>\nand rewrote your name<br \/>\nwith ink drawn from sacred blood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cannons chanted like verses,<br \/>\nsoldiers stood in prayer<br \/>\nwithin the \u0645\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0628 of \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u2014<br \/>\nand the cry of takbir rose like waves<br \/>\nagainst a legend of sand<br \/>\nuntil it fell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">O Tenth of Ramadan\u2014<br \/>\nappointment between earth and heaven,<br \/>\nfasting that became armor,<br \/>\nan hour that became destiny\u2014<br \/>\nteach us<br \/>\nthat victory is never chance,<br \/>\nbut **faith that calculates,<br \/>\ncourage that waits wisely,<br \/>\nand a heart that keeps its promise.**<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peace upon those who crossed.<br \/>\nPeace upon those who returned<br \/>\nonly as anthem and light\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For as long as the Nile has a pulse,<br \/>\nEgypt shall always have a dawn<br \/>\nthat cannot be defeated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poetry: Ashraf AboArafe &nbsp; It was not merely a day\u2014 it was **a walking revelation**, bathing in the waters of the Suez Canal, lifting its brow to the sky and proclaiming: **Allahu Akbar**\u2014 and the sand trembled, and the water split before an unbreakable will. On the Tenth of Ramadan, fasting was a sword of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,388],"tags":[22924,22925,22923,22926,3193,2726,3598],"class_list":["post-43266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chief-editor","category-slide","tag-allahu-akbar","tag-and-fasting","tag-cried","tag-its-armor","tag-the-nile","tag-when","tag-wore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43266"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43269,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43266\/revisions\/43269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}