{"id":59482,"date":"2018-07-11T11:56:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T09:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=59482"},"modified":"2018-08-09T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:28:12","slug":"%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a9-252-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%89-%d8%b2%d9%83%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a9-252-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%89-%d8%b2%d9%83%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%b9\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Egypt 252 \u2013 The Modest Hero \u2013 July, 11, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0I received this message, as a commentary on the last week\u2019s article \u201cBaki\u2026 A History\u2026 Walking Among Us\u201d: \u201cMay God rest the soul of the distinguished character of the Egyptian Armed Force; the hero Major General \u201cBaki Zaki\u201d!<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0He was one of the effective contributors in obtaining October\u2019s victory. Your article, Bishop, published in Al Masry Al Yawm, as well as other articles, didn\u2019t give that man who had fervently loved Egypt and her army his due credit, this modest hero used to prepare the Iftar for the fasting workers who worked under his supervision, during the period in which he shared in building up the High Dam, giving a magnificent example of a tender work senior towards his employees, this had made them burst into tears upon his mandate ending and returning to the Armed Forces.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Truly speaking, I agree with the message sender that words turn fade and flimsy when we try to describe great figures like Major General Engineer \u201cBaki Zaki Youssef\u201d, or to depict his greatness accompanied by mere modesty and deep love towards everyone.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The character of Major General \u201cBaki Zaki Youssef\u201d was featured by his love towards everyone, he was sincere and honest regarding his promises with all. Here, I would like to recall a stance occurred during October War, which would reflect his deep humanity and sincerity, he had spoken about this story in a conversation. Maj. Gen. \u201cBaki\u201d had a close dear friend and colleague; Colonel \u201cElhami Al Sheikh\u201d, the Commander of Force 19 in the Third Field Army, throughout their co existence in the Third Army, a deep friendship had been developed between them, and a close connection with an essence of country love, the dream of victory and restoration of the Egyptian “Sinai”. Before war began, the two friends had vowed that he who would remain alive and would pass through the canal shall remember the other one upon setting his foot on the land. \u201cAs soon as I crossed to the eastern bank and put my right foot on the ground, at 7:00 AM on the second day of the war, I asked Lieutenant Samir Yassin, one of his assistants, to pray Al Fatihah because he had died before witnessing that glorious moment. While I had prayed: \u2018Our Father thou art in Heavens\u2026etc\u2019 which is found in the Bible, as we were one body and one soul in our Egypt\u201d. While being the head of the army vehicle branch, he had known the Rescue Drivers on passageways, each by his name.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Major General Baki was a great human who felt the sufferings, worries and burdens of others, he described the Egyptian people as a rare currency with an authentic origin that glorifies at the time of distress. Here I recall a story recounted by General Baki about an elderly lady of about 90 years who was approaching the battlefront carrying a basket of hot bread. Major General Baki asked her: \u201cWhy do you toil yourself?!\u201d She answered that she had a son serving in the army and that what she would offer to his colleagues made her feel she offered it to her son! \u201cThis is the spirit of Egyptians who always appear in distresses\u201d he commented.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0He used to be concerned about everyone’s personal interest, that he was loved by whoever knew him in work and public life; after his death, his wife declared that despite her grief for losing such a great husband and man, yet feelings of happiness pervades her after the great love shown towards him, not only from family members or friends, but also from the authentic Egyptian people! This is very clear in the words of Egyptians when they spoke about him; they said: \u201cHe was a greatly modest man, he loved people and was beloved by them\u201d He was also described as: \u201cOne of the great figures of the Armed Forces which we cherish\u201d, \u201cHe is a hero; he prevented our children\u2019s blood shed from being wasted\u201d. One of his family members said: \u201cHe is the loving big heart\u201d And …Stories about beautiful Egypt and her heroes never end!<\/span><\/h2>\n

The General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n

Head of Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I received this message, as a commentary on the last week\u2019s article \u201cBaki\u2026 A History\u2026 Walking Among Us\u201d: \u201cMay God rest the soul of the distinguished character of the Egyptian Armed Force; the hero Major General \u201cBaki Zaki\u201d! \u00a0 \u00a0He was one of the effective contributors in obtaining October\u2019s victory. Your article, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":19638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60273,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59482\/revisions\/60273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}