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My name is Salah Helal.
For translators none so far
but for other professional fields such as the ballet.
It was said that the dancers had to buy new clothes
that cover the whole body.
That means there is a change.
I do not want to assess it
but it has effects on some domains.
Still, our international film festival took place a few days ago.
We fight for freedom of speech and freedom of art.
It is still going on, it is a long process.
It is difficult to tell.
It is too early to tell.
The situation is completely new for all of us,
be it Liberals or Islamists.
It is new for us
that we are able to achieve something and express our opinion.
Many people discovered that they have no opinion at all.
They have to develop an opinion, a conviction.
There is a gap,
and some ideologists try to fill it with religion or other ideas.
And religion
does not mean religion in the common sense
but their own understanding of religion.
Normally, Egyptians do not object to religion,
to any of the world religions.
We are not talking about Islam in general,
but about Wahhabism, a certain understanding of religion,
which has little to do
with the ordinary, moderate Islam of the Prophet that we still practise.
Actually, this is the problem because most people do not know
what Wahhabism means.
They think if someone refers to the Quran and the Hadith
he represents religion.