I am was lucky to grow up in a family where I was thought that care, love, respect are main pillars in life. I spend most of my life trying as much as I could to be nice and understanding with everybody around me - specially with the unfortunate ones. I tried to help everybody as much as I could without any kind of expectations. Allah is there to judge all of us was, is and always be my motto in life. I always loved people and feel for them and with them... I never judge them... Or hate them... And Allah is my witness. Three years ago my life changed... I changed in so many ways. People I cared about it make it change... At that time I was the Regional Director of Operations for Golds Gym Egypt. During the events, I and all my colleagues from the management office, were forced closed in an office and threaten for several hour into the late hours of night. Fitness trainers and HK staff were taking the revolution into our offices. The people I use to respect, care and fight for - or that was what I thought I was doing for them. They kidnaped us and asked the owners of the company to punish us because we were the reason for them not having big salaries or better life. In their ignorance they forgot that we were people too, employes too, parents too... People that stood by them anytime needed and as much as possible. They asked all of us to be fired and our salaries to be divided between them. It was the most horrifying and disappointing time of my life. Horrifying - because my 5 years old daughter was alone with the nanny in the middle of the night, with no other family but me and without knowing if I am going to see her again. Disappointing - because I saw how people can become monsters. The same people I cared for and respected. The people I could lose my job for, and the security of my child, every time I fought with the president of the company or the board members for their rights and well being :-( Thanks Allah, I could reach back home after many hours of terror and find my daughter well and safe. Nothing else mattered more. Shortly after that I resigned and stepped away from 20 years of corporate business, promising that I will never go back to it, no matter what. For the rest of my life I will be marked by what happened that night... My life went on and I never regretted my decision. I hope that people who threatened my life and the life of my daughter that night, got what they wanted from the company and from life. And as I always said Allah will judge all of us and give us back upon our deeds. Today I am sad for Egypt but happy for me and Nour because Allah give us a chance three years ago to start life over.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:00:20 +0000
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