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Friday, 3 Nov 2006
The following is a beer ad in the very mainstream egyptian magazine "Akher Sa3ah" that ran in 1957 (Thanks Haitham). The 2 line captions between pictures reads as a poem:
The Silence of loved ones when they meet,
injures intimacy, thus kills love.
Let's call on the magic Fairy,
Stella, she with the shinning star.
Stella is what we need,
a messenger between our hearts.
Then the Disclaimer says:
"Stella beer is made of Egyptian Barley, which is nutritious for the body, and other well chosen ingredients. Fresh Stella Beer is the healthy, cooling and refreshing drink."
Oh, how far we've come since then.
Sigh…
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:49 am
nutritious for the body… well… some doctors in Egypt seem to think so.
A few weeks ago, the father of a friend of mine was in the hospital for surgery (he was having serious liver problems). After the surgery, the doctor was telling him that it would be good for him to drink beer. Beer… good for someone with serious liver problems, that had just undergone serious surgery???
anyway..
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:49 am
I am just trying to think of the modern equivalent in Egypt - presumably for Mecca Cola, not Stella.
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:31 am
And Stella Artois is a helluva good beer.
Cheers
November 3rd, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Damn! It really has gone downhill for your guys the last 50 years :S
November 3rd, 2006 at 1:07 pm
I doubt that they still do this but in Scotland back when my mom was having babies there (50 years ago), they used to give a beer to women who had just delivered babies to help them recover quicker.
November 3rd, 2006 at 1:53 pm
How many people in Egypt 50 years ago were literate?
But of course, anyone could see the photos….
Yes, you’ve gone backwards.
November 3rd, 2006 at 3:52 pm
Of course…all joking aside…it is about a loss of freedom.
Access to alcohol etc. has its own tradegy and maybe Mohamed was on to something but, of course, who wants Big Brother deciding on issues of booze, love, dress, etc.
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:34 pm
Beer: it’s what’s for dinner!
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:41 pm
If a nursing mother drinks a beer with supper, it helps the baby, too.
November 3rd, 2006 at 5:50 pm
And arak makes you smarter and more eloquent.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Two schools of thought in Islam: 1) only the product of the two trees is forbidden (fermented date juice and fermented grape juice; that is, wine and brandy) and 2) all alcohol is forbidden. Inebriation is forbidden under both.
Beer is okay under 1 but not 2.
In Germany the saying is “Dunkls bier ist fuer wurden der Mutter.” (Dark beer is for pregnant women.) But my German relatives don’t consider wine and beer to be alcoholic.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Beer for breakfast: the most important meal of the day
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:16 pm
To Chip: It’s the breakfast of champions!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Thats the last example that should be used to show how far Egypt has declined….Beer means nothing! So what were Retards cuz we don’t allow Beer ads….
We are Retards because of many other things my friends….the last thing i want to see is a DRUNK EGYPTIAN .. Egyptians are acting like idiots these days without being drunk, Imagine while drunk!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:49 pm
hey mr ASS MONKEY, do you ever, ever have anything Good To say! One positive thing!
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:33 pm
Praise Allah for progress!
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:38 pm
#5 Lynn
The quacks are still recommending Guinness mate. In moderation, of course. It’s good for putting iron back into the body.
http://www.johnnyfoxes.co.uk/guinfaq.htm
November 4th, 2006 at 12:24 am
All this talk is making me thirsty for the Newcastle awaiting in the frig.
November 4th, 2006 at 2:09 am
I have plenty of those. If you want I can scan and send them over
November 4th, 2006 at 4:04 am
Beer is liquid bread, seriously! The same nutritional value plus more fun.
November 4th, 2006 at 9:02 pm
Haroun, Where can I get one of those scanners? : )
November 5th, 2006 at 8:03 am
Sob7an allah.
I was just about to post something about this ad and another one, even though I’ve had them for sometime now.
You made the point I was trying to make though.