04/04/2023
Facts of leadership!!!
When the impartial account of Hassan Cussons Novia and Boda boda industry in kenya is written, it would replicate Egyptian MOHAMED KARIM's valor.
When Mohamed Karim, the Egyptian who resisted Napoleon Bornapate's invasion of Alexandria, was arrested and sentenced to death, the invader appealed to him and said: "I have trouble executing a man who has valiantly defended his country. I do not wish history to retain the image of a person who stifles the impetus of the patriots that defend the integrity of their homeland, so, I promise you freedom if you pay 10,000 gold coins as financial compensation to my soldiers that the resistance killed."
Smiling, Mohamed Karim replied: "I do not have the full amount requested on me, but I am indebted more than 100,000 pieces of gold by the merchants of Alexandria. They will surely pay this fine, so that I have my life saved."
Chained, Mohamed Karim was driven across Alexandria in search of the sum on which his freedom depended. But, to his surprise, no merchant was on his side. Worse, the natives accused him of being a troublemaker, destroyer of property, and undermining the economic vitality of Alexandria.
Seeing the resignation of Karim's family, Napoleon declared: "I will concede that the sentence of capital punishment be executed, not because you killed my soldiers, but for having fought for cowardly people, who care more about their businesses than about their integrity!"
Mohamed Rachid Rida, Syrian-Arab reformator said: "To revolt on behalf of an ignorant people, is like to set yourself on fire in order to light the way for a blind man!"
