Ismailian Morsi lookalike ‘embarrassed’

When Mohamed Sadek takes to the streets in the Egyptian Canal city of Ismailia, people always gather around him to take photos. Why? Because of his great similarity with Egypt’s embattled President, Mohammed Morsi. But it is not something Sadek always appreciates. “It makes me feel embarrassed because of Morsi's curfew and state of emergency in the Canal cities ,” Sadek says. Sadek said he was “astonished” by news of the decision, since Morsi “ignored” other governorates gripped by violent clashes over the past week. “The Muslim Brotherhood adopts an approach of blind obedience,” Sadek said. “They shouldn’t be imposing these conditions on the Canal cities, because the people here have always challenged occupations and wars.” Sadek has participated in demonstrations in Ismailia to protest against recent decisions by the President. He has been involved in politics since the 1970s and began working for Ismailia’s local government in 1988. The presidential dead ringer revealed to Arabstoday he is in fact five years older than the President.