Stories about Egypt from July, 2005
The Big Pharaoh
The Big Pharaoh says that “it seems that our ‘intellectuals’ and ‘religious’ leaders are so busy laughing their heads off at America's PR while they're doing nothing to proclaim their religion that was hijacked by a group of mass murderers.”
Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf says he was expecting to read in detail about the historical events that happen in Sudan now but he did not find any posts about that.
The Big Pharaoh
After the murder of Egyptian embassador to Iraq, The Big Pharaoh compares the reaction of the state-owned press and the opposition press.
Egyptian Person: Egyptians React to Ambassador’s killing
رد الفعل في مصر على قتل السفير
Egyptian Person surveys Egyptian reaction to the murder of their embassador to Iraq. Most interesting that he's reporting the Mufti said that “killing the ambassador is considered by Allah a far greater crime than demolishing the Kaaba.”
Comments from the Arabic-language Blogosphere on London Blasts
Searching the Arabic-language blogosphere for commentary on the London bombings, I found several brief comments from some bloggers in Egypt and Syria. Mohammed from Egypt has decided to translate the words of Michael Henning, an eyewitness from Liverpool St. who talked to the BBC website. Also from Egypt, Lone Wolf,...
Muslim Blogosphere Reacts to London Blast
We hope that multi-lingual bridge-bloggers can help translate more of what bloggers are saying in Arabic, Farsi and other languages. (If you have done so please let us know in the comments section at the bottom of this post.) Meanwhile, here is what has come through our aggregator in English...
The Middle East and North Africa Thursday Blog Roundup
The blog Egyptian Person comments on a ruling that requires TV stations to put on hostesses who choose to wear the hijab; he asks what the decision will do to those women and girls who are bullied into wearing the headscarf. Iranian Truth looks at some of the potential candidates...
The Middle East and North Africa Daily Blog Roundup
The Silly Bahraini Girl is more than a little frustrated by Bahrainis who have trouble with the fact that many email addresses in the Kingdom end in ‘.com.bh’. The Big Pharaoh, in his trademark sarcastic style, finds where Egypt's Christian and Muslim communities have some common ground. Iranian Prospect posts...
Middle East and North Africa Daily Blog Roundup
The Big Pharaoh uncovers the link between Egyptian tomato exports and Secretary of State Rice's calls for reform in Egypt. At Iran Scan, Hoder notes that the election of Ahmedinejad has been a godsend for Iranian cartoonists. Ali of Free Iraqi explains what “independence” means for him. SubZero Blue brings...
Middle East & North Africa Roundup
The prolific Bahraini blogger Mahmood of Mahmood's Den has done an Arabic translation of Reporters Without Borders’ 6 Recommendations for freedom of expression on the Internet. (PDF version is here.) He encourages people in the Arab world to: “link to it, replicate it on your site or use it to...
