Stories about Egypt from August, 2007
Kuwait: Blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh Arrested
Kuwait yesterday joined the ranks of countries with jailed bloggers, following the arrest of Bashar Al-Sayegh. How did bloggers in Kuwait and around the region react? Here's a quick review.
Egypt: Life in Luxor
The Big Pharaoh, from Egypt, gives us a sneak preview of his life in Luxor.
Egypt: Update on Police Torture Death
Egyptian Zeinobia updates us on the case of a 12-year-old boy, allegedly tortured by police to death.
Egypt: To Blog or Not to Blog
The Big Pharaoh from Egypt is torn between whether to blog or to stop.
Egypt: Blood Money for Israel
Issandr El Amrani, from Egypt, describes US aid to Israel as ‘blood money’. He also asks: “Egyptians, you can ask yourself why your government has not told you that the Camp David agreement was amended.”
Egypt: Children's Stories
Egyptian blogger Baheyya goes down memory lane and enchants us with story books of a well spent childhood.
Egypt: Sandmonkey in Mourning
Egyptian Sandmonkey is back with a moving post, which mourns the death of his grandmother.
From Nasser to Mubarak and On, the State of Modern Egypt.
The face of Egypt has changed greatly after the revolution that brought independence from foreign occupiers. From the Egypt created by Nasser to the Egypt to be inherited by Gamal Mubarak, the Egyptian Blogosphere is recalling their personal expieriences, objections, predictions and experiences with blogger imprisonment.
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood to Release Party Platform
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is reportedly about to release the long-awaited platform for its political party, reports Marc Lynch.
Child killed in Egypt
Abdulrahman Mansour was horrified to report that Egyptian police brutally tortured and killed 12 year old Muhammad Mamdooh Abdulrahman who they “arrested” for petty theft.
Egypt: Travelling Heavy
Egyptians pack up their entire homes with them when they go on holiday, jokes Zeinobia.
Egypt: To Mangos, With Love
Egyptian blogger Shobrawy writes an ode to mangos in this post.
Egypt: Academics Should Report to Security
Egyptian blogger Eman discovers how academics in her country needs university security approval to take part in conferences and exchange programmes abroad.
Can Egypt Copy Turkey?
Egyptian blogger Zeinobia attempts to answer the following question: Can we repeat the Turkish scenario in Egypt, in this post.
Egypt: Ignorant US Presidential Candidates
E D Shobrawy from Egypt discusses the “overwhelming ignorance” of the US presidential candidates after Tom Tancredo called for the bombing of two Muslim holy sites – Mecca and Medina.
Documentary on Workers Rights in the Gulf
Jane in Doha points us to a documentary (in Arabic) produced by AlJazeera on the condition of workers in the Gulf States. She is happy that the regional media is paying attention to this problem since there are “17 million foreign workers in the Gulf. Most are from Asia and...
Egypt: Leonardo da Vinci an Arab?
Issandr El Amrani links to an article which claims that Leonardo da Vinci may have been Arab.
Egypt: Price of Bread to be Doubled
The Arabist links to an article which says that the price of bread will be doubled in Egypt.
Arabisto: Where Arab Americans Make a Difference
Arabisto is an Arab American blog where Arab Americans make a difference. This week I speak to founder Nadia Gergis who tells us about the site, why and how it started and the future it holds for them.
Egypt: Cairo University among the World's Top 500
Zeinobia from Egypt reports that Cairo University was the only Arab university among the world's top 500 institutes of higher education.
Tunisian Journalists Repressed
Issandr El Amrani , in Egypt, updates us on the latest repressions against journalists in Tunisia.
