· November, 2007

Stories about Egypt from November, 2007

Egypt: Yamli Search

Yamli Search is very intriguing new search engine that transliterates Arabic written in the Latin alphabet into Arabic proper, and then runs that query through Google, says The Arabist.

19 November 2007

Egypt: Why is Israel Scared?

“I can't find a reason why Israel is so scared that any Arab or Islamic country would own a nuclear program !! Seriously I do not find a good reason...

17 November 2007

Egypt: Police Order Teens’ Rape

Egypt-based The Arabist links to a story which accuses police officers of ordering the rape of two teenagers. “Does it ever stop? The number of cases of torture and worse...

17 November 2007

Egypt: Shawerma Nostalgia

Do certain tastes and smells linger in your mind long after products, tastes, feel and smells change? This translation from the Egyptian Arabic blogosphere asks just that.

15 November 2007

Egypt: Kareem tortured in prison

Jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Sulaiman is being allegedly abused in prison, according to a statement issued by the The Arabic Network for Human Rights information and Hisham Mubarak Centre for...

13 November 2007

Egypt: Nothing Moves People As Much As Religion

The late Naguib Mahfouz once said: "If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion." It continues to move the social and political mechanics of the people, the future of Egyptian politics and the consciousness of our nation's bloggers alike. These are the current issues of Egypt illustrated through their words.

9 November 2007

Pakistan: A Middle Eastern Perspective

What are bloggers in the Middle East saying about the latest developments in Pakistan? The reactions range from launching petitions to stop martial law to satire, from advice to lamenting over badly-timed opportunities.

8 November 2007

Egypt: Fear God Call

Egyptian blogger Zeinobia is urging the Shaikh of Al Azhar University to fear God in the fatwas (religious edicts) he issues.

8 November 2007

Africa: Whitening African History

Sokari shows an example of clear misrepresentation of African history: “I have been posting a series of pieces on untold African histories but as we see from these two photos,...

7 November 2007

Egypt: Final Chapter of a Torture Case

After months of waiting and speculation, justice is served at last in an Egyptian saga in which a driver was sodomised and tortured by police - who captured their criminal activities on tape to further humiliate their victim. Eman Abd Al Rahman brings us the latest buzz from the Egyptian blogosphere about the case.

6 November 2007

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