Stories about Egypt from August, 2009
Egypt: Heba Mohammed Najeeb – between a rock and a hard place
Between those who support her right to choose and those who urge her to conform to traditions and Saudi law, 27-year-old Egyptian Heba Najeeb is trapped between a rock and a hard place. Marwa Rakha brings us her story here.
Egyptian Blogger Harassed at Cairo Airport (Again!)
Hossam El Hamalawy reports: A month after they detained him at the Cairo International Airport and confiscated his laptop, Blogger Wael Abbas has been stopped again, on his way back...
Egypt: TE-Data Fair Usage Policy
Egyptian Internet service provider TE-Data started applying what it calls a "Fair Usage Policy," without prior warning. Bloggers and Twitter users react in this post by Tarek Amr.
Egypt: The Original Inhabitants of Egypt
Egyptian blogger Baheyya reviews Bilal Fadl’s latest book – The Original Inhabitants of Egypt: Stories about the Genius of the Place, the Idiocy of the Rulers, and the Indifference of...
Egypt/Syria: A Blast from the Past
The Arabist posts an old photograph featuring commuters in Old Damascus in the Hejaz Railway.
Egypt: Ashraf Al Saad
“Ashraf Al Saad, one of the old Madoffs in Egypt has launched an official website from London,” announces Zeinobia, at Egyptian Chronicles.
Egypt: 226 H1N1 cases detected
Egypt's H1N1 or Swine Flu cases have climed to 226 cases, writes Zeinobia, at Egyptian Chronicles.