· March, 2007

Stories about Egypt from March, 2007

Egypt: How Big a Threat is Militant Islam?

  15 March 2007

Egypt-based blogger Tom Gara is wondering how big a threat is militant Islam. “For me, it just isn't that big. Islamic terrorists, if they are lucky, will manage a couple of medium profile bombings of tourist sites each year, and maybe something larger (New York, London, Madrid) every few years....

Egypt: Palestinians Kidnap BBC Journalist

  14 March 2007

Egyptian Kangaroo links to an article which says that Palestinians have kidnapped a BBC journalist. “Now how does that help their case , I don't know , what do they gain by doing this , again I don't know,” says Kangaroo.

Egypt: Blogger Kareem's Plight Continues to Grab Headlines

  12 March 2007

Once again the plight of Egyptian jailed blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman grabs the headlines, along with support pledges from bloggers around the world. An Alexandria Appeal Court today upheld Kareem's four-year prison sentence for insulting both Islam and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on his personal blog. Egyptian blogger Ibn Al...

Egypt: First Anniversary of Clashes

  12 March 2007

“If there’s a dozen guys dressed up like little Darth Vaders chasing you, run like hell” is the advice blogger/photographer Matthew Carrington posts on The Arabist on the first anniversary of “the liveliest expression of popular dissatisfaction with the Mubarak regime in recent memory–the March 2003 demos.”

Egypt: Blogger Sentence Upheld

  12 March 2007

According to Free Kareem, the Alexandria Court of Appeal today upheld the four-year prison sentence against Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman. Dalia Ziada, a human rights activist and translator based in Cairo, reports that the Alexandria Appeal Court has upheld the four-year prison sentence against Kareem Amer. Furthermore, the judge...

Egypt: Kareem's Appeal Case Tomorrow

  11 March 2007

Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman‘s appeal is expected to be heard by an Alexandria court tomorrow. (March 12) The Egyptian blogger made history last month by being the first writer in his country to be sentenced to four years in prison for articles he wrote on his blog. The 22-year-old...

Egypt: Turkey Bans YouTube

  9 March 2007

Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey reports that Turkey has blocked YouTube for hosting videos that insulted Kemal Attaturk. “The model secular Islamic state everyone,” he remarks.

Egypt: More Blogs to be Blocked

  9 March 2007

The head of the very same Court imprisoned blogger Kareem Soliman will be appealing to next week is launching a lawsuit to get 21 blogs and websites blocked in Egypt, writes Issandr El Amrani in The Arabist.

Lebanon: Egypt's First Lady

  8 March 2007

Lebanese blogger Asad Abukhalil gives us his two cents on what he thinks of Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak here. ‘She has such a natural and unaffected personality. She answered all the questions directly, intelligently, and informatively. In fact, watching the interviews make you realize more how annoying and artificial...

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Bloggers

  8 March 2007

Blogger Abu Aardvark (aka Marc Lynch) writes an in-depth article on the Muslim Brotherhood bloggers here. “Over the last few months, young Muslim Brotherhood members have begun blogging in force. This sudden, dramatic development may come as a surprise to western observers, who generally assume that blogging empowers liberal, pro-western...

The Middle East and North Africa on Women's International Day

  8 March 2007

While half the world is today celebrating the International Women's Day, the other half seems to be blogging about it I suppose. Here's a run down of some of the reactions and acknowledgement the day received in the Middle East and North Africa. Our first stop is in Israel, where...

Philippines: Visiting the Great Pyramids of Giza

  8 March 2007

Our Awsome Planet shares images from the blogger's recent trip to Egypt. “This is my humble attempt to share the experience with you, and I feel that there are no words to describe accurately the experience. I immediately went over to www.new7wonders.com to vote for The Great Pyramids of Egypt...

Egypt: The Perils of Succession

  6 March 2007

Egyptian blogger Baheyya gives us an insight to the perils of succession in Egypt. “With Hosni Mubarak’s rapidly advancing senility and Gamal Mubarak’s incremental supremacy, the moment of power transfer is imminent and its direction appears clear. But there are so many wild cards and possible eleventh-hour developments at this...

Egypt: Pro-Israeli heads Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris

  6 March 2007

The new head of the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, one of the finest cultural centre dedicated to the Arab world in the world, is Dominique Baudis, a prominent figure of France’s pro-Israel movement, announces Issandr El Amrani in The Arabist.

Egypt: A Busy Complaints Department

  5 March 2007

“So I live in a place that is sunny almost every day and I can ride my horses out my gate into the Sahara Desert to visit pyramids and the food is wonderful because it's fresh all year round. So what can I possibly complain about?” writes Egypt-based blogger Maryanne...

Egypt: Thomas Friedman – A “Dangerous” Man

  5 March 2007

“Someone has to give Thomas Friedman an education before he makes the view that Arabs and Muslims are congenitally amoral subhuman hordes completely mainstream,” writes Issandr El Amrani in The Arabist, adding that the man is “becoming dangerous.”

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