Stories about Egypt from April, 2007
Egypt: Muslim Women Fashions
Writing in The Arabist, Ursula Lindsey discusses her views on an article on the way Muslim women dress up here.
Egypt: Great Job!
Egyptian blogger Ibn Al Dunya pays tribute to Global Voices Online for its coverage of Egyptian blogs.
Egypt: Making Blogging Friends
Egyptian blogger Back to Life, Free dedicates her post to fostering blogging friendships.
Arabeyes: When the Country Becomes YOUR Personal Farm
This is the official portrait of Al Haj Abu Gamal. Look at it carefully for he is no ordinary villager. Abu Gamal translates to Gamal's father while Al Haj is an honorary title bestowed on Muslims who have been on pilgrimage to Mecca. And those two reasons aren't the only...
Egypt: The NYT Discovers Muslim Fashion
The Arabist comments on an article by the New York Times in which the “trials” of being fashionable and a Muslim woman are illustrated:” Ever since I read this New York Times article a few days back about the identitarian fashion issues of Muslim American women I’ve been trying to...
Iraq: Moving Arabs out of Kirkuk?
Zeinobia from the Egyptian Chronicles is disturbed at news that Arabs will be moved out of the Kurdish city of Kirkuk in Iraq: “Day and night you blame Iran , but what about the Kurds !!?? with my all respect I don't like this ethnic plan as it will tear...
Egypt: Venetian Ties with the Middle East
The Arabist explains the ties between Venice and the Middle East: “Did you know the first Koran was printed in Venice in 1537? Or that Venetians learned the art of glass-blowing from the Arab world, Syria in particular?”
Lessons from the Free Kareem campaign
Even though the “Free Kareem” campaign has not yet achieved its primary goal of getting the 22-old blogger Kareem Nabel Sulaiman released from the prison where he is sentenced to spend the next four years for insulting Islam and the Egyptian president Hosni Moubarek, support for the case is growing...
Egypt: Hypocritical Historians
Egyptian blogger Zeinobia accuses historians from time immemorial of being hypocrites. “Really we are since the beginning of history big fat hypocrites who only mention their rulers success but not their defeats never , we even change in the history to make them appear victorious !!” she writes.
Egypt: Bloggers Detained .. Again .. and Released
In what has now become the norm, two prominent Egyptian bloggers, along with a human rights lawyer, were detained in custody today and later released. Another blogger has also been called by telephone to appear at a police station – which he refused to do unless he received official summons....
Egypt: In Defence of Kareem
Writing for The Arabist, Issandr El Amrani links to an article written by a Muslim Brotherhood author in defence of jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman, who is serving four years for insulting both Islam and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt: Cover Up Fires
A post on the outbreak of a fire in the Sayeddah area of Cairo, Egypt, by blogger Frederik Richter triggered this comment from reader Amil Khan: “One of the fires I went to was right next to the office. I was surprised to find the same senior policeman who oversaw...
