Arabisc: An Ode to a Jailed Egyptian Security Guard · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

As usual Egypt again keeps us busy this week, where a security guard has been sentenced to six months in prison for refusing to guard the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.
Egyptian blogger Nora Younis, posts a poem by Majeed Al-Barghouthi dedicated to jailed Egyptian security guard Mohammed Khalaf Hassan Ibrahim. Ibrahim, as I have mentioned earlier, had refused to obey orders and guard the Israeli Embassy in his country.
In another post, Nora also writes an update on Ibrahim's condition, saying that he has been sentenced to six months imprisonment and is on hunger strike.
In conclusion, Nora urges all those interested in the case to sign a petition, calling for the guard's immediate release.
This seems to be a particularly busy period for Egypt's bloggers and courts, following the sentencing of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman to four years in prison last week.
These two court cases aren't the only ones which are keeping Egypt's bloggers up, for the Muslim Brotherhood, which also seems to want to a share the limelight with Kareem and the security guard, is entangled in another court case there.
According to Reuters report, a Cairo court on Wednesday upheld a freeze on the assets of 29 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition movement. The public prosecutor ordered the freeze on January 28 after accusing them of money laundering and other offences. The Islamist Brotherhood has dismissed the decision as a politically motivated attempt to disrupt the organisation's activities.
Blogger Abdulrahman Ayyash posts pictures of the crowds which gathered outside the court house here while his fellow blogger Abdulmonem Mahmood posts more pictures and a commentary on the trial.