Ban? Ban? Ban?

Hosni Mubarak has requested we "discuss" (don't laugh yet) Constitutional Amendments. These "changes" aim at enforcing his ruthless Regime and giving him even more power over a "police state". The "motive" is to maintain pressure over "a powerful Islamist Threat". Again. Here...

Egypt: 166 hours a day

166 hours of what? Moreover this figure could sound low and insignificant, but under our Egyptian sky, under President Mubarak's dark clouded regime, I believe it deserves to be shared. This figure is the time Egyptians in Egypt and abroad are spending, daily, at watching...

Egypt: "Darwish" is in a bad mood

"Darwish" is the character behind the Google Adwords Campaign addressing President Mubarak. You can read this on Now Public for more background. Today's messages have become direct and blunt:Ad in English/Arabic: Mr Mubarak: كـفاية You...

Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult'

"An Egyptian court has sentenced an internet blogger to four years' prison for insulting Islam and the president. Abdel Kareem Soliman's trial was the first time that a blogger had been prosecuted in Egypt. He had used his weblog to criticise the country's top Islamic...