Keyword: Egypt

This "Keyword Poem" is based on an article called Egypt Rejects U.S. Amendments Criticism, published by The New York Times, and provided by The Associated Press. I could not find the names of the authors. I wish to thank them in advance for letting me doing this experiment,...

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...

Citizen Journalism, Local Context, Fear

Some of us reacted to France's Law in Project, endangering CJ. In other NP articles, we tried to nuance this idea, suggesting we could be wrong. Today, we wish to detail our thoughts and highlight the importance of "local context". We will attempt describing a singular sign...

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...

Police Brutality in Egypt : English Transcript

This is related to "Egypt: Rape, Lies and Videotapes" post. It was made for non arabic speaking viewers. It's the English transcripion/translation of another torture video provided by blogger Wael Abbas. It features several Egyptian policemen having fun in one of President...