"Dictatorships For Dummies", now available

Now here is an article that might not require the usual contextualization and background: "where, when, what and why". All I should say is that it's linking to a set of satirical designs applying the "For Dummies"...

In the Name of Allah - Part 2

Since 9/11 we've been having a hard time parting Islam from "Islamist acts of terror". In "In the name of Allah? No. Please rephrase" we addressed this issue and suggested the beginning of a might-be solution. We...

In The Name of Allah ? No. Please rephrase.

Updated July 11th. After the siege by pro-Taleban militants of Islamabad's Red Mosque ended today in death and failure, Ayman Al Zawahri, Al Qaeda's ideologist and spokesman called upon all Muslims to engage in a...

SHAME AT THE UN : EGYPT EXPOSED

Read below the extensive and alarming transcripts of governmental threats targeting an Egyptian Blogger and citizen journalist. Wael Abbas has recorded the threats he has received by telephone and has published them...

Niqab: Award Winning Media Strategy 2007 ?

This is so contemporary... Ever heard of street marketing? It's based on viral communication: do anything stunning people can remember and put your name on it. Nike does it. So does Islam. Islam? No, fanactics. I...

Shakespeare Says: Niqab or not Niqab?

The niqab is a veil that covers the face and entire body. Certain women wear it by choice, many wear it by force. Today, the UK, a secular nation, is rather puzzled and seems to be preparing its response to a variety...

Egypt: Breaking the Love/Sex Taboos

Egypt: Cell Phone Movies in Freedom's ServiceArticle written by Marius Chitosca, from Smart MobsEncouraged by the unexpected success he had on YouTube with his first 23 movies, a young Egyptian, under the screen name...

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,...

Youtubing Now Public by Googling a Blog

I don't understand the title either. News: Now Public and prominent NP contributors have been featured in a CJ video about my best enemy: Mubarak. Egypt is in the middle of the worst political crisis in 26 years. Gamal, son and wannabe president, plans a trip to Paris with...

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...

Internet Freedom, Egypt, & Related: anonymous@...

How could one discuss the related issues of something that does not exist? I decided to accept this post-post-modern challenging idea, sent to me by a friend. As usual, please comment, exchange and share your experiences. Reach out to me as you did before at:...

The Convenient Islamist Threat

What would George W. Bush and Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) do without a good old "Islamist threat" to lean on? Here's a stupid question: is the "Arab World" Islamist? Is it Islamic? Are there atheists? Are there liberal...

Egypt: Police crack down on Kefaya demo; 35 detained

"Police crack down on Kefaya demo; at least 35 detained"

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...
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