تفاصيل الخبر بالانجليزية أدناه من وكالة الأنباء الألمانية. وملخصه أن ثاني أكبر منظمة أسلامية في اندونسيا، وعدد أعضائها 30 مليون، تقوم الآن بجمع التبرعات بهدف شراء أسلحة لحزب الله. المنظمة مصنفة ضمن المنظمات المعتدلة في اندونسيا وقد امتدحتها الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية من قبل. رئيس المنظمة يقول أنه رجح خيار التبرع بالسلاح عن خيار ارسال مجاهدين من اندونسيا للقتال […]
Amnesty International calls for arms embargo on both Israel and Hizbollah as US continues to supply Israel with smart bombs and ammunition. “Governments supplying Israel and Hizbullah with arms and military equipment are fuelling their capacity to commit war crimes. All governments should impose an arms embargo on both sides and refuse permission for their territories […]
Exactly as he fucked up before with his new release (back then) video (clip) on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and his support to Hamas in Palestine. Today, he asks the ‘mujahedeen’ of the ‘ummah’ to go support their ‘brothers’ in Lebanon and Palestine. Last time he spoke, the Hamas government and the Egyptian MBs came out and denied any […]
Finally Alaa is home. Kafarah is an Egyptian Arabic word commonly said to prisoners upon their release. We have been saying and hearing it for few hours now but still looking for its meaning. Manal is finally happy, both their phones are ringing nonestop bringing good wishes and warm support from here and abroad. Despite […]
This is what is means to live in a police state under emergency law! Ministry of Interior issued a statement 2 days ago warning that any gathering in Cairo will be illegal. However, activists did protest in various places in Cairo today to support Judges, Ayman Nour, and to stress their right to freedom of expression and […]
What are we waiting for, gathered here in the agora? The barbarians are supposed to show up today.
Pro-reform activists -mostly Muslim Brotherhood but also socialists, labor party and others- gathered today to show solidarity with judges Mekki and Bastawisy who face charges for reporting September 05 presidential elections’ violations. 188 men and women were arrested during the past few weeks and still today’s number of arrests not verified. Activist sources say 237 while government says 72. […]
You may use any of the photos if you make reference to this page. The post comes late because 2005 did not fade away easily, neither began 2006.. Sit back and take a tour through my lens: J a n u a r y – M a r c h 2 0 0 5 Venezuela […]
Below are testimonies on the Sudanese refugees massacre in Mustafa Mahmud square. Translation and collection was made by Dr. Aida Seif el Dawla and Al Nadeem center team.
I will be compiling here press clipings and back ground info on the Sudanese Refugees tragedy so please re-visit. Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times
د. عايدة سيف الدولة تفضلت مشكورة بترجمة شهادتي الى اللغة العربية. تجدونها هنا (أسفل) بعد الشهادة الانجليزية I had learnt about the Sudanese refugees sit-in in Mohandeseen through my house helper Rousse. She is southern Christian Sudanese whose husband has disappeared during the civil war time and whom she knows nothing about. Rousse told me […]
English version of the post available here, thanks to Sandmonkey! صباح الأحد في السفارة الأمريكية للحصول على تأشيرة اثر دعوة للمشاركة في مؤتمر لمنظمات المجتمع المدني.. اجراءات أمنية معقدة.. المصريون العاملون بالسفارة قمة في الأدب والابتسام.. في مكالمة هاتفية سابقة تم تحديد الموعد، وملأ الاستمارة عبر الهاتف، وتحديد الأوراق المطلوبة.. صورة خمسة في خمسة […]
She wrote to me [… at the same time I miss a hug, a kiss… a tender touch. I think it’s the music I’m listening to now and the Bailey’s with ice cream. I know you might think it’s weird I’m sharing this with you bas… I don’t know. To tell you the truth, first, […]
Amir Salem, prominent lawyer in Nour’s defense team, banged the desk probably taking advantage of finally finding a place to rest his palm as he rejected the court saying it is neither free nor fair “This is a marketplace, not a court room” he said. “I can’ t hear what is being said, I can’t […]
Two months earlier Nour stood in the very same cage standing forgery accusations of el Ghad party powers of attorney. On July 22nd, Nour turned his trial at South Cairo court house into a great victory announcing his challeng to Mubarak through running for presidency. A day later, in the second court session, one of […]
Tunisian journalist wages second hunger strike in five months New York, September 23, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the health of imprisoned Tunisian journalist Hamadi Jebali, who has been on a hunger strike for eight days to protest 14 years of unjust imprisonment. CPJ today called for his immediate release.
Initial Report on the Egyptian Presidential Election from the Women’s Forum for Change: Using poor and illiterate women to rescue President Mobarak’s campaign (September 7, 2005) The Women’s Forum for Change, a project of the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights, assembled, trained and deployed election monitors stationed at polling places to observe and receive news […]
Indifference is perceived as a common trait of Egyptians torn between making ends meed, putting hands on their salaries, paying up for education and staying out of trouble. The latter is of special importance living in a one-million-policeman state. For years and years, almost 50, unlimited authorities were grabed and practiced by police, governments, […]