Maged’s story sheds light on what happens to protesters in Tahrir, and therefore I decided to share it here. I briefly got introduced to Maged (aka. @Magbutter) through Mona El Tahawy (aka. @monaeltahawy) at around 11.30pm on November 23rd, 2011 in Tahrir. A couple of hours later both of them were arrested, brutally beaten, assaulted and [...]
Read moreEgyptian Parliamentary Elections: A Logistical Nightmare
November 27, 2011
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I was watching the administrative head of the Egyptian parliamentary elections (2011) on television, when it all of a sudden hit me that by sheer numbers the elections are a logistical nightmare. He mentioned that in phase 1 alone, covering 9 governates, there are 18.5 million eligible voters, voting in roughly 3500 stations, and 10 [...]
Read moreDo you want to be a mermaid or a whale?
October 5, 2011
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I received this message via email and thought it was worth posting. So here you go: A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was “This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?” The story goes, a [...]
Read moreRebranding our demands
July 23, 2011
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I will be very honest with you, Tahrir is losing momentum. It is not because we are weak or our cause is not just, it is merely because our message is not being channeled properly. We are losing public sympathy whether we would like to admit it or not. Rallying for numbers to flock to [...]
Read moreCY Twombly
July 20, 2011
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Twombly is one of favourite artists. His lines are so chaotic, yet make perfect sense. He manages to create images out of disorder, or more so he deliberately creates chaos. I am not sure why I am so drawn to his work, but they speak to me at some level. I am always [...]
Read more3 centimeters
June 20, 2011
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Every time I hear people justifing the increasing sexual harassment phenomenon in Egypt by the way girls and women dress, my blood pressure shoots up the roof, although I suffer from low blood pressure. Veiled friends of mine are just as much harassed as non veiled ones. But, I will not use other people to [...]
Read moreFrom thereon my car window remained closed
June 20, 2011
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It was a lovely mid June afternoon, the sun was setting, a beautiful breeze in the air. I was in my car with a female friend of mine, stuck in traffic in Roxy area. We were chatting and laughing, careless about time and traffic. Adding to our amazing car ride was the good music playing [...]
Read moreMoon over Cairo
March 20, 2011
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On Saturday 19.Mar.2011, the moon was closest to earth since Mar.1993; scientists estimate it appeared 14% bigger and 30% brighter at its peak. Here are some shots of the moon around midnight in Cairo, Egypt:
Read moreمعلومات للإبلاغ عن أي إنتهاك لعملية الاستفتاء
March 19, 2011
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لابد من الإبلاغ عن حدوث أي إنتهاك لعملية الاستفتاء أو أي سوء تصرف مرتبط بعملية الاقتراع، سواء كان من احد المواطنين المدلين بأصواتهم أو غيرهم أو أحد رجال الشرطة أو الجيش او رئيس اللجنة الفرعية، أو رئيس وأعضاء اللجنة العامة، أو ممثل اللجنة القضائية العليا بالمحافظة، أو اللجنة القضائية العليا الصفحة الرسمية لاستفتاء مصر [...]
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