Elections Monitoring Training at AUC
School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Executive Education and Egyptian Organization for Human Rights are organizing a two-day training in: ‘Elections Monitoring’ Dr. Amr Shalakany – Associate Professor of Law School of…
Brotherhood, Salafis and Sufis wage electronic war ahead of elections
By Osama el-Mahdy and Hany ElWaziry, via Almasry Alyoum Facebook has turned into an electronic battlefield for the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis and Sufis campaigning for seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections, as they increasingly criticize each other and promote their own candidates on the popular social network. Sufis have quoted…
Activists & CSOs’ Initiative to Drop Egypt’s Debt
I got this email yesterday about a conference that is taking place on the 31st October in London, Berlin, Paris and Cairo that is calling on governments to drop the debts that has…
Egyptians Abroad Right to Vote Demonstration – Sunday 30th October #Right2Vote
I received this email today, and I thought I should pass it along. We don’t have an embassy in Vancouver, BC, or else I would have definitely shown up at its door. Demonstration by Egyptians Abroad – RIGHT TO VOTE – Sunday October 30th 12pm Dear All, There will be…
Did the Egyptian Revolution spark the Occupy Movement?
On February 11, at the peak of the Egyptian Revolution, a memorable photo of Tahrir Square filled to the brim with millions and millions of Egyptian activists circled the world—a photo that will remain glued to memory forever. Egyptians watched, but the world watched too struck by the Egyptian stamina…
You mean to tell me that my voice, effort, and rights don’t matter?
One of the most outspoken, logical, and creative Egyptian tweeters is Mahmoud Salem, aka Sandmonkey. In January of this year, I began to follow Sandmonkey, and I found his blog informative and current. He introduced me to many other sources, which I still follow until today. Today, Sandmonkey sounded the…
Online Protest Against Egypt’s Military Trials for Civilians #NoMilTrials
Join today’s online protest against Egypt’s military trials for civilians. The idea is simple, visit the following Facebook pages and make your voice heard by commenting your dissatisfaction: 10:00 – 10:15pm : Supreme…

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