Egyptian blogger Aliaa Elmahdy: Why I posed naked
When I first began following this story, I wrote, “To everyone his/her own. If posing nude gives Aliaa the freedom she wants, then good for her. However, I really don’t see her action as part of the democracy that we aspire towards in Egypt.” Today, after having read this interview,…
Post. Tweet. Call. Facebook. Do what you can to promote elections abroad
“@monaeltahawy #SCAF is looking for all means to ban #Right2Vote for #Egypt abroad, now because of weak registeration http://www.dostor.org/politics/egypt/11/november/12/61243″ This is a tweet posted as is. It clearly states that SCAF had tried to ban voting overseas, but since the numbers are not worth their while, then most probably it…
A new Egyptian persona
Egyptians have changed, and the new persona is making me quite apprehensive. During a football match, the Ahly Ultras, fans of the Ahli football team, holds a huge, repulsive banner where the Minister of Media is called by the worst Egyptian insult—an insult that usually gets Egyptians fuming. Result: Osama…
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…
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…
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