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    Egypt: News & Videos about Egypt - CNN.com

  • Egyptians abroad start voting in presidential election

    11 May 2012 | 9:11 am
    Egyptians living abroad began voting at diplomatic missions worldwide Friday in what is considered the nation's first free and fair presidential election in modern history.

  • 2 presidential candidates face off in Egypt's first such televised debate

    11 May 2012 | 2:45 am
    The two leading candidates to become Egypt's next president after Hosni Mubarak squared off for hours Thursday and into Friday in the nation's first such televised debate, just two weeks ahead of the country's election.

  • This week on Marketplace Middle East

    10 May 2012 | 2:56 pm
    IN FOCUS -- Egypt's economic woes and the ripple effect With less than three weeks before presidential elections, Egypt remains entrenched in chaos. A spate of recent violence has left the country politically unstable and the continuing power struggle is making a bad economy worse. MME takes a look at the growing economic woes facing Egypt.

  • As repression in Egypt grows, U.S. must back fair vote

    7 May 2012 | 11:14 am
    That the road from revolution to a new Egypt is arduous and twisting comes as no surprise. But few expected that today, one month from presidential elections, Egypt would be moving toward more repression and less accountability than under the deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak.

  • Saudi ambassador returns to Egypt

    6 May 2012 | 12:29 am
    Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Egypt returned to Cairo on Saturday after tensions briefly spurred the kingdom to pull its envoys and shutter its missions, Saudi state media reported.
 
 
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  • Egypt: The Questions Missing from the Presidential Debates

    Mohamed Adel
    15 May 2012 | 10:43 pm
    Following Egypt's first ever presidential debate, and with interviews being held every day with presidential candidates, political analyst Mohamed Seif Eldawla has written on his blog Zakerat Aloma about the questions missing from the presidential debates [ar]. Written by محمد عادل · Translated by Mohamed Adel · View original post [ar] · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

  • Egypt: How do the Presidential Candidates' Posters Compare?

    Tarek Amr
    14 May 2012 | 2:03 am
    This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Elections 2011/12. About ten days remain before the presidential elections in Egypt. A few days ago we witnessed the first presidential debate in the country's history, but the candidates' posters also play a big role in the final decision of the voters. In an earlier post we saw how Abou Ismail - he's out of the race now - tried to influence people by the sheer number of his posters, but shouldn't the posters' design, colours and slogans play a role too? Bloggers Mariam Saleh (@Mariam_Slh) and Mohamed Hussein have tried…

  • Egypt: Historical Arabic Manuscripts Put Online

    Mohamed Adel
    13 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Wellcome Library and King’s College London Digital Humanities Department have recently launched the Wellcome Arabic Manuscript Cataloguing Partnership (WAMCP). The manuscripts collection comprises around 1000 manuscript books and fragments relating to the history of medicine. All content is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0). Written by محمد عادل · Translated by Mohamed Adel · View original post [ar] · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon ·…

  • Egypt: Disappointment at First Presidential Debate

    Noon Arabia
    12 May 2012 | 12:38 am
    This post is part of our special coverage Egypt Elections 2011/12. On May 10, 2012, people around the region and beyond were pinned to their screens following Egypt's first ever presidential debate, which was between the top two presidential candidates, Amr Moussa and Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh. However, this was not the first presidential debate in the Arab world, as in Mauritania in 2007 a televised presidential debate took place between Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah. The debate was three hours long, moderated by TV anchors Yosri Fouda and Mona El Shazly and aired on…

  • May Day Videos: Marches, Demonstrations and Protests Around The World

    Juliana Rincón Parra
    8 May 2012 | 12:08 am
    Through cities around the globe, people took to the streets to march and commemorate the International Workers' Day.  Videos by The Real News take us on a tour of how the day was observed throughout the world. May Day March in Venezuela While some places saw peaceful marches, others had violent encounters between armed forces and the protesters.  On the first part of the video, an overview of workers in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.  For example, Malaysian activists protested against the growing inequality. In the Philippines were for job security and higher wages.
 
 
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    AllAfrica News: Egypt

  • CAF Set for Interclubs Draw Today At 12 GMT

    16 May 2012 | 12:36 am
    [CAF] The draw for the group stage and the second 1/8th round the Orange CAF Champions League and the Orange CAF Confederation Cup respectively will take place at CAF HQ in Cairo on Tuesday.

  • CAF Interclubs Final Draw Result

    16 May 2012 | 12:36 am
    [CAF] The draw for the Orange CAF Champions League group stage and the second 1/8th round of the Orange CAF Confederation Cup took take place at CAF HQ in Cairo on Tuesday.

  • South Sudan, Burkina Faso FA Presidents Call On CAF President Issa Hayatou

    16 May 2012 | 12:32 am
    [CAF] Mr Chabur Gor Alei, President of the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) on Monday (May 14) paid a courtesy call on CAF President Issa Hayatou in Cairo, Egypt.

  • Authorities Raid Cairo Bureau of Iranian TV Station

    15 May 2012 | 2:17 pm
    [RSF] Reporters Without Borders condemns the raid carried out by the Egyptian police two days ago on the Iranian Arabic-language satellite TV station Al-Alam.

  • ANHRI Opens Public Library in a Deprived Neighbourhood

    15 May 2012 | 12:22 pm
    [HRInfo] ANHRI and Dar Assalam youth celebrated the opening of the first public library in this ancient deprived neighborhood in the presence of Egyptian literature and press figures led by Bilal Fadl, journalist and scriptwriter, Ibrahim Abdel-Maguid, writer, Ziad al-Alimi, MP, Sayed Abdel-Rady, member of the Shura Council, and a number of Dar Assalam figures. The celebration was overshadowed by optimism and happiness that Dar Assalaam was not forgotten by the Revolution of Dignity.
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  • Egypt's Meditrade buys sunoil, soyoil-trade

    16 May 2012 | 4:12 am
    May 16 (Reuters) - Egyptian commodity purchasing enterprise Meditrade has bought 34,000 tonnes of sunflower oil and 6,000 tonnes of soyoil, a trader said on Wednesday.

  • CORRECTED-Mubarak's last premier polarises Egypt's voters

    16 May 2012 | 3:21 am
    (Corrects paragraph 7 to say some members of two parties, not the parties themselves, say they support Shafiq. Removes reference to Egypt Freedom Party which does not officially endorse Shafiq but leaves it up to members to decide.)

  • Egyptian Resorts swings to Q1 loss - bourse

    16 May 2012 | 3:12 am
    CAIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Egyptian Resorts fell to a net loss in the first quarter of 2012 from a profit a year earlier, according to figures published by the stock exchange on Wednesday.

  • DIARY - Middle East to Aug 14

    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    All times are provisional and in GMT. Other major diaries; For all Top Economic events, Click on For all Top Economic Indicators, Click on For Emerging Market economic events, Click on For Reuters World Diary, Click on To see an index of all diaries, Click on ** Items marked ** denote new or amended listings. --------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, MAY 17 GUADALAJARA, Mexico - G20 labour ministerial

  • MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch - May 16

    15 May 2012 | 10:57 pm
    DUBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Here are factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL * GLOBAL MKTS-Shares ease as Greek uncertainty saps risk appetite * Oil falls $1 on rise in U.S. stocks, econ woes * Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 pct, aims for $15 bln * Caretaker govt to take Greece to risky repeat vote * FBI starts JPMorgan probe, s
 
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  • Egypt Group Documents 841 Deaths in 2011 Uprising - ABC News

    16 May 2012 | 5:44 am
    The Times of IsraelEgypt Group Documents 841 Deaths in 2011 UprisingABC NewsAn Egyptian rights group has released the most comprehensive list to date of the more than 800 civilians killed by security forces in the 18-day uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak last year, saying that 30 are still unidentifiable because they were Egypt: Deaths in Uprising ListedNew York TimesReport: 841 deaths in Egypt's 2011 uprisingThe Times of Israelall 2 news articles »

  • Egypt Tourist Numbers Increase in March, MENA Reports - Bloomberg

    16 May 2012 | 5:26 am
    Egypt Tourist Numbers Increase in March, MENA ReportsBloombergMay 16 (Bloomberg) --The number of tourists visiting Egypt in March rose to about 927000, a 73.2 percent increase from the same month a year earlier, the state-run news agency reported today. The increase is attributed to the “sharp decrease” in and more »

  • Egypt to revive female genital mutilation in the name of Islam? - RT

    16 May 2012 | 5:12 am
    RTEgypt to revive female genital mutilation in the name of Islam?RTEgyptian human rights groups and female activists are alarmed at renewed parliamentary calls to revive the practice of female circumcision. They appeal to the authorities to stop advocating what was officially banned in 2007. Recently a Salafi MP, Rights groups slam new calls for female circumcision in southern EgyptAl-Arabiyaall 5 news articles »

  • Egyptian Stocks: Egyptian Resorts, Maridive & Oil Services - Bloomberg

    16 May 2012 | 4:33 am
    Egyptian Stocks: Egyptian Resorts, Maridive & Oil ServicesBloombergEgypt's benchmark EGX30 Index (EGX30) fell for a third day, losing 1 percent to 4954.28 at 10:49 am in Cairo. The following shares were active on the Egyptian Exchange. Stock symbols follow company names. Egyptian Resorts Co. (EGTS) dropped 1.8 percent and more »

  • Egypt, Libya qualifiers to be played without fans - SI.com

    16 May 2012 | 4:11 am
    Egypt, Libya qualifiers to be played without fansSI.comJOHANNESBURG (AP) -FIFA says next month's World Cup qualifiers involving Egypt and Libya will be played without fans while security arrangements for matches in Mali, Nigeria and Kenya are being scrutinized. The world football body tells The Associated and more »
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    Egypt on Huffington Post

  • More Than 800 Killed In Egypt's Revolution, Says Group

    The Huffington Post News Team
    15 May 2012 | 12:46 pm
    CAIRO -- An Egyptian rights group released Tuesday the most comprehensive list to date of the more than 800 civilians killed by security forces in las... Read more: Arab Uprising, Video, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Egypt Uprising, Egypt Elections, Egyptian Revolution, World News

  • Man Wakes Up After Being Prepared For Burial

    The Huffington Post News Team
    12 May 2012 | 4:44 am
    LUXOR, Egypt — The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead. Hospi... Read more: Egypt Man Awakes at Funeral, Hamdi Hafez Al-Nubi, Egypt, Egypt Man Alive During Funeral, Luxor, Hamdi Hafez Al Nubi Alive, Egypt Man Dead Awakes, World News

  • Mohamed Elmenshawy: Salafis Coming to America

    Mohamed Elmenshawy
    11 May 2012 | 2:04 pm
    It remains to be seen how the Salafis will present themselves to the Western world. Will they portray their movement as a replacement for violent groups, as an alternative to al-Qaeda, or as the embodiment of conservative Islam? Read more: Egypt, Islam, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Middle East, Elections, Obama Administration, Salafists, Foreign Policy, World News

  • Arthur Bruzzone: Occupy Wanes, Ignoring 'Regime Change'

    Arthur Bruzzone
    11 May 2012 | 8:33 am
    Occupy protesters have held Obama blameless. That's not the case for Occupy's distant cousin, the Tea Party movement. They actively opposed Republican candidates across the nation -- which gave way to campaign politics. They found an end game. Read more: Obama, Presidential Politics, Occupy Wall Street, Egypt Protests, Tea Party Movement, Ows Protests, Ows, President Obama, Politics News

  • Arab World's First Ever Presidential Debate

    The Huffington Post News Team
    11 May 2012 | 1:40 am
    CAIRO — Two election front-runners, a former foreign minister and a moderate Islamist, squared off Thursday in the Arab world's first ever presi... Read more: Arab World First Presidential Election Debate, Video, Egypt, Egypt Presidential Elections, Egypt Presidential Elections Debate, Egypt Debate, Egypt Elections, Arab World First Election Debate, World News
 
 
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    Living in Egypt

  • Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200, But Do Watch This Video

    13 May 2012 | 6:55 pm
    There is a video that I think everyone who has an interest in the Egyptian political scene in either the short run or in the long run should spend an hour and a half to watch. Mahmoud Salem, a blogger also known as Sandmonkey (see his blog at http://www.sandmonkey.org), spoke at the Washington Institute for Middle Eastern Affairs a few days ago. Aside from being an extremely astute and acute observer of our political scene, Mahmoud is a highly entertaining speaker. His description of Am Moussa as "that sandwich that you find in your fridge at 3:30 AM when you are hungry but you can't remember…

  • The Importance of "No"

    10 May 2012 | 12:02 pm
    The word "No" carries a lot of interesting baggage in Egyptian life. One of the things that I often tell newcomers to Egypt is to remember that in a strange way telling someone "no" or giving unpleasant information is almost considered rude. There are millions of apophrycal tales of asking directions in Egypt that detail how the askers ended up traveling many miles in strange places at the direction of well-meaning people who simply don't want to disappoint the askers by telling them that they have no idea how to get somewhere. We have a custom that I call the Egyptian No, wherein someone…

  • Exploring The Nile in The Garden

    30 Apr 2012 | 4:50 am
    I'm no longer young by any means, although I am very active, especially on horseback. My own children are in their late twenties and early thirties now. No grandchildren so far, and perhaps there never will be. I was one of those odd people who really, truly wanted to have children. There were other things that I wanted to do, of course, but many of them were compatible with being a mom. Not everyone feels that way, has a really deep desire to be a mother, and probably it should be a requirement for being a mother, because it is, without any doubt at all, the most difficult of the many jobs…

  • Looking For Perspective

    17 Mar 2012 | 6:01 am
    When I moved to Egypt, in many ways it seemed to be country frozen in time. That changed irrevocably in January 2011, and since then I've seen friends complaining that they feel they've aged about 10 years in a few months. It is really hard to keep track of where Egypt seems to be going and how it's going to get there. I read the news from a million sources religiously and find that most of the mainstream media get a pretty limited view. News seems to come from statements from people and institutions which can tell you what they want you to know, but not necessarily what it means or feels…

  • The Day of Long Marches

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:16 am
    A thoughtful protester waves a flag exemplifying the hope and worries of us all I had a lot of reasons to move to Egypt and a lot of reasons to stay here after my husband died. One quite significant reason was the sunshine. I'm one of those solar powered people who do infinitely better when there is bright sunlight, a commodity that is rarely in short supply here. It is mirrored in the smiles of the people of Egypt and just seeps into your soul. But in the days leading up to January 25, sunlight of almost any sort was in short supply. Rainclouds were blowing in from the north coast and…
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  • Links May 6-12 2012

    Issandr El Amrani
    13 May 2012 | 3:21 am
    My latest column for The National, on Egypt's presidential race and its political context, is here. I'm on a trip, so there will be very little posting in the next few days. Transcript of round 1: Mousa vs Fotouh Debate #monazarat | moftasa.net Syria Comment » Archives » Main Pillars of the Syrian Regime Collapsing Syria Crisis: A Firsthand Look at a Devastated Country | PRI's The World From Google: Mahmoud Mokhtar's 121st Birthday - Google Doodle May 10, 2012 A Man for All Seasons - By Shadi Hamid | Foreign Policy Great piece on Aboul Fotouh. Report Tunisia: Combating Impunity,…

  • The US military's Islam problem

    Issandr El Amrani
    10 May 2012 | 4:43 am
    The US military: the word's most advanced fighting force, technologically bleeding edge, probably the most complex logistics and planning effort by anyone on the planet. The core of the American empire. Unfortunately, it is also plagued by complete morons and, apparently, a culture of tolerance for genocide. Danger Room reports: The U.S. military taught its future leaders that a “total war” against the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims would be necessary to protect America from Islamic terrorists, according to documents obtained by Danger Room. Among the options…

  • Google's Howard Carter Doodle

    Issandr El Amrani
    9 May 2012 | 6:56 am
    Google has a nice doodle today celebrating the 138th birthday of Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of King Tut and other goodies.

  • What I've been up to lately (besides obsessing over presidential elections)

    Ursula Lindsey
    9 May 2012 | 3:17 am
    So here are a few recent stories I've forgotten to link to: An article on curricular and education reform in Egypt and Tunisia (which with the exception of some edits to the civic education books -- the most egregious offenders in terms of flattering references to the countries' dictators -- hasn't really started yet) in Foreign Policy. In Egypt, at least, the challenges to reforming public education are so gargantuan that removing sycophantic references to the Mubarak regime is the least of anyone's worries.  And a piece in The National on the verdict against Egyptian comic Adel Imam…

  • Podcast #29: Presidency or bust!

    Issandr El Amrani
    8 May 2012 | 3:01 pm
    There's 15 days left to the Egyptian presidential elections. We examine the insurgent campaign of Islamist Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, ask whether the Muslim Brothers are dangerously off-balance as they try to catch up, look at Amr Moussa's claim that he's the only candidate ready to be president on day one, and wonder whether the Abbaseya clashes and other factors contributing to Egypt's political instability could derail the elections or might simply continue even if there's a president. Show notes: Aboul Fotouh stands up to Sadat David Kirkpatrick in NYT: "Candidates in Egypt Work to…
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    Baheyya: Egypt Analysis and Whimsy بهيّة

  • Egypt's Extraordinary Elections

    10 May 2012 | 12:01 pm
    (Reuters)These are no ordinary presidential elections that we’re about to experience in two weeks, and not just because they’re the first real competition for the top job. They’re extraordinary because they’re being held in the shadow of an American-backed military junta. So instead of delving into exciting, substantive debates about the presidential candidates’ comparative strengths and weaknesses, or bickering over their relative electoral fortunes, we first have to deal with the higher-order problem of presidential elections under military rule.Like any stubborn oligarchy, SCAF…

  • The Aboul Fotouh Bandwagon

    3 May 2012 | 4:04 pm
    To kick off the official start of presidential competition, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’s campaign did a smart thing and showcased the most energetic part of his base: university students. Bedecked in the cheerful orange color of the campaign, they packed into dozens of buses from across Egypt and poured into Alexandria’s famed al-Qaid Ibrahim Square where they put on a marvelous show, pulsating with hope and jubilation at the imminent prospect of real presidential elections.It’s impossible to be around a gaggle of college students and not catch their enthusiasm, especially if they’re…

  • On the Trail of an Audacious Presidential Campaign

    14 Mar 2012 | 6:51 am
    As Egyptians are on the cusp of choosing their chief executive for the first time ever, the idea of popular participation is under attack. Revolution-fatigue is manufactured and promoted by the same intellectual peddlers who served Mubarak. Bookstalls and air waves are full of ancien regime figures, holding forth on “the missed opportunities” of the Mubarak era. Old myths about the fecklessness and gullibility of the people are refurbished and packaged under the respectable labels of “public opinion” and “the general mood.” Mubarak’s old trick of belittling and smearing…

  • Public Choice

    19 Mar 2011 | 9:07 am
    It is an incredible thing to see an Egyptian election with queues of unmolested, smiling voters instead of lines of riot police. There are no knife-wielding thugs, no smug State Security officers scurrying about gaming things. The sky is clear, there’s no tear gas clouding vision. Voters aren’t scuffling with police outside, banging on the doors to get in, chanting slogans of woe and injustice.Inside, there are no poll workers huddling to stuff ballot boxes.For the first time ever, people are voting with their national ID card, no complicated voting cards needed. Nobody is obstructing…

  • Fin du Régime

    11 Feb 2011 | 6:31 pm
    In the end, they leave, with hollow eyes and a few plain words. Stripped of their ill-gotten power, they are miserable, ashen, and base. All of the rhetoric they spewed lingers like a bad smell, soon to evaporate in the fresh air of freedom. "The Egyptian people still need to develop a culture of democracy. Their grievances are economic, not political. The ruling party won a sweeping victory. The extremists are going to take over. The government supports limited income groups. Police torture is just a few individual cases. The constitutional amendments strengthen democracy." Today, all of…
 
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    Egyptian Chronicles

  • Jews of Egypt : A forgotten History

    16 May 2012 | 4:40 am
    Here is an interesting trailer for an interesting documentary discussing an interesting topic in Egypt : The exodus of Egyptian Jews in the 20th century. Jews of Egypt It is the first time to know that an Egyptian Jew had informed Nasser with the Plan of the 1956 trio-invasion against Egypt in advance. I am speechless about that. “As usual Nasser did nothing , just like in 1967” The big surprise is that that Egyptian Jew was famous leftist anti Zionist activist Henri Curiel who founded the famous HAMETU communist movement that was arrested several times for their activities against the…

  • #EgyElections : Presidential campaigns TV ads "Updated

    16 May 2012 | 2:37 am
    Since the start of the presidential campaign officially since last week and we began to be showed with Presidential candidates TV ads in Egyptian TV channels.In this post I will share with you the Egyptian presidential candidates by Alphabetic order and it will be updated as soon as there are new ads.The ads are after the break   Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotoh : Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotoh and his campaign aired thad ad that expressed about Abu El Fotoh program and promises to restore security in the first 100 days of his election and to make Egypt one of the strongest 20 countries in the world…

  • RIP Zakaria Mohy El Din : The Silent Free officer

    15 May 2012 | 6:38 pm
    The one of the two last surviving members of the original Revolution commanding council of 1952 and the founder of Egyptian intelligence Zakaria Mohy El Din “1918-2012” has passed away today after very busy and interesting political career and even longer time in silence away from public political life after retirement in 1968. You can read his biography in Wikipedia , still I can tell you that since meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1940 his role in shaping the political history of Egypt began to take place. Among the positions he occupied in his considerable short yet crowded political life…

  • #Palhunger : The biggest hunger strike in the Arab world

    14 May 2012 | 6:11 pm
    There is something big happening on today in the Middle East as 3500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons including Egyptian and Arab prisoners are on their 29th day of their hunger strike that led by prisoners Bilal Thayb and Thaer Halahleh who entered their 79th day of their open hunger strike today. Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Thayb The movement of Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike started with Khader Adnan who started a new phase of Palestinian resistance regardless of what you think. The hunger strike of Palestinian Prisoners have taken the Egyptian and Arab social media by storm…

  • Regarding the brotherhood and #FGM

    13 May 2012 | 2:51 pm
    Youm 7 published a report in its issue on Sunday claiming that the Freedom and Justice Party is organizing medical convoys in Mania to organize”Female genital mutilation” FGM operations for free on girls there and that FJP wanted to pass a law to lift the FGM ban in Egypt. Unfortunately there is no single media outlet that confirmed what Youm 7 claimed still it created uproar to the level that the ministry of health “MOH” is going to investigate the allegations and human rights activists reported the matter to the public prosecutor. From there Ikhwan Web denied officially these…
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    Inanities

  • It never fucking ends 3

    Sarah Carr
    9 May 2012 | 1:31 pm
    Thomas Friedman’s theories on the Middle East have never been relevant. He’s been a guest columnist before for Inanities and we’re lucky enough to have another contribution from him today, an expansion on this. Shuttling between luxury hotels in the woken up Arab world I have been struck by how few new moustaches have emerged from the really huge ginormous frying pan fire here. By new moustaches, I don’t just mean facial hair that sits idly on top lips forgotten about, I mean MOUSTACHES like mine – hair that bears witness to me telling the Arab people the truth over and…

  • حالة هيجان

    Sarah Carr
    30 Apr 2012 | 4:04 pm
    Some obscenity On Saturday morning someone on Twitter tweeted that the Salafis were having a seminar on website censorship at the Cairo Conference Centre and so with nothing better to do I went along. It turned out to be a panel discussion held as part of the Cairo Telecom and IT Trade Fair, a room full of suits and computer screens and, as is inevitable, a booth advertising a new Emaar holiday home horror, this time “Porto South Beach” near Hurghada. The seminar featured four panelists from the usual backgrounds plus a member of the Salafi Nour Party called Mohamed Emara. The seminar…

  • **EXCLUSIVE**

    Sarah Carr
    11 Feb 2012 | 4:20 pm
    Inanities has acquired a copy of the map found during the raid legal search of foreign NGO offices in Egypt last December, proving conclusively that America wants to divide Egypt into four countries.  

  • Who killed Marilyn??? The Egyptian Parliament will tell us

    Sarah Carr
    7 Feb 2012 | 5:03 pm
    “Come near my gaff again and I’ll fuck you up, you cunt” A man with the wonderful name of Qadry Hasheesh came round to our house this week to take measurements for iron gates my family are installing. My aunt who lives upstairs has wanted to install a gate for a while, initially because my other aunt who lives downstairs runs a soup kitchen for street cats on our building’s communal stairs and they everyday disregard the don’t shit where you eat advice. Security is now another concern – a concern that pre-dates the revolution but became more pressing after it –…

  • Football meets politics again, but differently

    Sarah Carr
    5 Feb 2012 | 6:29 am
    Some thinking out loud about the Port Said tragedy: I watched endless re-runs of the final moments of the Ahly–Masry game in Port Said in a restaurant, on a muted television. Silent images of a man triumphantly carried on someone’s shoulders and hurriedly put down as hordes of men fill the pitch and pursue the Ahly players, shown again and again. The celebrations turned so quickly, so seamlessly, into violence and tragedy. Hundreds of youths gathered outside Ahly’s Cairo base the next day, chanting against Port Said, against Ahly director Hassan Hamdy, against the Interior Ministry,…
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