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July 1st, 2008

Egypt: The Lollipop and The Flies

Gr33nData · 18:02

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The image above is been circulated for a while via email. It's one of those campaigns targeting women in order to cover their body and get veiled. But many bloggers in Egypt found it offensive and pathetic. The Egyptian SandMonkey wrote a post about it entitled boys are flies, girls are ... 2 comments · »»

June 27th, 2008

Israel: Broken Truce Angers Israelis

Maya Norton · 08:33

Six days after Israeli and Palestinian forces brokered a ceasefire agreement, four kassam rockets fired from Gaza blasted the Western Negev. Islamic Jihad claimed credit for the attack, while Hamas, Palestine's ruling party, encouraged "all Palestinian factions to abide by the calm agreement," asserting, "Hamas is keen to maintain the ... 1 comment · »»

June 14th, 2008

“Beware of Egyptian Men,” says the Canadian Embassy

Marwa Rakha · 00:35

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Back in December 2007, I was almost crucified for writing a post entitled: Relationshsips Warning: Do not date Egyptian Men. In that article, I said: Because of the nature of my work in the tourism sector, I am used to hearing that this or that country has issued a travel ... 8 comments · »»

June 13th, 2008

Walk like an Egyptian … Marry like an Egyptian

Marwa Rakha · 03:53

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Why are Egyptian men so special? Why is marrying a foreigner shunned by society? And how difficult it is for an Egyptian woman married to a foreigner to obtain an ID card in Egypt? Marwa Rakha looks at the experiences of Egyptian female bloggers living abroad for answers to these questions and more. 4 comments · »»

June 6th, 2008

Egypt: Doctors shoot video of hospital blackout emergency

Juliana Rincón Parra · 05:03

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With more frequency now, hospitals are being managed as big businesses with clients instead of health facilities with patients. Doctors who wish to honor their Hippocratic Oath have to hope that their hospital management has the same ideal of keeping the good of the patient as the highest priority. This was the case last week in the Al Matrya teaching hospital in Egypt, where 4 babies and 2 adults on life support lost their lives due to a 2 hour blackout in the early morning hours and generators failed to kick in once again. 6 comments · »»

June 4th, 2008

Egypt: Great Firewall of China Coming Soon

Amira Al Hussaini · 19:58

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Egyptian bloggers have one hand on their keyboard and another on their hearts. Following a recent crackdown on bloggers and online activists following the April 6 unrest, some are now predicting the worse is yet to come. 1 comment · »»

May 29th, 2008

From the Diary of a Sinister Egyptian Spinster

Marwa Rakha · 13:54

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Egyptian women have their own set of challenges, ranging from the right to marry themselves off to inequality in marriage and divorce rights. Marwa Rakha sheds light on the thoughts and writings of Eman - a self-confessed spinster. 4 comments · »»

May 23rd, 2008

The Victimization of Egyptian Women and Children

Marwa Rakha · 16:47

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Fantasia's World raises crucial issues that hold back the Egyptian society all together; namely women's rights, violence against women and children, and the general misconceptions of male-female relationships in the Egyptian society and in the Arab world. Marwa Rakha zooms into a new post which discusses how Egyptian women and children are being victimized by traditions, law, and the Muslim Brothers. 11 comments · »»

Links about Egypt

June 24th, 2008

It will soon be the 600th day in prison for jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Sulieman. Bahraini Esra'a writes about how you can get involved in pressing for his release.

Mideast Youth publishes a comic strip here about the rights of the Bahai religuious group here.

June 14th, 2008

“Which one is wrong - HIV or homosexuality?” is the post of Egyptian blogger Mostafa Husein's post.

June 12th, 2008

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information reports on the first defamation case against the blogger Tamer Mabrouk - Elhakika blog, by a company called ‘Trust Chemicals'.
“This case aims to silence the voice of a blogger who writes about the crime of polluting a lake that connects many cities and governorates in Egypt,” said Rawda Ahmed, a lawyer at ANHRI. “The photos and the documents being published by the blogger are evidence of a very dangerous human rights violation and should lead to an investigation of the company that is threatening the health of millions of Egyptians and at the same time arbitrarily firing hundreds of contracted workers, ” Ahmed added.

June 11th, 2008

Zeinobia, from Egypt, sheds light on a newspaper report on the food consumed by a Cairo family in a week.

June 9th, 2008

Egyptian Triple M shares videos of his favourite songs from the 90s in this post.

June 8th, 2008

Marwa Rakha, from Egypt, writes about an MP whose three young daughters have protested in favour of female genital mutilation in this post.

June 6th, 2008

“Karim al Beheiri , Kamal al Fayoumy and Tareq Tareq Amin, the Ghazl al Mahalla workers that were detained in connection with the April 6th strike was released from the Burg al Arab prison on June 1st,” writes Ibn Al Dunya from Egypt.