Manal and Alaa's bit bucket

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Looks like Syrian president Assaad is taking his frustration out on Arab leaders again to try to justify his failed state, regime and loss of influence in the region.

During a recent speech to his parliement, Assad referred to arab neibourghs who did not back his political stance on the ongoing conflict in Lebanon as "half-men". This was an obvious attack against the regimes of Jordan and Egypt who refused to side with the Hezbollah during the recent conflict.

Consequently, state owned newspapers in Egypt have been having a field day with the whole issue by lashing out against the regime of Assad in Damascus. Egyptian editorials are quick to reming us that Syria did not send half a soldier to the conflict, that Syria did not send half a tank or morter to help Lebanon and that the Syrian regime trembles in fear to face the Israeli military one on one. Other Egyptian papers have given the Syrian regime the title of agressors that have killed thousands of their own people when they rose up against their government years back and accused Assad of having destroyed their Lebenese "brothers".

Je ne reproche rien à ma mère, que l’on soit clair (vu le titre du post) mais cette recherche d’apparts me rend chèvre ! Aujourd’hui j’attends sous un porche, m’abritant de la pluie d’août jusqu’à ce que l’agent immobilier arrive. L’appart, à deux pas de chez mon père, est à pleurer. 33m2 pour 1200 Euros. Un placard avec vu sur la mort, enfin non sur un mur. Dire que mon père à lui quelque 200m2 deux rues plus loin. Je me sens comme Caliméro, life’s unfair, enfin non pas vraiment dans mon cas quand même. Mais qui aurait envie de vivre dans une prison certes dorée du 6ème arrondissement ? Remarque même les clochards sont chics dans ce quartier de bourges plus si de gauche que ça. Les librairies ont été remplacées par des Armani avec la boutique et le coffee shop, le tutti quanti pour Japonaises au plus grand pouvoir d’achat ou pour bobos pitoyables. Les clochards donc… un m’a alpaguée me demandant une pièce, il fumait un cigare et buvait du mousseux, pas du gros qui tache dans une bouteille en plastoc.

J’ai honte car je me suis tant plainte d’être à Doha. J’ai honte car j’ai tout pour être heureuse ou presque. Je suis enfin partie du Qatar, je suis en France où il ne fait pas si mauvais vivre malgré notre sport national : le ronchonnement.

La journée avait pourtant bien commencé, il faisait beau, une fois n’est pas coutume en ce mois d’août diluvien. J’ai visité des apparts, rencontré un pote pour boire un verre à Beaubourg. Oui j’avais mal aux pieds d’avoir tant arpenté Paris à la recherche d’un gîte pour ma nouvelle vie parisienne. Oui j’étais un peu frustrée de ne pas avoir encore trouvé. Mais je me répétais encore et sans cesse « au moins je ne suis plus à Doha ! ».

Et puis ce soir, cette douleur sourde et pernicieuse m’a pris, ce trou dans bas ventre qui va grandissant, cette quasi-nausée teintée d’un petit rien de dégoût. Le déclencheur ? Je n’en suis pas sûre. J’allais pourtant vraiment bien, je ne pensais plus à M., l’homme qui a (lâchement) rompu avec moi sur son blog. Je mets « lâchement » entre parenthèses car à force de « suppliques » pour le droit à l’intimité, j’ai enfin reçu un mail aussi expéditif que clair. Il ne souhaitait pas « poursuivre ». Ca sonnait étrange dans mon oreille de Française étrangère à la France et au français pendant de longues années, « poursuivre », un peu administratif. Anyway, that’s not the point.

Trouver un appartement à Paris relève de la quête du Sacré Graal, au moins ça ! Et je n’ai ni Lancelot, ni le vaillant Roi Arthur pour m’épauler mais plutôt des agents immobiliers aux dents longues et des sites internet parfois foireux.  J’avais bien cru trouver pourtant : un joli deux pièces dans le 5ème, près des quais et pas trop cher, enfin tout est relatif, en réalité affreusement cher.  Le papi propriétaire, à priori sympathique quoique sucrant les fraises, m’a reproché après m’avoir promis l’appart de « n’avoir pas montré assez d’enthousiasme pendant la visite. » ???!!!! Il faut faire quoi, sauter au plafond, leur rouler des pelles ? Et puis le truc doit me poursuivre malgré mon départ de Doha, ce même monsieur, in fine un peu gâteux, m’a dit encore au téléphone : « votre père m’a bien appelé pour se porter garant, il téléphonait d’Orient n’est-ce pas ? » Si on considère que la rue Bonaparte, dans le 6ème arrondissement, est en Orient alors oui… Bon j’espère que ce mystérieux appel d’Orient ne m’aura pas porté préjudice, on ne sait jamais en France.

.............Le président iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a mis en ligne son propre blog, dimanche 13 août 2006...............

Ce dernier y présente pour l'instant éssentiellement une autobiographie en différentes langues : farsi, arabe, anglais, et français.
Le président, réputé, pour sa méfiance envers les nouvelles technologies, a surpris les bloggers iraniens.
De plus, depuis l'arrivée au pouvoir de M. Ahmadinejad, la censure s'abat sur les blogs, et leurs auteurs sont menacés de cinq ans d'enfermement si leurs propos sont jugés licencieux.
Par suite, le ministre de la culture, s'est engagé à purifier le secteur culturel.


http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/


Source : "Le Monde" du 16 août 2006.

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Ce post commun à l'occasion de l'anniversaire de notre consœur cairote est une initiative pour avoir l'assurance que nous serons les premiers à te souhaiter un joyeux anniversaire !

 

Mais je ne voulais pas me contenter de cette formule et je voulais expliquer son sens traditionnel : féliciter quelqu'un à l'occasion de son anniversaire est une façon de dire "bravo, tu as survécu à une année supplémentaire !" ce qui n'est pas rien selon les pays et les époques ! Ensuite, surtout, c'est une façon de reconnaitre que l'expérience acquise est plus grande, et que donc la personne dont c'est l'anniversaire apporte plus de sagesse au groupe. Et à ce titre tu nous a fait partager une expérience extraordinaire cette année ! Tu nous a fédéré tous les trois sur ce blog, et tu as découvert une foultitude de nouvelles sensations, nouveaux sentiments et nouvelles connaissances exotiques au fil de tes rencontres humaines, rencontres auxquelles je sais que tu attaches beaucoup de prix.

By doing some research on Wei-Hwa (google engineer who created google puzzles, check my previous post), I found his old home page, Also his more frequently updated livejoural page.There’re some nice posts on his site blog that talks about Sudoku, the first one called Suduku Sledgehammer:There is a very powerful heuristic that is actually a [...]

By doing some research on Wei-Hwa (google engineer who created google puzzles, check my previous post), I found his old home page, Also his more frequently updated livejoural page.There’re some nice posts on his site blog that talks about Sudoku, the first one called Suduku Sledgehammer:There is a very powerful heuristic that is actually a [...]

I had a serious problem with added comments in this blog, all the comments added to any post previously was added to my first post in this blog, I had to change the mySQL database manually in phpMyAdmin.After that I tried to test the comments again, it seems there’s a problem with my wordpress theme, [...]

I had a serious problem with added comments in this blog, all the comments added to any post previously was added to my first post in this blog, I had to change the mySQL database manually in phpMyAdmin.After that I tried to test the comments again, it seems there’s a problem with my wordpress theme, [...]

Here is a summary of what happened in the past two weeks regarding the arrest of the most prominent Egyptian blogger and a personal friend.

Alaa Abd El-Fatah (a.k.a Alaa Ahmed Seif) is a blogger, geek, activist and a remarkable person. Arrested, among others, on the 7th of May during a peaceful protest. He was protesting the arrest of Malek and others. Malek, a blogger, was arrested on the 24th of April while protesting. Lately, few were released while the rest will remain for 15 more days. They were all protesting for independence of the judiciary.

Here is a summary of what happened in the past two weeks regarding the arrest of the most prominent Egyptian blogger and a personal friend.

Alaa Abd El-Fatah (a.k.a Alaa Ahmed Seif) is a blogger, geek, activist and a remarkable person. Arrested, among others, on the 7th of May during a peaceful protest. He was protesting the arrest of Malek and others. Malek, a blogger, was arrested on the 24th of April while protesting. Lately, few were released while the rest will remain for 15 more days. They were all protesting for independence of the judiciary.

The recent blows dealt to the opposition groups in Egypt has shocked many including myself. Many of us were fooled in believing that last year's show of good faith by the Egyptian regime was the beginning of something new, a re-awakening of Egyptian politics, that the country was heading gradually towards real democratic reforms. The events of the last 2 months demonstrated quite the opposite. It showed to the world that Egypt has had a change of hearts, that the government has started to distance itself from reforms and that the US probably stopped pressuring Egypt to continue its steps to head towards an honest and fair political system in the land of the pharaohs.

Many in Egypt fear democracy and not all for the same reasons. The government fears it because of the reality that it might not be re-elected. Others fear change because of the possibility of having religious fanatics and their friends in power. Groups such as the MB claim to have changed but in reality, who can really trust them and be certain of that?

The recent blows dealt to the opposition groups in Egypt have shocked many including myself. Many of us were fooled in believing that last year's show of good faith by the Egyptian regime was the beginning of something new, a re-awakening of Egyptian politics, that the country was heading gradually towards real democratic reforms. The events of the last 2 months demonstrated quite the opposite. It showed to the world that Egypt has had a change of hearts, that the government has started to distance itself from reforms and that the US probably stopped pressuring Egypt to continue its steps to head towards an honest and fair political system in the land of the pharaohs.

Many in Egypt fear democracy and not all for the same reasons. The government fears it because of the reality that it might not be re-elected. Others fear change because of the possibility of having religious fanatics and their friends in power. Groups such as the MB claim to have changed but in reality, who can really trust them and be certain of that?

D’après les informations fournies par Manal and Alaa's bit bucket l’aggregateur des blogs égyptiens, lauréat du premier prix spécial Repoter Sans Frontières de l’année 2005 du concours international "BOBS, best of the blogs," organisé par la radio allemande Deutsche Welle, Alaa Abd El Fattah vient d’être arrêté le dimanche 7 mai avec 14 autres pendant qu’ils se rendaient à une manifestation, devant le siège du syndicat des journalistes égyptiens, contre la comparution de deux juges devant un conseil disciplinaire.

D’après les informations fournies par Manal and Alaa's bit bucket, l’aggregateur des blogs égyptiens, lauréat du prix spécial Repoter Sans Frontières de l’année 2005, Alaa Abd El Fattah vient d’être arrêté le dimanche 7 mai avec 14 autres pendant qu’ils se rendaient à une manifestation, devant le siège du syndicat des journalistes égyptiens, contre la comparution de deux juges devant un conseil disciplinaire.

The Egyptians authorities have arrested 50 pro-democracy activists that were peacefully protesting in Cairo last week. The protestors were demonstrating against the jail sentences given to members of the judges club (Judges) that denounced the massive election fraud that happened during last year's first multicandidate election.

What has happened to the democratic promises?

Here's how you can demand the respect and realease of the democracy protesters.

Please write to:

In Canada

Embassy of the Arab Republic
of Egypt
454 Laurier Ave. East
Ottawa, ON K1N 6R3

Tel (613) 234-4931
Fax (613) 234-9347
www.egyptembassy.ca
egyptemb@sympatico.ca

The Egyptians authorities have arrested 50 pro-democracy activists that were peacefully protesting in Cairo last week. The protestors were demonstrating against the jail sentences given to members of the judges club (Judges) that denounced the massive election fraud that happened during last year's first multicandidate election.

What has happened to the democratic promises?

Here's how you can demand the respect and realease of the democracy protesters.

Please write to:

In Canada

Embassy of the Arab Republic
of Egypt
454 Laurier Ave. East
Ottawa, ON K1N 6R3

Tel (613) 234-4931
Fax (613) 234-9347
www.egyptembassy.ca
egyptemb@sympatico.ca

I'm back from my business trip!!!

Ohhhh....Yeahhh....Sin city was great!

And yup, I also found time to party. Vegas is full excitement. It's impossible to get bored in that city. Personnally, I recommend the Ghost club (on top of the Palm hotel) as well as the VIP discotheque at the Hard Rock Cafe. You can check out some pictures in my photo album on the bottom right-hand corner of this page.

Enjoy cause I sure did!

I'm back from my business trip!!!

Ohhhh....Yeahhh....Sin city was great!

And yup, I also found time to party. Vegas is full excitement. It's impossible to get bored in that city. Personnally, I recommend the Ghost club (on top of the Palm hotel) as well as the VIP discotheque at the Hard Rock Cafe. You can check out some pictures in my photo album on the bottom right-hand corner of this page.

Enjoy cause I sure did!

I'm leaving on an important business trip today. I'll be back next week with more blogs!

I'm leaving on an important business trip today. I'll be back next week with more blogs!

This is an Egyptian solidarity rally that happenned in Cairo this week.

We should respect eachother and love each other no matter what our faith or beliefs are. After all, we are all Egyptians...

These pictures are courtesy of Big Pharaoh. Please visit his blog at http://www.bigpharaoh.com/

This is an Egyptian solidarity rally that happenned in Cairo this week.

We should respect eachother and love each other no matter what our faith or beliefs are. After all, we are all Egyptians...

These pictures are courtesy of Big Pharaoh. Please visit his blog at http://www.bigpharaoh.com/

I must apologize to all of my fellow bloggers and readers. I've been very busy recently at my new job and I haven't been blogging as much lately.

But you may all rest assured, I will re-start blogging again on a more regular basis during the month of May. It's been really hectic at work and I simply did not have enough time to blog in the last month or so. I will be leaving on an important business trip all of next week and I'll be back, blogging again regularly during the month of May.

Expect more controversial and spicy blogs on my return!!!

I must apologize to all of my fellow bloggers and readers. I've been very busy recently at my new job and I haven't been blogging as much lately.

But you may all rest assured, I will re-start blogging again on a more regular basis during the month of May. It's been really hectic at work and I simply did not have enough time to blog in the last month or so. I will be leaving on an important business trip all of next week and I'll be back, blogging again regularly during the month of May.

Expect more controversial and spicy blogs on my return!!!

Contrairement à l’image reçue, l’Iran est un pays où le débat politique est très virulent et où la la répression et la censure n’ont jamais empêché les gens de s’exprimer ni de lutter pour acquérir plus de liberté. A travers la lecture de ce livre l’image véhiculée par les médias d’un pays de mollahs, fermé, intolérant et obscurantiste, cède la pas à une autre image. Celle d’un pays moderne en lutte pour sa liberté et où Internet joue le rôle qu’avaient joué les audio-cassettes durant la révolution de 1979 : un outil de conscientisation, de contestation et d’information. v

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