Manal and Alaa's bit bucket

After the funeral of the guy who died in Friday's stabbing , which apparently turned into an inpromptu demonstration, Muslims and christians clashed , badly:Police fired tear gas onSaturday to stop clashes in Alexandria between Muslims andChristians angered by the killing of an elderly Copt a dayearlier by a Muslim, witnesses said.Hundreds of Christians turned [...]

The following are 2 videos taken by camera phones from inside an egyptian police station. If you want to see for yourself how well our Police treats those in its custody go here and here . I have seen the first video before, alongside this other camera phone video- that I should get and [...]

I may be late to the party, but I have just seen the nominees to the Mr. Egypt 2006 contest , and I still can't stop laughing. Those guys are definitely in a league of their own. Here are my 6 Favorites with their own special winning categories:The Most likely to-have-just-woken-up award winner goes to: The [...]

I was reading the egyptian Newspaper Al Ahram Yesterday, when I saw a small piece of news that royally pissed me off. It said that Egypt is building 2  Electric Power stations worth $150 million dollars (Almost 1 Billion EGP) in Southern Sudan as a "gift" to our Sudanese brothers.Ehhh, nothing against our sudanese brothers [...]

According to this (link in arabic), the egyptian parliament just ammended the criminal offenses law to include an ammendments that allows the egyptian judicial authorities the right to pursue and try anyone who insults, attacks or defames religion. The new law establishes a 100,000 EGP fine against any one who attacked, criticisized, defamed or [...]

It's no secret that our ancient Pharaonic artifacts are horribly mistreated in Egypt and are in horrible condition. Take a walk around the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and compare it to any museum anywhere else and you will know what I am talking about. For a country that says that it's primary source of Income [...]

And he is denying the fact that he borught thugs in and that they shot and attacked people . He claims that he was going to the office to work, and he was attacked and forced to defend himself. Seriously.I am worried about one thing though: the man is an experienced lawyer. Hell, he was [...]

If you are living in Egypt and not hiding under a rock then you must’ve heard by now the story of the raidon at the Wafd Party Headquarters by its ex-leader Noman Gomaa and the subsequent standoff that took place yesterday and left more than 24 peopleinjured. What you may not know, is the [...]

As some of you may know, I am a big fan of conspiracy theories, especially ones started by Egyptians. In Egypt I have heard some of the craziest conspiracy theories ever, and I am actually proud of that, because it shows that we, as people, have a huge imagination, an asset that I believe remains [...]

Rape is not up for debate!

First there he was with the egyptian Team thorughout the African cup, then there was the announcement of his future wife, then when you open today’s newspaper, you find a section on how he was talking to the poor and will start developments in poor areas, and that he will have his first live TV [...]

Two weeks ago, while riding in a car with a friend, I saw something that made my mouth drop in awe. I saw this guy on a motorcycle who was wearing a black Jacket that had a big Ginat Swastika on the back of it. By the time I reached for my camera phone, the [...]

This is just funny:Interviewer: What do you think of Berlusconi, the prime minister of Italy? One of his ministers printed the offensive cartoons on his shirt, and went out to the street, he told him he must resign. What do you think of Silvio Berlusconi’s position?Sha’ban ‘Abd Al-Rahim: He’s the one who made the shirt?Interviewer: [...]

The Egyptian blogger Abdel Karim, who was detained for writing extreemly critical articles on muslims in Egypt and then released after we mounted an interntaional campaign to free him, was expelled from his University yesterday after they started a disciplinary council against him based on his writings and opinions.While I am firmly against and vehemently [...]