Manal and Alaa's bit bucket

By Dalia Ziada & Jese Sage -In a cramped jail cell in Alexandria, Egypt, sits a soft-spoken 22-year-old student. Kareem Amer was remanded to over a month in prison for allegedly “defaming the President of Egypt” and “highlighting inappropriate aspects that harm the reputation of Egypt.” Where did Amer commit these supposed felonies? On his [...]

Julie Stahl writes: Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Watchdog groups are pressing for the release of an Egyptian blogger, arrested last month for posting articles critical of Islam on his Web log (blog).They say Abdel Karim Nabil Suleiman, 22, is a victim of Egyptian attempts to limit freedom of expression on the Internet.Suleiman, known by his Internet [...]

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We would like to correct Spiegel Online in their report about Kareem:It is well after midnight when Abdel Kareem Sulaiman, 22, gets some uninvited company. Suddenly the door to his apartment bursts open and a squad of Egyptian security police officers storms into the room and arrests the drowsy Sulaiman on the spot.This is not [...]

IRIN Middle East: Weekly update of human rights violations in the region:CAIRO, (IRIN) - In Egypt, Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced the sentencing on 31 October of former President Anwar al-Sadat’s nephew, Talaat al-Sadat, after being convicted by a military court of insulting the military and the Republican Guard.HRW condemned the conviction of al-Sadat, who [...]

Constantino Diaz-Duran, thank you so much for this piece.Free Kareem Amer!A great injustice is taking place today in a city that was once as cosmopolitan as our dear Manhattan. Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, better known as Kareem Amer, has been detained on and off for a year in Alexandria, Egypt, charged with a [...]

Egypt arrests another blog critic-Police in Cairo have detained a blogger whose posts have been critical of the Egyptian government.ami Siyam, who blogs under the name of Ayyoub, was detained along with three friends after leaving the house of a fellow blogger late at night.No reasons have been given for Mr Siyam’s detention. The other [...]

Egyptian fear in the blogosphere -Egypt has once again been cracking down on freedoms of expression in cyberspace and recently arrested a 22-year-old law student blogger, Abdol Karim, for being critical of Islam in his posts. Mr Karim, known in the blogosphere as Kareem Amer, was detained on November 6 in his home city of [...]

as one moves into adulthood relationships with family members get redefined, so far it's been a wonderful process of converting confusing figures into friends, it does have it's cons though like moving from an 2edeya recieving role to a 3edeya giving role. but who knew it goes as far as being interviewed by your famous aunt?

yep Ahdaf Soueif interviewed me for Bidoun magazine

oh and check out the cool stuff they did with this photo of me and manal by the beach

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as one moves into adulthood relationships with family members get redefined, so far it's been a wonderful process of converting confusing figures into friends, it does have it's cons though like moving from an 2edeya recieving role to a 3edeya giving role. but who knew it goes as far as being interviewed by your famous aunt?

yep Ahdaf Soueif interviewed me for Bidoun magazine

oh and check out the cool stuff they did with this photo of me and manal by the beach

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