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War and worship 28 Nov 2010 | 10:22 am
As we drove into Omraneya yesterday, Sharshar joked that as soon as enters areas filled with Toc-Tocs, he feels that he is no longer under the authority of the Egyptian state. Two events this week pro...
Election (cam)pains 22 Nov 2010 | 12:04 pm
I had my first taste of Egyptian election coverage today, and it was foul. I went to Shubra El-Kheima in north Cairo (although officially it’s in the governorate of El-Qalyoubeya, which should have b...
Spongebob Tearpants 12 Nov 2010 | 08:06 am
It struck me yesterday as I watched on television young people destroying Tory Party HQ that Margaret Thatcher is almost exactly the same age as Hosny Mubarak, was elected prime minister only two year...
His Story 5 Nov 2010 | 04:29 am
I had a day of history today at one and a half exhibitions. 1. Men 2aglak anta you ungrateful shit The first was called “Achievements of President Mohamed Hosny Mubarak” (sub-caption: “He promised. ...
Oh dear, leader 15 Oct 2010 | 05:20 am
"ESMA3 EL KALAM!!!" Today I attended a public gathering, in Egypt, of more than five political activists that did not end in mass arrests, acts of violence and a Gomhoreya article describing the inci...
MAN BUYS HORSE, REMOVES BRAIN 9 Oct 2010 | 02:20 am
CAIRO: A man who bought a horse and immediately removed its brain defended his actions this week, saying, “the decision is in the best interests of the horse and will in no way affect its performance”...
Seeing is deceiving 28 Sep 2010 | 06:44 am
The past 10 days have been an extravaganza of seeing things differently, on a personal level and for the nation as a whole. On the personal level I had Lasik surgery done, finally. No more chasing c...
Update your history book 16 Sep 2010 | 08:33 am
Al-Ahram* have disabused us of our misconceptions concerning important historical events in a series of pictures, below. Wael alerted us to the most recent important historical event, here. أخرجتنا ....
A night in with Google Reader would have been better 6 Sep 2010 | 08:47 am
I went to a cultural event in Cairo on Friday after a self-imposed hiatus following a dire evening at an open-mic “talent” evening some months ago which made X Factor auditions look like a Three Tenor...
