CAIRO: Egyptians were in full protest mode on Friday afternoon, with tens of thousands marching toward the ministry of defense to denounce the military junta in Egypt. Upon arrival, the military brought out a brass band and began an attempt to drown out the protesters calling for the end to military rule of the country. [...]
As the Arab Spring approaches its first anniversary, Sunday’s twin developments appear to have placed two countries – Egypt and Yemen – at the turning-point. After a year’s turmoil, intensified repression and killings, the President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has taken the flight out of Sana’a to the USA with a somewhat simulated farewell [...]
CAIRO: International watchdog group Human Rights Watch has released its World Report 2012, a comprehensive 676-page report on the state of human rights in over 90 countries in 2011. The group highlights a deep concern over the fact that many global leaders have allowed their strategic ties with repressive regimes in the Middle East and [...]
The 2011 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Under-23 tournament is in full swing in Morocco with the top U-23 teams from Africa taking part. This is the first tournament of its kind created by CAF. The tournament was originally planned to take place in Egypt but due to ongoing security concerns Morocco stepped up to [...]
CAIRO: As a disturbing account of sexual violence against award-winning Egyptian-American writer Mona el-Tahawy flooded in Thursday morning, many in Egypt are reminded of the countless sexual-based crimes suffered by women at the hands of Egyptian state authorities over the last year. “5 or 6 surrounded me, groped and prodded my breasts, grabbed my genital [...]
Kaka will not be with Brazil when they take on Gabon and Egypt later this month. The Real Madrid midfielder has been ruled out of the friendlies due to injury. He will not take part in Madrid’s La Liga match against Osasuna on Sunday either. “He wouldn’t have time to recover. It’s an injury that [...]
CAIRO: A ferry carrying 1230 passengers caught fire early Thursday morning while traveling to Egypt from the Jordanian port Aqaba. The Egyptian ferry, Billa, caught fire some 20 miles offshore of Aqaba while en route to the port of Nuweiba on the Sinai Peninsula. “Arabian Bridge”, the company that owns Billa, sent two more [...]
The capture and killing of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi, on-going demonstrations for an end to the oppressive reigns of Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and new elections in Tunisia show that one thing has not changed in the Arab Spring – change itself. Even in Saudi Arabia, where requests for reform have not [...]
CAIRO: Kaka has been called back into Brazil’s squad, which will face Egypt on November 14 in Doha, Qatar. Kaka has seen his form improve in recent months and Brazil boss Mano Menezes rewarded the Real Madrid star with a call up. It has been over a year since he has appeared in the Canary [...]
Frantz Fanon, Iconic psychiatrist and author of books such as “Wretched of the Earth”, wrote that “literature increasingly involves itself in its only real task, which is to get society to reflect and mediate”. Paulo Freire’s landmark book, “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” is a prime example of literature that makes one reflect, cogitate and ponder [...]
CAIRO: With a curved back, she struggled to walk through the metro aisle, leaning against other passengers who either supported her or shrugged her off as if she was a fly. Clutching onto a dark torn plastic bag, her hands shook as she called out, “Tissues, tissues.” Looking so weak in her black outfit, Rashida [...]
ISTANBUL: As I type there are massive Turkish flags being sold outside on my street and anti-PKK protests (read: pro-war) going on all around the city. Yesterday “24 martyrs [şehit] were killed,” as every single newspaper’s headline read this morning. People are chanting about the need for revenge (intikam) and at least 10,000 Turkish soldiers [...]
CAIRO: Thousands of anti-military rule protesters marched Thursday evening from the high court in downtown Cairo to the state TV building, demanding justice over the killing of Coptic Christian protesters on October 9. The protest was called for online by a number of revolutionary movements. The march aimed to hasten bringing those responsible of killing [...]
CAIRO: Egypt has moved up 7 places in the most recent FIFA football rankings, according to the world-governing body for the sport’s most recent rankings. Egypt is now ranked number 29, maintaining its position as the second-highest African country behind Cote D’ivoire, who dropped three spots to number 19. Ghana is the third highest ranked [...]
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood has swept Egypt’s recent professional syndicate elections, including the influential Doctor’s and Teacher’s Syndicates, stirring thoughts that the MB victories may be representative of the scope of Brotherhood popularity and trust in Egypt. Observers of the Muslim Brotherhood’s wins have speculated that this victory could reflect the performance of the Muslim [...]
CAIRO: Former Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Obeid and a number of other officials began their torial over allegedly selling an island nature preserve in the country to a close business associate to former President Hosni Mubarak. Obeid, who was PM for 5 years before Ahmed Nazif took over in 2004, has been formally charged [...]
CAIRO: Egyptian courts have decided to bar presidential hopeful Ayman Nour from upcoming elections because of prior forgery convictions. Nour, who led an opposition campaign against former President Hosni Mubarak in 2005 was subsequently charged with election fraud for allegedly forging documents necessary to start his liberal Al Ghad Party. He had hoped to overturn [...]
On the evening of October 9, Coptic Christians marched to the infamous Maspero building (home of the Egyptian Ministry of Information) demanding their rights to live and worship in Egypt as free and equal citizens. A peaceful protest was instead met with violence initiated by military personnel with live ammunition and confirmed armored vehicles that [...]
The catastrophe at Maspero last week made it clear that it is nearly impossible for protestors to avoid manipulation and distortion by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). On Sunday, the peaceful demonstrators set out to call attention to discrimination against Copts. The powerful regime apparatus met them with deadly violence and manipulated [...]
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