أيامنا الحلوة Our beautiful Days

نشره salamander يوم أحد, 2008-08-10 13:55.
I am always proud to be an Egyptian and will always be but sometimes things happen to further consolidate my love and passion for my country. Life is strange with its surprises. For me, most of its surprises are unpleasant, but the one I encountered on Friday night uplifted my mood so much that I haven't stopped smiling. Yet my heart aches. I miss my country so much. I miss its people, history, walking downtown late at night, my friends .. everyone. But what has been nagging me was my lack of impulsiveness. I who consider myself so spontaneous have failed to satisfy my curiosity to learn more about a random person I met coincidently. 
 
On Friday night I have changed my rituals and instead of hanging out with my work colleagues I went to the west end for a change. I should have known better.

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Urge Egyptian Authorities to stop returning Eritrean asylum seekers to Eritrea

نشره salamander يوم سبت, 2008-06-14 08:23.

Amnesty International issued a request for an urgent action and calls upon its members and non members to write to the Egyptian authorities to stop forcibly returning Eritrean assylum seekers to Eritrea where they will be at risk of torture and other ill treatment. 

 

For more information on these cases and on how to take action, read below:  

                    


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Amnesty International: Assault on human rights defender a further obstruction to effective investigation of torture

نشره salamander يوم جمع, 2008-05-02 17:54.

PUBLIC STATEMENT

AI Index: MDE 12/008/2008 (Public)

Date: 02 May 2008

Egypt: Assault on human rights defender a further obstruction to effective investigation of torture

The assault on a human right defender and doctor denouncing torture in Egypt two days ago is a disturbing development at a time when the Egyptian authorities purport to be combating torture.


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Amnesty International calls for investigation of police killings during Mahalla Demonstrations

نشره salamander يوم جمع, 2008-04-11 18:37.
PUBLIC STATEMENT
AI Index: MDE 12/006/2008 (Public)

Date: 11 April 2008

Egypt: Arrests of Kefaya movement leaders, investigation needed into police killings

The arrests of Kefaya movement leaders George Ishak and Fathi al-Hefnawy following protest demonstrations this week in which two people were killed by police, represents a deeply disturbing development, Amnesty International said today.


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قلبي معك يا مصر ... وحقك تغضب يا مصري

نشره salamander يوم ثلث, 2008-04-01 14:44.

لن أكون في مصر يوم 6 إبريل لأشارك في الاضراب ولكن قلبي معك يا مصر ومع كل مصري يعاني من هذه الأيام التي اتمنى ان تشهد في نهاية هذا النفق المظلم نوراً يضئ لنا مستقبلنا ويحيي آمالنا ويعيد لنا مجالاً لنحلم من جديد ونسعى لتحقيق احلامنا الجميلة

بحبك يا مصر اوي

 

 


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Children are being slaughtered while we silently observe

نشره salamander يوم اثن, 2008-03-03 10:17.
Another day passes by, I wake up, drink my cup of coffee, have my shower, get dressed, go to work.
In another continent; another country, somewhere far away from home, scores of people are being killed. Children are assassinated in cold blood and there is nothing for someone so powerless like me to do.
In the past few days over a 100 people in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces. Israel is defending itself, they tell me. But can someone explain to me how a 12 years old girl could have threatened the life of Israelis? Or was it Salsabeel Abu Jalhoum, the 21 months infant, that was the threat?

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رسالة قام بكتابتها فؤاد الفرحان قبل اعتقاله This a letter sent by Fouad a few days before his arrest to his friends:

نشره salamander يوم سبت, 2008-02-09 12:09.

English to follow

من مدونة الحرية لفؤاد:

يعد فؤاد من أوائل المدونين السعوديين ومن أوائل الذين كتبوا ودونوا بإسمهم الصريح، وتتميز كتاباته بجراءتها وصراحتها مما جعله يتعرض لمضايقات أجبرته للتوقف عن التدوين لفترة، حتى قرر العودة للتدوين مرة أخرى في يوليو من عام 2007 .


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Fouad Alfarhan in detention for two months شهران على حبس فؤاد الفرحان

نشره salamander يوم سبت, 2008-02-09 11:44.

English to follow

يصادف يوم الأحد القادم 10 فبراير مرور شهرين على اعتقال المدون السعودي فؤاد الفرحان دون توجيه أي تهمة أو سبب واضح للأعتقال، ولهذا ندعو جميع المدونين للمشاركة في فعالية أسبوع لفؤاد نحقق فيه شعار بأننا كلنا فؤاد من خلال إعادة نشر تدوينات فؤاد،


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Disappointing Film: The Kite Runner

نشره salamander يوم أحد, 2008-02-03 14:11.
The kite runnerPlease, do not watch the film “The Kite Runner” without reading the book first. I was extremely disappointed at the film, which rid the story from all its human emotional complexities. The book captures your attention and intrigues your curiosity from the very first page. Disappointingly, the movie does not give you that. If there would be one word to describe the film it would be “flat”.

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Egypt’s Problem and Its Challenge: Bread Corrupts

نشره salamander يوم خمي, 2008-01-17 11:02.
I was in Egypt on a holiday a few weeks ago. The only thing Egyptians talked about was the issue of subisdized bread. It was heartbreaking listening to people down the economic ladder talk about their daily suffering to ensure bread for their families. As I sat in the beauty salon, my traditional treat in Cairo, one of the women working there was complaining.
 
"We are a family of 6. I have 4 children who all go to school. To be able to feed them daily I have to get the subsidized bread", she explained.
 
"I stand in a queue forever and in the crowd. What can people do?

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