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The Egyptian government has punished a number of journalists at the daily newspaper Al-Ahram after a typo led to an article which badly insulted Entissar Al-Sisi, the wife of the incumbent President...
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I believe the President of Egypt is a wonderful person, an outstanding military career, that is second to none. A gentleman, who by the will of God was called upon in Egypt's desperate time of need...
The Egyptian government has announced pay rises ahead of new cuts in fuel subsidy as part of austerity measures aimed at revamping the economy and shoring up finances.
The parliament agreed this...
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That is less than the UK Pensioners got at the beginning of the year, and a sprat to catch a mackerel. Such a shame the people cannot see the wood for the tree's. I understand rises of 5-10% but...
While Egyptian officials argue that a new bill requiring restaurant and shop owners to install cameras will hinder terrorism and boost security, critics counter that the true targets are opponents of...
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No doubt as we speak of this new law the Army are building their high tech surveillance camera manufacturing plant, you have to buy, but only from us.
So The Labour Party is accused of Antisemitism, now The Tories are accused of Islamcphbia next
The SNP will be accused of Anti-Catholicism ? ( is there a better term for loathing the Catholic Church...
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I used to love those rousing old hymns :
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
Nope. Apart from a few druids
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant...
Top Egypt court orders month-long YouTube ban over Prophet video.
Egypt's top administrative court has ordered authorities to block the video-sharing website YouTube for a month for hosting a short...
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I have not seen the video and cannot be bothered to watch, but can understand because of the lack of human rights and other laws regarding freedom of speech that have been implemented in the Country....
With the commencement of the move of the American Embassy to Jerusalem...on the eve of the Nakba commemoration would you believe...there is the predicted protests on the Israel-Gaza border.
40 plus...
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The problems in Gaza are difficult to work out but what is interesting is that the current Wild West surges and killings are occurring exclusively with Hamas territory (that is Iranian) and not...
Nidal al-Said, chairman of parliament's Communications and Information Technology Committee, announced on April 16 that the committee approved a 45-article draft law submitted by the government to...
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Fuad Abdelnaby, professor of constitutional law at Menoufia University, said this draft law contains loosely defined terms and vague content that make it easy to convict any person of “threatening...
Once again the American's have tried to take out Syria's ability to produce and use chemical weapons. what will be the outcome? Certainly not the removal of the odious Syrians President. Will it have...
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Worth looking out for this evening- Stephen Sackur interviewing Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister, on BBC Hardtalk
BBC World tonight at -I think - 19.30 Egypt time. After Beyond 100 days and...
The results of the Egyptian elections are hardly shocking. Sisi has won his electoral battle with another pro-Sisi supporter popularly called Moussa Something Moussa . The hyper nationalistic...
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Totally Oppressive, but they say corruption and descent starts at the top and works its way down. Not surprised about what you say though DJ.
A one-year-old child and her mother, who went missing in Egypt more than a week ago, have faced a military court accused of joining a terrorist group, according to the Arabi21 website.
Abdullah...
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Someone probably overheard them discussing the baby boom. :lol:
Who remembers these:
Well you might have heard the sound recently.
Today on my Saturday morning shopping trip I heard them again in Luxor.
I turned to my mate and said What do you call them ?
After...
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How's the noise from the mechanic's across the road and her and her fella upstairs?
Egypt expels British journalist in media crackdown ahead of elections.
A British journalist for The Times was arrested, threatened with trial in a military court and deported from Egypt, the...
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So, do you think I should put a stop on the Autobiography ?
Mind you, I did 10 pages and wore myself out.... 8)
Ps: Another busy Sunday at the Marsam,
Sunday eh? So all these people flying out...
Former General and member of SCAF, Anan, has been arrested for “without first obtaining proper authorization from the military” for standing for the Presidency which is odd because what has the...
She is My Son: Afghanistan's Bacha Posh, When Girls Become Boys
I wonder if anything similar happens in Egypt, I never heard of it or seen anything to suggest they do, who knows? I would have...
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Afghanistan earned the soubriquet Graveyard of Empires ....although it's a bit of a misnomer in that it never brought empires to their knees. Rather , as Yildez says, successive empires have failed...
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