While in Libya I got this news

My blog is nominated for the Reporters without Borders (RSF)  award with Deutche Welle (DW) Best of Blogs (BOBs)competition
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and vote for Torture in Egypt (Volter in Agypten) in the Best Arabic Weblog section
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Update: Press Syndicate issued a statement dated Oct. 11th protesting Tantawi’s fatwa
During a religious celebration co-memorating the eve Quran descended from heaven, Mohamed Sayid Tantawi, sheikh of Azhar mosque preached a crowd of state officials including President Mubarak, finding religious grounds for whipping rumors spreaders 80 times
This comes as editors and journalists of independent media are […]

Egyptian blogs go on strike today, October 7th, together with daily and weekly newspapers protesting crackdown on blogs, bloggers and free press. Striking blogs placed this banner at their front pages

Early on, Egyptian bloggers started a freedom of speech campaign, placing this postcard on line for e-purchase. Card reads: ‘Why should speech be taken to court?’. […]

سافرت الى المحلة الكبرى الجمعة الماضية في محاولة لتوثيق اضراب عمال المحلة.. كانت المرة الأولي التي استخدم فيها الكاميرا بشكل جدي وكنت أستكتشف كيفية ضبط الكاميرا أثناء التصوير.. عذرا لردائة الصوت، والاطالة، وحفنة الاخطاء الفنية.. فهو ليس عمل مهنيَ ولا أنا بمحترفة.. كل ما أردته هو توثيق ونقل لحظة اعتقدها فارقة الى كل مصري ومعنيَ، […]

Click on above photo to read today’s Washington Post report, with my contribution, on regime’s crackdown on Egypt’s civil society; Ikhwan, Jornalists, Saadeddin Ibrahim, Ayman Nour, Prisoner’s Support NGO, and Center for Workers Services
Above photo was taken by Ikhwan web during Monem’s detention in May 2007