Wheras Al Masry Al Youm newspaper continues to report on Bamha ordeal and the cosmetic reconciliation, I received the following message today saying Egypt’s State Security asked Christian victims of Bamha to change their official testimonies and on-record complaints to accuse under-age Muslim children of violent attacks instead of real adults whom they had identified earlier. I am glad they refused.
Once again, […]

مراقب مصري قام، مشكورا، بترجمة هذه التدوينة الى اللغة العربية ونشرها هنا بعنوان الى كل من هو مهتم بما حدث في العياط: اخبط راس أمك في الحيط

I received the below message today from an Egyptian who personally spoke to some of the victims and the bottom line is: someone wants this to go untold. Are we letting […]

This is a hilarious post by Egyptian blogger Asad. Although it is a very short real life experience he went through at a main road checkpoint, it clearly depicts the black comedy of our police state - Egypt. Original Arabic post here, and my English translation below:
Beard follow-up card
Asad, May 16, 2007
Last Monday I was […]

 English below
أستطاع منعم أمس تمرير أول تدوينة له من داخل زنزانته بسجن طره محكوم. منعم أعلن بوضوح أنه سيستمر في التدوين والتظاهر والكتابة من أجل مصر ومن أجل الحرية. اضغط على الصورة لقراءة تدوينة منعم كاملة
 
أعد نشرها على مدونتك، أرسلها لأصدقائك.. ساعد في جعل صوت منعم مسموعا حتى وهو وراء القضبان.. علينا أن نقول للنظام […]

I had posted earlier, in Arabic, on the violent attacks and discrimination against Egyptian Christians in the Giza village of Bamha, calling on the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group to set example and take action to demonestrate the ”true teachings of Islam”. Ikhwan Web, the MB official English website translated my post into English and had it […]

I had posted earlier that bloggers are now under gunfire in Egypt. Several people here in the United States asked me why is this happening to bloggers, and why now? I will try to explain that here
Bloggers have put name and face to state security torturers and therefore the battle became personal. We demonstrated in the streets with posters […]

 
Today, blogger Monem was ordered 15 days extended detention in Torah Mahkoum prison under conditions he described as “unbearable by any human being”. Monem sends SOS to Rights and Civil Society Organisations
Click on above photo for more photos and full message from Monem

The war on bloggers started in Egypt and every morning brings a new episode. While we are campaigning to get our fellow blogger Monem out of jail we get the news he goes on hunger strike for maltreatment and sexual harassement inside prison. But this is old news, namely yesterday’s
Today I wake up on this sms from blogger Amr […]

لماذا، أصلا، يذهب الكلام الى المحكمة؟ 

Egyptian pro-democracy activists and bloggers are facing various forms of prosecution everyday

Blogger Kareem Amer has been sentenced 4 years in prison for his blog writings

Twenty Two (22) websites and blogs face threat of being closed as they are sued for defaming
Egypt, next court session is May 5th, 2007

Blogger Monem was […]

Update 6:00pm CLT: Hamalawy reports Gemyhood, Fat’hy Fareed and Hisham Tuleib released after being abused by police. 
Update 5:30pm CLT: Kefaya reports blogger Mina is released and no information yet on his condition. Abdel Qodoos, Fat’hy Fareed, blogger Gemyhood and others are still kidnapped to unknown location
Mubarak black regime is doing it again
Today journalist and writer Mohamed […]

حسنا.. جئنا الى أمريكا لنتعلم الديموقراطية على أصولها ونتدرب على حكم الدول (كل واحد يخلي باله من لغاليغه - قصدي دولته) ن
 الخارجية الأمريكية بجلالة قدرها استقبلتنا ووضعتنا في قرطاس ضيق لكن بدأنا نخرج من القرطاس بما يثبت أن العمل العربي المشترك ليس مستحيلا.. وأمجاد يا عرب أمجاد
الشباب العربي، قام بعمل استبيان على طلبة جامعة سيراكيوز وسيتم عرض […]

Watch this 6 minutes video, released 29/7/06
Blair and Bush: more killing to go on until we find a plan 
 

تفاصيل الخبر بالانجليزية أدناه من وكالة الأنباء الألمانية. وملخصه أن ثاني أكبر منظمة أسلامية في اندونسيا، وعدد أعضائها 30 مليون، تقوم الآن بجمع التبرعات بهدف شراء أسلحة لحزب الله. المنظمة مصنفة ضمن المنظمات المعتدلة في اندونسيا وقد امتدحتها الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية من قبل. رئيس المنظمة يقول أنه رجح خيار التبرع بالسلاح عن خيار ارسال مجاهدين من اندونسيا للقتال […]

Amnesty International calls for arms embargo on both Israel and Hizbollah as US continues to supply Israel with smart bombs and ammunition.
“Governments supplying Israel and Hizbullah with arms and military equipment are fuelling their capacity to commit war crimes. All governments should impose an arms embargo on both sides and refuse permission for their territories to […]

Exactly as he fucked up before with his new release (back then) video (clip) on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and his support to Hamas in Palestine. Today, he asks the ‘mujahedeen’ of the ‘ummah’ to go support their ‘brothers’ in Lebanon and Palestine.
Last time he spoke, the Hamas government and the Egyptian MBs came out and denied any […]

Finally Alaa is home. Kafarah is an Egyptian Arabic word commonly said to prisoners upon their release. We have been saying and hearing it for few hours now but still looking for its meaning. Manal is finally happy, both their phones are ringing nonestop bringing good wishes and warm support from here and abroad. Despite […]

This is what is means to live in a police state under emergency law! 

Ministry of Interior issued a statement 2 days ago warning that any gathering in Cairo will be illegal. However, activists did protest in various places in Cairo today to support Judges, Ayman Nour, and to stress their right to freedom of expression and demonestrations.

A […]

What are we waiting for, gathered here in the agora?
The barbarians are supposed to show up today.