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Egyptian Bloggers and their Lost Blogs

Global Voices Online » Egypt - Wed, 2008-12-03 01:36 By Marwa Rakha

Several Egyptian bloggers lost their blogs whether to hackers or to web hosting services. Are those blogs being deliberately suspended by web hosting services or are there invisible hands at play behind the scenes?

Last October, Egyptian blogger Epitaph lost her blog. A few day later, blogger Mohamed Al Gohary, or IRC President, along with more than 20 Egyptian bloggers who followed her blog sent the following plea to Blogger, which hosted the site, saying:  read more »

Middle East: Saddened by Mumbai Attacks

Global Voices Online » Egypt - Wed, 2008-12-03 01:21 By Amira Al Hussaini

Amid the sadness and shock at the Mumbai attacks, bloggers across the Arab world are posing many questions.

Bahraini Hasan Hujairi is very saddened by the news. He writes:

I’ve been very saddened by the news of the recent terrorist attacks in the city of Mumbai. I cannot imagine any reason that would justify carrying out such a terrible and mindless act.
My heart goes out to those affected both directly and indirectly by this tragedy.

From Dubai, UAE, Seabee poses a lot of questions and here are some of them:  read more »

Egypt: Those People

Global Voices Online » Egypt - Thu, 2007-11-22 01:09 By Tarek Amr

The Egyptian blogger Ohod writes here some short stories about people whom he have met in his childhood and how life changed them when they grew up.

He starts with Akram:  read more »

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