Anti-price hikes protest صور مظاهرة نقابة الصحافيين ضد غلاء الأسعار
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-05-09 11:55 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Click below to watch some photos taken by Sarah Carr of the Thursday anti-price hikes protest in front of the Press Syndicate…
Click below to watch some photos taken by Sarah Carr of the Thursday anti-price hikes protest in front of the Press Syndicate…
Urban inflation hits 16.4%
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-05-09 11:29 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
From the Daily News Egypt… CAPMAS announced Thursday that urban inflation in Egypt rose to a new three-year high of 16.4 percent in the year to April, up from 14.4 percent in the year to March. Abu Bakr El-Guindi, head of the state statistics agency, told reporters in a news conference that inflation was driven mainly by [...]
From the Daily News Egypt… CAPMAS announced Thursday that urban inflation in Egypt rose to a new three-year high of 16.4 percent in the year to April, up from 14.4 percent in the year to March. Abu Bakr El-Guindi, head of the state statistics agency, told reporters in a news conference that inflation was driven mainly by [...]
Another Facebook activist detained and abused
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-05-09 11:09 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Troubling news about Facebook activist Ahmed Maher… Here’s a report from the Daily News Egypt… The administrator and arguably the real creator of the April 6 Strike group on Facebook Ahmed Maher was detained briefly Wednesday and beaten, his lawyer told Daily News Egypt. Khaled Ali, who is the head of the Hisham Mubarak Center for Human [...]
Troubling news about Facebook activist Ahmed Maher… Here’s a report from the Daily News Egypt… The administrator and arguably the real creator of the April 6 Strike group on Facebook Ahmed Maher was detained briefly Wednesday and beaten, his lawyer told Daily News Egypt. Khaled Ali, who is the head of the Hisham Mubarak Center for Human [...]
The Revolution will be Flickrized
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-05-08 12:07 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Ma3lesh, I’ll go back again to the issue of photography… I gave recently some talks about the Mahalla Uprising, among labor and progressive circles in the Bay Area, as part of the effort (tremendously helped by friends in California and NYC I’m grateful for) to spread the word about what’s going on back in Egypt among [...]
Ma3lesh, I’ll go back again to the issue of photography… I gave recently some talks about the Mahalla Uprising, among labor and progressive circles in the Bay Area, as part of the effort (tremendously helped by friends in California and NYC I’m grateful for) to spread the word about what’s going on back in Egypt among [...]
Mubarak’s pigs order mobile firms to bar anonymous users
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-05-08 11:29 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
From Reuters… Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday. The move comes as Egypt tries to combat a wave of public discontent over rising prices and low wages that [...]
From Reuters… Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday. The move comes as Egypt tries to combat a wave of public discontent over rising prices and low wages that [...]
The poor will pay the price
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-05-08 00:35 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
High car license fees impact poor more than rich, amid fears of growing discontent…
High car license fees impact poor more than rich, amid fears of growing discontent…
Release Mari’e! الحرية لمحمد مرعي
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-05-08 00:13 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Despite previous false statements from Mubarak’s spokesperson in SF Attiya Shakran about his release, and renewed false assurances about his “possible release” after 4 May, Mohamed Mari’e (James Buck’s translator) is still incarcerated by Mubarak’s police, and was transferred to Bourg el-Arab Prison, Alexandria…
Despite previous false statements from Mubarak’s spokesperson in SF Attiya Shakran about his release, and renewed false assurances about his “possible release” after 4 May, Mohamed Mari’e (James Buck’s translator) is still incarcerated by Mubarak’s police, and was transferred to Bourg el-Arab Prison, Alexandria…
Anti-price hikes protest tomorrow وقفة احتجاجية السادسة مساء الخميس أمام نقابة الصحافيين ضد قرارات رفع الأسعار
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 23:41 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Journalists are calling for a demonstrations tomorrow Thursday 6pm, in front of the Press Syndicate to denounce the price hikes decreed by the US-backed dictator Mubarak…
Journalists are calling for a demonstrations tomorrow Thursday 6pm, in front of the Press Syndicate to denounce the price hikes decreed by the US-backed dictator Mubarak…
شبح 1977 يخيم على القاهرة
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 23:20 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Click below to watch some photos taken by Nasser Nouri of gas stations in the Cairo neighborhoods of Hadayeq el-Qobba, where Nasser lives, and Ghamra… Plainclothes police agents were deployed close to the gas stations, Nasser told me, fearing protests or clashes with angry drivers… According to virtually everyone I speak with in the capital, the [...]
Click below to watch some photos taken by Nasser Nouri of gas stations in the Cairo neighborhoods of Hadayeq el-Qobba, where Nasser lives, and Ghamra… Plainclothes police agents were deployed close to the gas stations, Nasser told me, fearing protests or clashes with angry drivers… According to virtually everyone I speak with in the capital, the [...]
Egyptian Strikes: More than bread and butter
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 23:02 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
My feature on the labor movement, in the British Socialist Review, is now available online… The mass demonstrations and strikes that have swept Egypt over the last year have transformed the opposition movement. For decades Egyptians lived in fear of the regime - opposition activists were rounded up, imprisoned and tortured, and strikers gunned down - [...]
My feature on the labor movement, in the British Socialist Review, is now available online… The mass demonstrations and strikes that have swept Egypt over the last year have transformed the opposition movement. For decades Egyptians lived in fear of the regime - opposition activists were rounded up, imprisoned and tortured, and strikers gunned down - [...]
Friday: Workers Coordination Committee Conference المؤتمر السنوي الخامس للجنة التنسيقية للحقوق والحريات النقابية والعمالية
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 22:25 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Workers’ Coordination Committee is holding its fifth annual conference, this Friday at the Press Syndicate… For more information, click on the poster below…
The Workers’ Coordination Committee is holding its fifth annual conference, this Friday at the Press Syndicate… For more information, click on the poster below…
Cab chat
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 19:32 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
I received this message from my friend Atle in Cairo… Not surprisingly it is the taxi drivers that are really pissed off with the recent price hikes. When I get into a taxi they politely raise the issue of petrol being expensive, probably to warn me that the old khawagat [foreigners'] fares have gone up. When [...]
I received this message from my friend Atle in Cairo… Not surprisingly it is the taxi drivers that are really pissed off with the recent price hikes. When I get into a taxi they politely raise the issue of petrol being expensive, probably to warn me that the old khawagat [foreigners'] fares have gone up. When [...]
Seminar dubs April 6 strike a turning point in Egypt history
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 01:15 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Sarah Carr reports on the seminar organized by the Center for Socialist Studies on the April 6th strike… The April 6 general strike was an unprecedented turning point in the Egyptian protest movement, concluded a discussion held Monday at the Center for Socialist Studies titled “What next after April 6 and May 4?” El-Dostour journalist Haitham Gabr [...]
Sarah Carr reports on the seminar organized by the Center for Socialist Studies on the April 6th strike… The April 6 general strike was an unprecedented turning point in the Egyptian protest movement, concluded a discussion held Monday at the Center for Socialist Studies titled “What next after April 6 and May 4?” El-Dostour journalist Haitham Gabr [...]
Arab states hit by rising oil prices
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 23:02 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
AsadX.Net مبروك يا أبو الأسود
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 22:43 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Asad has moved to a new domain… Mabrouk ya Abul Ossoud…
Asad has moved to a new domain… Mabrouk ya Abul Ossoud…
صور جرسة حسني في بيروت
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 22:16 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Razan Ghazzawi has some photos of the May 4th solidarity with Mahalla protest in front of Mubarak’s Embassy in Beirut…
Razan Ghazzawi has some photos of the May 4th solidarity with Mahalla protest in front of Mubarak’s Embassy in Beirut…
Cab chat
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 21:49 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
I received this message from a friend of mine in Cairo… The taxi driver I took this morning spat at Mubarak’s palace and started crying… I was talking about the price rises and sources of income today with the cab driver i took.. He recommended a new source: Put a 7assala (safe) in every midan (square) under Mubarak’s [...]
I received this message from a friend of mine in Cairo… The taxi driver I took this morning spat at Mubarak’s palace and started crying… I was talking about the price rises and sources of income today with the cab driver i took.. He recommended a new source: Put a 7assala (safe) in every midan (square) under Mubarak’s [...]
Down with Mubarak يسقط مبارك كلب الأمريكان
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 01:18 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Activists نشطاء
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-05-05 23:20 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Mohamed Khaled (MAK), anti-torture blogger, Downtown Cairo… Sharat G. Lin, Political economist, San Jose Peace & Justice Center, San Jose… Jack Stephens, trade unionist and blogger, San Francisco… Maria Poblet, St. Peter’s Housing Committee activist, San Francisco… Alex Tom, Chinese Progressive Association organizer, San Francisco… Amadito rallying the masses on May Day, San Francisco…
Mohamed Khaled (MAK), anti-torture blogger, Downtown Cairo… Sharat G. Lin, Political economist, San Jose Peace & Justice Center, San Jose… Jack Stephens, trade unionist and blogger, San Francisco… Maria Poblet, St. Peter’s Housing Committee activist, San Francisco… Alex Tom, Chinese Progressive Association organizer, San Francisco… Amadito rallying the masses on May Day, San Francisco…
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