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 [...]
من الأقوال المأثورة لفخامة التعيس حسني اللامبارك
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-05-08 11:44 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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 [...]
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 [...]
Arab states hit by rising oil prices
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 23:02 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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
Documentary: Bloggers.. The Neo-Journalists وثائقي جديد من الجزيرة عن المدونين العرب
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-04-28 09:57 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Al-Jazeera is airing a new documentary on the Arab blogosphere, this Wednesday 9:05pm GMT… Stay tuned…
Al-Jazeera is airing a new documentary on the Arab blogosphere, this Wednesday 9:05pm GMT… Stay tuned…
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