Wow I have just finished watching Mona El-Shazely's very quick, very short ,very powerful and successful interview with G.W Bush.

The exclusive interview that lasted for 10 minutes only I believe was the most interesting interview G.W Bush ever made for an Arabic TV , all previous interviews were long, boring and questions were repeated over and over just like the answers  but this time it was different may be because the interviewer was different.  read more »

The Egyptian Radio and Television got treasures my generation and the previous generation still remember and are proud of knowing them by heart , we are not like the Melody generation.

Now the video below is a cartoon made in the 1990s to a Radio Operetta produced I think in the 1950s , yes a very old and beautiful Children Operetta that almost all Egyptians know by their hearts

It became a part of our culture , its lyrics and terms are used in our lives , especially in our birthday celebrations.

The operetta is about the Birthday of the crown prince of all the forest birds Mr. Abu El-Fasd ,all the birds decided to make a big birthday for the little cute fellow you can see him in the last part of the video , little tiny blue fluffy thing  read more »

This is from NPR ,do you know that Aga Khan Foundation is sponsoring another very promising project in Islamic Cairo , in the poor slams which is installing environment-friendly solar hot-water heaters ??

Of course you did not hear about it in our media but you can hear about it here  read more »

From fours days ago the Egyptian Ministers spoke on the News night talk shows to justify the latest economic decisions of the Nazif cabinet. Minister Ahmed Al Magrabhi said on Al Mahwar 90 minutes unrealistic claims that these decisions were taken to help the poor and they will take from the rich and give to the poor !! Sorry the correct terms take from the Capable to the incapable !!?? as you see vague terms !! Define the Capable and the Incapable !! He also mentioned something about the Social justice !!

Anyhow I do not think that Choosing Ahmed Al Magrabhi who is heading some committee was a correct choice to speak about the living situation in Egypt , the social justice and the poor Vs. Rich.  read more »

Again with the Time Person of the year 2007 , last year it was me and you my dear reader were the Person of the year 2006

This year surprisingly it was the Russian President Vladimir Putin, at least it was surprise to me because I thought that a man like Al Gore will take the famous title and will be the cover boy , Putin for me was a surprise but again the Time has another view interesting one because I believe in the same thing and I wanted to speak about it  read more »

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