I’ve just heard from a friend that Ahmed Maher, a 27-year-old engineer quoted in the Western press as a May 4 Facebook activist, is alleging that he was beaten in State Security custody. Details are still sketchy, but apparently State Security called him in for a “friendly” coffee earlier this week. When he didn’t go, my friend tells me, State Security took him from his home in the middle of the night, beat him, and released him with the warning that they were “just pulling his ear” this time, and that next time would be worse.  read more »

I hate to say it but I think on this blog I said that Mubarak would go in the Labour and announce some raise then next day the ministers would raise the prices of fuel,diesel and cigarettes .

I have nothing more to say except if the Egyptians do not go to strike because of this ,then it is over

I have got nothing to say

My friend Tarek said it better, I will say no more  read more »

This is the oldest animation in the history of Egyptian Cinema. Historically the art of animation began in Egypt in 1935 by the Brothers Frankel, who managed despite the limited technical potential to produce many of the business and made the first Cartoon Egyptian Character   Mishmesh Effendi

They carried out many cinematic tricks, which were very advanced then, like  the integration movement of living with frees animation.  read more »

There is nothing wrong in you dummies , there is something wrong in the system

A Cultural Film "Film Thakafy"

Ok the 4th of May came and it did not go as we all hoped , it was not as we all expected whether from people who too much hope on it or from the regime that put the worst scenario in its mind for it.

This strike is not a success like last 6th of April by all measures , still it scored some points.  read more »

Ok guys here are the latest updates from Cairo and also from Egypt in the 4th of May strike , the birthday of the President.

I did update anything since the morning till I reached because I did not find anything worth for posting at least till 12 AM when the news of Mahalla began to come.

This was a normal work day for the Egyptians in the capital , I do not know about the universities or the other Governates but in Giza and Cairo , it was a normal. People went to their work after a whole week vacation with headaches from coming back.  read more »

The appeals court in Giza hearing the case of four opposition newspaper editors yesterday adjourned until June 7 to consider documents and pleadings submitted in the case. The editors’ lawyers asked to call witnesses, including Al-Ahram columnist Salama Ahmed Salama, to testify that the articles criticizing President Hosni Mubarak and other senior ruling-party officials’ stance on Hizballah and the war in Lebanon did not damage public order in Egypt.

Just like the Roman Holiday but this time not in the ancient city of Rome but the ancient city of Luxor

Seriously I do not know if the French President thought for one second that his Private unofficial visit to Luxor would turn in to a big worldwide media circus

More than 100 photographers came to the City according to the mayor General Samir Farag who can be the Governor of Luxor insh Allah in the next year expected decisions.  read more »

It seems that the Protests and Strike culture is finding its way more and more among the Egyptians and wonderful thing it happens in the last place you would expect

This is time outside our national borders , it is in KSA this time in the holy land too during the Pilgrimage !!

Surprise is not it ??

3000 Egyptian Pilgrims members in the official delegation protested yesterday after Friday's  prayer and they even made a siege around the HQ of the officials in the delegation protesting the bad treatment they suffer from in the delegation . It seems that they gave 3000 tents to sleep in made for less this number , the Saudis made the tents for less than 3000 people , for example they gave tents originally for 50 , the delegation assigns the tent to 100 person  read more »