El-Warraq Real Estate Tax Collection Office مأمورية الضرائب العقارية بالوراق
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-09-05 02:29 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
I visited last Wednesday El-Warraq Real Estate Tax Collection Agency, in Giza, whose employees played a central role in the 2007 strike, led by Abdel Qader Nada who is one of the province’s representatives in the Higher Strike Committee. The working conditions at the office are not fit for humans, it looked like a barn not [...]
I visited last Wednesday El-Warraq Real Estate Tax Collection Agency, in Giza, whose employees played a central role in the 2007 strike, led by Abdel Qader Nada who is one of the province’s representatives in the Higher Strike Committee. The working conditions at the office are not fit for humans, it looked like a barn not [...]
Pix: Mahalla detainees and their families صور معتقلي إبريل وعائلاتهم في المحلة
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-09-04 18:39 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Kareem el-Beheiri uploaded more pix of the Mahalla detainees‘ families to his flickr…
Kareem el-Beheiri uploaded more pix of the Mahalla detainees‘ families to his flickr…
Egyptian Portraits بورتريهات مصرية
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-09-02 03:36 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Nasser Nouri, Egypt’s leading photographer who documented the Ghazl el-Mahalla December 2006 strike that triggered the Winter of Labor Discontent, and the April 2008 Mahalla Uprising… Sayyed el-Badri, Alexandrian school teacher and activist with Teachers’ Voice… Na’eem Ramadan, a school teacher and an activist from the Nile Delta northern town of Dessouq… Omar Morsi, activist school teacher from [...]
Nasser Nouri, Egypt’s leading photographer who documented the Ghazl el-Mahalla December 2006 strike that triggered the Winter of Labor Discontent, and the April 2008 Mahalla Uprising… Sayyed el-Badri, Alexandrian school teacher and activist with Teachers’ Voice… Na’eem Ramadan, a school teacher and an activist from the Nile Delta northern town of Dessouq… Omar Morsi, activist school teacher from [...]
“We want a free syndicate”
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 05:51 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
“There are two systems for education in Egypt,” said Omar Morsi, a Cairo teacher, during the Saturday protest. “A foreign system for the children of the rich, who live in closed compounds and lead a different life-style; and the other one for the children of the ugly duckling–our children! The first one has all the [...]
“There are two systems for education in Egypt,” said Omar Morsi, a Cairo teacher, during the Saturday protest. “A foreign system for the children of the rich, who live in closed compounds and lead a different life-style; and the other one for the children of the ugly duckling–our children! The first one has all the [...]
“If we don’t build the union, our gains will be taken away. We still have more rights to win”
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 05:23 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Kamal Abu Eita, addressing other members of the Higher Committee for the Real Estate Tax Collectors’ Strike who convened in Cairo on Saturday, to carry on their fight to build what will be Egypt’s first independent labor union in half a century…
Kamal Abu Eita, addressing other members of the Higher Committee for the Real Estate Tax Collectors’ Strike who convened in Cairo on Saturday, to carry on their fight to build what will be Egypt’s first independent labor union in half a century…
“We have to strike”
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 05:13 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
“We need to know one another, and who’s doing what in each province.” said Na’eem Ramadan, an Arabic teacher from Dessouq, in the northern Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheik. “We can’t stay fragmented… We have to strike. The people (teachers) have reached their limits and cannot take it anymore. Before Kefaya, no one used [...]
“We need to know one another, and who’s doing what in each province.” said Na’eem Ramadan, an Arabic teacher from Dessouq, in the northern Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheik. “We can’t stay fragmented… We have to strike. The people (teachers) have reached their limits and cannot take it anymore. Before Kefaya, no one used [...]
Teachers continue protest against humiliating exams
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 04:44 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Sarah Carr has a detailed report in the Daily News Egypt on the Saturday afternoon teachers’ protest in Downtown Cairo…
Sarah Carr has a detailed report in the Daily News Egypt on the Saturday afternoon teachers’ protest in Downtown Cairo…
Teachers demonstrate in downtown Cairo وقفة إحتجاجية للمعلمين ضد إختبارات “الكادر” في شارع حسين حجازي
3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-31 04:18 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Around 30 teachers from different provinces protested Saturday afternoon in Hussein Hegazi St, in front of the ministerial cabinet building, against the Education Ministry’s assessment exam. The teachers also denounced their state-backed union, calling for the establishment of a “free syndicate.” I’ll post more pix and details about the teachers’ fight later…
Around 30 teachers from different provinces protested Saturday afternoon in Hussein Hegazi St, in front of the ministerial cabinet building, against the Education Ministry’s assessment exam. The teachers also denounced their state-backed union, calling for the establishment of a “free syndicate.” I’ll post more pix and details about the teachers’ fight later…
Portraits: Tax Collectors بورتريهات: أبطال العقارية
3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-31 04:13 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Kamal, Giza… Sha’aban, Daqahliya… Abdel Nasser, Bani Sueif… Ayman, Alexandria… Abdel Qader, Giza… Ahmad, Sharqiya…
Kamal, Giza… Sha’aban, Daqahliya… Abdel Nasser, Bani Sueif… Ayman, Alexandria… Abdel Qader, Giza… Ahmad, Sharqiya…
Building the Union موظفو الضرائب العقارية يواصلون نضالهم من أجل بناء نقابتهم المستقلة
3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-31 03:55 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Members of the Higher Committee for the Real Estate Tax Collectors’ Strike convened in Cairo on Saturday, to carry on their fight to build what will be Egypt’s first independent labor union in half a century… The meeting included over 20 northern and southern provincial delegates, many of whom were from the central figures in the [...]
Members of the Higher Committee for the Real Estate Tax Collectors’ Strike convened in Cairo on Saturday, to carry on their fight to build what will be Egypt’s first independent labor union in half a century… The meeting included over 20 northern and southern provincial delegates, many of whom were from the central figures in the [...]
From repression to revolution: Egypt’s Tax Collectors موظفو الضرائب العقارية: أداة قهر عند الفراعنة وبشارة الثورة في عهد مبارك
3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-24 02:05 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The pic below is taken by archeologist and friend Nora Shalaby, in Sakkara’s Tomb of Mereruka. The latter was the Prime Minister and the son-in-law of Pharaoh Teti, from the 6th Dynasty. The full mural shows Egyptian tax collectors torturing tax evaders, dragging the village elders to give evidence on their faulty tax returns, to [...]
The pic below is taken by archeologist and friend Nora Shalaby, in Sakkara’s Tomb of Mereruka. The latter was the Prime Minister and the son-in-law of Pharaoh Teti, from the 6th Dynasty. The full mural shows Egyptian tax collectors torturing tax evaders, dragging the village elders to give evidence on their faulty tax returns, to [...]
“We have to build our new union structures on the ground to be solid”
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-22 00:33 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Gamal Oweida, Daqahliya Tax Collector… We have to build our new union structures on the ground, to be solid. They (govt) will fight us hard. The (state-backed General) Federation (of Trade Unions) will not like any new independent union entities in the country… Are there others thinking of (building) independent unions? Yes, in Mahalla and other [...]
Gamal Oweida, Daqahliya Tax Collector… We have to build our new union structures on the ground, to be solid. They (govt) will fight us hard. The (state-backed General) Federation (of Trade Unions) will not like any new independent union entities in the country… Are there others thinking of (building) independent unions? Yes, in Mahalla and other [...]
“Strikes are the only means to get our rights”
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-21 22:24 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Salah Abdel Salam, Daqahliya Tax Collector… All union presidents work for State Security. And all State Security (officers) serve only the regime… Egypt has turned from a welfare state to a savage capitalist state… Strikes are the only means to get our rights, as we saw in the Real Estate (Tax Collectors’ strike), Mahalla, Mansoura-España and [...]
Salah Abdel Salam, Daqahliya Tax Collector… All union presidents work for State Security. And all State Security (officers) serve only the regime… Egypt has turned from a welfare state to a savage capitalist state… Strikes are the only means to get our rights, as we saw in the Real Estate (Tax Collectors’ strike), Mahalla, Mansoura-España and [...]
Ad-Dustour الدستور
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-08-11 20:30 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The frontpage of the liberal daily Ad-Dustour carries news on the solidarity protest held in London against the Mahalla 49 trial…
The frontpage of the liberal daily Ad-Dustour carries news on the solidarity protest held in London against the Mahalla 49 trial…
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