Waving Catie goodbye I strode towards the departure gate feeling excited, revelling in the first real “I’m on my way” moment. Denying myself that priviledge until now made it twice as enjoyable. Most of the flight I spent poring over …
Posted in Egypt | Tagged Egypt | 1 CommentFragments of letters from imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil: – Maspero recruits: Why does the army only try El-Adli and Mubarak in the case of assassinating protesters in 28 January, and not trying Tantawi and Badin in the case of …
Posted in Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Maikel Nabil | Leave a comment(Fragments of letters from imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil.) – Half of the period of Kareem Whenever I think of the length of my sentence (2 years), I remember that Kareem Amer was imprisoned for 4 years and he was …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Egypt, jan25, Maikel Nabil | Leave a commentMarch 15-May 31, 2012 – Cairo, Egypt The Artellewa Arab Collaboration Project will bring together six artists and writers from countries of the Arab uprisings in Cairo to collaboratively develop a creative project over a ten-week residency, from March 15 …
Posted in Art, Creative Media, Egypt, Middle East | Tagged Art, Artellewa, creativity, Egypt | 1 Comment(Fragments of letters from imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil) – Vegetarian I seriously think of becoming vegetarian and stop eating any animal foods, but I feel that I need to read to read more in this subject… The point which …
Posted in Egypt, Human Rights | Tagged Egypt, jan25, Maikel Nabil | Leave a commentThanks to Nariman Youssef for the translation. At a press conference last week, SCAF’s Mukhtar Al-Mullah issued a number of statements that revealed the hidden intentions of the military to kill the nascent democracy in Egypt. When towards the end …
Posted in Civil Rights, Egypt, Philosophy | Tagged Egypt, jan25, Maikel Nabil | 1 CommentPrison had never changed an idea… Subduing had never delayed tomorrow Militarists sentenced me last Wednesday to 2 years in prison (as if I’ll live all that period on a hunger strike)… They also fined me with 200 Egyptian pounds, …
Posted in Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Maikel Nabil | 1 CommentFor the third day now, protesters in Egypt have been subjected to another round of horrifying violence by the counterrevolutionary forces of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. Protester have staged a completely peaceful sit-in in front of Egyptian cabinet …
Posted in Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Egypt | Tagged Egypt | Leave a commentMilitarists told me that my case differs from the case of Alaa Abd El Fattah, because Alaa isn’t tried as being a political activist… I look in their eyes and ask them, …“Is it a confession that I am being …
Posted in Bad news, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, News and Politics | Tagged Maikel Nabil | 5 CommentsOf course this movement won’t succeed in achieving its goals by the effort of the small active group in it. We need all the possible help to be able to change the laws which regulate conscription in Egypt. These are …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Egypt | Tagged Egypt, Maikel Nabil | Leave a comment