Faisal's Tobril

My good friend Ahmed El Droubi has been released! Thank Goodness. You've been missed Droubster!

Ahmed El-Sharqawi and Karim El Sha’er, two recently released activists with Youth for Change, have been abducted and detained from Abdel Khaleq Tharwat Street in downtown Cairo by plain clothes security agents. The two were taken to Qasr El-Nil Police Station after their arrest. Inside the station, security agents took turns torturing the two young [...]

First, let me start by linking to Sandmonkey, who actually went to the demonstrations today and has a post with quotes taken from various conversations and statements during the demonstration. Now for what I want to say. Apparently the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), and all the people the organization mobilizes, were a no-show in today's Protests. [...]

I haven't posted anything for close to a week now, although I have been keepting abreast of matters, and I thought to point out those things that caught my attention or were of special interest during the course of that week.First of all comes the sentencing and jailing of 10 officials that the courts found [...]

This just in, breaking news from Al-Jazeera News Channel (tv). Judge Makki has been acquitted of all charges and Judge Bastawisi has been held responsible by the Judicial "Disciplinary Council".No news about if any sentence or decision concerning Judge Bastawisi has been passed by the "Disciplinary Council", as of yet. Judge Bastawisi's trial has been [...]

I won't waste time with a long introduction. This post is a response to a response to a post I wrote, which in turn was a relative response to another post.Alright then, let's go! Now, Sandmonkey responded to my post by saying: Well, Faisal, let me ignore your mindboggeling comparison of those who die on [...]

[This post was originally written and meant to be published on the 6th of May. Real life events forced me to save it as a draft and I was only able to continue it today.]I have political views. A lot in fact. The way I see it has been dedicated to commenting about various socio-political [...]

Which is exactly why I was surprised and delighted to find that two fellow bloggers had anti-neocon ideology posts:Tomanbay's post. Forsoothsayer's post. I don't always see eye-to-eye with them on everything, but this time I like what they're saying. And that's the way I see it. Tags: Neo-Cons Liberals Egyptian Blogs

Bolivia's President-elect Evo Morales declared yesterday, on International Workers' Day, that Bolivia would nationalize Bolivia's Oil & Gas companies if foreign firms do not "agree to give Bolivia's state oil company oversight of production and a majority of their revenue generated in Bolivia". Morales gave those companies six months to make their choice. Already soldiers [...]