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Archive for the ‘Criticism’ Category

Things that make you go… WTF?!

I logged on to my account at wordpress this morning with a plan to write something about Egyptian politics and what I’d do were I president or in some way in charge of this country. Of course, I don’t start writing the moment I hit the PC, so I went over to Manal and Alaa’s [...]

If they like your idea… you’re definitely “enlightended”.

So while doing my thing, surfing the Internet today, I came across this title to a blog post that I had subscribed to: “Egyptian Blogger Asks the Real Questions“. I thought to myself: cool. Clicked on the title, was taken to the blog’s address, started reading the story and discovered that the Egyptian blogger in [...]

Muslim Brotherhood backs out of coalition

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. [...]

Dahab and Northern Sinai – News and comments.

First, I am going to refer you to a fellow blogger's website, Tomanbay, for a better update of events on Wednesday the 26th in Sinai, Egypt. Moving on, the main purpose of this post was to comment on posts made on another Blogger's Blog, namely Sandmonkey. Sandmonkey's post was a coverage of the Dahab bombings [...]

Egypt: Muslims vs. Christians. This has gone on long enough.

Friday, to use the words of FDR, was a "day that shall live in infamy". Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt were attacked during mass. There were injuries and a single death. For more prescise information on what happened, you can access Al-Jazeera's coverage of the issue in Arabic and English. You can also check out [...]