Faisal's Tobril

Our demands have not been met. The country is yet to be cleansed of its filth. Collection of pictures taken in Cairo on the 25th of January (Facebook Album) by a number of Photographers  

Anonymous’s Message. Follow “The Plan”

I’ve recently come across two new and, I believe, important websites concerned with two hotly debated and discussed issues in Egypt these days: 1. Military trials for civilians. 2. The new Egyptian constitution. The websites are NoMilTrials.com and DostorMisr.com. Both are Arabic-language websites though NoMilTrials.com does have posts in English. I hope you find them [...]

So I heard yesterday over one of the Egyptian national radio that the new law criminalizing any action that disrupts “production” in both the public and private sector has been confirmed. I find this law to be absolutely ridiculous as it effectively means that workers will not be able to demonstrate, carry out strikes or [...]

Yesterday, I came across a video on youtube entitled “يعني أيه التيار الرئيسي المصري؟؟”. When I first saw the title, I imagined it would be something produced and executed by anti-protesters who would spin the economy and security yarns. This wasn’t because I thought that these were the views of the “Egyptian mainstream” but because [...]

My popular committee in Maadi has decided to mobilize itself for continued security but also to take active part in the politics of our neighborhood. We have issued the first communique that we plan to share with all other Maadi Popular Committees. Here it is (in Arabic): اللجنه الشعبية لشوارع المعادي لجان شوارع النادي؛و الجولف؛ [...]

For all those slow of mind enough to think that the people/protesters are asking for a “war” against the army or anything to the like, this is not the case. They (the protesters) have said nothing to indicate this and anything you MIGHT even REMOTELY believe to have implied this was mid-read or misunderstood or [...]