In an earlier time.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Damascus, Straight Street, Syria
November 15, 2009 • 12:26 pm 0
ya rab Masr! Egypt 2, Algeria 0
Talaat Harb, Cairo, Egypt 2, Algeria 0 from Freddy Deknatel on Vimeo.
Egypt beat Algeria in dramatic fashion last night, with the crucial second goal coming in the 95th minute, sending both teams to Sudan for a qualifying playoff on Wednesday. Afterward Downtown Cairo was a carnival. Started in Talaat Harb, moved to Tahrir.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Algeria, Egypt, Talaat Harb, World Cup
October 25, 2009 • 11:17 pm 0
Edward Said, “The Last Interview”
The Google video won’t embed — here is the link to Edward Said’s long last interview from 2003.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Edward Said, the last interview
October 12, 2009 • 4:53 pm 0
Omar Souleyman, “Leh Jani”
Syrian techno, sort of. He has an album called “Highway to Hassake.” Amazing.
Filed under: Uncategorized , omar souleyman, syrian techno
September 26, 2009 • 12:17 pm 0
Everything OK
A Kuwaiti song from the 1980s.
Filed under: Uncategorized , 1980s, Kuwait, music video
September 11, 2009 • 11:55 am 1
“Afghan alcohol ban after Nato staff were ‘too hungover’ to give explanation for airstrike that killed 70 civilians”
Alcohol has been banned from Nato’s headquarters in Afghanistan in the wake of an airstrike that killed up to 70 civilians.
US General Stanley McChrystal, head of the International Forces in Afghanistan (Isaf), decided to bar boozing after launching an investigation into the bombing in northern Afghanistan.
Staff at the Kabul headquarters were ‘either drunk or too hungover’ to answer his questions.
He slammed forces for ‘partying it up’ as German Chancellor Angela Merkel also found herself under attack for the strike.
The command to drop two 500lb bombs on two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban came from Germany, while American pilots carried it out.
A preliminary investigation found that the bombs were dropped in breach of Nato guidelines, on intelligence from a single source who claimed all present were members of the Taliban. [MailOnline]
Filed under: Uncategorized , Afghanistan, air strike, alcohol, Mail On Sunday, NATO
August 25, 2009 • 9:08 pm 0
Mubarak on the Potomac, some views
Last week friend and old Cairo confidante Adam Makary filed this story for Al Jazeera English, on all that was expected from Mubarak’s recent entourage-heavy visit to Washington. Or rather, about how little was expected. He asked for my two cents, so somehow I was one of a half dozen Egyptian and American youth pooh-poohing the sick man of the Middle East’s overdue visit to America. It’s a little late, but I thought to post it anyway.
Filed under: Uncategorized , visit, Mubarak, Washington, Al Jazeera English
July 21, 2009 • 1:02 pm 0
Take Me Back to Cairo
Filed under: Uncategorized , Karim Shukry, Take Me Back to Cairo
June 15, 2009 • 7:30 am 0
From Tehran
This was forwarded by a friend. The photo mentioned is from this YouTube video:
a political coup is happening in Iran
the person in white shirt is my friend,***, student of sculpture at Tehran University, School of fine arts. I was chatting with him hour ago on yahoo messenger, he was inside Tehran University Dormitory. he said he had hid himself under the bed but he could hear screams and shouts. he told me there is blood everywhere and police are finally gone. the students had taken some of the militia’s captive and they were holding them inside the library. the police storms the library and arrests everyone. the number of injuries and arrests is unknown. this happened at the night of june 14 2009 after midnight. earlier in the evening, this video was recorded inside tehran university school of fine arts. in this video Rahnavard urges student to non violent protest and promise them that her husband would not give up. hours later the police attack univeristy too. some of the people you see in the video incuding girls are missing at the moment. People inside Iran are in media boycott and reporters of westeren media are unfortunately being deported from Iran because their visa’s have expired. please spread the word and let the world know what is happening in Iran these days.
Filed under: Uncategorized , crackdown, elections, fraud, Iran, Tehran, Univeristy
