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Halfway To Concord

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The Saudi Iranian Neo Cold War : Iran’s proxy war in Yemen !

The Saudi Iranian Neo Cold War : Iran's proxy war in Yemen !

MIR : The Saudi-Iranian Neo Cold War. Yemen’s fight with rebels a regional concern Of course Iran denies it and warns us to mind our own business. Warns those in the region, do not pour oil on the fire ! Saudi combat jets hit rebel targets (...)

18 nov. 2009 | | James Joiner

The Egyptian Algerian war

The Egyptian Algerian war

I don’t care about Football. (Dear American reader : by football I mean the real football. The one you call soccer ? The one you used to practice as a child but then outgrew the moment you heard about actual contact sports ? Yeah, that one !) I (...)

16 nov. 2009 | | The Sandmonkey

Fuckin Hymens !

Fuckin Hymens !

The Egyptian Parliament is in uproar, the newspapers can’t seem to stop talking about the impending crisis, which spells doom and gloom to the Egyptian society. But what is the issue that is uniting the Egyptian opposition and the government, and is (...)

3 nov. 2009 | 7 comments | The Sandmonkey

Reactions to Obama’s Speech

Reactions to Obama's Speech

The USG Open Source Center translates rports about the reaction of the general public to Obama’s speech in Cairo. Al-Jazirah, Al-Arabiyah Highlight, Carry Reactions to Obama’s Cairo Speech Middle East — OSC Summary Thursday, June 4, 2009 (...)

5 jui. 2009 | | Juan Cole

Preble on Obama’s Speech

Preble on Obama's Speech

One problem that I think we have in terms of trying to build a coalition in support of a less militaristic foreign policy is that often the voices of restraint aren’t willing to give credit where due, unless a politician is willing to go all the way (...)

5 jui. 2009 | | Matthew Yglesias

What Obama must say (and do) in Egypt

What Obama must say (and do) in Egypt

The United States president’s visit to Cairo needs to offer the Arab and Muslim worlds an America they can at last believe. By Nader Hashemi. President Barack Obama will deliver a long-awaited speech on relations between the United States and the (...)

4 jui. 2009 | | openDemocracy

The Emir and his Harem

Anyone who has lived or spent time in Hadhramout, especially in the Wady, will most probably have seen baboons ; the hamadryas baboon, which belongs to the Genus Papio species and which is the northernmost of all the baboons. The same type of baboons can (...)

25 mai. 2009 | | Moments In Words From Hadhramout

On Obama’s visit to Egypt !

On Obama's visit to Egypt !

So, the one has chosen the land of the Nile to make his appeal to the muslim world, choosing it over options like Saudi (the birthplace of Islam), Jordan (Hey America, we will do anything for you to like us), Turkey (The Secular Muslim people, and part (...)

11 mai. 2009 | | The Sandmonkey

Bogus “American Schools” in Egypt

Bogus “American Schools” in Egypt

Owned in majority by some hot shot Egyptian Businessmen and women, they promise Western education , brag about their certification by CITA, and once you ate the bait .. you’re stuck. My daughter is sixteen. She is in grade ten at one of those elite (...)

4 May. 2009 | | Egyptian Mom

Egyptian Police : Disintegration

Egyptian Police : Disintegration

Do you know what’s the first sign of your country slowly descending into anarchy is ? Me neither, but I am guessing the story I am about to tell you probably qualifies for the first position, or at least the top 5. The Egyptian Police, in all of its (...)

12 mar. 2009 | | The Sandmonkey

Peace With Egypt (1989)

Today’s Golden Oldie is from March 1989. It was the tenth anniversary of the Peace Agreement with Egypt. Another twenty years have slipped by since I drew this cartoon. March 2009 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Egyptian/Israeli Peace (...)

12 mar. 2009 | | Yaakov Kirschen

Terror Attack in Egypt (1993)

Today’s Golden Oldie is from 1993. I picked it because the latest news out of Cairo is about an Islamic terror attack on a group of innocent tourists visiting Egypt.

24 fév. 2009 | | Yaakov Kirschen

Terrorist Attack In Cairo !

Terrorist Attack In Cairo !

News reports are coming in : An explosion rocked the AlHussein touristy area in Cairo. An explosive device went off , injured at least 18 people, and killed at least 4, two of which are foreigners, and one of which is french injured 21 people and killed (...)

23 fév. 2009 | | The Sandmonkey

Egypt : Those damn Fowegners

Egypt : Those damn Fowegners

I have known lots of foreigners living in Egypt throughout my life. For some reason- not that I minded of course- I was always surrounded by them. But lately I started wondering about them : What makes a foreigner- and by that I mean someone of European (...)

17 jui. 2008 | 3 comments | The Sandmonkey

Planning is for Wussies !

A lot of people have been asking me about this new presidential decree that was just issued to create the two new governorates of 6th of October and Helwan, many outside of Egypt feeling mighty confused about it. I wish I could say that those in Egypt are (...)

29 avr. 2008 | | The Sandmonkey

We have come to see the Day ?

(Picture by Nasser Nouri, via Hamalawy ) Ammar, when he saw this picture, had one comment to make : Hopefully one day we will have this too in Syria. Yeah, I hope so too Ammar. The Mhalla riots are going into their second strong day. 50,000 people are (...)

8 avr. 2008 | | The Sandmonkey

The Bad Joke

It’s been raining for 2 days, and the streets are filled with water and mud and honking cars that refuse to move. Everything feels unclean, cars, streets, people, yet the air feels crisp, as if cleansed by the fallen rain. It’s dreary out (...)

23 jan. 2008 | | The Sandmonkey

Israeli Journalists in Egypt (1977)

Today’s cartoon is a "Golden Oldie" from exactly thirty years ago ! December 14, 1977. Peace with Egypt was breaking out ! It was an exciting and wonderful time ! Israeli journalists were reporting from Cairo. The barriers were down ! It (...)

14 déc. 2007 | | Yaakov Kirschen

Marry an Israeli man, lose your egyptian nationality

Mofeed Shehab, the government’s minister for legal and administrative affairs, has just clarified an important legal issue when it comes to Egyptian women : If they are married to an Israeli, and they have kids, the kids do not get the egyptian (...)

29 nov. 2007 | | The Sandmonkey

Egyptian Doctor to cure homosexuality

Dr. Awsam Wasfi is an egyptian doctor who just opened a clinic to cure homosexuality. How does he plan to do that ? well... Dr. Awsam Wasfi, 42, offers a "treatment program" for gays that focuses on boosting their self-esteem and enhancing (...)

22 nov. 2007 | | The Sandmonkey

Karim Amer is getting tortured in Prison

Abdel Karim Soliman, famously now known as Karim Amer, who got jailed for "disdain for religion" and "insulting the president" on his blog, is reportedly getting tortured by the Prison authorities. Karim who is an Egyptian blogger (...)

13 nov. 2007 | | The Sandmonkey

Egypt is going Nuclear

Egypt is going Nuclear

You know, we, as a country, have a problem paving a decent sidewalk, and now we are supposed to be building AND running Nuclear Power Plants ? Worried ? Me ? Noooooooooooo !!!!!! Worst comes to worse, a nuclear meltdown happens and we lose a couple (...)

31 oct. 2007 | | The Sandmonkey

Not just lunatics but ignorants as well

It seems that MB leaders are not just extreme lunatics but they’re ignorants as well. Dr. Essam El Arian, an MB leader whom many consider to be the most moderate, said something that really made me want to scream. When asked about the MB’s (...)

16 oct. 2007 | | The Big Pharaoh

NDP Headquarters burned down in Sinai in clashes

NDP Headquarters burned down in Sinai in clashes

In the second day of clashes with the Police, Thousands of Sinai demonstrators burned down the local headquarters of the Ruling National Democratic party. ALLRIGHT ! Thousands of demonstrators destroyed the regional headquarters of Egypt’s ruling (...)

8 oct. 2007 | | The Sandmonkey

Quraneyeens : The Egyptian Police Latest Victims

15 Egyptians now languish in prison. Their charge ? They are Quraneyeens. Now I bet very few people in Egypt know about the El Quraneyeens. They’re Muslims who believe in the Quran, and only the Quran. In traditional Sunni Islam, religious (...)

28 jui. 2007 | 1 comment | The Big Pharaoh

Arts & Entertainment

The Yacoubian Building - a window on an unseen Egypt

The Yacoubian Building - a window on an unseen Egypt

Writer and lecturer Danny Bernardi explains the impact of Alaa Al Aswany’s novel, The Yacoubian Building within Egypt and beyond There can’t be many dentists who can claim to have written a critically acclaimed novel whilst still managing to (...)

12 Apr. 2007 | 1 comment | Danny Bernardi

Breaking news : 31 demonstrators arrested !

There was a demonstration planned for the day, to protest against the egyptian constitutional changes, which pretty much outlawed independent candidacy, and made the emergency law permenant under the guise of the terrorism law. I had passed by the area (...)

16 mar. 2007 | | The Sandmonkey

Socialist country no more

Today is a fantastic day in Egypt’s history. The Parliament has finally removed any word that stated that Egypt is a socialist country from the constitution. We are, for all intents and pruposes, a capitalist country now. So, why am I not happy ? (...)

8 mar. 2007 | | The Sandmonkey

What Really Happened ?

I am not sure how many of my English speaking readers now know what I was referring to in my previous post A Post for Arabic Speakers Only. Frankly speaking, I was so angry when I read the results of the poll and I usually run to my blog whenever blood (...)

31 jan. 2007 | 1 comment | The Big Pharaoh

Cairo’s street sendors : suiciders on the street

You’re a street vendor in Cairo. You’re 23 years old, unemployed, and selling merchandise such as clothes and fruits is the only way for you to survive. You can’t afford to have your own shop and you don’t have a place to display (...)

11 déc. 2006 | | The Big Pharaoh

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