Twitter boycott? No, let’s trust it – the Guardian
Below is the unedited version of my article published in the Guardian yesterday -- a little bit longer, with the profanity (I tried to slip an "a7a" in the Guardian but failed, damn!) - and [...]
January 2012
A family portrait of Egypt’s revolution
UPDATE: Came across this photo of Tahrir Square today, by AFP, and I had to share it. (then scroll down to read the article!) This is my article about today's massive protest for Foreign Policy [...]
لن نحتفل – من ذكرى الثورة التونسية
قصيدة قصيرة تركها أحدهم على منضدة في شارع الحبيب بورقيبة يوم 14 يناير، في الذكرى الأولى للثورة التونسية. سألت من حولى لو كانوا كتابها فأنكروا. رأيت أن أنقلها لكم لأنها بدرجة لا بأس بها قد [...]
We’re all Americans now (and not in a good way)
I didn't choose the title - my awesome editor did - but it made me laugh. Originally posted yesterday on Foreign Policy's Transitions Blog: WE'RE ALL AMERICANS NOW (AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY) [...]
The New Google : “Search, Plus Your Bubble”
The day Google launched "Search, Plus Your World” which would include results from your social networks in your regular Google results, I was listening to Ethan Zuckerman’s TED talk on “Listening to Global Voices” where [...]
“Playing Hard to Get with the IMF” – Announcing “Transitions”, the new FP blog
I have recently joined a small team of very cool people to author a collaborative blog at Foreign Policy Magazine, which is titled "Transitions" and was lauched - yey! - yesterday. I'll be mostly writing [...]
If roles were reversed..
Stumbled upon this drawing - parodying the iconic "woman with the blue bra" photo, below it in case you were living under a rock in December. by Samar Elgyar. (source) First thought was [...]
When Palestine isn’t making headlines…
... this is what happens there, on a daily basis. Watch the 3-minute video summary of 2011, by the ever-remarkable Israeli Human Rights organization B'Tselem. It's a short window about life in Palestine. I also [...]
Madam Mubarak (and the children)
I really just wanted to publish this photo from 1984, taken when our former-future-King Gamal graduated from the American University in Cairo, because I think the moustaches on Alaa and Gamal look hilarious. Very teenage. [...]
December 2011
في ثلاجة الموتى في القصر العيني
16 ديسمبر - بعد منتصف الليل. الخرم في ظهر أشرف صغير جداً. عند قلبه تقريباً. مطرح ما الرصاصة خرجت. من كتر ما كان صغير مكنتش مصدق إنه ممكن يقتل.. بس مش عايز كلب يقوللي إن [...]