The Gulf Tour
Friends, I am currently in Dubai as an invited speaker at the Arab Thought Foundation 10th Annual Conference. Earlier today (well yesterday technically) I spoke on a panel on the Economic Challenges of the Arab [...]
December 2011
The Ikhwanmobile
As in "automobile", not "mobile phone". (Think Batmobile). There are several, actually - these are photos I took myself in the past couple of days: 03 December 2011 (less than two days before the [...]
November 2011
A Voter’s Lament [Foreign Policy Magazine]
I voted, but I'm not excited... these are my - incoherent, rambling, angry - thoughts about the elections, for FP Magazine. --- Egypt's elections weren't supposed to be this way. Our first "post-revolution" (sigh…) elections [...]
Some photos from Election Day yesterday
Process violation: Man (right) filling his ballot on the window sill, at the 'suggestion' of the poll station workers Quirky advertisement for a candidate entertaining the people at the queue --> A few photos are [...]
The customary inked finger photo, with a twist.
That one's for Egypt ... And that one's for #SCAF. خوووووود! #NoSCAF #NoMilTrials
The Simple Technology of Electoral Advertisement In Egypt [Huffington Post article]
I received a text message and two envelopes containing election campaigning material today at my home in Cairo. One envelope was sent by mail, obviously part of a wide postal promotional campaign covering my district; [...]
دليل المواطن لمراقبة الإنتخابات على خفيف (بإستخدام الإعلام الإجتماعي)
كلنا هانروح ننتخب إن شاء الله و نعطي صوتنا لمن يستحقه. اللي هم مش فلول. و اللي هم ما باعوناش في الميدان. :) موظف بلجنة إنتخابية في منظقة ريفية في السودان يقرأ الرقم [...]
October 2011
Aaaah! A giant poster of Ben Ali on the streets of Tunisia!
Earlier tonight the first Tunisian voter, based in Canberra, Australia, has cast his/her vote for the Tunisian Constituent Assembly. As I were on January 14th - I am both extremely happy for Tunisian, in complete [...]
The Anna Lindh Journalism Awards (I, umm, won!)
[Entry crossposted at eldahshan.com and at travellerwithin.com – hoping to consolidate both into one website. Promise! Apologies if that has caused any confusion to new readers.] I was already ecstatic when I received [...]
L’Accident
I still can't believe I was in there during the crash. No near death experience here. No "life flashing in front of my eyes" film roll. Sorry. In fact, as I lost control [...]