Nominated for an Anna Lindh Journalism award
The following are a series of article I’ve written over the past months, and for which I was nominated for an Anna Lindh journalism award. (woohoo! :) ) The first articles were written during the [...]
September 2011
“Profoundly We Feel the Brotherhood of Our Fate” – in Poland this week
Last time I was in Poland was in 2004. I spent my birthday week on a visit to the Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps. The weather was fantastic, to the grief of our tour guide [...]
July 2011
Egyptian Youth Sidelined From Their Own Revolution
My article in Yale Global Magazine is out! One line abstract: with all the developments on the Egyptian political scene, the young people who led the revolution are struggling for relevance, while juggling to hold [...]
Meeting the French “Subversive Elements” That Israel Fears So Much
A national security threat? Paris, France. They are armed with colourful balloons and high spirits. There's a rainbow flag in the midst. But according to the Israeli government and the airlines that seem to take [...]
Egypt must embrace independent South Sudan
Having attended the referendum for Self-determination 6 months ago in South Sudan (and written that article back then), I would've loved to be there tonight as well! I will however content myself by sending my [...]
June 2011
Revolution. Again.
I won't write a narrative for yesterday's events - check out Dima El Khatib's blog for that. But I just want to share a couple of photos I took on the night of June 28th-29th. [...]
Sätt något kvickt på svenska här!*
So. I've just gotten off my 16th flight this month alone [I think I might have to get me a new pair of eardrums after all that] to then hopped into a taxi manned by [...]
May 2011
Palestinian Tech Entrepreneurs impress me
I am a strong believer in the potential of technology entrepreneurship in the Middle East. From Alexandria to Damascus, I have met dozens of impressive ICT developers and entrepreneurs who, despite difficult conditions and [...]
Tahrir Square, #May27: my banner in solidarity with the Spanish revolution
For other photos of today's protest and a brief roundup, see the blog post!
The Revolution, the Army, and the May 27th protest
I didn't write a post for Monday the 23rd, which was dubbed #NoSCAF day as more than 370 bloggers wrote their criticism of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Instead I wrote this article [...]