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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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Egypt After the Spring: Revolt and Reaction.
Egypt After the Spring: Revolt and Reaction. This Adelphi volume brings together senior sch olars as well as rising analysts of Egypt to examine the tumultuous period from the January 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, [...]
The US elections (and their aftermath), covered as we do African elections
Had to be done (actually surprised it hasn't already): Writing about the latest US elections like US media writes about African countries. **COUNTRY CRISIS WATCH** [insert CNN "breaking news" type of jingle] The US of A, [...]
Refugees don’t want handouts: they want jobs
Jobs would give refugees both money and dignity Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Polykastro, Greece Khaled wakes up early. Most people in the refugee camp in Polykastro, in northern Greece, do – the tents [...]