UPDATE: Read Sarah's post she has more details.
Woke up this morning to learn from Twitter and text messages that early this morning at 2am, Per Björklund was stopped by the Cairo Airport security and wasn't allowed entrance to the country. He is to be deported back to Prague.
3arabawy sent a twitter message saying that Per was told the reason for stopping him is because they have his name on their computer. Nothing more …
In April 2008, in Hadayeq el Qobba I stumbled upon this synagogue which was turned into a public affairs office, NDP office, a nursery and a small mosque.
Taking photos is strictly prohibited. But I managed to snap some shots while claiming that I am studying architecture and interested in the building style.
This is apparently the most looked after synagogue in Egypt. Thanks to Farouk Hosni. Probably the next president of the UNESCO.
UPDATE …
Blindfolding is commonly used by security forces that physically torture people. It works by making the victim disoriented and fearful. A person will lose his orientation to place and the sense of direction first. Then, if applied long enough for more than a day, it can make some experience visual hallucinations. It makes a blow, a kick or an electric shock unpredictable and thus far more distressful.
These were some of the effects on the …
On October 2008, in Samalut, Menya, few hundred kilometres from Cairo, a pregnant 36 years old woman was woken up, terrified, early in the morning along with her husband and their 8 years old son, by 5 police officers looking for her brother-in-law. Mervat was kicked by police officer Ahmed Anwar in her stomach, she fell and in 10 minutes she died. Her 8 years old son, Sayyed, witnessed the assault and the death of …
I work with lots of refugees. Many of them experienced torture and escaped horrors in their homeland. Helping them overcome their psychological difficulties, make them feel they are safe and telling them that there might be hope in the future is hindered by their financial situation, lack of free medical care and education, xenophobia, sexual harassment and unemployment.
Chose to employ a refugee or donate money:
Services available at St Andrew's Refugee Services
Donations: We …
Microsoft has blocked access to Windows live messenger (i.e. Hotmail webmail and MSN chat) to people living in Iran, Syria, Sudan, Cuba and North Korea. The reason is that the company suddenly realised that it doesn't do business with countries sanctioned by the U.S. At the same time, Iran blocked Facebook ahead of the presidential elections because a candidate is using it successfully for his campaign.
Microsoft's decision doesn't mean that people in …
I said this earlier and unfortunately I did witness a part of it on Youtube and Vimeo and it is horrible.
I know petitions are of no value when it comes to changing policies here. But they make you feel a bit better.
Or perhaps not.
Sorry to bring this to your attention again, it is very depressing.
UPDATE: Thanks to Lobna for pointing out that I am challenged …
One additional reason to love Disqus:
Twitter is a fast growing service that millions of people (including all of us here at Disqus) use to easily update and get updates from friends. We recently released the ability to tweet out comments for commenters with a Disqus Profile. This allowed people to share their comments on Twitter and bring in new voices to the conversation (see this in action).
Today, we released a new feature for …
