A hotspring near Ras Sudr

In 2000, EPRDF set fire haphazardly to all Oromia forests, including Bale forest which was recognized by UNESCO for its endemic fauna and flora. The Oromo students from elementary and high schools, and universities protested this atrocity referred to by conservationist as ‘ecological genocide’. The response to the student protest, as Human Rights Watch reported, was bloodshed. Similarly in 2001, police killed more than 30 people and wounded an estimated 400 more in putting down a student demonstration at the Addis Ababa University . In 2002, police opened machine-gun fire on protesters in Awassa, killing an estimated 38 people. Many students were kept in prison for months without ever being brought to court, a clear violation of human rights and the constitution of the regime itself in a manner …

Daily News Egypt saw one protestor — who was initially struggling — beaten into unconsciousness by the four men in plain clothing who were removing him.

Israeli unmanned reconnaissance drones hovered over what appeared to be Egyptian airspace on Thursday near Rafah

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces arrested tens of demonstrators in Downtown Cairo as they protested the Israeli bombing of Gaza on Wednesday.

Egypt's malaise is in many ways as dark as that of the Palestinians. Its impotence in the face of Gaza's suffering is a symbol of its own political sickness.

اخيرا.. لا اعتقد ان الهجمة الاسرائيلية لها علاقة بالصواريخ التي يتم اطلاقها من القطاع وهل تم تطويرها مؤخرا ام لا، بل ان اسرائيل تحتاج الى “نصر ما” بعد هزيمتها في لبنان. وهي لا تهدف الي وقف الصواريخ بقدر ما تهدف الي القضاء على “فكرة المقاومة”.. واذا اردنا تضامنا عالميا من اجل قضية عادلة يجب ان نتوقف عن شعارات الخلافة الاسلامية مثل “خيبر خيبر يا يهود جيش محمد سوف يعود”.. يجب ان نميز بين اليهودية والصهيونية.. يجب ان نتبنى القضية الفلسطينية كقضية حقوقية وانسانية أولا قبل ان تكون دينية.. فحينها فقط سيقف معك من هم ليسوا على دينك.. والامر جدير بالتفكير.

:( .. will be missed but why bury the blog?

Conduit is a synchronization application for GNOME. It allows you to synchronize your files, photos, emails, contacts, notes, calendar data and any other type of personal information and synchronize that data with another computer, an online service, or even another electronic device.

Tadamon is a new independent, non-political network of civil society organisations working to promote the welfare of refugees and their mutual co-existence with Egyptians through networking and coordination of cooperative efforts. Tadamon was first launch

Mubarak: The LOL Cow!

في حالة الإبلاغ عن القبض على مواطنين يمكن الاتصال بالتليفونات التالية

A new antidepressant molecule called Amibegron by Sanofi-Aventis. The first β3-adrenoceptor agonist to cross the blood-brain barrier. No sexual side effects. Paper on its effects on rodents.

No, I disagree it is very dangerous.

Yet another never ending debate about homosexuality.

A very weird colouring book.

جريدة البديل المصرية المستقلة

No Arabic support. No iTunes or App store. No GPS, but can be enabled with a hack.

An electronic copy for archival.

The only remaining issue of Cairo. All other issues are in oblivion.

Bedouin tour operator

Kim Jong-il's second stroke confirmed. Kim visited a chicken farm.

Dictators have similar style in addressing the public.

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Short history of current conflict in DRC.