Amman
What a tragedy and a loss. The sad events in Amman took the life of 57 innocent people including the life of the film director and producer Mostafa Akkad.
It is the same bitterness again, even more.
Posts in the category «Local & Regional» :
The day after Katrina
Katrina is scary. The photos from the news sites reminds me of the Day After Tomorrow. Here are photos from real people posted at flickr. Even scarier photos from newswires
Also, here are some evidence that Hurricanes will go from bad to worse in the upcoming years due to global …
Perseid Meteor Shower
I was very lucky to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower.
Last Friday, in Marina, my cousin noticed two shooting stars. I vaguely remembered that there was a meteor shower in mid August. We drove about 20km west of El-Alamein, we escaped city lights. We didn't stay long because they …
Al-Qimni in the public domain ?
Sayed Al-Qimni's repudiated all what he wrote and published.
Does this mean that all his work is in the public domain? Including his famous play "العيال كبرت" ?
A minor quake
Whoa, a very minor quake happened few minutes ago (19:17). My heart dropped for a moment, I remembered October '92. I guess I am seismophobic. It probably lasted around 20 seconds. Till now there is no information at the USGS website. May be it was so mild that it …
Show of support to Sharm victims
Starting from Thursday 28/07 at noon, in the garden of el sakkia (in Zamalek), you can leave anything to express your feelings about what happened in Sharm el-Sheikh and about terrorism. Just put anything you want, a picture, a poem, a candle, flowers...
It will be open for sometime …
Sharm in the media
Ok, I am starting to recover from my shock. Here are some links related to the Sharm El-Sheikh bombings.
A Tragedy
Since this is probably the largest terror attack to hit my home country in my lifetime. I think I have to post something.
My reaction is very different to other attacks, I am avoiding the news, television and other sources of information. On other similar events I would be glued …
More Google Sightseeing
Google Maps: Cairo
Forget the lousy egymaps site. Google maps expanded to include several cities around the world. And by far this is the most detailed satellite imagery available freely for the public. Your loved and hated Cairo in amazing detail probably 1 meter resolution.
Ok, let us do some google sightseeing.