I remember when I first heard about Khaled Said's case. I didn't take notice of the name. Mohamed Abdel Aziz, the young and brilliant Nadim lawyer, sent and internal email saying that he contacted the family of a young man in Alexandria who they claim died from torture but the police says he fell from an ambulance stretcher.

Honestly, I hoped that the police's story is correct. It was going to be another statement by …

The Gallup poll on Egypt after Jan25 doesn't mention if the selection of face-to-face interviewees involved any form of randomisation. Yet, the American sample involved random digit dialling.

Information on the methods used is inadequate. We can't say the sample interviewed was representative and results generalisable without more information.

I hope they will publish something in the next few days with more details regarding the methodology.

Link: Egypt From Tahrir to Transition

In an interview with Al Jazeera when asked about Mubarak, Zahi Hawass said:

At the beginning he was a good leader, but actually if you look at ancient Egypt, we have the same story happened four thousands years ago. When the Pharaoh became old the people around him could gain power. And I think this what happened to president Mubarak. In his old age people began to appear and …

Egypt is going to introduce nationwide cricket clubs. They are going to postpone all games until the teams are strong enough. Fans are expected to back clubs before they play any game. Before seeing how exciting the game is or which team has the better players.

That's why expecting us to back political parties and join them before they perform in parliament is rubbish.

لازم نقرا تاريخنا. عمرنا ما كان لينا الفرصة اننا نتحكم في مصيرنا زي النهارده. لازم نثبت السلطة في أيدينا أحنا الناس، عامة الشعب. بما في ذلك الفقير واﻷمي. ومش في أيدين قلة حاكمة زي ماكان الوضع لآلاف السنين.

مش هانعظم لمجموعة حكام علشان انجازاتهم ولا نلومهم لتخلفنا تاني. فقط هانهني أنفسنا ونلوم أنفسنا.

مبارك أو المجلس العسكري بيمثل السلطة العتيفة من أيام فرعون، هم تناسخ روح محمد علي والمماليك والبيزنطيين والفراعنة. حاكم بيعمل ما يشاء …

ماشهدت كان مُحضر له من بدري والدليل هذه الصورة.

عساكر الجيش مستعدين لهجوم بالغاز مسيل للدموع. لم يكن ده الحال يوم الجمعة الماضية. تصوير سارة.

(مش لاقي الصورة كانت على تويتبيك.. مدرعتين وعدد كبير من الجنود قافلين الباب تماما)

وصلت المنطقة أمس الساعة 11 وربع مساءا بعد معرفتي بهجوم الأمن المركزي على المتطاهرين لتفرقتهم. وصلت ومعي نظارة الغطس علشان …

The car used by Egypt's police to control crowds before and during the revolution has the brand IVECO written in silver on it's front grill.

It's a modified version of a diesel powered van produced by the company called the Iveco Daily.

The wesbite has a nice description of this peaceful van that you can read here. To me it read like this:

Strong, responsive, bold and ready to go in any situation. This is …