All Posts

More numbers to donate mobile phone credit to

in «Local & Regional» by moftasa

You can help the injured from Gaza—being treated in Egyptian hospitals—by transferring mobile credit to their phones. A one minute phone call to Gaza costs around 5 EGPs.

All the patients are accompanied by only one family member or a relative. They were quickly transfered from the overwhelmed hospitals in Gaza to Egyptian hospitals. They didn't have much time to take clothes or enough money with them.

By transferring credit from your mobile …

Transfer mobile phone credit to injured Gazans in hospitals in Egypt

in «Local & Regional» by moftasa

There are more than 100 injured Palestinians in Egyptian hospitals. Most of them suffered difficult, life-threatening, disabling or disfiguring injuries and they speak of horror stories.

I personally met some of them in three different hospitals. Many of the casualties are civilians including children.

The attacks on Gaza didn't discriminate between civilians or non-civilians.

You can help the injured from Gaza by transfering mobile credit to their phones. A one minute phone call to Gaza …

الإعدام خطأ، إعدام الأم خطأ مزدوج

in «Politics & Human Rights» by moftasa

من اليوم السابع

طالبت زينب رضوان عضو المجلس القومى للمرأة، وعضو مجلس الشعب، بإصدار تشريع يوقف أحكام الإعدام الصادرة بحق المرأة التى وضعت ولم يمر على وضعها عامان هجريان، مطالبة فى ذلك بتعديل المادة 476 من قانون الإجراءات الجنائية التى تخص الفترة ما بين الوضع وتنفيذ حكم الإعدام بشهرين فقط.

...

وقالت رضوان إنه من الناحية العلمية، فإن العلم أكد أن عدم حصول الطفل على التغذية الكاملة فى العام الأول من عمره يؤدى إلى تلف بخلايا …

A black man is always a suspect

in «Local & Regional» by moftasa

``I know many Muslims," he said. ``I used to live in district six. When we were boys I went to play with the neighbourhood kids. Many of them were Muslims. One day when I was five, I found them going to a house standing in a line. I thought we will get sweets, you know. But each one was ordered to take down his pants. I was a kid and I thought I will get …

الزينوفوبيا في جنوب إفريقيا

in «Local & Regional» by moftasa

من 6 أشهر تقريبا، تعرض الاجئين داخل جنوب إفريقيا لهجمات واسعة و في أماكن متفرقة. تلك الهجمات ليست الأولى التي تستهدف الاجئين. ولكن هذه المرة الحجم كان أكبر بكثير وراح ضحيتها العديد من الأرواح.

In Japan it is called Chikan

in «Politics & Human Rights» by moftasa

image0

In Japan, sexual harassment in public transportation is called Chikan. From what I've found on-line, Chikan is a type of frotteurism. Chikan lacks the aggressive element in comparison to cases that made news here in the past few years. Chikan is more of a paraphilia than an anti-social behaviour.

Younghee Jung wrote about methods of thwarting molesters like pen-sized stun guns or electronic buzzers.

image1

Another solution is designating women-only carriages in metro. We already have …