Submit story
Dear Blog,
Sometimes I stare in front of your 'Submit story' page for hours. I write something very personal in it. A story that will expose my weaknesses and imperfections. A feeling that is naive or childish. Or just plain foolishness I have done. It is important to me to confess and to let it all out. But I never click submit. I delete it and do something else. I think we are not good …
SMSs of the sit in
Alaa sent a number of SMSs from the sit in. Since he couldn't set up his blog to do the same due to Vodaphone putting restrictions on international SMS. These SMS appeared as published posts on the front page of this blog.
I removed the posts from the front page, but they are still accessible.
Some messages got truncated.
Sit in over ...
Sit in over we marched to syndicates security harased us tried to grab my camera setling in lawyers syndicate
Wraping up ...
wraping up took down the huge flag and the green thingy that is supposed to represent judges sash security cars gathering one broke we helped push it
Cairo slowly waking ...
cairo slowly waking and we can feel her yawn and as lovers we hover over her face turned evey twitch waiting for the magical moment when she smiles at us
Slowly waking up ...
Slowly waking up a very cold night hyper active elements already chanting
Live SMS blogging from the sit-in
Gone windsurfing
At the same time people are drowning, ships sinking from the bad weather and I heared that several ports were closed. I am going to Ras-Sidr.
UPDATE: I am back home, recovering from bruises and sore muscles.
UPDATE: You can see the photos here
March 29: Solar Eclipse
We are one of the lucky countries to be in the path of the Moon's umbral shadow in the upcoming solar eclipse. We can see a total eclipse from El-Sallum. Many people are already planning their trips and are going to set up camps and other observational areas for scientists and non-scientists. I personally want to go and watch the bright disc.
You can find more information regarding the 29th of March eclipse on the …