(Re)Enter Sandman ..err.. -monkey

Enter Sandman ..err.. -monkey
Sandmonkey says that as all the familiar old faces emerge to start their activism at square one again, he’s back too.
I have to agree, at least partially, with the sentiment. We’re back to 2004 with all the political “actors” and activists beginning to reemerge and feel each other and the scene out. [...]

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AUC Suspends Classes for H1N1 SwineFlu

Here is the notice that AUC sent out:
AUC to Suspend Classes until October 3rd
AUC will be suspending classes beginning Thursday, September 17 until Saturday, October 3. The decision follows a request by the Egyptian government that the university suspend its classes in line with government universities, which have suspended classes due to concerns relating to [...]

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The Egypt-Israel Gas Deal

I stumbled upon this post by Mo-ha-med and discovered a pretty good blog. I am reproducing the post in full. It’s about time someone put this much investigation into such a politically and economically critical yet entirely opaque issue. Don’t neglect to check out the first post (referenced in the first line) and the comments [...]

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AUC adds Israeli to Trustees

Here’s the announcement from the AUC website:

Retired U.S. Diplomat Named to AUC Board of Trustees
June 21, 2009, Cairo, Egypt – The American University in Cairo announced today the appointment of former US ambassador to Egypt Daniel C. Kurtzer as a member of its Board of Trustees.  Kurtzer, the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East [...]

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H1N1 SwineFlu in Egypt

Subsequent to the confirmed AUC cases that lead to a quarantine of the Zamalek dorms and the university suspending activities for a week, there have been numerous unsourced reports of other cases. I’ve heard that the MoH announced another case in each of Cairo and Alex. There are rumors of someone being tested from an [...]

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New H1N1 cases confirmed at AUC dorms

The Minstry of Health has apparently confirmed at least 5 new cases of the H1N1 “SwineFlu” virus in the AUC’s currently quarantined dorms. Press release should be at 3 pm.
Source: DailyNewsEgypt on twitter.
AUC has suspended campus activities until Sunday the 14th.

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AUC Suspends classes for H1N1 SwineFlu

Classes suspended until next Sunday (14th).. AUC email below:
UPDATE: apparently food court has been shut down, ACs turned off, masks handed out. And only one person per row is being allowed on the shuttle buses.
Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Subject: AUC Suspends Classes and Events Until June 14
To: allauc@mlist.aucegypt.edu

AUC Suspends Classes and [...]

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H1N1 Swine Flu Confirmed at AUC

UPDATES below. New updates at this post and new confirmed cases here.
It seems that SwineFlu has hit Egypt. Just when we were feeling left out. One question that i have to wonder about is: Why AUC? Did study abroads bring it in? Or is it just that these are the people with the means to [...]

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Petition vs Nuweiba Power Plant

Strong Objection to the Nuweiba Power Plant Project in South Sinai planned by the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company and to be financed by the European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank.
We kindly ask for to join us in combating a serious situation that is arising in Nuweiba!
We, and other investors, residents and workers in Nuweiba, [...]

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The Earthquake of 2012

An earthquake rocks Cairo in 2012: Maria Gloria writes a three-part fiction piece, which will be posted in installments at the Arabist. Good read. Awaiting the rest.
Arabist’s intro:
Friend of the blog Maria Golia, a longtime Cairo resident and author of the fantastic Cairo: City of Sand, recently sent me a wonderful short story imagining an [...]

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Assistance to Gaza

I just received two emails announcing efforts to aid gaza. See below. Also check the popular committee’s site for more updates:
http://gaza.katib.org/
بيان صحفي

اللجنة الشعبية لدعم الشعب الفلسطيني

تعلن اللجنة الشعبية لدعم الشعب الفلسطيني عن بدء استقبال التبرعات العينية (مواد دوائية وطبية) تحضيراً لقافلة إغاثة طبية للشعب الفلسطيني .

تستقبل اللجنة التبرعات بمقرها المؤقت في مركز [...]

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Gaza Activist Arrests in Cairo

I just heard that Salma Said, Khaled AbdelHamid, Malek, Sabri El Sammak and at least 3 journalists have been arrested outside of the Arab League building in  Tahrir.  The activists were protesting in support of Gaza
UPDATE 1:05pm The number i am getting is 13-15 arrests. Apparently they have been shoved into micobuses. The few that [...]

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Gov’t shuts down NGO for volunteersim

I received this report from HRInfo. As usual, their translation into English is horrible. But i think it this case the general meaning is preserved. I’ve placed my corrections in square brackets (“[" "]“):

الحكومة المصرية تتجه لإغلاق ثالث جمعية حقوقية
تحت مبرر أن نشاطها تطوعي
القاهرة في 1يونيو 2008م.
قالت الشبكة العربية لمعلومات حقوق الإنسان “anhri.net ” [...]

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AUC food poisoned workers, protest

It’s good to know that even AUC is not immune to the spread of labor strikes. When some 500 workers at the new campus work site got food poisoning, they were apparently supported by hundreds who protested at the campus (Arabic). This led to AUC promising to take action. Naturally, State Security was there to [...]

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Wael account reopened, not “restored”

I’d heard late last week that Wael Abbas’ shut-down YouTube account had been reactivated. Apparently, according to Wael, that’s all that has been done – as opposed to “restored”, as they claim in their statement. Everything on the account has, it seems, disappeared. If that’s the case, then what a lame, meaningless, empty, face-saving gesture!

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