These are my links for April 6th through April 7th: Solidarity with Ibrahim Hassan Ibrahim تضامن مع إبرهيم حسن إبرهيم – “We demand that AUC immediately assume full responsibility for the cost of all job-related injuries, including Ibrahim Hassan’s surgery and ongoing care, and enforce workplace safety protections.” West Bank: …
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Links for March 23rd through April 3rd
These are my links for March 23rd through April 3rd: ZNet – Cowardice Pays: Reflections on Academic Abdication and a Paul Krugman Lecture in Iowa City – Excellent piece criticizing the defeatist attitudes of even the most “lefty” of mainstream academic pundits and their professorial minions Annotated link NDP admits …
Links for March 9th through March 13th
These are my links for March 9th through March 13th: This Palestinian Life – a film by Philip Rizk – CIA Awkwardly Debriefs Obama On Creation Of Crack Cocaine | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source – MediaBard: I’m OK, You’re OK – “Hate to say it, but I …
Links for March 1st through March 2nd
These are my links for March 1st through March 2nd: Israel/Gaza: Donors Should Press Israel to End Blockade | Human Rights Watch – In the weeks since heavy fighting ceased on January 18, Israel has arbitrarily refused entry to items like chickpeas, macaroni, wheat flour, notebooks for students, freezer appliances, …
Links for February 23rd
These are my links for February 23rd from 12:22 to 13:45: Reform in Saudi Arabia | Tiptoeing towards reform | The Economist – The Economist on changes afoot in the kingdom of the two holy shrines, and an Ikea outlet (thanks to Angry Arab for the jab) Faculty shortages leads …
Links for February 21st from 14:18 to 16:22
These are my links for February 21st from 14:18 to 16:22: Free the Prisoners for Gaza – Website for the remaining Gaza solidarity prisoners Al-Haraka Critiques the US Arabic Teaching System « – Energy Security Challenges for Israel Following the Gaza War – A review of the geological and political …
Demonstration at AUC to Free Philip Rizk—مظاهر في الجامعة الأمريكية لإطلاق سراح فيليب رزق
This afternoon, AUC students—not generally a very politically-active lot—and a number of faculty came out in support of one of their own.
Links for February 5th through February 7th
These are my links for February 5th through February 7th
New Year’s Resolutions—عزائم للعام الجديد
My apologies to those who had been following my blog and were disappointed to find that I wasn’t updating since last spring. My access to the internet over the summer while I was bopping about North America was somewhat limited and it became difficult to get back in the habit …
Desert Development Center—مركز تنمية الصحراء
Today took us on a field trip to AUC’s Desert Development Center (DDC) in Liberation Province. Liberation Province is part of the “New Lands” of Egypt, desert areas that have been reclaimed for agriculture (although they haven’t technically been REclaimed because the area has been hyper-arid desert for eons, it …
The barrages at al-Qanatir—السدود في القناطر
On Sunday, I went on a field-trip with the small AUC class devoted to the study of the River Nile. The destination was al-Qanatir (القناطر), the place where the Nile splits off into the Damietta and Rosetta (or Rashid) branches, marking the beginning of the Nile Delta.
The Pyromania of Cairo—هوس القاهرة الحاري
Maybe i’ve just been lucky, but i feel like i’ve seen a lot of pyrotechnics here.
Cats in Cairo—قطط في مصر
They are friggin’ everywhere! At first, we thought that they were actually a different breed of cat because their heads seemed to be a different shape and they were more sleek. Then, we talked to a few people who had adopted local cats off the street and it turns …
Biking in Cairo—ركوب الدراجة في القاهرة
Despite not hanging out much with people, i seem to have made something of a name for myself. And it didn’t even require carrying a doll around. I’m apparently now well-known as the guy who rides his bike to school.
Food in Cairo—طعام في القاهرة
The food here is mostly pretty good. The taamaya (طعمية, what they call falafel here) is excellent. In most places, i’ve found the ful (فول, beans) to be pretty good, but it can be pretty bland in some places. We actually haven’t gone out to eat all that much.