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    Islam Nabih – Postponded.

    Other Coverages: 1. Nawara Negm (Arabic, including videos from the trial)2. Ahmed Abdul Fattah (Arabic)3. Wael Abbas (Arabic)4. Takhareefy (Arabic)5. Sokoot Hansawat (Arabic)6. Egypt WatchMan (Arabic) new coverages will follow. I went to the court to attend the trial of Captain Islam Nabih and Corporal Reda Fat'hi who are accused of torturing and sodomizing driver Emad ElKebeer, I arrived at the High Judicial House at 10:00 am then walked around until the beginning of the trial. Then I found Ahmed Abdel Fattah walking around. On our entrance the security on the door of the hall asked us who we were, we told him journalists and we forgot our IDs. We…

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    The Regime and Mario

    I guess that we are in the same place with that person who plays Mario here in this video. In democratic administrations, the game is so hard, but things develop in the right way. But in Egypt, the regime cheats to make the game impossible :)

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    It is gone for life

    It all began well,The commencement of the game,I was really deep in it,Deep…like a well, It is a mystery to me,How the game went so long,Digging up the dirts,Waiting for the results to be, How I paid so much,For this private investigation,Feeling like hell,With results as such, When I found out the reasons,I decided to go away,For life,Justified by treason, There is no compensation,After checking the reports,With a bottle of vodka,No alteration, The game ended,With all the confidential information,With all the excuses,I discovered that,The blinds of the window,Were never blind,

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    Goethe Institution – A movie night (or festival)

    I went to the independent movie festival for bloggers event tonight. Maybe I have some reservations on the "independent" expression since this just opposes the idea of the art itself, like some kind of discrimination, though it can be OK in a way or another. There was 5 movies, 4 short and a long one. Before talking about the movies, I just want to state that I'm not a professional as I may sound, I do not study drama, but I have special interest in the mutual influence between drama and the society which you find here in Arabic. The first movie: "Sabeel El Seghar", which means "The children's drinking…

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    House Of Egyptian Blogger Raided

    House Of Egyptian Blogger RaidedEgyptian security forces raided on Sunday at dawn, June, 10, 2007, the house of the writer and blogger, Mohamed Mossad Yaqout. The security forces raided the blogger's house in Baltym, Kafr Al-Sheikh, at 2.00AM and disheveled the house furniture, seized the computer and a number of papers and books and they are still hunting Yaqout. Yaqout said in a phone call with Ikhwanweb that"The security forces want to arrest me because I support Ghobashi Al-Atawi and Ashraf Al Sayyed, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate in the Shura Council midterm elections for the constituency of Baltym. They want to detain me also because of my anti-regime writings. Yaqout,…

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    Updates on War on Bloggers

    Arabist Rights lawyer Gamal Eid was notified last night his interrogation (originally scheduled today Tuesday 1oam) by the Abbassiya Prosecutor, on charges of libel and blackmail, part of the fabricated accusations Judge Abdel Fattah Mourad filed against Gamal and others, was postponed indefinitely.Blogger Amr Gharbeia, however, was notified he is to be interrogated on Saturday.

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    Life Path Number, true bardo

    Your Life Path Number is 7 Your purpose in life is to find truth and meaning You are very spiritual, and you are interested in the mysteries of life.You are quite analytical and a great thinker. You have many theories and insights.A life of solitude is perfect for you. You need time to think and do things your way. In love, you are quite charming. You attract many with your confidence and wit. While you enjoy being alone, sometimes you take it to an extreme.You can become too isolated, shutting out loved ones and friends.Express yourself a little bit more, and you'll be surprised where it takes you! What Is…

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    Monem’s Safety and Life is in Danger!

    Updates: It’s 4:25am Cairo time now…. Moneim has been finally released, after he was taken to Alexandria’s State Security Police HQ in el-Fara’ana District. He arrived home around an hour and half ago. No details available yet about what happened during the day he spent in the custody of Mubarak’s Gestapo prior to the release. Monem’s Safety and Life is in Danger! Egyptian blogger Monem, whose release was ordered on May 30 by general prosecutor after 46 days imprisonment in Southern Cairo Torah prison was deported from prison at 2pm yesterday May 31st. Mr. Islam Lotfy, Monem’s lawyer, contacted us now from Cairo saying Monem was able to have someone…