Music is a language that has no boundaries, and art is an international language that anyone can understand. “Streets of Cairo” is a cultural event taking place in, of course, Cairo, for 10 days. The event is basically about social interaction between Danish artists and cooks to communicate with normal Egyptian people and discover the Egyptian life and spirit. It is arranged by DEDI So yesterday decided to see what is happening, thinking that I would enjoying meeting some bright minds and enjoy the interaction between different cultures. The Danish people were residing in an old building in downtown Cairo called The Viennoise. I entered then I found out they…

For Arabic click here! It has been a while since I last wrote here, but really I can’t take it any longer. For a long time I witnessed and supported (at least virtual support) many human rights cases where people were hit and tortured by the Egyptian Police, till recently, when I faced a strange situation. What will you do when someone who is supposed to be a human rights defender hit a blogger just because he hates him? What is the difference between this act, and how the Egyptian police attack Egyptian citizens and torture them? What will you do when a human rights defender commit an act which…

It has been a long time here, been busy with my new Arabic blog, some volunteering activities and my graduation procedures (wish me luck with my exams results)   My dear friend Rasha tagged me an interesting tag, a hundred questions about me. Will try to answer it truthfully :)   WHAT WAS YOUR: 1. Last beverage = Mango Juice 2. Last phone call = My best college friend 3. Last text message = Shosho :) 4. Last song you listened to = Mother’s Journey – Yann Tiersen (Instrumental) 5. Last time you cried = Tonight, remembering my late Grandma. HAVE YOU EVER: 6. Dated someone twice = no 7.…

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In Solidarity with General Meit

Being free, and alive… Freedom of a person is so precious, to the extent that in a society like ours, people are so envious of the full meaning of life while expressing your freedom that they try to insult and humiliate your freedom in every time they could. The person with this sense of freedom, with this sense of life, feeling all these crimes directed towards him but trying to to go on and enjoy every instant of life without regret, without being forced to follow a certain tradition, a certain rule, a certain society chain applied against his will, his imagination, his feelings, his passion, his music, his painting,…

This is the Change the Channel initiative by Tarek Amr I mainly live in Cairo for Studying in Winter or working in Summer with occasional visits to my family at Mansoura. Mansoura is one of the quietest places you can live in. Walking by the Nile in Mansoura is one of the best experiences you can have :) Here are some photos I took from my usual walking. More here http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=476932&l=d98ed&id=507547314

Life is a journey, not a destination.