Author Archives: nikiloadian

the news…

The news from Cairo… heavy rain and thunderstorm during the week. Egyptians are wondering about the weather and try to suck up the water on the streets with slurping cars… but from time to time the sun comes out and … Continue reading

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in between

today is the big day all over Egypt… people are about to vote about their new constitution. The city is as usual… but everyone is talking about the same topic. Meanwhile we wanted to be outside Cairo during the vote… … Continue reading

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arms…

Egyptians are amring themselves… almost everybody seems to wear a weapon at the moment. Although it is very quiet during the night and the morning you can feel the tension. GUC rescheduled their buses because of security reasons so nobody … Continue reading

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living under the curfew…

…has its positive effects. The city was never as quiet in the night as at the moment. On the other hand it is quite boring and cab drivers do not dare to drive long distances after 11.00pm, restaurants and bars … Continue reading

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things are changing…

…very fast. Students are protesting in the university and the students office announced the foundation of a students council, Skype and Youtube are allowed from now on and the chairman of the GUC invited all groups of staff to listen … Continue reading

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upset

A Policeman killed a man without reason while shooting with his gun on a minibus… in New Maadi… and now the people want to burn the police station in road 9. Things can change very fast it seems…

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responsibility

It is amazing… people all over the city are occupied with cleaning, coloring, planting… whatever is to do to make the city, the country, more beautiful. Now it is THEIR country and for the moment it seems as they would … Continue reading

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back… first impressions…and something else.

36 hours since my arrival in Cairo. In a whole – nothing changed. If there wouldn’t be all the tanks around, their muzzle most often pointed exactly in the direction I am coming from, the hundreds of military persons and … Continue reading

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back soon

on Friday I will travel back to Egypt and I am very excited, what will wait for me there. In every case a different country compared to the one I left a two weeks ago. I hope the very best … Continue reading

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never ever…

…thought of this: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/foreign-residents-become-tense-amid-rising-xenophobia-egypt Everyone seems to be seducible, even the egyptian people. It is hard to use the own brain and it might be difficult to gather for more information than the state-run televison.

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