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Second year

My second year here in Cairo started a few days ago while I was in China to do some workshops and a lecture. This might be a sign for the future. Protests started again at the GUC and there are … Continue reading

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update

I was wrong! The president did his job and the military  seems so be out of charge. Things are developing not too bad and president Morsi confirmed several times that the country is not turning into a theocracy. Space for … Continue reading

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chagga whagga

Egypt has a president. Without any power. The parliament is gone as well and the military has all the saying for the upcoming events. Besides of this the German government is prosecuting militant Salafi organisations in Germany. The mixture makes … Continue reading

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Tahrir

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about reality

Egypt is waiting for the verdict against its former president, most probable announced tomorrow. The media speak from rising tension and feared confrontations. The army prepared for the worst, tanks and soldiers are employed. But is this the reality of … Continue reading

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Kickoff

Different topic than usually. From today on, were I transfered my contribution to the student union of the University Wuppertal, I am official PhD-Student in the Industrial Design Department of the University Wuppertal, supervised by Prof. Dr. Brigitte Wolf. And … Continue reading

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a bit of this and that…

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is it me or the country?

A wise man once said, that you never come home as the one you were, once you left. And now I am in a state that enables me to confirm this. The county is changing and one can feel the … Continue reading

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currents and fuses

well… nothing political this time. It is more about my home and the electric appliances in it. On Saturay we had a blackout for a minute or two. As the power came back, it obviously came back with all force… … Continue reading

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copy paste

Once again it happend that I stumbled upon a “share” on Facebook. People are told to cough in case of a heart attack. And people who study at an University share this without spending a second thinking about it. Folks! … Continue reading

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