Category Archives: observations generally

neocolonialism

Posted on May 1, 2011 by nikiloadian

Yesterday… as usual I was listening to D-radio Kultur… Topic was how to help Africa. The first caller answerd this question, and he was serious about it, that the best way to help Africa would be, to colonize it again … Continue reading →

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post revolution and western media

Posted on April 10, 2011 by nikiloadian

On Friday and Saturday last week the army tried to disperse a demonstration on midan tahrir after the curfew began. Many people were injured and following egyptian media at least two dead. The mood of the people at the moment … Continue reading →

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things are changing…

Posted on February 26, 2011 by nikiloadian

…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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responsibility

Posted on February 22, 2011 by nikiloadian

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.

Posted on February 21, 2011 by nikiloadian

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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and the winner is…

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nikiloadian

…the strongest. It happened in China and it happens here, in Egypt. People on the street argue for a short moment and than they are going to fight each other, with everything they have, fist and feet. And the most … Continue reading →

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and now the news…

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nikiloadian

Time is running… the first semester is gone and my students told me not to stay in germany… and I promised to come back. Next semester will be even more exciting than the first one. Many things are going to … Continue reading →

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the torch is burning…

Posted on January 14, 2011 by nikiloadian

and the spark may strike… there is no big difference between Tunisia and Egypt. Long term leaders without democratic legitimation, a high unemployment rate, and a huge amount of poor and unsatisfied people. And as well as in Tunisia there … Continue reading →

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blood on the street

Posted on January 12, 2011 by nikiloadian

I was sure some day it will happen. And it will happen again. Every day we go by bus to our workplace. Every day we drive the eight-lined street guarding to New Cairo. Every day people try to cross this … Continue reading →

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12 minutes…

Posted on January 12, 2011 by nikiloadian

are left till my battery is empty… therefore… we make it short. Again copts, again killed, this time supposably by a policeman in a train. You do not need to really read the news to know that something worse happened. … Continue reading →

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