Monthly Archives: January 2011

away

The flight was long planned and now I am heading for Germany. With a short stay in Paris. It is not the worst time to leave Cairo for a moment, but I feel with my friends there and also would … Continue reading

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quiet… but worried

My Cab-Driver told me this morning that he is not able to bring me to the airport tomorrow because the life of all egyptians will end today… for sure he meant this as a joke, despite there was some sorrow … Continue reading

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just to remember…

…this could be the beginning of something new… a tiny change or a huge change… we will see… http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/mahalla-protesters-smash-mubarak-photo-0 http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,741584,00.html http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/25/egypt.protests/index.html?hpt=T1

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and the winner is…

…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…

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…

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

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…

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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panic…

It is the end. Of the semester. As usual there is a lot of stuff to do. Especially for the students. My current students have an interesting strategy to solve this problem… they just do not appear. Not only one… … Continue reading

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campus live

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