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the big black

Almost ten days of struggles and clashes between protesters and the police. Most of the clashes took place not on Midan Tahir but on a side street, leading to the interior ministry. Army and police say, that they just wanted … Continue reading

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absurd reality mixture

…things are developing to the worse at the moment. Although it feels somehow different than in January. The tension in the City is not as high as then and life is going on quite normal. Even in the discussions on … Continue reading

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back in Cairo…and everything is different…

…and back in a completely different world. The students are suspended from university due to accusations that a few would act in an offensice way against figures in relation to the university or its establishment itself. The teaching is suspended … Continue reading

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China 2…

once again a perfect and amazing and very busy time… we will come again!

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the magic weapon fear

If you own something, you might loose it. And if you need something, it might happen that you don’t get it. If you want to live, it might happen, that you die. If you want to be respected, you might … Continue reading

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religion… is just the tool…

Once again everything is focusing on downtown Cairo. The other areas of Cairo are quiet so far. And at the moment I do not think that the incidents this night will cause any sectarian strife. Many rumors are flooding the … Continue reading

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white and black desert

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first year

yesterday it was my first year in Cairo. This year was stuffed with a million different impressions and, as I wrote in my Facebook page, a lot of joy among a million other perceptions. The whole country changed without changing … Continue reading

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what a game…?

It started with “Flagman”: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/488985 in between military and police did nothing to prevent this: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/09/201199225334494935.html with the result of this: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/494653 and now everything is, at it was before… including emergency law, military trials and detention on the fly… … Continue reading

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set back…

Looks like a fake game. The israeli Embassy was stormed by angry, and not very smart, egyptians. The ambassador and his family as well as the staff of the embassy fled to Israel. Military and police stood beside the happening … Continue reading

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