Tag Archives: Egypt
Egypt: Voting for a President Posted by Fisal on May 24, 2012
Today the Egyptians continue voting تصويت to choose a president from thirteen candidates in the first free presidential elections after the 25th January 2011 Revolution. The voting process عملية started yesterday and is considered a turning point inEgypt’s modern history. No one can predict who the winner will be. There are five frontrunners who…
Arabic Newspaper Mistake—of the “Huge” Caliber! Posted by Hichem on Mar 25, 2012
Due to its morphological structure, and because it is an extremely rich language, Arabic has a virtually unique feature compared to other world languages: Simply substitute one حــرف (letter) by another, and you will most likely end up with a whole new word! An interesting feature characterizing Arabic language, to the utter delight of Arab poets…
Egypt; Yesterday and Tomorrow Posted by Fisal on Jan 24, 2012
Yesterday, Tuesday, 23rd 2012 was a memorable day as the newly-elected People’s Assembly مجلس الشعب (The Parliament البرلمان) held its first session جلسة after a year of the Egyptian 2011 Revolution. The Parliament ran its internal elections for the chairman’s post and it was won by Dr Mohammad Saad Al-Katatny; a member of the…
Egypt Mubarak (1981–2011):Thirty Years in Thirty Lines Posted by Fisal on Mar 15, 2011
Thirty years of nothing but corruption الفساد and conspiracy المؤامرة , that is to sum up the Mubarak era. His two predecessors had to take fatal decisions قرارات مصيرية at a time of nonstop war حرب until peace السلام was reached; a thing which could give them some excuse عذر. Mubarak’s failure فشل can…
Word search answer Posted by aziza on Jan 31, 2011
As the Egyptian president and his regime insist on turning a deaf ear to the calls of the Egyptian people, the Egyptians organize a demonstration of a million people tomorrow (Tuesday) in Cairo and other cities. The hours of the curfew are extended and train trips are canceled in a desperate attempt to stop the…
Word search Posted by aziza on Jan 30, 2011
It is the end of the month, and I usually present the word search game at this time. As protests in Egypt continue, and young people remain in the streets of all Egyptian cities, the whole world watches with great anxiety. Today, the Egyptian government closed down Al-Jazeera offices and suspended all Al-Jazeera correspondences. Security…
Stronger winds of change Posted by aziza on Jan 29, 2011
Egypt is in a state of revolution, led by young people and old, by women and men. Everyone came out after Friday prayers to ask for a change in the political system in Egypt. Security forces failed to control the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets. Numbers of demonstrators reached 500,000 in…