Links and Notes 10/24/2013

• Egypt military officers back army chief for president - News - Aswat Masriya

  So the Egyptian armed officers are pushing El Sisi for Presidency. This is a suicide by all measures.  By the way the true liberals in Egypt are totally against the candidacy of this man and the outrageous engagement of the army in politics like that. 

  tags: Egypt military officers president #Egyelections #DWC #LN

• عودة رجال جمال مبارك الغائبين.. و«حجاج» في الخارجية بعد التنسيق مع الوزير - بوابة الشروق

  In Arabic : The return of Gamal Mubarak and NDP's men to the scene in Egypt

  tags: Egypt #DWC #LN NDP

• Classic Movies in Miniature Style on Behance

  Not politics but fine art , fusion art to be accurate. What will happen when famous films turn in to Turkish miniatures ?

  tags: miniature Turkish Turks Films Culture #DWC #LN

• On popularity and bubbles - Daily News Egypt

  Sandmonkey aka Mahmoud Salem writes about ElSisi's popularity bubble 

  tags: Egypt ElSisi #DWC #LN

• Funeral in Warraq’s Virgin Mary church | Sabry Khaled

  Photographer Sabry Khaled presents photos from the funerals of Al Warraq's Virgin Mary Church massacre on Tuesday.

  tags: funeral church Egypt #DWC #LN Photos

• Egyptians Abandoning Hope and Now, Reluctantly, Homeland - NYTimes.com

  The decision of Mohamed Hashem , the famous Cairo publisher to emigrate the decision about how many Egyptians are now willing to leave the country unlike what happened after February 2011. 

  tags: #DWC #LN nytimes Egypt hope

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