Seen in Cairo : setting up a huge billboard near Ramses Hilton at night.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Watch out For Sotheby’s NY Those days , part of our History is sold there.
In the upcoming days, Sotheby’s in New York is going to put up for an auction a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, heritage activists back in Cairo believe that they were taken out of the country illegally.
On 8 December, Sobthey’s will present what it described as “a sale almost exclusively dedicated to ancient Egyptian sculpture and works of art, the first auction of its kind in recent memory.”
Unfortunately, I only knew about it now thanks to heritage activist Sally Soliman.
The Egyptian Press spoke about as I searched online since November and yet the ministry of antiquities and our embassy in the States did nothing as far as about that auction.
That sale or auction includes ancient Egyptian statues, busts and pieces believed by heritage activists to be taken out of the country illegally.
Needless to say, I found a fragment from Karnak temple up for sale in that auction. I do not think that Egypt sold pieces of Karnak Temples complex before legally.
On 8 December, Sobthey’s will present what it described as “a sale almost exclusively dedicated to ancient Egyptian sculpture and works of art, the first auction of its kind in recent memory.”
Unfortunately, I only knew about it now thanks to heritage activist Sally Soliman.
The Egyptian Press spoke about as I searched online since November and yet the ministry of antiquities and our embassy in the States did nothing as far as about that auction.
That sale or auction includes ancient Egyptian statues, busts and pieces believed by heritage activists to be taken out of the country illegally.
Needless to say, I found a fragment from Karnak temple up for sale in that auction. I do not think that Egypt sold pieces of Karnak Temples complex before legally.
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| The fragment from Karnak Complex temple Estimated price between $ 2000 to $5000 "Sotheby's" |
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| A Large Egyptian Wood Mummy Mask, 25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 750-600 B.C. Price estimated between $ 300,000 to 500,000 " Sotheby's" |
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Watch This : “Siwa” by Abdel Rahman Gabr
As the weather is getting cold in Giza, I love watching video clips from summer and warm places in Egypt.
I think I will seize this opportunity and post here this wonderful video made by Abdel Rahman Gabr for his upcoming book “Faces of Egypt”.
Faces of Egypt ( Siwa ) from Abdelrahman Gabr on Vimeo.
That video was shot in Siwa oasis.
It is very beautiful video. I really love the work of Abdel Rahman Gabr
Here are some photos Gabr released online from that beautiful quiet place in Egypt.
I think I will seize this opportunity and post here this wonderful video made by Abdel Rahman Gabr for his upcoming book “Faces of Egypt”.
Faces of Egypt ( Siwa ) from Abdelrahman Gabr on Vimeo.
That video was shot in Siwa oasis.
It is very beautiful video. I really love the work of Abdel Rahman Gabr
Here are some photos Gabr released online from that beautiful quiet place in Egypt.
Saturday, December 5, 2015
#Egyelections : Final results of Parliamentary elections 2015
And the High Elections Committee “HEC”” announced the final results of the Parliamentary elections 2015 on Friday.
The second stage of the elections’ runoffs were held last week already.
Now to the big results, to the big official numbers.
The average turnout in the parliamentary elections 2015 reached to 28.3% where 15,206,100 out of 53,786,762 eligible voters.
This is independent MPs parliament as 316 independent MPs were elected while 239 party affiliated MPs were elected
The second stage of the elections’ runoffs were held last week already.
Now to the big results, to the big official numbers.
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| From a polling station in the elections |
The average turnout in the parliamentary elections 2015 reached to 28.3% where 15,206,100 out of 53,786,762 eligible voters.
This is independent MPs parliament as 316 independent MPs were elected while 239 party affiliated MPs were elected
Friday, December 4, 2015
That was a nightclub fight in Agouza , not a terrorist Attack "Updated"
That moment when you realize that your neighborhood is making headlines worldwide .. for all the wrong reasons, unfortunately.
Earlier Friday at nearly 6 AM, at the Upscale Nile Street in Agouza a fire broke out at a nightclub killing and injuring a number of people.
Soon enough, it turned out that the fire broke out due to a Molotov Cocktail attack.
Unfortunately, 16 people were killed in the attack including 5 women and a child. Do not ask me what a child was doing there. Three others were injured.
Now I live in this area and this place actually just three blocks away or even less from where I live.
It is not a big nightclub, it is not known to many people as a nightclub because it has got the sign of a seafood restaurant "Al-Siyad"
It is a tiny shady place.
It is not “Flying Fish” restaurant which is located at the same street as too many people confused between the two places.
Unfortunately, foreign media took the news as a bomb attack because BBC reported that it was a fire ‘bomb’ and we are currently in the terrorism frenzy.
It is not a terrorist attack, it is a fight between the owner and some people according to the owner of the nightclub himself.
Now I got two questions on why there was no safe exit in that place and why a fight would escalate to the level of the Molotov attack like that.
Updated :
The security forces arrested two suspects accused of throwing the Molotov cocktails at the place. The two fled Cairo and were arrested in Suez. The first suspect is 18 years old and the second is 19 years. They are from Imbaba, the low Working Class populated area neighborhood. According to Press, they said that they did because the bouncer refused to let them in because they looked from a poor class.
This is the saddest thing I have read.
Earlier Friday at nearly 6 AM, at the Upscale Nile Street in Agouza a fire broke out at a nightclub killing and injuring a number of people.
Soon enough, it turned out that the fire broke out due to a Molotov Cocktail attack.
Unfortunately, 16 people were killed in the attack including 5 women and a child. Do not ask me what a child was doing there. Three others were injured.
Now I live in this area and this place actually just three blocks away or even less from where I live.
It is not a big nightclub, it is not known to many people as a nightclub because it has got the sign of a seafood restaurant "Al-Siyad"
It is a tiny shady place.
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| From Andalou news agency |
Unfortunately, foreign media took the news as a bomb attack because BBC reported that it was a fire ‘bomb’ and we are currently in the terrorism frenzy.
It is not a terrorist attack, it is a fight between the owner and some people according to the owner of the nightclub himself.
Now I got two questions on why there was no safe exit in that place and why a fight would escalate to the level of the Molotov attack like that.
Updated :
The security forces arrested two suspects accused of throwing the Molotov cocktails at the place. The two fled Cairo and were arrested in Suez. The first suspect is 18 years old and the second is 19 years. They are from Imbaba, the low Working Class populated area neighborhood. According to Press, they said that they did because the bouncer refused to let them in because they looked from a poor class.
This is the saddest thing I have read.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Egypt in COP21 : The Contradictory talk
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi represented the country as well Africa in the UN Climate Change “COP21” in Paris where he spoke about the need of international support whether technically or financially to combat climatic change impacts.
He spoke about how despite Africa was the least producing continent when it comes to emission, it is paying the most according to statistics.
As the representative of the African Nations at the UN Climate change summit, the Egyptian president presented the two African initiatives the world countries.
The first initiative is about the renewable energy and it is very important one. I do not understand the second initiative, but I think it is about the technical support to Africa to combat the global warming ..etc.
Egypt also presented its project to have the biggest
The Sisi’s speeches to the world in COP21 were fine and great but as usually they contradict what the Egyptian government or administration is doing in reality from projects that will affect Egypt’s environment negatively.
Egypt is going to rely on coal for 25% of its energy by the year 2030.
Sisi spoke about the impact of emissions on Africa and forgot about the impact of coal emissions in Egypt.
BY the way according to a UN report in the COP21, the construction of coal power plants will increase emissions predictably 4 times higher the 2 degrees target by 2030.
It is worth to mention El-Sisi in his speeches that it wanted the target to be 1.5 degrees if I am not mistaken.
How are you going to achieve this in your own country if you are going to building coal power plants?
Of course, the advocates of coal say that it is no longer pollutant thanks to new technologies and that the solar energy can not be relied upon yet !!
I would like those advocates to see India and Germany.
I know that India is still struggling with coal but still, it is solar energy initiative is impressive.
The ministers in Egypt justify their decision to depend on coal that they would not let people hungry. Seriously, Sisi should have shared the statements of his ministers in this matter with the COP21 guests and activists about coal.
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| The Climate summit in Paris "COP21" |
As the representative of the African Nations at the UN Climate change summit, the Egyptian president presented the two African initiatives the world countries.
The first initiative is about the renewable energy and it is very important one. I do not understand the second initiative, but I think it is about the technical support to Africa to combat the global warming ..etc.
Egypt also presented its project to have the biggest
The Sisi’s speeches to the world in COP21 were fine and great but as usually they contradict what the Egyptian government or administration is doing in reality from projects that will affect Egypt’s environment negatively.
Egypt is going to rely on coal for 25% of its energy by the year 2030.
Sisi spoke about the impact of emissions on Africa and forgot about the impact of coal emissions in Egypt.
BY the way according to a UN report in the COP21, the construction of coal power plants will increase emissions predictably 4 times higher the 2 degrees target by 2030.
It is worth to mention El-Sisi in his speeches that it wanted the target to be 1.5 degrees if I am not mistaken.
How are you going to achieve this in your own country if you are going to building coal power plants?
Of course, the advocates of coal say that it is no longer pollutant thanks to new technologies and that the solar energy can not be relied upon yet !!
I would like those advocates to see India and Germany.
I know that India is still struggling with coal but still, it is solar energy initiative is impressive.
The ministers in Egypt justify their decision to depend on coal that they would not let people hungry. Seriously, Sisi should have shared the statements of his ministers in this matter with the COP21 guests and activists about coal.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
And it does not get better : Ismail Alexandrani is detained "Updated"
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| Ismail Alexandrani |
Sunday.
He was detained for more than 9 hours in the airport where he was reportedly questioned by the National security without lawyers.
I knew it from his friends and his wife, Khadija Gaafar who kept updating his status on Sunday and Monday.
Ismail Alexandrani returned to Egypt because his mother is sick.
After so many hours about wondering on his whereabouts, political science professor Rabab El-Mahdi then revealed that she got a call from him telling her that he was referred to the State prosecution in Nasr City in Cairo.
Khaled Ali, the former presidential candidate and leftist human rights lawyer is going to attend the investigation with him
تلقيت اتصال من اسماعيل الاسكندراني سيعرض غدا صباحا علي نيابة أمن الدولة بالقاهرة و سيحضر معه خالد علي
Posted by Rabab El-Mahdi on Monday, November 30, 2015
Updated @ 11:05 PM
The State security prosecution has ordered the detention of Alexandrani 15 days pending investigation for allegedly spreading false and joining a banned group aka The Muslim Brotherhood !!
A fact that anyone follows Ismail Alexandrani online knows, he hates the Muslim Brotherhood and its leaders and its members. He was the one who invented the Zombie term to describe the MB !! The investigation continued for 8 hours by the way.
According to the political researcher and investigative journalist’s friend, he was allegedly detained due to a memo issued by the Egyptian embassy in Berlin allegedly for cooperating with an international human rights organization.
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