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Yemen: A Civil or Proxy War?

The ongoing war in Yemen certainly warrants coverage on Global Voices Online, but I was really shocked when I realized that there weren't many bloggers interested in the conflict. Here are some scattered extracts from post written by bloggers from ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ali Abdullah Saleh,  Houthis,  Abdul Malik,  Sultan,  Al-Qaeda

Egypt and Algeria: Much More Than a Football Match

Who would have believed that a football match could cause such tension between two nations? But the truth is, the tension between Egypt and Algeria has reached an unexpected level. Many bloggers believe that the match has nothing to do with the trouble ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: FIFA

Egypt: German Justice for Marwa El Sherbini

Finally, justice has been served in , the Egyptian woman who was stabbed to death inside a German courthouse by a Russian-German immigrant. After nearly four and a half months, Alex Wiens has been sentenced to life imprisonment, without a possibility ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  15 Nov 2009

Egypt: Max's thoughs on Azaan

Max Strasser, a journalist living in Cairo, wrote his thoughts on government plans to sync the call to prayer in every Cairo mosque to a radio broadcast. Tunisian blogger Fatma Riahi, who blogs as Fatma Arabicca, has been charged with defamation on her ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

Egypt: Two Trains, a Buffalo, and a Minister

Two trains collided with each other in south Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 18 people. What followed was a cry for the Minister of Transportation to resign. Bloggers reaction to the crash and the minister's resignation. It has just been announced that ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chevrolet,  Muhammad Ali,  Twitter Inc

Egypt: No Accolades for Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

A big thank for the Nobel Committee - they have just made our day today. Perhaps most of the people here are not sure why US President Barack Obama was honored, and they are pretty sure that he doesn't deserve it. But they were all happy, because it ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Twitter Inc,  Barbara McClintock,  Kanye West

Middle East: Arabisk, Blog Competition and Debate

Arabisk is an annual competition to select the best Arabic blogs. And by Arabic here, they mean blogs in the Arab region that are written in Arabic language as well. The contest is being organized by Kalima Press and its owner Mohammad El Sahli, who ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  28 Sep 2009

Egypt: Tweeting Farouk Hosny's Defeat

Bulgarian candidate, Irina Bokova, 57, was elected the head of the UNESCO on Tuesday, defeating Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny. Bokova won by a vote of 31 to 27 to be the first woman and first Eastern European to run the United Nations ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: UNESCO,  Twitter Inc,  United Nations

Egypt: Five People I Wish to Meet

If you were given the choice of selecting five people you would like to meet in your lifetime, who would they be? Egyptian blogger Ahmed Shokeir blogs at Late Night Stories about five people whom he wishes to meet and be photographed with. Shokeir ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  10 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Nelly

Egypt: A Dog Named Anwar El Sadat

Do they have some plans in the Western media and cultural scene to tease us all the time? Do they really like creating controversies in our streets? Or, is it the fact that we are too sensitive that makes us an easy target? Are we really too sensitive ...

From TAREK AMR, Global Voices Online,  9 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Steven Spielberg,  DreamWorks,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

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