I’ve never met Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit but he reckons I am a very bad European along with the 1400 other peace activists from the Gaza Freedom March who are trapped in Cairo on New Year’s Eve. Gheit made this unexpected demonisation via his Foreign Ministry to the local media after telling them that 100 “good Europeans” had …
Read More »Sailan Muslim
Growing to be A World Citizen
We believe with Sir Richard Livingstone, that “Men are born to FOUR CITIZENSHIPS.. They should be able to live as good members of their Family, of their Community, of their Nation and of the Whole Human Society and that “many of the world’s troubles can be traced to a failure in one or other of these citizenships – to our …
Read More »IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN A SITUATION OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR, By Desmond Tutu
Galloway in fresh Gaza convoy plea A British politician leading a convoy of medical and food supplies destined for the Gaza Strip has again appealed to Egypt to allow the group easy access to the coastal strip. George Galloway urged the authorities on Sunday to grant the Viva Palestina convoy access to Gaza through the Red Sea port of Nuweiba. …
Read More »The First Mosque Designed by A Woman [Istanbul, Turkey]
Last week the Sakirin Mosque opened in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the first mosque in the country to have an interior designed by a woman, Zeynep Fadillioglu. An interior designer known for jet setting ways, she nonetheless won a commission to redesign the religious structure in Istanbul. She even recruited women to help in the construction. . Begun last year, …
Read More »Hello everybody is a comment on the British Chilcott Inquiry on the Iraq War in Guardian UK
Blair has over and over again exposed himself as a liar, a cheat and a P.M. who believed that he could do whatever he liked, including go to war against Iraq without regard to any arguments against it. He’s still a dangerous megalomaniac.. The many thousands who died because of his decision to agree with and support Bush in an …
Read More »The Middle East’s Master Pimp, By Yvonne Ridley
December 27, 2009 “ICH” Cairo – December 26, 2009 — The activities of the rent boys who parade up and down Al-Shawarby Street in Cairo provide a good metaphor for the relationship the Egyptian Government has with Israel and the US. Both are quite shameless and ruthless; prepared to do whatever it takes to please … in order to secure …
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