A Great Mind Departs...


Not just a great mind has departed but also a great symbol of tolerance, Egyptian identity, pride and hope has departed...

Naguib Mahfouz has left our world...

He wrote the Cairo Trilogy, Children of the Alley (that got him nearly killed in the 90s, since it has been considered blasphemous by the more fundamentalist Muslims), Chatter over the Nile, The Thief and the Dogs, The Quail and the Autumn, Miramar and much more...

Being at IC in Poland and being disconnected from the World...I found out through a friend's msn's screen name...Unexpectedly I shed a tear...Naguib Mahfouz and his work symbolize an Egypt that loves, an Egypt that co-exists, an Egypt that tolerates, an Egypt with hope...

I hope that Egypt had more Naguibs...  ¶ 10:12 AM 0 Comments

  Another Egyptian Train Disaster!! The latest Egyptian Train Accident:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/21/egypt.traincrash/index.html

This has been happening too many times...when is something going to be done about it...The worst incident ever was the one that happened when more than 300 people were burnt alive in the train heading south for the Eid holidays...  ¶ 11:52 AM 0 Comments

  Landing and Applause! Flying on Czech airlines a few times, once on Malev, and now the first time on both Austrian airlines and the Polish LOT airlines...I have come to see that central and Eastern Europeans like to applaud the pilot for landing the plane...in some cases the landing was not worth applauding...But then the drunken British passengers (who were enjoying a porn magazine while sharing their comments with everyone within hearing range throughout the 55 minute flight from Vienna to Warsaw) might have contributed to that...  ¶ 11:12 AM 2 Comments

  The Warsaw Curse... The second time I arrive at Warsaw's Chopin's International Airport and its also the second time I arrive somewhere without my luggage arriving...

First time, my luggage decided to stay a few more hours in Prague but this time my luggage seemed like it liked to get to spend more time in Vienna...

Should be arriving today...Thanks to the Star Alliance Toilet Kit...everyting is under control...  ¶ 11:06 AM 4 Comments

  ONLY a start... The text of a UN Security Council draft resolution aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5249488.stm  ¶ 2:06 PM 0 Comments

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  A Different Opinion Check Galloway's opinion on the 6th Arab-Israeli war:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wdwk1dp-uU&mode=related&search  ¶ 3:44 AM 0 Comments