Monthly Archive for June, 2007

That’s what I WANT! سلكاوي للإنتاج الفني يقدم

Salakawi TV presents…

Al-Jazeera reporter’s appeal adjourned

The trial of Al-Jazeera reporter Howeida Taha was adjourned to 16 September. Nawara has detailed report with videos here…

Israel launches deadly Gaza attacks

From Al-Jazeera…

Six Palestinians have been killed in two attacks launched by Israeli aircraft in the southern Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza reported that three of the dead on Saturday were members of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad and were killed when an Israeli strike hit their car in the town of Khan Younis.
Samir Abu Shamala also said that Ziyad Ghannam, one of the senior leaders of the al-Quds Brigades, was among the dead.
An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the two aerial attacks, saying that they targeted a car carrying members of Islamic Jihad and fired several missiles.
The second Israeli air strike targeted a metal workshop in Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp, killing three Palestinians, including the owner, and wounding two other people, medics said.

Arabic guide on how to cover labor strikes دليل عربي للتغطية الصحفية للإضرابات العمالية

Click below….

A strike is not just a strike الاضراب ليس مجرد اضراب

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A guide for reporting on workers دليل للكتابة عن العمال

I would like to thank labor writer Stephen Franklin for all the support he has given bloggers and journalists during his stay in Cairo…

[Above: (L-R) Stephen Franklin, Ad-Dostour labor correspondent Mustafa Bassiouni, and Dr. Joel Beinin in training workshop for Egyptian journalists on how to cover labor struggles. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy, June 2007]

A Guide for blogging In Arabic عشر خطوات نحو الصحافة الشعبية على الإنترنت

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I BLOG FOR THE REVOLUTION

Israeli troops kill Fatah fighter

From Al-Jazeera…

Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian from the Fatah movement on the second day of a large-scale military raid targeting armed loyalists of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers had shot the Palestinian on Friday as he fled from the troops in a refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus.
Officials of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fatah said the man, who was 28, had belonged to their group.
They said Israeli soldiers shot the man as he fled arrest. Medics also confirmed he had been killed.
In response to Friday’s killing, Allah Sanakeh, a spokesman for the group, said al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades would not honour a decree by Abbas that armed groups hand over their weapons.
Sanakeh said the Brigades needed to continue to respond to Israeli raids.

State Security detain 33 MB students

From Ikhwan Web…

State security forces arrested 33 students from the Egyptian summer resort of Hanoville, Agamy, west of Alexandria , on Saturday at dawn, after raiding three flats which the students rented to spend three days holiday. The students belong to the Muslim Brotherhood group, 26 of them are engineering students at Ain Shams university, Cairo , and seven students are from the Alexandria University . One of the students contacted his friends and told them of the security raid and detentions.

Click on Fathi Abul Ezz’s cartoon below to read the full report…

Down with Mubarak! يسقط مبارك