AP journalist and friend Paul Schemm sent me some of the pix he took in Mahalla on Friday, the last day of the strike…

(Thanks Paul)

Journalist and friend Jano Charbel sent me some more pix he took in Ghazl el-Mahalla…

[Dhafer Youssef: Seventh Heaven Suite]

Pakistan is facing growing instability as a result of its role in the US-led “war on terror”. Chris Harman looks at the dilemmas facing its rulers and the background to current events… Click on Saira Wasim’s painting below to read the full article…

[Martin Donath - Blaue Tiefe]

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Who is the Terrorist? A Critical Conversation on Hezbollah
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(Thanks Paul)….
Week-long strike at Egypt’s largest textile mill ends with meeting of workers’ demands
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Government negotiators and labor representatives resolved early on Saturday a week-old labor dispute that had paralyzed Egypt’s largest textile factory by largely agreeing to the workers’ demands, the strike committee said in a statement.
Workers’ representatives of [...]

Click below to watch Mark Fiore’s latest animation…

I received a message from the London-based Egyptian activist Yasser el-Sirri, regarding an ongoing crackdown on Islamist detainees in Moroccan prisons… Click on Fathi Abul Ezz’s cartoon below to download the message…