Monthly Archive for August, 2008

The Powerhouse Museum on Flickr

The Sydney-based Powerhouse Museum, which has vast galleries of diverse exhibitions on themes including space, design, transport, technology, fashion, music, social history, is uploading to flickr some of its collections here and here…

Magda ماجدة

Some pix from the family album…

Magda and Rashad ماجدة ورشاد

My parents, Nasr City, 1976…

Magda ماجدة

My mother, Paris, 1981…

Magda ماجدة

My mother, Nasr City, December 2007…

“Mubarak and and his son Gamal have caused this country’s collapse”

Ashraf Hefni أشرف حفني

North Sinai school teacher Ashraf Hefni, denouncing Hosni and Gamal Mubarak, during a protest by the teachers in downtown Cairo…

The Revolution is Coming.. Down with Mubarak.. الثَوْرَةُ قَادِمَةٌ.. يسقط مبارك

The Revolution is Coming.. Down with Mubarak.. الثَوْرَةُ قَادِمَةٌ.. يسقط مبارك

Teachers demonstrate in downtown Cairo وقفة إحتجاجية للمعلمين ضد إختبارات “الكادر” في شارع حسين حجازي

"We want a free union"

Around 30 teachers from different provinces protested Saturday afternoon in Hussein Hegazi St, in front of the ministerial cabinet building, against the Education Ministry’s assessment exam. The teachers also denounced their state-backed union, calling for the establishment of a “free syndicate.”

Teachers call for a free syndicate المعلمون يطالبون بنقابة حرة

I’ll post more pix and details about the teachers’ fight later…

Portraits: Tax Collectors بورتريهات: أبطال العقارية

Kamal Abu Eita كمال أبو عيطة

Kamal, Giza…

Sha'aban شعبان

Sha’aban, Daqahliya…

Abdel Nasser عبد الناصر

Abdel Nasser, Bani Sueif…

Ayman القيادي بالعقارية في الإسكندرية أيمن

Ayman, Alexandria…

Abdel Qader Nada القيادي بالعقارية في الجيزة عبد القادر ندا

Abdel Qader, Giza…

Ahmad Abdel Sabour القيادي بالعقارية في الشرقية

Ahmad, Sharqiya…