Month: November 2006

Disgusted

I don’t know if there is a more appropriate word which could describe how I feel about what I hear and read regarding the elections, or rather, the stupid inane posturing by the government on one hand, and some of the candidates on the other. Each desperately digs holes for the other to fall in, …

Release Abdelkareem Soliman

Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman is a 22-year-old Egyptian blogger who has been arrested by authorities in Alexandria, Egypt. Abdelkareem first received international attention in early 2006 when he was kicked out of Al Azhar University for posts he wrote on his blog. During that first incident, he was detained by police but eventually released. Despite his …

Indisposed

Due to a minor accident, I have unfortunately been admitted to hospital for observation for a couple of days. Nothing to worry about but I won’t have full access to the Internet. So in the tradition of Mahmood’s Den, until I return the scapegoat of the moment is hereby declared to be Saddam Hussein. Have …