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Development in Egypt
So I was searching The Daily Star’s (Egypt) website for some trivial tid-bit when I came across this article in the Opinions & Editorials Section.
The author’s name caught my eye for some reason I didn’t comprehend. After a bit (20 minutes) of racking my memory, I thought that she might have been someone I mentioned […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2006 under Opinion, Government, Egypt, Economics & Trade.
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The Egypt I live in
Not the best of places for people who aren’t well off.
“When my daughter tried to buy some clothes some time back, she came back home with a shocked expression” , exclaimed the cab driver in a low, but angry, tone of voice. “I asked her about what was wrong. She said she couldn’t afford to […]
Posted: September 11th, 2006 under Opinion, Government, Egypt, Economics & Trade, Incredulous, Personal Experience.
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If I was in charge…
Disclaimer: Proposed, sometimes detailed, solutions to Egypt’s problems coming your way.
“Were I President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, things would be very different.”
It makes me smile; the number of times I have heard the previous statement… both from myself and others. And so, in the spirit of wasting my time and working on something […]
Posted: August 14th, 2006 under General, Government, Egyptian Politics, Economics & Trade, Middle East, Analysis, International Relations, Personal, Developing Countries, Freedom, Debate, Leftists, Rightists.
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Random News and Opinions
As I have a two week break from work (working at a school helped me re-discover the joy of Spring Break as a holiday) I now randomly surf the Internet in the morning checking news or whatnot. I don't know if I'm going to do this regularly, but I will share the things I found […]
Posted: April 17th, 2006 under News, Opinion, International, Egyptian Politics, Economics & Trade.
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