Faisal’s Tobril

Today is the 34th anniversery of the much-acclaimed (in Egypt) 6th of October war (which took place in 1973). The 6th of October is, and has been, a National Holiday since the war. It is also the day that former Egyptian president Anwar El-Sadat was assassinated by a group of Islamic extremists during the 1981 […]

Two interesting things came to my knowledge in the past day. The first was through personal experience and the second was something that a friend told me about. They may be inconsequential to some (my friends certainly thought so), but I found them worthy of mention.
First thing
I went down to Maadi Grand Mall (located in […]

A friend of mine, Yasmine Adel, wrote this and I thought it was definitely worth publishing:
My hand didn’t touch his as I handed him the money.
He thanked me and turned around.
He didn’t notice that I saw him do it.
Saw him kissing the money before putting it into the pocket of his waiter’s shirt.
He thanked the […]

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 […]

So I discovered lately that I was gravely mistaken in accusing, or even thinking that, the Government of Egypt follows traditional centralization techniques when it comes to power, as per the unwritten laws of authoritarian governments.
Why?
Hossam El-Hamalawy discusses the issue of Egyptian Security Forces apprehending, incarcerating and torturing leftist activists of El-Arish (Capital of the […]

Today is the fourth day of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan.
During the Month of Ramadan, for the uniniated amongst you, Muslims are supposed to Fast (refrain from eating/drinking) from dawn until sunset. Having being raised a Muslim, I have always been told that Ramadan is not only about Fasting from food and drink but […]