tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143641342024-03-07T10:26:44.795+02:00Egyptian StoriesThis is a special Egyptian Blog, I am not publishing my thoughts. I am just expressing the view of these voices in my head. Therefore these opinions are not my own…Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-48890016866525466642014-03-14T08:49:00.000+02:002014-03-14T08:49:30.294+02:00The Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus was believed to have healing and protective power, and it was used as a protective amulet. The Eye was divided into six parts, representing the shattering of
Horus eye into six pieces. Each piece was associated with one of the six
senses and a specific fraction. These 6 parts correspond to the six senses - Touch, Taste, Hearing, Thought, Sight, Smell. The eye is the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-79642298614729795192014-03-13T08:44:00.000+02:002014-03-14T08:45:09.059+02:00Tutankhamun's necklaces
Sheik Hussein: at the Ramessium Rest House holding a picture of himself as a boy wearing one of Tutankhamun's necklaces Sheikh Hussein Abd el Rassuhl, who lived on the West Bank at Luxor in the village of Qurna, is now deceased, but he was the
last remaining member of the Howard Carter expedition that excavated
the tomb of Tutankhamun, Sheik Hussein was a 12 year old when he was
workingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-67832847015223218762013-08-17T16:54:00.004+02:002013-08-17T16:54:41.955+02:00This is our War against Terrorism
My friends from all over the world areasking me: what is happening in
Egypt? How is your family and friends? We are all fine so far, Egypt
is fighting itsWar against Terrorism just as other Countries have
suffered from it and had todeal with it. We need to use ALL possible
means including VIOLENT ones.
When the US Police
decided to clear the Sit-In of "Occupy Wall Street" they were Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-72112050230053812332012-12-07T19:00:00.000+02:002012-12-07T23:17:13.085+02:00What is Happening in Egypt?
A dear Canadian friend asked me “What is happening in Egypt?” Accordingly I tried to explain the current situation in my beloved country from my own perspective.
Mohamed Morsy the Egyptian president is of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) origins. He used to be the leader of the MB party the so called “Freedom and Justice Party” before he was elected president. He was highly praised by Egyptians Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-25003520387012501122012-10-27T22:35:00.000+02:002012-10-27T22:35:18.442+02:00Fake Water Bottles...full of DRUGS
PLEASE BE CAREFUL AT AIRPORTS!BEWARE of fake water bottles...Be careful ! At the airport when approaching any Customs counter, Do Not accept or help someone to hold his/her bottle of water or other objects , even for elderly persons or pregnant women ... you could be arrested for cocaine or illegal drugs possession and in Singapore, you will incur a Death Penalty!!! Tell them to put them on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-73535745191757209612012-10-27T17:19:00.003+02:002012-10-27T17:19:30.641+02:00World Press Photo 2012
2012 World Press Photo Contest Winners 2012 World Press Photo of the Year: A woman holds a wounded relative during protests againstPresident Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 15, 2011. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories: Tahani, who married her husband Majed when she was 6 years old and he Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-84463627424292331712012-10-27T13:54:00.000+02:002012-10-27T13:54:58.045+02:00Blast brings Beirut (Party City) to juddering halt
The car-bomb assassination last Friday of Lebanon's
intelligence chief Wissam Al Hassan - an attack almost universally blamed on
Syria and its local allies - brought the merry-go-round city of Beirut to a
juddering halt.
Beirutis are in a state of shock at the renewed
violence, which is reviving memories of the civil war which claimed more than
150,000 lives
Students carry
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-3761015400956403382012-10-26T00:24:00.000+02:002012-10-26T00:24:26.599+02:00S.A.I.D.E an Egyptian airline in 1947
S.A.I.D.E pronounced in Arabic سعيدة means Happy :)
The private airline was established in 1947 fifteen years after EgyptAir was set up. The company was established by an Egyptian businessman in cooperation with an Italian businessman who was working at Fiat
at the time. The company only lasted 5 years and was acquired by EgyptAir in December 1952.
The company fleet consisted of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-3462326710117623882012-10-25T21:04:00.000+02:002012-10-26T22:06:05.881+02:00US Presidential Debates Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney!!!
This is what shocked me during the US Presidential Debates Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney!!! It appeared to me that it is Israel the world power and not the US.... what a shame :(
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-40892478689702581692012-10-24T05:33:00.000+02:002012-10-27T07:35:29.621+02:00Romney Fails Geography Test
Romney team also feels the US should monitor very closely and at no expense spared the dangerous and highly porous border between Pakistan and Libya LOL!!!!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-59045420773489673152012-10-23T20:57:00.000+02:002012-10-26T23:11:07.676+02:00Israel should give up its nuclear arsenal to Stop Iran's Centrifuges
For 45 years, Israel has been the only nuclear power in the Middle East and one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Would someone Please tell Israel if you want to Stop Iran's Centrifuges they would do so only if Israel Accepts to eliminate its Nuclear Weapons. Let us aim for a
Nuclear-Free Middle East
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-60555709968517872012-10-22T15:48:00.000+02:002012-10-28T15:54:24.804+02:00Paris, City of Love
Paris, City of Love - Photo Robert Doisneau
Paris, City of Love
Paris, City of Love - Photo Robert Doisneau
Paris, City of Love - 1945 Jardins des Tuileries
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-5825035041388416962012-10-03T23:47:00.000+02:002012-10-26T23:55:00.667+02:00Guinness Records 2013 - world's largest biceps Mostafa Ismail (Egypt)
The world's
largest biceps belong to Mostafa Ismail (Egypt) and were measured for left arm
flexed at 64.77 cm (25.5 in) and non-flexed 62.23cm (24.5 in) and for right arm
flexed at 63.5 cm (25 in) and non-flexed 60.96 cm (24 in). The measurements
were taken in Franklin, Massachusetts, USA which is where Mostafa now resides.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-33683104946185849632012-10-02T00:18:00.000+02:002012-10-28T00:26:04.448+02:00End Slavery in Mauritania
Slavery in Mauritania is an entrenched phenomenon the national government just made slavery a criminal offence very recently in 2007. The country, which is located on Africa’s West Coast, has a long-standing and disturbingly prevalent tradition of slavery. Mauritania is the last place on earth where you can still buy and sell a human being.
The number of slaves in the country was not known Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-61667174526798111102012-10-01T08:38:00.000+02:002012-10-27T08:39:15.708+02:00Don't Shoot!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-22179953825643179282012-09-15T09:03:00.000+02:002012-10-26T23:19:27.566+02:00Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-43845028140554325692012-09-14T08:29:00.000+02:002012-09-14T08:29:45.044+02:00Dubai Gold Souk - The Gold Market
Dubai Gold Souk or the Dubai Gold Market, is one of the oldest markets in Dubai. The souk consists of over 300 retailers that trade almost exclusively in jewelry. This is one of the best places in the world to buy gold. Some estimates that approximately 10 tons of gold is present at any given time in the souk.
Trade in the gold souk grew during the 1940s due to Dubai's free Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-6368148012591794362012-09-01T10:09:00.000+02:002012-10-27T10:20:19.802+02:00The Dubai Fountain
The Dubai fountain is
the world’s largest and one of the world’s tallest fountains, surpassing the
Fountains of Bellagio at Las Vegas by a 25%. The Dubai fountains is 275 m
(902.2 ft), which is more than the length of two football fields, and has
five circles of varying sizes and two central arcs.
The Dubai
Fountains can be seen from over 32.2 km (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-44157168437842143312012-07-10T07:24:00.000+02:002012-10-27T07:25:18.933+02:00Egypt versus Spain
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-7861444514171278082011-05-26T12:59:00.001+02:002011-05-27T14:10:22.907+02:00New Zealand Truck Driver Blew Up Like a Balloon Through ButtocksWHAKATANE, New Zealand, May 26 (UPI) -- A New Zealand truck driver said he is "lucky to be alive" after an air hose became lodged in his buttocks and blew him up "like a balloon."Steven McCormack, 48, said he fell from the rigging between his truck and the trailer at Waiotahi Contractors in Whakatane and he landed on the hose connected to the vehicle's air brakes, the New York Daily News reportedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-62470299290381606492011-02-26T15:35:00.023+02:002011-02-26T16:20:57.513+02:00Is the game over for Gaddafi?A man burns a picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstration near the Libyan consulate in Paris. Libya’s ambassador to France and another diplomat from Tripoli resigned on Friday in response to the revolt against Gaddafi, a Libyan official said.Image Credit: ReutersMourners in Libya carry coffins containing the bodies of protesters killed in Benghazi on Friday.Image Credit: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-54078264680527481172011-02-26T14:09:00.002+02:002011-02-26T14:27:28.464+02:00Breast Milk Ice Cream Offered in London Shop!!!Well talking about extremes this time it's breast milk ice-cream. Well this is certainly a new flavour?!A London ice cream parlour said it added ice cream made from breast milk to its menu. 35-year-old Victoria Hiley is on of the 15 women donating breast milk to the shop."What´s the harm in using my assets for a bit of extra cash? What could be more natural than fresh, free-range mother´s milk Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-1744361543087197222011-02-23T18:14:00.010+02:002011-02-25T21:24:05.038+02:00The artists who crossed the lineIn Moscow last November Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolayev were arrested, handcuffed with plastic bags pulled over their heads and thrown in a police van. The two men are part of Voina, a radical art collective that has infuriated the Russian authorities with a series of increasingly audacious stunts, and whose jailing has caused concern in Russia about a return to a Soviet-style censorship of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-5978559645945685402011-02-17T21:32:00.001+02:002011-02-25T21:37:18.538+02:00Ousted Mubarak's family living at secret address in LondonCapital connection: Mubarak’s son Gamal and his wife Khadiga claim they no longer live at the Knightsbridge houseThe full extent of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's links to London were revealed today after an Evening Standard investigation.It has emerged that the deposed leader's first granddaughter was born in an expensive private hospital in the capital last year despite recent claimsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14364134.post-12940300715954772742011-02-15T23:36:00.001+02:002011-02-17T23:38:35.493+02:00Phil Disley on the Egypt protests© Phil DisleyThe GuardianUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0