Posted by Marwa Rakha to Global Voices Online On July 24th, Maggie Michael reported: Egyptian authorities shut down the Cairo office of an Iranian TV network, a security official said Thursday, as the two nations spar over a film that justifies the killing of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamic militants. Blogger Dina Ayoub […]
Ancient Egyptian Boat to be excavated by Archaeologists
Archeologists are going to excavate fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat earthed in an underground chamber next to Giza’s Great Pyramid.This 4500 old vessel is the sister ship of a similar boat excavated from another pit in 1954.This could start in November,according to professor Sakuji Yoshimura of Japan’s Waseda University. Tourists were […]
PASSOVER – THE RIGHT OF BELONGING
PASSOVER: THE RIGHT OF BELONGING The year’s pass over is celebrated from evening till morning every year. A previous year was celebrated on Wednesday, April 12, for eight days. It was the anniversary of the liberation of the jews from Egyptian bondage. It reminds each jew that if God had not freed his forefathers, […]
Mummies are not about screams and horror
When we think of mummies we imagine ghosts that come out of the dead wrapped in white bandages. But this is pure Hollywood. Mummies are not about screams and horror. They are actually about science and knowledge. Mummies have taught us about the human body. The study of a group of them revealed that an […]
Egypt Sentences Men for Being Gay
It seems Homophobia is still rampant in arab countries as Egypt just recently convincted 5 men to three year prison terms for being gay. An egyptian judicial official said that 4 HIV-Positive men were convincted and sentenced to three years each in prison followed by three years of close police sureveillance. Their defense […]
Egypt – Gates of the King
Gates of the King, better known as Valley of the Kings, is a valley that can be found in Egypt where tombs for the Pharaohs were built for about 500 years; not only the pharaohs but basically if you were rich enough and powerful enough in the Egyptian society, then you got to have your […]
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