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Crise de Foot

November 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Si j’écris aujourd’hui ces quelques lignes, c’est surtout parce que je suis non seulement écoeuré et frustrée par ce qui se passe depuis le 14 Novembre 2009 entre deux pays frères, l’Egypte et l’Algérie, mais aussi parceque cela fait un moment que je [...]

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Tags: Personal · Society · Sport · Uncategorized

L’Allemange 20 ans après la chute du Mur de Berlin.

October 25th, 2009 · No Comments

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16h30, le 3 Octobre 2009, Willi Hajek, historien « ouest-allemand » âgé de 62 ans, regarde profondément et montre à d’autres amis les photos de son ancien ami militant, Dr. Thomas dont les photos sont partout dans une exposition ouverte dans ce quartier berlinois qu’est Alexander [...]

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Tags: Politics · Society

Nice poem of Neruda (1904-1973)

August 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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While surfing on net for Pablo Neruda’s poems, I found this one.
If you’d like to read more of Neruda’s online poems, please go to this site: www.peomhunter.com
Enjoy!
I want you to know
one thing
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture

Décès de Mohamed Alaa Moubarak, exagération attendue!

May 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments

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Le décès le 18 mai 2009 et l’enterrement le 19 mai 2009 de Mohamed Alaa Hosni Moubarak,  petit fils, âgé de 12 ans,  du Président égyptien Mohamed Hosni Moubarak et le fils d’Alaa Moubarak, le fameux homme d’affaire, ne se sont certainement pas [...]

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Tags: Politics · Society

Clashes over Swine Cull in Egypt.

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

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According to the BBC, Manshiet Naser, a slam area in Cairo, has seen today clashes with police forces over the pigs cull, a governmental precaution measure to prevent the swine flu!
To read more, please click the below BBC link

“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8031490.stm”

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Tags: Health · Society

“Al Kitaba”, premier site culturel contemporain.

April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Le 1er Avril 2009 marque la naissance du site Al Kitaba, sur www.alketaba.com, (l’Ecriture), premier site culturel égyptien de son genre où écrivains et poètes contemporains de l’Egypte et de différents pays arabes comme le Liban , l’Irak, la Tunisie, l’Algérie, l’Arabie Saoudite et autres, sont [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture

Poetry Jam for Culture Exchange.

April 4th, 2009 · No Comments

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Under the auspices of the Swiss Embassy in Egypt, German Cultural Center “Goethe Institute” and Austrian Cultural Forum in Cairo, three Egyptian contemporary poets, Guirguis Shokry, Salam Yousri and Hussein Kamel El Samak, met for the first time with their homologues, Jürg [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture

Soufis et Chrétiens chantent la paix.

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

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C’est un Vendredi 27 février 2009 à 20h00 quand commence cette manifique réunion spirituelle groupant des chanteurs chrétiens côte à côte des soufis de l’Egypte et du Népal. Une soirée magnifique invitant les hommes de toutes religions à la paix à travers des chansons spirituelles [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Religion · music

Seven things I love about Cairo drivers!

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

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1- We always respect traffic lights. Come on guys admit it. Basically when the light is green we stop and when it is red we move on. Yellow! Nah that is not up to our standards!
2- We never notice other people around us, hey! We’re [...]

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Tags: Humour · Society · Uncategorized

Bye bye Bush!

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

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http://observers.france24.com/fr/content/20090115-bye-bye-bush-president-gaffeur-va-manquer-blogueurs

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Tags: Humour · Politics