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  Time to support to Palestine’s Ola, Dareen and Lama just we supported Ahad

  Ahad Tamimi after her release "Ahmed Arouri" Famous Palestinian teen activist Ahad Tamimi was released from Israeli prison on Wednesday. She was released after serving 8 months in jail for attacking... Posted Aug 03 2018, 01:49 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, media, Women, Israel, Culture, Arab, Democracy, Video, Follow Up, Geek, Egyptian Faces, Arts, Egyptian Army, Arabic faces, trials, Numbers

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  The numbers of Tweeps from #Egypt on #Twitter

  These are the numbers of active tweeps in the Middle East region according to a study from Dubai school of government’s Arabic Social Media report about the active twitter users in the Arab world in March... Posted Nov 05 2012, 04:00 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, society, citizen Journalism, Arab, regional, Geek, Egyptian Life, Gulf

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  #Syria Revolts : Rebels from Space !!

  From me this is the most interesting defection I have heard from the Syrian Arab Army since the defection of superstar Manaf Tlass : Syria’s cosmonaut Mohamed Firas announces his defection and his escape... Posted Aug 04 2012, 05:06 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Photos, history, Arab, politics, Syria, Geek, Arabic faces

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  And this how it started in Iraq !!

  The Zogaibs´ memorial service ad Last week something very alarming happened in Damascus and it is not the big bombing that killed la crème de la crème of El Assad security regime , it is something else... Posted Jul 22 2012, 09:05 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Syria, Follow Up, Geek, National Security

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  Someone needs to look after his job

  And once again Dhahi Khalfan rants on his twitter account and creates a new diplomatic crisis between Egypt and UAE !! The Dubai Police chief opened his fire against the new Egyptian president crossing... Posted Jul 01 2012, 10:15 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, regional, Geek, Gulf, Presidency, Post revolution

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  #Sudan Revolts : Last one tried this , Ended in Maadi hospital !!

  Ok from several sources now it seems that the Sudanese government may block communication soon at least the internet in Khartoum and Omdurman in an attempt to stop the spread of protests in the country... Posted Jun 23 2012, 09:15 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, regional, africa, Geek, Sudan

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  #Jan25 : We will not Forget them indeed Whether in #Egypt or in #Syria

  Our martyrs by Amal Samir For several months ago a group of Egyptian youth from activists , web designers , graphic designers and web developers worked on a website that would include all the names and... Posted Feb 24 2012, 04:25 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, society, citizen Journalism, history, Arab, politics, Syria, Geek, Websites, Egyptian Faces, Egyptian Life, Arabic faces, Web2.0, revolutions, Martyrs, arab spring

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  #Syrian Revolution : #FreeRazan is used once again !!

  Blogger and human rights activist Razan El Ghazzawi aka Red Razan has been arrested yet again by Syrian regime authorities from short awhile ago along with 12 human rights activists working the one of... Posted Feb 16 2012, 01:59 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, Syria, Follow Up, Geek, Bloggers

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  RIP Steve Jobs

  Rest in peace Steve Jobs (1955-2011) Jobs in 1984 Despite my views about Apple and its products "I own iPhone and iPod by the way" , I can not hide how I feel sad for death of Steve Jobs and... Posted Oct 05 2011, 08:47 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: society, citizen Journalism, Arab, international, America, Geek

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  It is hackers war now !!

  As soon as the news that IDF killed our policemen on our borders last Thursday , Egyptian and Arab hackers did not waste their time in hacking Israeli websites. It started with Saudi hackers that hacked... Posted Aug 21 2011, 08:08 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Follow Up, Geek, Saudi Arabia, National Security, hacking, Sinai, Geeks, Hackes

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  Egyptian X-file : And I though that Mowafi was Qaddafi’s man in Egypt !!

  I remember that heated interview for Libyan dissident and NTC executive member Mahmoud El Shamam on Al Hurra TV when he said that Safwat Al Sherif aka Mowafi was the Qaddafi’s man in Egypt and that the... Posted Aug 17 2011, 08:50 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, history, Arab, africa, Geek, Interviews, MENA, National Security, Spy, Arabic X-Files, Libya, CIA, Omar Soliman, Spy Chief, GIS, Mansour Kekhia, forced disappearance, NTC, Shalgam

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  Ramadan Arabian Nights 2011 : Princess Badr Al Budur and the sultan of gypsies “3”

  First of all I apologize for not posting the third part in its time yesterday but it was out of my hand , again I faced problem with Audio hosting. Here is the third part of the Princess Badr Al Budur... Posted Aug 10 2011, 05:44 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: books, Egypt, history, Culture, Arab, Geek, Audio, Arts, Nostalgia, Arabian Nights, Geeks, 1001, 2011 Time 100, Ramadan Arabian nights 2011, One thousands and one nights, Luqman

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  Just An Idea : Pandora and Spotify For the Arab Music !?

  Why can’t we have something like Pandora or Spotify services in the Arab world for the Arab music !? Why can’t we have online stream services for Arabic music sponsored with Ads ? This is just an idea... Posted Jul 28 2011, 04:34 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Music, society, media, Culture, Arab, Radio, Geek, ideas, Arts, MENA, spotify, Idea, Geeks, Nogoom FM, Record labels, Arab Music, Pandora

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  You ask and Bibi will answer

  Ofir Gendelman ,the Israeli prime minister's spokesperson to Arab media announced in his twitter account in Arabic that the Israeli PM our favorite Bibi is inviting the Arab Facebook generation "He... Posted Jun 23 2011, 09:07 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, regional, Geek, #Jan25

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  And here is the Egyptian version of that Moroccan website

  Do you remember that Moroccan website discussing the constitutional amendments in Morocco and allowed the users to vote on it !? Do you remember how I expressed my wish to have something similar like that... Posted Jun 20 2011, 08:20 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, National, Follow Up, Geek, MENA, Morocco, maghreb, constitutional amendments, Constitution, Post revolution

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  Watch the video till the end

  This small video report is made by Breakthru Radio about the impact of the globalization in the  Arab revolutions whether in Tunisia or Egypt or Libya. Now I want you to focus on the last part starting... Posted Mar 09 2011, 11:42 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Video, National, America, Economy, Radio, Geek, Mubarak, Tunisia, Social Media, Egyptians, MENA, Libya, Globalization, NY, Breakthru

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  And the ice ball reached to Damascus !!

  On February 17,2011 there was this small protest in Damascus and what Tunisia taught is that small protests can lead in to a bigger uprising that can evolve in to a revolution. From what I understood from... Posted Feb 17 2011, 07:39 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, Syria, National, America, Geek, Mubarak, Damascus, MENA, Spy, Protests, Al Assad, Wael Ghonim, revolution, Tal Mallohi, #Jan25, Tunisia Egypt, Harika

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  #Jan 25 : Reactions

  The Protest "Dostor" We did not expect that January 25 anger day would be like that in any possible way , neither did the Egyptians nor the world that was not only amazed but is on its nerves... Posted Jan 26 2011, 01:19 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, America, Follow Up, Europe, Economy, Geek, Germany, France, Menachem Begin, Anger day, #Jan25, Turki El-Fiasal, Day of Anger

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  Angry Maghreb : The Jasmine Revolt of Tunisia “Graphic”

  For the 26th day in row things in Tunisia are escalating toward some sort of revolution according to all indications. The protests are spreading like fire across the country in several governorates especially... Posted Jan 11 2011, 12:53 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, society, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, National, africa, Follow Up, Geek, Tunisia, MENA, Censorship, North Africa, maghreb, Sidi Bou Zid, Kasserine, Sfax

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  NASA Finds Extra-terrestrial Life Form in Sudan !!

  NASA has announced that it found extra-terrestrial life forms in Sudan and before your mind goes too far these life forms are not those life forms below !! ETs summit !! The life forms NASA found are actually... Posted Dec 21 2010, 06:15 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Arab, politics, africa, Geek, Science, National Security, Sudan, NASA, Omar Al Bashir, South Sudan, Cablegate, Extra-terrestrial, Salva Kirr, ETs

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  Now It is official : The Arrest of A Suspected Spy

  Today the state security prosecutor has announced officially the arrest of 37 years old Tarek Abdel Razek Hussein Hassan “an Egyptian” in last August for alleged spying activities against the country.... Posted Dec 19 2010, 09:25 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Syria, mideast, Lebanon, Follow Up, Geek, National Security, Mobinil, Telecommunications, espionage, Spy

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  His 3rd Eye

  Wafaa and his borderless map of Iraq on his back From couple of weeks of ago the world spoke about that art professor who decided in to install a camera at the back of his head . Most people called madness... Posted Dec 14 2010, 09:54 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: society, Culture, Arab, mideast, Geek, Iraq, Qatar, Arts, Gulf, Arab museum of modern arts, Wafaa Bilal

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  Cablegate and KSA : Perverts Take Down Lebanese Al Akhbar

  Some hackers has taken down the Lebanese Akhbar newspaper official website after translating the full content of the Wikileaks in to Arabic. The hackers changed its home page to the home page of forum... Posted Dec 10 2010, 07:43 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, mideast, regional, Lebanon, Geek, Saudi Arabia, Gulf, Wikileaks, al akhbar, Cablegate, Lebanese Al Akhbar, Cables

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  Death To Arab Facebook Fan Pages !!

  It seems that “Death to Arab” concept has got fans in Israel because we got Facebook fan page for it !! “ English translation ”. It is only liked by 89 fans !! There is also another “ Death to Arabs ”... Posted Nov 19 2010, 09:18 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, Arab, politics, Lebanon, Geek, Facebook, war, National Security, IDF, Sabra and Shatila, Knesset, Ariel Sharon, George Sluizer

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  Follow Up : Vodafone Egypt Apologizes And Pulls Ibn Firnas Ad

  In a very important update to the Vodafone Egypt Abbas Ibn Firnas’ ad fiasco Vodafone Egypt has apologized and decided to pull the offensive ad that caused uproar online. Vodafone Egypt has announced this... Posted Nov 16 2010, 11:20 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Ads, Culture, Arab, mideast, Follow Up, Geek, Advertising, tv, Vodafone Egypt, Abbas Ibn Firnas

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  Learn From Google Egypt , Vodafone Egypt !!

  Vodafone Egypt has aired its a new ad for its new internet bundle whatever it is using both humor and celebrity in an attempt to compete with Mobinil “oldest one to use both humor and celebrity” and Etisalat... Posted Nov 13 2010, 07:55 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: books, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Ads, Culture, Arab, Video, mideast, National, Geek, Literature, Science, Google Egypt, Vodafone Egypt, Taha Hussein, marketings, Abbas Ibn Farans

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  Google Egypt Celebrates The Prince of Poets

  Just as it celebrated Thuma , Google Egypt has celebrated today the modern time prince of Poets Ahmed Shawky ’s birthday Google Egypt surprised us with a doodle with the famous verses of Shawky speaking... Posted Oct 16 2010, 07:35 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Culture, Arab, Google, Geek, Poetry, Egyptian Faces, Arts, Poets, Ahmed Shawky, Ahmed Shawki, Google doodles, Arabic poetry

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  What About Chinese And Hindi !!?? What About Hebrew ??

  The genius scientists in Israel have reached out that Arabic language is hard to learn because it is hard for the brain . I do not know why I have the feeling that the same thing was said about Yiddis... Posted Sep 05 2010, 11:16 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Israel, Culture, Arab, politics, mideast, Arabic, Geek, language, Science, In the wind's direction, Hebrew

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  More Than A Presidential Pardon

  Saudi activists are having this campaign “ Obama free Homaidan ” which has attracted many prominent figures in the Saudi society including religious personalities from both Sunni and Shiite sect “yes Shiite... Posted Sep 03 2010, 03:33 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, society, middle east, citizen Journalism, Arab, mideast, America, Geek, Campaigns, Obama, Gulf, Maids, Homaidan

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  The Best Days of Her Life

  Eden Abergil thinks the best days of her life were the days she was in the IDF serving her country , believe me as an Arab I do not think that there is not anything wrong in this but what I think is wrong... Posted Aug 17 2010, 10:15 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, Geek, Facebook, IDF, Geeks, Israel Hassan Fadallah, Abergil

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  Onislam : From Those Who Gave Us IOL

  From the same fantastic team that presented to the world IOL comes its latest Islamic portal : Onislam . Just like IOL but without the Qatari administration OnIslam covers a wide set of topics combining... Posted Aug 15 2010, 08:41 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: media, citizen Journalism, Islam, Arab, international, Religion, Geek, Websites, web, Islam Online, IOL, OnIslam

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  Arab Crunch Vs. State Department !!

  Knowing how careful  Arab Crunch with its English and Arabic websites are careful to stay away from politics in the Middle East makes me surprised with all the buzz about their clash or competition... Posted Aug 13 2010, 01:26 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Jordan, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, America, Geek, CIA, State Department, Arab Crunch

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  Octavia is The New Helen

  Octavia Nasr was forced to leave CNN because she described late Sheikh Fadallah as one of the Hezbollah giants she respected a lot . The American Lebanese former CNN senior editor of Arabic affairs paid... Posted Jul 07 2010, 09:17 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: middle east, media, Women, Israel, Islam, Arab, mideast, Lebanon, America, Geek, CNN, Octavia Nasr

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  مصر دوت كوم Misr Dot Com

  Ladies and gentlemen , I am proudly present the first Arabic Domain : Misr Dot Com مصر دوت كوم The first Misr Dot Com Domain in Arabic in the world This is the first Arabic domain that hit the internet... Posted May 06 2010, 10:37 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, society, middle east, citizen Journalism, Internet, Culture, Arab, international, mideast, Arabic, Geek, Domain, Ministry of telecommunications and technology, Misr Dot Com

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  Bahrain And UAE Hate ElBaradei Too !!

  First it was Kuwait , now it is Bahrain and UAE too !!?? ElBaradei in the Gulf in 2007 Bahrain is reportedly all the essays supporting or praising in its press , I found this through twitter and I need... Posted Apr 13 2010, 08:13 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, UAE, Follow Up, Kuwait, Geek, Bahrain, Qatar, Gulf, Presidential elections 2011, Mohamed ElBaradei

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  And The IOL Saga Continues

  It seems that Egyptian-Qatari relations will be revived over the dead body of IOL !! Today minister Aisha Abdel Hadi of manpower got involved in the IOL ,it is the first time an official speaks about the... Posted Mar 31 2010, 09:21 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Culture, Arab, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Follow Up, Economy, Geek, Qatar, Aisha Abdel Hadi, IOL

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  IOL Needs You

  There has been a dangerous and alarming update in the IOL Saga : Sheikh Qaradawi has been sacked by Qatar from IOL . The minister of social affairs in Qatar has ordered the disband of the Al-Balag board... Posted Mar 24 2010, 01:56 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Islam, Culture, Arab, politics, Video, Religion, regional, America, Geek, strike, Qatar, Muslims, Freedom of expression, Islam Online, Sit in, Qaradawi, IOL

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  For Women In Science : Professor Rashika El Ridi

  Ladies and Gentlemen please meet the 2010 Laureate for Africa and Arab states : Dr. Rashika El Ridi Professor Rashika El Ridi, from the Faculty of Sciences at the Cairo University in Egypt, has been awarded... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:54 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, Women, citizen Journalism, Arab, Video, mideast, africa, Europe, Geek, health, Science, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Cairo University, UNESCO, Researches, Rashika El Ridi

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  A Big Decade ; Big Events : Internationally And Regionally

  I do not know if we should wait till year 2010 is over and then we can look back to the first 10 years in the 21st century or we just look back to the past 10 years from 2000 to 2009. I look to those years... Posted Dec 21 2009, 06:57 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, Culture, Arab, politics, Democracy, international, Religion, regional, Lebanon, America, africa, Europe, nature, Economy, Geek, Dubai, Gaza, Hamas, Iran, health, Iraq, Qatar, Global Warming, war, Asia, Obama, Pakistan, Sudan, Darfur, Da Vinci Code, Al Jazeera, Big bang, 911, Harry Potter, fox news, 2010, Twilight, capitalism, tsunami, Paris Hitlon, Al Hariri assassination, Clash of civilization, Banizer Bhutto, Hurricane Katrina, Reality TV, Ardi

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  Nous Sommes Tous Fatma, We Are All Fatma

  Fatma Riahi aka Fatma Arabicca is a Tunisian blogger who was arrested on the 2nd of November 2009 by the criminal Brigade Gorjani in Tunis for defamation and  being the woman behind “ Debat Tunise... Posted Nov 06 2009, 07:46 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Human Rights, Women, citizen Journalism, Blogging, Arab, politics, Democracy, africa, Arabs, Geek, Bloggers, Tunisia, Cartoon, Arabic faces, African Faces, Africans, Fatma Riahi, Tunisians, Human rights Days, Debat Tunise, Ben Ali, Bloggings, Fatma Arabicca

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  Nominate Kolana Laila For Mashable Open WEB AWARDS

  Kolana Laila went from local blogging day that surprised everyone to a regional blogging day. In our Arab region I believe Kolana Laila has become a unique experience of its own and it is deserved to be... Posted Oct 22 2009, 08:50 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Women, citizen Journalism, Culture, Arab, international, Geek, Mashable, Kolana Laila, Polls, Open Web Awards

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  This Is What Happens When You Rely on Sefon Sports !!

  Youm 7 was nearly going to cause a huge diplomatic crisis between Egypt,Algeria and France because one of its reporter was too lazy to check from his source not to mention to rely on a football fan forum... Posted Oct 18 2009, 07:25 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, society, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, mideast, regional, africa, Europe, FOOTBALL, Geek, Sports, Soccer, Algeria, France, Sarkozy, youm 7, World Cup 2010, Koora.com, pranks, Mizo

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  Never Imagined His Importance To This Degree

  I can’t believe the shift our foreign policy has began to take after the defeat of Farouk Hosni in the UNESCO’s elections , it seems that he is more important than we think. Since his loss and the Egyptian... Posted Oct 15 2009, 07:37 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Islam, Culture, Arab, politics, Religion, National, africa, Europe, Geek, Egyptian Faces, Farouk Hosni, Arts, France, Mossad, UNESCO, Zahi Hawas, Christie, Louvre

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  Arabic X-Files : His Story

  Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi has an official website where he says his version of the story in Lockerbie case . He is defending himself in that website where you can read his appeals to the Scottish courts... Posted Oct 12 2009, 12:47 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: media, Arab, politics, international, America, africa, Europe, Arabs, Terrorism, Geek, Arabic X-Files, Arabic faces, Libya, website, States, abdelbaset ali al-Megrahi, lockerbie

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  For Palestinians: Mahmoud Abbas Resignation

  This online petition is for Palestinians only : Mahmoud Abbas should resign as the President of the Palestinian authority and as the Chairman of PLO Despite the fact that these online petitions are useless... Posted Oct 11 2009, 05:33 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Palestine, middle east, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Democracy, mideast, regional, Geek, Gaza, West Bank, PLO, Mahmoud Abbas, Petition, Abu Mazan, Marwan Barghouti, Kadoumi

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  The Iraqi Scientists Are Not That Lucky Like The Iraqi Gays

  Seriously the Iraqi scientists are not that lucky like the Iraqi gays after all more than 1500 Iraqi scientists were killed systematically since the invasion and nobody cared to rescue or even talk about... Posted Oct 10 2009, 11:53 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, society, middle east, media, Israel, Culture, Arab, politics, mideast, America, Geek, Iraq, war, Mossad, Scientists, CIA, homosexuality, gays

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  Yahoo, Maktoob and DVD4 Arabs

  I wondered last month about the content Policy Yahoo! will follow with Maktoob after its acquisition. Well I discovered that it is beyond blogs content, Maktoob blogs are just the tip of the ice-berg Read... Posted Oct 03 2009, 07:52 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, America, Geek

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  The Day Our Presidential Website Was Hacked !!

  From couple of days ago I found a news in twitter that our Egyptian presidency official website , the official websites of our defense and information ministry have been hacked , yes they have been hacked... Posted Sep 29 2009, 07:31 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, society, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Internet, history, Arab, politics, Video, regional, africa, FOOTBALL, Geek, Sports, Algeria, hacking, EC Interviews, World Cup

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  Settlers Not Residents

  Facebook and Golan made headlines in the past two weeks giving Syria officially another reason to block the popular social network in the country. The problem started after the Israeli rejection for Facebook... Posted Sep 28 2009, 06:50 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: middle east, media, Israel, history, Arab, politics, international, Syria, mideast, regional, Geek, Facebook, Social Networking, Golan heights

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  Tamtem ; Let's Keep it a Secret

  Tamtem is a new social network website in the Arab world , it is just like Post secret but without postcards. It allows its members to comment on other people's secrets which are no longer secrets... Posted Sep 02 2009, 06:27 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: society, Arab, Geek, In the wind's direction

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  Maktoob Yahoo !!

  Some of you may have heard about the IT Middle East's deal of the Year : Yahoo ! acquired Maktoob. It is from the major news of the year whether for Yahoo or for us as Arabs. Maktoob is from the early... Posted Sep 02 2009, 05:57 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Geek

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  Guess Who joined the Facebook Mania ??

  Without any fancy introduction ,Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has joined the facebook Mania  , here is the link below : Facebook | Bashar Al-A Ironically last time I checked the facebook was blocked... Posted Jul 10 2009, 07:25 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Internet, Arab, politics, Democracy, Syria, regional, Geek, Facebook, Mubarak, Bashar Al Assad

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  Fragments on The Notes of Naksa : They Are Still Syrian Occupied Golan Heights

  Is it a coincidence that in the particular month of June and what it holds for Arabs for bad memory that the talk about the international legal description of Syrian Golan heights is brought up provocatively... Posted Jun 23 2009, 12:07 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: middle east, media, Photos, Israel, history, Arab, politics, Syria, mideast, Geek, war, Minorities, Wikipedia, Golan, 1967, minorites

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  One Egyptian star of science

  Qatar foundation launched a TV reality Show called Stars of Scienc e ,forget the Star academy show , this show will present the best scientists and innovators across the Arab world. From 16 Arab countries... Posted Jun 16 2009, 12:45 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Culture, Arab, Lebanon, Geek

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  Facebook Group : World Leaders

  Via my friends on Google readers. Originally from Atlantic Magazine : Facebook Group : World Leaders Click on it. It is good to see Mubarak among that group !! Lol Technorati Tags: Egypt , International... Posted May 02 2009, 07:15 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, media, Humor, Arab, politics, international, America, Europe, Geek, world, Facebook, Iran, Asia, Arts, Caucasus, Russia, France, Leaders, North Korea

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  Wikipedia is an Iranian Agent !!

  I read last Tuesday a strange , a real strange letter published in Al Ahram daily newspaper accusing Wikipedia of being biased against Arabs for the Persians sake !! Of course when I read who had sent... Posted May 01 2009, 07:45 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, Islam, history, Culture, Arab, politics, regional, National, Press, Geek, Iran, Arts, Al Ahram, BooksCulture, Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Islamic civilization, Arabian Nights, Rumi, Geber, Ibn Al-Haytham, Kalila and Demna

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  Is President Mubarak’s Mother Jordanian ??

  President Mubarak’s page in French Wikipedia says that his mother is Jordanian !!?? Yes amazed because all the sources in Egypt say that he is 100% Egyptian from Kafr Masalah en Monfia Governorate “And... Posted Apr 30 2009, 04:47 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Jordan, citizen Journalism, Internet, history, Arab, politics, National, Geek, France, Wikipedia, Hosni Mubarak

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  For Their Own Protection

  A British delegation asked Bouthainia Shaaban , the Syrian minister of expats why the Syrian regime blocks Facebook in Syria and the answer came as follows : The Syrian government knew that there are some... Posted Apr 21 2009, 06:36 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Israel, Internet, Arab, politics, Democracy, Syria, mideast, regional, Geek, Facebook, Freedom of expression, Bouthainia Shaaban

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  When Our B and C Listed Celebs blog

  I found out that MBC network launched a new service in their official website where Celebs can blog and communicate directly with their fans. Do not put too much hope after all among those MBC celeb bloggers... Posted Mar 26 2009, 06:27 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Blogging, Culture, Arab, National, Geek, Bloggers, Arts

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  The future of Israel from an Arab perspective

  Amr Gharbia posted a very interesting poll regarding the future of the Arab – Israeli conflict that is causing a lot of buzz in the Egyptian blogosphere. You will consider the Arab-Israeli conflict is... Posted Mar 01 2009, 04:15 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, middle east, Blogging, Israel, Islam, Arab, politics, Religion, mideast, National, Geek, war, Polls, Petitions

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  Breaking News : Kadima website is hacked

  Kadima Party official website is being hacked for now by Gaza Hackers Check it now I like the cartoon where they show Fatah and Hamas hugging each other. I do not if that was the national anthem of Palestine... Posted Feb 14 2009, 07:11 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Palestine, middle east, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, regional, Geek, Gaza, web, war, Kadima

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  Ishki ; complain Web 2.0 in Arabic

  I found this unique Arabic website while browsing. It is called “Ishki” which means in Arabic “Complain”. This website gives the users the ability to complain about anything as long as it is not defame... Posted Feb 05 2009, 03:58 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Music, middle east, citizen Journalism, Arab, Democracy, Geek, Arts, Mideastl, Ishki

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  This what grandchildren of the holocaust survivors are doing now

  The grandchildren of the holocaust survivors are doing now to Palestinians exactly what was done to them by the Nazi * * * What do you expect from Palestinians? Wait for more facts * * * * Thank U Nawara... Posted Jan 16 2009, 05:34 PM by أفندينا Filed under: Egypt, Israel, history, Arab, politics, regional, إسرائيل, فلسطين, Holocaust, Geek, Gaza, war, غزة, المحرقة, Rafah, Nazis, SIR Gerald Kaufman

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  Follow Up : Day 21

  Gaza Daily Statistic Death toll 1151 Injured toll 5200 Another useless Arabic summit that did not reach to anything solid except bla,bla,bla,bla….. Whether Egypt and KSA used their power to spoil... Posted Jan 16 2009, 10:51 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, Arab, politics, regional, Holocaust, Geek, Gaza, war, Rafah, Citizn Journalism

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  Starbucks in Beirut is closed for a day

  Starbucks , the famous Starbucks branch was closed in Beirut for a day because of the protests.There are calls and actual respond to it across the Arab world to boycott the American products especially... Posted Jan 14 2009, 11:27 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, citizen Journalism, Israel, Culture, Arab, politics, regional, Lebanon, America, Follow Up, Zionism, Economy, Geek, films, war, Beirut, Arts, boycott, IDF, starbucks

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  2008 in Pictures

  Thanks to dear blogger friend Ahmed Shokier for this wonderful pictorial post , of course he did not include the photos of Gaza because no ever though the year would end in such dramatic and sad way 2008... Posted Dec 30 2008, 10:15 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Photos, Culture, Arab, politics, international, regional, people, Economy, Geek, Science, Egyptians, Arts

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  US Campaign to end the Israeli Occuptation

  I know that it is impossible for something like this to happen. But at least it is trial, we should do all what we can to end this blind bias. This is for the Americans who believe that the US bias towards... Posted Dec 30 2008, 08:50 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Palestine, middle east, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, America, Follow Up, US, Economy, Geek, Gaza, Occupation

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  ACTION POST BLANK”in solidarity with Tunisian blogs”

  Together against the censorship in Tunisia Technorati Tags: Tunisian blogs , Tunisia , blogs , Africa , Arabs , Freedom , Democracy , Human rights , Geek , Mideast , Middle East Read More... Posted Dec 24 2008, 11:51 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, Blogging, Arab, Democracy, mideast, africa, Blogs, Arabs, Geek, Freedom, Tunisia

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  No It Is Not A Personal Freedom Issue , It Is A Sick Pervert Issue.

  I was not going to speak or to follow up about the swingers case in Egypt but something made me change my mind. I found this in Yahoo ! News . What personal freedom  Mr. Hossam Bahget is speaking... Posted Oct 28 2008, 12:00 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, society, middle east, citizen Journalism, Life, Arab, National, Geek, Egyptian Life

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  UAE blocks Just human

  Just human is a popular blog from Emirates I found out today that UAE suddenly decided to block it for no good reason ,I mean I open it and I found nothing deserves to be blocked ,there is no porn in it... Posted Oct 14 2008, 08:47 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Blogging, Arab, regional, Economy, Geek