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  RIP Mohamed Noah

  Mohamed Noah "1937-2010" Egyptian musician/actor/political activist Mohamed Noah has passed away earlier today in Cairo. Young generations do not know Noah but I think the 1960s,1970s and 1980s... Posted Aug 04 2012, 10:14 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, citizen Journalism, history, politics, Egyptian Faces

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  RIP #Warda , the Rose of the Arab world

  Warda in March 2012 Egypt and Algeria have lost tonight a true diva , Warda Al-Jazairia or just simply Warda “1940-2012” had passed away in her house in Cairo after suffering a cardiac arrest. The Algerian... Posted May 17 2012, 10:45 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, history, Culture, politics, Video, Mubarak, Egyptian Faces, Arts, MENA, Algeria, Nostalgia, maghreb, Warda, 1970s, Amar, Baligh Hamdy

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  It is Spring Time

  First of all Happy Sham El Nassim. I am sorry that I have not posted anything since early morning , I am trying to take a rest and enjoy a fine Sham El Nassim , I was planning to celebrate it by posting... Posted Apr 16 2012, 09:00 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, society, history, Culture, Video, Arts, Nostalgia, Farid Al Atrash, spring, Egyptian TV, Sham El Nassim, The Spring

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  #1960s : Egypt in colored footage

  This clip is amazing , it is from that promotional material produced in Egypt for tourism in 1960s. Cairo and Alexandria in 1960s It is a glimpse from our past in Cairo and Alexandria, please enjoy it... Posted Dec 31 2011, 10:51 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, society, history, Video, Egyptian Life, Nostalgia

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  For our country : Our old national anthem

  Qabila TV did this wonderful video clip for October 1973 war anniversary using our old national anthem , it is beautiful. Qabila TV : Islami Ya Misr I love this old national anthem so much just like our... Posted Oct 06 2011, 09:18 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, society, media, citizen Journalism, history, Video, Egyptian Life, National anthem, Mohamed Mohsen, Qabila TV

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  Moon Sister sings for our heroes.

  Despite Soad Hosni sang this song originally for the heroes of 1973 war still this song is suitable for every great time and I find it so suitable and so sincere than many of January 25th revolution songs... Posted Jun 21 2011, 06:46 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, media, citizen Journalism, history, Culture, Google, Songs, Geek, Egyptian Faces, Arts, MP3, Soad Hosni, Google Egypt, Abdel Halim Hafiz, Google doodles, #Jan25

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  Fly Me to the Moon

  Today is the 50th anniversary of the first flight into space. Probably many of you know this already if you’ve used Google today. I found out because my daughter’s kindergarten class had been... Posted Apr 12 2011, 08:44 AM by Suffonsifisms Filed under: Music, Life, Technology, history, Space, Russia, celebrations

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  Google Egypt celebrates Siyad Darwish

  Sheikh Siyad Darwish was born today and Google Egypt is celebrating it with wonderful doodle that includes the lyrics of our national anthem . Siyad Darwish's doodle Here is our national anthem with... Posted Mar 17 2011, 05:16 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, media, citizen Journalism, history, Culture, politics, Arts, Tahrir square, 1919, Siyad Darwish, National anthem, Karm Mahmoud

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  Arabs Revolt : The anger volcano

  It started in Tunisia then it moved to Egypt then it head to Bahrain , Libya , Algeria , Yemen, Morocco, Kuwait and Syria . True songs live through time for sure. Ironically the Egyptian TV in the past... Posted Feb 19 2011, 04:13 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, media, citizen Journalism, history, Culture, Arab, Video, National, Arts, MENA, Gulf, anger, revolution, maghreb, Abdel Halim Hafez, #Jan25

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  Google Egypt Celebrates Thuma's Birthday

  It turned out that the 4th of May is not only the birthday of our current president Hosni Mubarak but it was also the birthday of Um Kulthum despite we are not sure of the correct day but Google Egypt... Posted May 04 2010, 06:29 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: books, Egypt, Music, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, history, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Google, Geek, Mubarak, Egyptian Faces, Arts, Graphics, 1967, Um Kulthum, doodles, Thuma

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  Bad Omen

  Since the return of Mubarak from Germany and the Egyptian singers are racing on whom should present the first song to celebrate the cheerful return of President Mubarak aka  the most hypocrite song... Posted Apr 08 2010, 05:02 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, history, Culture, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, National, Follow Up, Mubarak, health, films, Egyptian Life, Shabola, documentaries, Sherine

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  The Real Volcano of Anger

  It is strange coincidence that this came at the same time we are remembering the anniversary of Egypt's dark Nightingale , Qaddafi played his song " The Volcano of Anger" in the background... Posted Mar 29 2010, 05:14 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, Music, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, history, Culture, Arab, politics, mideast, regional, National, Nasser, 1967, Qaddafi, Arab Summit 10, Abdel Halim Hafiz, Halim, War of attrition

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  Happy Mother Day 2010

  Happy mother day to all the wonderful moms in the whole universe. Happy mother day to all mothers in Egypt today And now to the national anthem of Mother Day in Egypt “ Set El-Habayb” by Egyptian Syrian... Posted Mar 21 2010, 04:44 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, Arab World, society, middle east, media, Women, citizen Journalism, history, mideast, National, Press, Egyptian Life, Mother Day, Fayza Ahmed, Mustafa Amin, Mostafa Amin, Safia Zaghlol, Ali Amin

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  On This Day From 118 Years A Real Artist Was Born

  On this day from 118 years ago in Alexandria , a real artist was born and his name was Sayed Darwish . Because he was the people’s artist and expressed the Egyptian people with all their ethnics and backgrounds... Posted Mar 17 2010, 05:58 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, middle east, history, Culture, politics, mideast, National, Egyptian Faces, Egyptian Life, Egyptian legends, Sayed Darwish

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  Nine : Then And Now

  The 9th of March is a big day in our Egyptian history. Mohamed Fawzi, Nasser and Abdel Munim Riad from L to R First of all it is the martyr Day , from 41 years ago General Abdel Munim Riad had been killed... Posted Mar 09 2010, 04:03 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, Palestine, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, politics, Video, National, war, Egyptian Life, 1967

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  Old Is Gold : Ya Mustafa Ya Mustafa

  The original Ya Mustafa Ya Mustafa by Bob Azzam from a Swiss TV show. Ya Mustafa ya Mustafa Bob Azzam or Waddie George Azzam was a Palestinian Greek Orthodox "unlike what Wikipedia claims" who... Posted Feb 27 2010, 07:41 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, Palestine, middle east, media, history, Arab, Video, mideast, Arabs, Arabic faces, France, Nostalgia, Dalida, Waddie Azzam, Bob Azzam, Mohamed Fawzi

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  Ra-ra-rasputin

  Last night I was driving back and they started playing a song that I haven’t heard in ages on the radio, Rasputin by Boney M! This song just brings back so many memories, cause like one of the first... Posted Jan 12 2010, 11:03 PM by BamBam World Filed under: Music, history, Radio, ctype( "Funny" bambam), Lyrics, Arts, Russia, Rasputin, Moscow, boney m, Russian Revolution

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  Ra-ra-rasputin

  Last night I was driving back and they started playing a song that I haven’t heard in ages on the radio, Rasputin by Boney M! This song just brings back so many memories, cause like one of the first... Posted Jan 12 2010, 11:03 PM by BamBam World Filed under: Music, history, Radio, ctype( "Funny" bambam), Lyrics, Arts, Russia, Rasputin, Moscow, boney m, Russian Revolution

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  Ra-ra-rasputin

  Last night I was driving back and they started playing a song that I haven’t heard in ages on the radio, Rasputin by Boney M! This song just brings back so many memories, cause like one of the first... Posted Jan 12 2010, 11:03 PM by Bam Bam World Filed under: Music, history, Radio, ctype( "Funny" bambam), Lyrics, Arts, Russia, Rasputin, Moscow, boney m, Russian Revolution

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  On December and his golden table

  I was trying to make a small video for the song "December 10th". And my few ideas came on gray wings. Reading has gotten an ironic dimension among other: once I accomplished it with the imperfections... Posted Nov 19 2009, 04:42 AM by Nequaquam Vacuum ( αλλά και Μηδένα προ του τέλους μακάριζε...) Filed under: Personal, Music, Palestine, history, Παλαιστίνη, Ιστορία, Μουσική

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  Again with Dionynus.

  after a good day's work or a day's good work? how does it go? Read More... Posted Nov 18 2009, 07:28 AM by Nequaquam Vacuum ( αλλά και Μηδένα προ του τέλους μακάριζε...) Filed under: Music, history

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  Remembering

  I just realized that it’s been an entire month since I last wrote on my blog. It hasn’t been that I haven’t had anything to say – that’s never really been a problem for me... Posted Nov 10 2009, 08:32 PM by Suffonsifisms Filed under: Music, Life, history, Memories, Peace, war, Canada, observations, veterans, Remembrance Day

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  Paul Hardcastle, "19"

  I heard Paul Hardcastle's "19" only years later, after it was a worldwide hit in 1985 (#1 in most European countries, #15 in the US). It featured samples and video footage from the 1982 ABC... Posted Nov 10 2009, 06:08 PM by An Alien Mind Filed under: Music, history

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  When Helter Skelter Entered the History …

  I do not think that when Paul McCartney wrote Helter Skelter ,it would enter the history in this way , in fact it may have entered the history as the earliest songs of heavy metal but the international... Posted Aug 22 2009, 05:44 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Music, media, Photos, history, Culture, international, Video, America, In the wind's direction, BEATLES, Roman Polanski, The Manson's Family, Sharon Tate, Charles Manson, Helter Skelter

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  How To Waste Millions of Egyptian Pound !!?

  In time of recession , in time of world economic crisis we are facing right now , the government has to search for new sources of income especially that our main sources of income are declining one by... Posted Jul 24 2009, 06:22 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, middle east, citizen Journalism, history, Culture, mideast, National, Economy, Cairo, Farouk Hosni, Egyptian Royalty, Citizien Journalism, Ataba square, Khedivial Opera house, opera house

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  On Falling Kings: Really, Who Would Have Wanted To Be In His Place?

  Read More... Posted Apr 13 2009, 12:05 AM by Bonbonloverr Filed under: Music, history, art, revolution, psychoanalysis, falling kings

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  He did not write it !!

  It was announced and of course highlighted lately in Egyptian Media that President Mubarak has written the forward of a French book about Um Kalthoum translated in to Arabic !!?? The forward of French... Posted Dec 04 2008, 12:37 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: books, Egypt, Music, citizen Journalism, history, Culture, National, Europe, book, Mubarak, 1948, Arts, Gamal Abd El-Nasser, France, 1952, Anwar Al Sadat

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  Asmahan :The early days and the family that shaped the person.

  Asmahan who refused to be Amal was a controversial person in all ways and means. I think that She was a very selfish person who didn’t love anyone except herself still she was a weak person from inside... Posted Oct 13 2008, 12:51 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, media, Women, Photos, history, Culture, Arab, Syria, Follow Up, Arabs, war, tv, Egyptian X-files, Egyptian Faces, Arts, Minorities, Asmahan, Egyptian Royalty, WWII, Arabic X-Files, Amal Al-Atrache, Arabic faces, Druze, Farid Al Atrash

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  Asmahan : The Voice

  For sure a voice like Asmahan’s can be repeated twice in the same time. Asmahan or Amal Atrash is said to inherit her mother’s voice. Still if you listen to her and her brother you feel a great different... Posted Oct 05 2008, 04:49 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, Movies, middle east, media, Women, history, Culture, Arab, Video, Syria, mideast, Follow Up, Arabs, films, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Arts, Minorities, Asmahan, Arabic faces, Singers, 1940s

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  Asmahan : The TV Series

  And so on the 30th of Ramadan was the dramatic end of Asmahan in her TV Series and the new generations were introduced to the beautiful Druze princess whose voice charmed a whole generation. I did n’t... Posted Oct 02 2008, 04:03 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Music, media, Women, Photos, history, Arab, Syria, war, tv, Syrian, Egyptian Faces, Egyptian, ramadan, Spy, Minorities, TV Series, Asmahan, Amal Al-Atrache, Arabic faces, Druze, Solaf Fawakherji

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  Today in History : The first Egyptian Railway

  Historically and internationally we were the second country after UK to have a railways. Today from 125 years on the 16th of September 1856 Egypt inaugurated the first railway in Africa and in the East... Posted Sep 16 2008, 01:19 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, society, middle east, media, Photos, history, Culture, art, Economy, Egyptians, Arts, Egyptian Life, Just Opinion, Egyptian Royalty, Opinons, railways