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Egypt… Diary
Tweet The Call… It was a quiet winter’s day, and as I was on my Laptop checking e-mail and posting nonsense on fBook when the phone rang. “Would you want to come with me to Egypt?” came the voice of De Sam Lazaro, Frederick, the International correspondent for the PBS News Hour TV show. “We are doing a story on social entrepreneurs in Egypt, and we could use your help there.” Social entrepreneurs–which is very much everyone in Egypt, I thought to myself; Mubarak has–by way of keeping his absolute power for 30 years–abandoned the people to fend for themselves, so Egyptians learned early on to survive. Everyone has to be resourceful and…
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Tahrir Square, … Egypt birthday Cake
TweetTahrir Square It was 2 am, walking through Tahrir Square , things are very quiet and calm, poles standing tall with their dim lights, as if they don’t want to disturb the glorious starts, trees are standing in silence protesting the sick polluted air, the naked empty benches looked rested, the jasmine spreading its fragrant in the air, elegant building surrounding looking over the empty square, dogs and cats reclaimed the streets voicing their graveness, rooming freely with a sense of triumph, the trash dancing by the sidewalks… the ignored big fountain shedding its tears in grief , at distant security guards are deep asleep, neglected animals don’t revolt, things…