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  A group of septuagenarians who took over a tour bus and crashed it defended their actions last night. “We were asked to go on this fucking tour. We didn’t invite ourselves,” Mamdouh Shaheen said as he walked away from … Continue reading →

I don’t usually like to expound on events I haven’t witnessed first hand (I was stuck at home with flu) but can’t shut up about what happened at the Israeli Embassy last night, or more specifically the response to what … Continue reading →

Here is part 2 of What I did in the summer holiday by Sarah Carr aged 34. Salvation came in the form of Usta Mahmoud, who was recommended to me by my friend Karima. My friends and I did an … Continue reading →

Warning: Not only is this post about getting a bloody kitchen installed, it’s the first of a two-part series. If – unlike me – you have better things to do than reflecting on home decorating trauma, go back to your … Continue reading →

As regular readers of this blog will know, I’m from Croydon. Someone has to be. Croydon is a borough almost 10 miles south of central London. My family arrived in Crystal Palace, a  suburb about 15 minutes away from central Croydon, … Continue reading →

  Another encounter with the Mubarakaristas on Wednesday, as their cult leader was rolled into ignominy horizontally in a white tracksuit. When Sharshar and I arrived at the Police Academy in which Hosny and friends are being tried we caught … Continue reading →

The wonderful kids of Doweiqa A couple of weeks ago I covered a march in Imbaba, organised by a lagna sha3beyya (one of the defence committees created during the revolution) demonstrating for the rights of martyrs to be respected via … Continue reading →

As a service to non-Arabic speaking readers, we have translated the speech made today by General Mohsen El-Fangary and his finger. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. Since the beginning of the revolution the Supreme Council of … Continue reading →

I went to Mostafa Mahmoud Square yesterday and practiced anger management while covering a pro-Mubarak rally for Al-Masry Al-Youm English. Below are the results. A (very) slightly different version was published here. “I’m against the revolution” There is a tiny … Continue reading →

As someone who appreciates a heavy bass line, I have had a mild obsession with Amr 7a7a ever since I heard this. I love its repetitiveness, the way it’s so stripped down, the strutting confidence of the rap delivery. It … Continue reading →