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Sexual Harassment in Egypt

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:01:18 GMT

clipped by: arifsali

A recent study by an Egyptian women's rights group claims that a whopping 83 percent of Egyptian women have been exposed to sexual harassment of some kind. Various groups have launched media campaigns to raise awareness, but some of them appear to be blaming the victims.

In June this year, the Cairo-based Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR) released an alarming study on sexual harassment in Egypt, describing the issue as "a cancer-like problem."

According to the survey, 83 percent of Egyptian women and 98 percent of foreign women said they had experienced sexual harassment.

More than half of the Egyptian men questioned for the survey, 62 percent, admitted to having harassed women, and 53 percent of them blamed the women for "bringing it on."

These shocking statistics have shocked a number of groups into taking action, embarking on media campaigns to raise awareness of and advocate against sexual harassment.

Tags: egypt, women, study

THE BIGGEST PYRAMID

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:12:14 GMT

clipped by: dellarae

Clip Source: www.beforeus.com

THE BIGGEST PYRAMID:

One hundred pyramids have been discovered in Shensi Province of China. The largest – according to one claim 1,200 feet high, 2½ times the height of Egypt’s Great Pyramid – could, if hollow, swallow 26 Empire State buildings!

Tags: pyramid, biggest, archaeology, china, egypt

Bush Wants $1 Billion to Georgia for Attacking South Ossetia

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:43:42 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: The NYT finally admits that Georgia was the aggressor:

"fighting that began on the night of Aug. 7 when Georgia tried to establish control [Ed. via military invasion] over a breakaway [i.e. independent for over a decade] region, South Ossetia, only to be driven back by Russian forces".

And to put that $1 billion figure in perspective the articles says:

The aid would dwarf the $63 million the United States provided to Georgia last year, roughly a third of it for training its soldiers, police officers and border guards. Excluding Iraq, the infusion would make Georgia one of the largest recipients of American foreign aid after Israel and Egypt.

That Dick Cheney was "sent" by Bush is indicative of the neocon agenda. Georgia did not attack without US or Israeli knowledge, but with their full support.

So in essence, the US is to pay $1billion to Georgia for a defeated military invasion and attempt to capture South Ossetia--i.e. for a proxy war.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

White House Unveils $1 Billion Georgia Aid Plan

BAKU, Azerbaijan — President Bush proposed $1 billion in humanitarian and economic assistance on Wednesday to help rebuild Georgia after its short, disastrous war with Russia last month

President Dmitri A. Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin have already complained that humanitarian supplies delivered by the American Navy and Air Force were a disguise for delivering new weapons

The initial money, Mr. Bush said in a statement, would be used to feed and shelter tens of thousands of Georgians displaced during the fighting that began on the night of Aug. 7 when Georgia tried to establish control over a breakaway region, South Ossetia, only to be driven back by Russian forces.

Ms. Rice said in Washington.

She also took the occasion to deride the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and the other breakaway Georgia region, Abkhazia,

Tags: georgia, south ossetia, nato, neoconservatives, bush, cheney

Extraordinary rendition: An Australian's story

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:37:32 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: "Most of his fingernails were missing and he regularly bled from the nose, mouth, and ears while he slept."

Clip Source: www.atimes.com

Mamdouh Habib, an Australian citizen, was living in Sydney with his wife and four children when he took a trip alone to Pakistan

When Habib boarded a bus for the Islamabad airport to return home, Pakistani police seized him

After 15 days in the Pakistani prison, Habib was transferred to

United States agents who flew him to Cairo. When he arrived, Omar Solaimon, chief of Egyptian security, informed him that Egypt receives US$10 million for every confessed terrorist they hand over to the US.

during his five months in Egypt, "there was no interrogation, only torture". His skin was burned with cigarettes, and he was threatened with dogs, beaten, and repeatedly shocked with a stun gun.

American agents sent Habib to Guantanamo Bay. Three British detainees

Most of his fingernails were missing and he regularly bled from the nose, mouth, and ears while he slept.

Rather than have

testimony on the torture

US officials decided to send him back to Sydney in January 2005

Tags: rendition, war on terror, war crimes

Smell Your Way to Happiness

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:47:19 GMT

clipped by: einbar
clipper's remarks: "This incense chemical may be the key to a new class of antidepressants and shed light on the molecular workings of the brain and emotion."

Clip Source: discovermagazine.com

An ancient type of incense seems to act like an antidepressant drug when injected.

ncense has been key to religious and societal ceremonies for thousands of years, wafting over the offerings of kings in ancient Egypt and the aisles of St. Peter’s Basilica as a holy and worship-inducing smoke.

But researchers have found that at least one type of incense may also act as an uplifting drug. A team of Israeli and U.S. scientists recently isolated a compound from Boswellia tree resin (best known as frankincense) and injected it into mice.

The chemical soothed mice that were placed in anxiety-inducing situations—such as having to tread water for prolonged periods. “It seems to have similar effects as an antidepressant and antianxiety drug,”

Further investigation revealed that the compound, named incensole acetate, can regulate the flow of ions in and out of neurons in a manner similar to the way antidepressant drugs work.

Peace activist Abie Nathan dies, aged 81 - respect

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:54:46 GMT

clipped by: einbar
clipper's remarks: "Nathan burst onto the world of Middle East diplomacy in 1966 with a dramatic solo flight to Egypt in a rattletrap single-engine plane, more than a decade before Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty.
Although he failed in his initial bid to talk peace with the Egyptians, his daredevil escapade won the affection of many Israelis and launched a long and often eccentric one-man crusade to end the Arab-Israeli conflict."

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Peace activist Abie Nathan dies, aged 81

Abie Nathan, the pilot, entrepreneur, peace activist and founder of the groundbreaking "Voice of Peace" radio station, died Wednesday at Tel Aviv's Ichilov hospital, the hospital said in a statement. He was 81.

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

The Voice of Peace (Hebrew: קול השלום - Kol Hashalom) was a radio station that serviced Israel and the Middle East for 20 years. The station signed on the air in May 1973 from the former Dutch cargo vessel MV Peace (formally MV Cito).

Clip Source: www.abie-nathan.com

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The last picture of the M/V Peace before being sunk

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"Foetuses found in Tutankhamun's tomb"

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:46:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: http://mysterytopia.com/

Clip Source: mysterytopia.com

Foetuses found in King Tutankhamun's tomb, 'were his twin daughters' says expert

Two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamun are very likely to have been twins and the children of the teenage Pharaoh, according to an expert.

Professor Robert Connolly is an anatomist working with the Egyptian authorities to analyse the mummified remains of Tutankhamun and the two stillborn children.

He will discuss his new findings at the Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conference at the University of Manchester today.

Professor Connolly said: 'The two foetuses in the tomb of Tutankhamun could be twins despite their very different size and thus fit better as a single pregnancy for his young wife. This increases the likelihood of them being Tutankhamen's children.

'Now we believe that they are twins and they were both his children.'

"Sphinx statues found in Egypt"

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:25:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080815/wl_mideast_afp/egyptarchaeology_080815175401;_ylt=Aql76p0o10nJAu9HFMNWB8xFeQoB

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CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed four small statues of the Sphinx, the mythological figure of a lion with a human head, the Higher Council of Antiquities said on Friday.

The headless sandstone statues were found on a road linking the ancient temples of Luxor and Karnak in southern Egypt, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said in a statement.

They were unearthed in an area once occupied by a police station that was demolished as part of a project to rescue artifacts, Hawass said.

The statues date from the reign of King Nekhtnebef who founded the 30th Pharaonic dynasty (363-380 BC), Hawass added.

The same team of archaeologists also found a sandstone block engraved with the name of Queen Cleopatra.

The social web - power to the people!!!

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:45:13 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Oh yes, a truly revolutionary web we are weaving. My hat is off to people in places such as Egypt who brave the potentially dire consequences in order to spread the truth. Their words will hopefully lead to more democratic, free societies in places that have for so long kept their people bottled up.

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

Nevertheless, Egypt's bloggers, who rarely conceal their real identity, have taken on the role of bridging the gap between civil society's desire for democracy and workers' demands for better pay and working conditions.

In a country where there is little access to live and independent Egyptian reporting, blogs and "real time" social networking sites like Twitter provide regular but unverified updates on events, such as elections and protests.

Tags: social web, internet, power, egypt, democracy

Interesting Facts about Condoms

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:30:13 GMT

clipped by: xpersianx

Clip Source: geniusbeauty.com

Despite the fact that condoms are publicly available, people very often disregard this contraception method. According to a research done by Durex in 2003, the Chinese have the highest tendency to have sex with a new partner without the use of condoms (70%), the next are the Czechs (58%) and the British (34%). The French take the greatest care of their sexual safety - only 9% are ready to risk their sexual health. Here are some interesting facts about condoms you didn’t know.

The first mentioning of condom-like means used to practise safe sex is dated to Ancient Egypt, where they were made out of skins of various animals.

5 000 000 000 units are sold annually.

In the 18th century they were made out of intestine of various animals or fish skins.

There are more than 100 brands on the market.

Women buy 40-70% of all condoms on the market.

In the 16th century condoms were made of flax fibre.

the first condom that looked like its modern analog was found in 1564 by anatomist Gabriel Fallopius.

Tags: condom

BBC: The Lost Gospels

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:27:40 GMT

clipped by: Spiritualmonkey

Clip Source: video.google.com

The Lost Gospels - 59 min

Aired: March 15, 2008 on BBC 2 Anglican priest Peter Owen Jones explores the huge number of ancient Christian texts that didn't make it into the New Testament. Shocking and challenging, these were works in which Jesus didn't die, took revenge on his enemies and kissed Mary Magdalene on the mouth. Pete travels through Egypt and the former Roman Empire looking at the evidence of a Christian world very different to the one we know, and finds over seventy gospels, acts, letters and apocalypses all circulating in the early Church. .... http://Atheistmedia.blogspot.com«

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Tags: video, television, bbc, christianity, the bible, history, books

Modern Sports and Games of Ancient Greece

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:41:51 GMT

clipped by: einbar

Clip Source: www.mlahanas.de

Modern Sports and Games of Ancient Greece

Greece, ancient but so modern...

Stamp with the "Ball Player Relief" from the National Museum of Archeology in Athens, 500 BC, See original in the next figure

History of Soccer and Ball Games of Ancient Greeks

The ancient Greek "Maradona", playing "Episkyros" with a pala (National Museum of Archeology in Athens)

Also See ancient Chinese playing Soccer (later than the image above ???)

Young Greeks playing Field Hockey (έφηβοι κερητίζοντες) 510-500 B.C, National Museum in Athens, probably adopted from Egypt. The game is called “keretizein”. Kouros base found in the Themistoclean Wall, Athens, Greece

A diver from a tall pedestal (From the Diver Tomb in Poseidonia – Paestum)

A large crowd stood around, enjoying the dancing magic,
as in the middle two acrobats led on the dance,
springing, and whirling, and tumbling.

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Egypt around 1000 BC

Greek playing with a Yo-Yo

Young women playing ephedrismos

Ancient Greek Basketball ???

Animal fights

Keraelkeis athlete

DNA tests for Tutankhamun's unborn daughters

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:30:00 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Egyptian scientists are to carry out DNA tests on two mummified foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamun to determine whether they are daughters of the young pharaoh, Egypt's supreme council of antiquities said yesterday. The foetuses, discovered in the tomb in Luxor in 1922, may be his stillborn children.

Until recently there had been no archaeological indication that the pharaoh who died more than 3,000 years ago aged about 19, left any offspring. Zahi Hawass, the head of the Egyptian antiquities, said the tests will also try to determine Tutankhamun's family lineage, a source of ambiguity among many Egyptologists.

Scholars believe that Tutankhamun married his half-sister, Ankhesenamun - the third daughter of the pharaoh Akhenaten by his wife Nefertiti, when he was 12 but that the couple had no surviving children

the mummified foetuses have been kept in storage at the Cairo school of medicine and have never been displayed

ambitious plans for DNA testing all the royal mummies

An atheist reads the Bible

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:49:19 GMT

clipped by: yewtree
clipper's remarks: Somehow I sense that he doesn't approve...

Clip Source: wilybadger.wordpress.com

Introduction

Genesis 1:1 - 18:33 - In which we meet our villain, God, and see him drown the world.

Genesis 19:1 - 24:67 - In which God destroys two entire cities for… well, we don’t know why, actually.

Genesis 25:1 - 36:43 - In which Jacob lies, cheats and steals his way to the top, while God looks on with approval.

Geneis 37:1 - 50:26 - In which Joseph works his way to the top of the heap in Egypt and then sets out for… RECONCILLIATION! This time it’s Biblical!

Exodus 1:1 - 7:25 - In which we meet Moses and God sets the stage for some of his most evil acts to date!

Exodus 8:1 - 12:51 - In which God’s true nature shines through more than ever, as he slaughters hundreds of thousands of innocent people to further his own glory.

Tags: atheist, torah

Rebels with a cause: Egypt's 'Facebook Youth'

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:10:26 GMT

clipped by: arifsali

Clip Source: www.menassat.com

Egypt is continuing to crack down on Internet users, be it the thirty young activists who were arrested in Alexandria in July and have since become known as the 'Facebook Youth,' or the new rules requiring WiFi users in Cairo's cafes to provide their personal information.

BEIRUT, August 12, 2008 (MENASSAT) – It was supposed to be a day-trip to the beach, and a commemoration of Egypt's 1952 revolution. But the day turned ugly when some thirty young Egyptians were arrested on July 23 in Alexandria for openly opposing the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak.

Many of the young activists detained were in their late teens and early twenties. They have since become known as "The Facebook Youth" because they were all members of the 64,000 member-strong Facebook group linked to the opposition April 6 Movement.

Fourteen of the detained activists were released between July 31 and August 4. None have been formally charged.

Tags: egypt, facebook, youth