Posts Tagged Cairo
Momix at Cairo Opera House
Nov 26
In Cairo!
Aug 25
I made it safe and sound to Cairo yesterday! I’ll be studying here for 6 months or so inshaAllah/God-willing. I’m studying for a semester at the AMIDEAST facility in Cairo until December, and then plan to do some private study until Spring Quarter God-willing 
Here’s the exact program with AMIDEAST if you’re interested, and I’m sure you should be able to secure funding from your university. Ask me after a few weeks/months what I think about AMIDEAST and I should have a better answer by then. (One of) The only reason I would recommend AMIDEAST is if you can’t graduate in 4 years if you were to just leave school for 6 months (or more) and study Arabic at a private institution (Sibawayh and Fajr Center) in Cairo.
Some pics from arrival:
"Ushering a New Beginning"
Aug 10
“Ushering a New Beginning”
By Sarmad Bokhari
July 27, 2009
In a historic address from Cairo last month, President Obama promised a new beginning in relations between the United States and the Muslim world. In his speech President Obama acknowledged the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as a major source of tension, and affirmed America’s “unbreakable” bonds with Israel. More importantly, in a marked shift from the Bush administration, he acknowledged that, “the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable.”
Unwilling to tolerate a continued siege on Gaza and to show that Americans stand for justice and human rights, a convoy of nearly 200 American citizens – Viva Palestina USA, under the leadership of British Member of Parliament George Galloway, former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and New York City Councilman Charles Barron – with more than $1 million of humanitarian aid, set off for Gaza on the American day of independence..
The two-week trip—12 days in Egypt and a mere 24 hours in Gaza—quickly opened my eyes to the brutal situation in Gaza and the lack of its coverage by the American media. Despite a commitment by the most powerful man on the planet, very little has changed on the ground in Gaza. In fact, the suffering of the Palestinians has only worsened.
Egypt!
Jul 8
Some pictures from Day 1 in Egypt. As we waited for the convoy members to give us orders, we headed out to downtown Cairo.
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