My young taxi driver, Ahmed – suffering from a combination of a late night out with friends, his Ramadan fasting (no food or water/drink from sunrise to sunset) and the 43 degrees Celsius heat picked me up from Mara House at 10am. However, none of the above was bothering him as much as a rumour…
Egyptian nationalism explodes onto international TV on 30th June 2013 and once again the world is running for their guns. What is it about Egyptian nationalism that worries the US and it’s European counterparts? I don’t know, I am just asking the question. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – “nationalism” is generally used to…
The following is copied from gulfnews.com Cairo: The news channel Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr saw 22 members of staff resign on Monday in Egypt over what they alleged was coverage that was out of sync with real events in Egypt. Anchor Karem Mahmoud announced that the staff had resigned in protest against what he called…
Orchestrated plan has come into operation in Egypt to make the international community believe Egypt is headed for civil war, discredit the Egyptian Army.
Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel Release Joint Statement on Ongoing Events in Egypt Jul 5, 2013 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, released the following statement in response to ongoing events in Egypt: “The…
“Egypt has set a dangerous precedent for itself. By popular demand from the street they have overthrown the democratically President and …
Due to the fact that I have been in transit from Egypt to Ireland since 5pm yesterday I have had an enforced separation for the most of 17 hours from television and internet; ergo an enforced separation from the happenings in Egypt. Those hours have given me time to think from a distance. Over the…
The international media coverage and international governments’ reactions and responses to what is happening in Egypt today 3 July tells me something is not quite right in the world
Hi! 🙂 I know some of you are following my posts here for the political info they contain but this post is a little different. You see I am ‘into’ the alternative. I keep coming across info and mostly I forget to bookmark it, remember where I found it or whatever. I take on board…
Synchronicity is when several events happen at the same time and create an optimum time for something to happen. I’ve been experiencing some synchronicity these days. Not everyone reading this will understand the implications – only those with open hearts and minds willing to let in the Light of Knowledge that passeth all understanding. 1. …
Apologies in advance – I feel I am bordering on a serious case of verbal diarrhea which could last at least 3 – 4 days depending on outside contagious or infectious circumstances…..former English speaking guests of Mara House will have had to suffer through some bouts of this, happens when I have not had a…
“I just want my life back!” must be the cry of so many people around the world today. Syria, Yemen, Libya, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mali, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, Gaza, Egypt and now possibly Lebanon, Turkey; all suffering from mild public unrest to outright civil war. From floods in Canada, India and right across Europe which have…
See end of this post for latest update 23 June 2013 Sometimes I wonder if I am one of the few sane people left on Planet Earth or if I am totally insane and simply under the illusion I am sane, intelligent and HUMANE. Maybe those who personally know me can help me with that…
Reflections on the lost symbols of Egypt—the Djed, Tyet, and combined Ankh+Djed+Was—and how these amulets connect us to Heka magic, offering strength, focus, and a touch of the sacred in daily life.
Secret to dealing with street hassle in Luxor! Learn how to navigate the persistent calls of “Fellucca! Tax! Calesh!” and more.
Why did Akhenaten risk everything, fly in the face of the entire Egyptian priesthood, close the temples, and move everyone hundreds of miles into the desert to worship “the One God”? According to the Christian Bible, Joseph, the Hebrew Patriarch, was betrayed by his envious brothers at the age of 17 and sold into Egyptian…
ancient Egyptian myth of Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys — gods of love, chaos, death, and rebirth
Once upon a time – a long, long time ago, in the time when nothing existed (God) the All That Is (RE, the Creator or Creative Impulse) self-created himself in the form of the God Atum. He then spat out of his mouth a male named Shu and a female named Tefnut – and so…
“Where once walked kings and queens in awe and reverence — today you step in the faeces of horses and camels.” After years of guiding tours across Egypt, I returned to Giza hoping for quiet reflection inside the Great Pyramid. What followed was intimidation, scams, and heartbreak at what the site has become.
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