http://www.bigpharaoh.com Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:54:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happy New Year everyone. A year has past and we're on the threshold of a newer one. Personally, 2007, probably like any otherIl casino è anche fair play. year, had its good and bad things. At the beginning of 2007, precisely on January 15, my beloved grandmother passed away, a person ... http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2008/01/01/reflections-on-2007-and-hopes-for-2008/ I'm breaking my blogging siesta to report this and ask you to please e-mail YouTube. YouTube has suspended Wael Abbas' account for reasons that no one can understand. Wael Abbas is an anti-torture activist who posts videos of Egypt's police brutality. These videos are the only mean to expose what ... http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/11/27/for-the-sake-of-egypt-email-youtube/ for the light blogging. Work is killing me. Will be back soon. Stay tuned. http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/10/28/apologies-9/ Everybody touch wood! There has been a sharp decline in Iraqi and US death in Iraq and this is mostly attributed to the fact that more and more Sunnis are turning against the terrorists. This what might have prompted Bin Laden to appear again and give a message to his killers ... http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/10/23/sharp-drop-seen-in-iraqi-and-us-deaths-in-iraq/ The Vatican has responded to a letter sent by a group of Muslim religious figures calling for dialogue between the two faiths. The top Vatican official for Islam has praised a novel Muslim call for dialogue but said real theological debate with them was difficult as they saw the Koran ... http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/10/19/on-the-vatican-response/ Memo To: President George W. Bush From The Future Re: Your chance to make history Dear Mr. President, I am writing to tell you that you are on the verge of fulfilling something you have long desired ever since you stepped into the Oval Office. You have always wanted to do something profound for the ... http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/10/19/your-chance-to-make-history/ The British newspaper World Tribune reported that according to Western intelligence, Mubarak's health has undegone a sharp decline and he passed out last week before a scheduled visit to Saudi Arabia. Well, I don't know if these reports are true but what is definitely true is that Mubarak is getting older ... http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/10/19/report-mubaraks-condition-undergoes-sharp-decline/ Today King Farouk boarded the royal Mahrousa yacht heading towards Italy leaving Egypt for good. Today was the final episode of the King Farouk series. My mom and dad were in tears. When I asked my dad if he was aware of what was happening when the king left ... http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/10/16/farewell-king-farouk/ It seems that MB leaders are not just extreme lunatics but they're ignorants as well. Dr. Essam El Arian, an MB leader whom many consider to be the most moderate, said something that really made me want to scream. When asked about the MB's program clause that bars Christians from running ... http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/10/14/not-just-lunatics-but-ignorants-as-well/ A new letter from imprisoned blogger Abdel Karim is available here. (h/t The Arabist) http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/10/13/letter-from-abdel-karim/