I wasn't going to discuss egyptian politics on this blog, though i've been flirting with the idea of creating a separate blog for that...
But there are limits for what one can take. I've been reading for a while now about what has been on in Cairo, with political egyptian bloggers under fire by the government.
I got to those blogs as i was researching for the Fred Schauer paper i was writing -- on the emergency law, hehehe...
But it's suffocating. Kefaya ba2a, gatkom el araf. The thing is, I often disagree with what the bloggers in question write, but I find appaling that they would be thrown in jail for that.
The 'chef de ligne' of the bloggers in prison is a chap named Alaa Abdel Fattah. He's been in jail for a month now. He just sent a letter from prison, through his better half Manal - who also shares his blogging - http://www.manalaa.net/alaa_blogs_after_one_month_in_prison .
Another guy who has been in jail is a chap whom I have known -- ayyam el MUN wel MAL wel 3ak da kollo -- Ahmed El Droubi, palestinian, AUCian. My first impression when i first met him (sorry ya Droubi: 'biscuit'!). But I've been hearing the biscuit turned out to be a rock. Kudos, Ahmed. He has been freed a few days ago -- welcome home, Ahmed. http://freedroubi.blogspot.com/
Egyptian politics are on the blog, that's now official! I guess it was somewhat ludicrous to attempt to avoid them anyway. The fact that I live far from home only made local politics less urgent to me -- but that doesn't mean that it's not an integral part of what makes me go round...
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