Egypt

Mona Eltahawy--Writer, Talking Head, and Activist--Willingly Steps into the Crossfire

Agent Provocateur

Naseer Shamma and Al-Oyoun Ensemble

Arab Spring Documentary Uprising Reminds Us that the Struggle Continues

Bay Ridge Joins the Arab Peninsula

A Yemeni café brings the nabe its home-style eats

Angelina Altishin, GLOW Female Wrestler, on GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

If you were a baby of the '80s, you'll know that, while boys went nuts for Hulk Hogan and Macho Man "Randy Savage," we girls had our own burly heroes in Sally the Farmer's Daughter and Vine. Yes, GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) was a groundbreaking television show that ran four seasons, from 198 ... More >>

The Sieben Greatest Kraftwerk Samples

Kraftwerk fever might have ruffled many of you the prickly way, what with the Great Unobtainable Online Tickets Ruse blighting the band's series of eight chronological album-by-album shows at MoMA this week. But let's look on the bright side! Over the years the Dusseldorf dance merchants have churne ... More >>

ACTION STATION

Squash players take over Grand Central

Time Magazine Names 'The Protester' Person of the Year

​For Time's annual "Person of the Year" issue, they've chosen "The Protester." The Awl announces, "Okay, yay, we won!" The spread features simple portraits of and interviews with protesters from around the world -- Tunisia, Egypt, Greece, Spain, and right here in the U.S. The attached cover ... More >>

Snowstorm Pounds Northeast; White House Plans for Troop Presence in Middle East; 30 OWS Arrests in Oregon

​Millions of people lost power and at least three deaths were reported as a result of yesterday's snowstorm along the east coast. States in the Northeast were hit the hardest and CNN reports parts of New Jersey were buried in as much as 15.5 inches of snow. Airline cancellations stranded passe ... More >>

Q&A: Simon Shaheen On Occupy Wall Street, The Arab Renaissances, And Uncovering Arabic Music's Instrumental Repertoire

​While hip-hop spread the word during the Arab Spring (at least they didn't have to endure the incessant drum circles of Zuccotti Park), Palestinian composer, bandleader, and oud and violin virtuoso Simon Shaheen heard echoes of a remarkably beautiful and sophisticated era of Arabic music thro ... More >>

Live: Seun Kuti Heats Things Up At S.O.B.'s

​ Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 S.O.B.'s Wednesday, July 27 Better than: FELA! on Broadway. It's not hard to see why Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti—"Seun" (SHAY-oon) for short—was asked to star in the musical about his bandleader father that, after a stint on Broadway that ended this year, is now ... More >>

NYC Parks Department Is Checking to See How Badly We Are Treating Our Obelisk

​Back in January there was a bit of drama over the 3,500-year-old Egyptian obelisk residing in Central Park, Cleopatra's Needle, which was given to the U.S. by Egypt to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal. The minister of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, claimed that ... More >>

Hosni Mubarak Reportedly in Coma; Maybe in Germany

​According to unconfirmed reports, including from the Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who resigned last week after almost three weeks of violent protests in his country, is in a coma. Other (pro-government) sources say that the 82-year-old former presi ... More >>

Egyptian Military Dissolves Parliament; Algerian Protesters March in Capital; Italian Women Rally Against Berlusconi (Sunday Links)

Italian women protest Berlusconi. (via)​Sunday Links are a little protest-heavy. First -- well, this isn't really still a protest, but on theme nonetheless -- Egypt's military has dissolved the parliament and suspended the constitution. It says that it will rule for six months or until democratic ... More >>

Brooklyn Man Caught After Stabbing Spree; Egyptians Celebrate Mubarak's Resignation (Weekend Links)

NYPD via NYDN​Morning! Good news: It will be a positively balmy high of 39 today. The Brooklyn man who stabbed his father to death yesterday has been caught this morning after killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother and stabbing two others. As the Post puts it, 23-year-old Maksim Gelman "resurfa ... More >>

Mubarak Steps Down in Announcement From Vice President Omar Suleiman

​Hosni Mubarak, president of Egypt for three decades, "has waived the office of president," said Vice President Omar Suleiman in a speech that lasted less than a minute at 6:00 p.m. local Egypt time today, Friday February 11, 2011, eighteen days after massive protests started in Cairo. The arm ... More >>

President Obama on Egypt: "We Witnessed History Taking Place"

​President Obama addressed the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the White House this afternoon. He lauded the peaceful nature of the protests, as well as the patriotism and restraint of Egypt's military. "The people of Egypt have spoken," he said, "Egypt will never be the sam ... More >>

Wael Ghonim Helps Reignite Protests in Egypt

via​Wael Ghonim, the Google marketing executive in the Middle East and North Africa, was freed yesterday after being held by the Egyptian government for nearly two weeks. Today, he was back in Tahrir Square demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. An NPR reporter credits Ghonim wi ... More >>

Cairo Muslims to Protect Christians During Mass; Mystery Hero Saves Woman From Subway Tracks (Sunday Links)

via ReutersHey everyone. It's looking like a nice Sunday out there! Not that you're even reading this, because today's the Super Bowl. You morons. Today in Egypt: the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group long banned by Egyptian authorities, is joining other opposition groups in meeting with Vice P ... More >>

"What Is Going On in Egypt, Exactly?"

​"I mean, I've heard about some kind of stuff going down there, but I just can't figure out what it is!" This isn't a direct quote from anyone, but it's something you probably would hear in various bars around town, a lot of the clubbing populace not that big on reading about current events e ... More >>

Mosheh Offers a Testament to. . . Something

Bible sci-fi awaits you at Here

Google Creates "Speak-to-Tweet" Service for Egypt; Noor Group Shut Down; Mobile Service to Go Next

​Google has created a "speak-to-tweet" service to allow people in Egypt to tweet with just a voice connection. Via the official Google blog, you can tweet without an Internet connection by leaving a voicemail on one of these international phone numbers ( 16504194196 or 390662207294 or 973161 ... More >>

Egyptian Protests Continue; Al Jazeera Cairo Bureau Shut Down; Sudanese Students Protest in Khartoum (Weekend Links)

via Reuters​The latest out of Egypt: thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square are demonstrating, even though the military is firing shots into the air to scare them off. New protests are also being reported in Alexandria Suez. Yesterday, Pres. Mubarak appointed Omar Suleiman (whom the Time ... More >>

One Thousand Egyptians Storm Interior Ministry; Death Toll in Revolts May Have Broken 90; New Protests in Yemen and Jordan

via CNNThe Middle East is getting absolutely bonkers. There's a lot going on right now and it's moving really fast, so Weekend Links are going to be a little Egypt-centric today. Al Jazeera is reporting that around 1,000 Egyptians have stormed the interior ministry in Cairo; they're also reporting t ... More >>

Egyptian Protesters Continue to Clash With Police; WikiLeaks Releases Egypt Cables

Diplomatic relations between the United States and Egypt have been strained and "delicate" for years, according to new cables released by the government-bearing organization WikiLeaks on Friday morning, as protests in Cairo turned violent. Thousands are braving police violence, including the use of ... More >>

Egyptians Hosed During Prayer; Protests Continue; President Mubarak Reportedly Flees

By way of YouTube, Mohamed Ibrahim Elmasry shares this video of protesters in Cairo today. The chaos and tension is palpable. At one point those praying were actually hosed by police.

Did Egypt Shut Down the Internet?

​As Egyptian protesters continue to demonstrate against government corruption in Cairo, we hear that BlackBerry Internet access in the country has been blocked. Via The Arabist [Update: as of 11 p.m. the site was giving a "connection interrupted" page load error], I just received a call from ... More >>

Egypt Blocks Twitter During Protest

​Likely emboldened by the recent uprising in Tunisia, which took down longstanding dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, thousands of Egyptians are protesting today in Cairo against a general lack of freedoms, and more specifically, the horrific murder of Khaled Said (warning: graphic image) by p ... More >>

Egypt Called. They Want Their Obelisk Back.

via MSNBC, LiveScience/Dreamstime​More than a century ago, Egypt "gave" New York City a giant obelisk, you know, to cultivate trade and good faith and such. We called it Cleopatra's Needle, and we parked it in Central Park, where it's stood since 1881. But all of a sudden, Egypt is not happy ... More >>

Egyptian Food Is Reportedly Coming to Ditmas Park

Bamya is a meat and okra stew served throughout Egypt.​Cortelyou Road continues to evolve into one of Brooklyn's most intriguing dining strips: in addition to Tibetan, Filipino, Israeli, American seasonal, and Japanese cuisine, it's about to start serving Egyptian food. Ditmas Park Blog repo ... More >>

Watch Thurston Moore Make Noise Music With Tiny Children

OK, we take it all back--this is cutest, most awesome free improv set ever. Just look at the tiny children tottering around, pressing buttons, turning knobs, and manhandling guitars! Some of them can't even properly stand up yet! The looming spectre of aging yuppie bad-parent hipsterism passed ove ... More >>

Sultana, The Queen of the Middle East Village

From Egypt by way of Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Mars, Sultana is a hip-swiveling bellydancer and lipsynch artist who believes Arabs get a bum rap. This diva of the night has no use for ethnic stereotypes and even less for veils, preferring to flaunt her face for the world to see, albeit with l ... More >>

Crime Beat: Copts and Robbers -- 3,000 Angry Muslims Riot Against Egyptian Christians

Check out this raw video of Monday's raging riot against the beleaguered Copts in the aptly named Egyptian village of Farshoot. Story here. A priest's skull was fractured, and there was massive burning and looting. Ignored by the Western media, this particular outbreak against Egypt's native Chris ... More >>

DANCING QUEEN

Leila Haddad schools us in belly dance

Scooping up Raw Meat in Bay Ridge

Midnight at the oasis

Horoscope

Iran Crisis: Cheney Plays the Egypt Card

Vice president deals Mubarak in on nuclear standoff

No Matter Who Wins, Iraq Falls Apart

Parliamentary elections will usher in an era of dissolution

Freedom Crackers

Matzo is food too

The Challenger

For Egypt's opposition, reforms change little, and America is still the 'kiss of death'

Movie-Star Glamour Drips From Dancers; Choreographer Collaborates With Filmmaker

Facing Mecca

Longstanding cosmopolitan Youssou N'Dour tells the world about his embattled faith

Pop-Rock Podiatrist Statistics Deal or Don't With Their Achin' Feets

I'm With the Band

A Short Cultural History of Wedding Rings

Hate Crimes

Like the Taliban, America’s Middle East Allies Tyrannize Gays and Women

Pharaonic Fowl

Horoscope

Up By The Riverside

New Work From a Legend

Pirouettes and Pyramids

Ancient Evenings