I’m re-organizing my flickr account at the moment. The account includes mostly my pix, but also photos taken by other friends like Nasser Nouri, Amr Abdallah, Kareem el-Beheiri, Jano Charbel and others, as well as graphics, posters and cartoons. Lately however it’s become very difficult to look up pix or browse the account due to its size and the huge number of sets.

I started by gathering all the sets I shot in one collection called My Photography… Issandr kindly installed an icon on the blog header, you can see above titled “Photography” which should take you directly to that flickr collection.

I’m also merging sets, deleting repeats, and adding tags to make the photos more search-friendly. This is a process that will take some time, but may also cause some inconvenience, as some of the links embedded in previous postings to sets and slide shows may not necessarily work now. While browsing my blog, if you come across a link that’s not working any more please feel free to email me to see if I can fix it.

Enjoy…!

The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network has launched its founding charter…

From AFP…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu al-Gheit made a surprise visit to Iraq on Sunday, the first such trip since 1990, saying it was the right time to expand relations between the two nations. “We feel it is the proper time to come to Iraq and launch deeper Iraq-Egypt relations,” Abu al-Gheit told reporters after talks with his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari.

Click on the cartoon below to continue reading the report…

They set him on fire, hit him with iron bars, put a knife on his throat, and dragged him in the street for 200 meters…

Mohamed Awad was detained few minutes ago by the police in front of the Cairo Press Syndicate in Abdel Khaleq Tharwat Street…

UPDATE: More activists detained in Cairo and Mansoura, including Ghazl el-Mahalla’s Kamal el-Fayoumi and Mohamed Abdul Quddous of the Liberties’ Committee as they were trying to embark with others on a solidarity trip to Gaza that was due to take off today from in front of the Press Syndicate…

UPDATE: I just spoke with Ahmad Abdel Fattah. He is currently detained by the police inside a shop in downtown Cairo’s el-Sharawrbi Street after they confiscated his camera.

I’ll be posting the updates on Jaiku…

Ahmad Fahim Abdel Aziz, one of the three Egyptians detained by State Security yesterday at the Rafah Crossing, part of an effort to break the Gaza siege and transfer relief supplies, will be interrogated by the Qantara Gharb Prosecutor this morning..

The Center for Socialist Studies is holding a public talk on the global economic crisis and its impact on Egypt, 13 October, 7:30pm. Speakers will include: Mosbah Qutb of Al-Masry Al-Youm, Political Economist Dr. Samer Suleiman and Journalist Wael Gamal.

The Center is located 7 Mourad St, Giza…

Mubarak should be neither criticized nor insulted, coz “his name is holy, mentioned in the Quran and Prophet’s sayings,” says the NDP lawyer…

Our Ahmad Droubi and Yosra el-Lozy are getting married this month.. Alf Alf Alf Alf Mabrouk!

I know this guy..! Dalla3ouh ya comrades without mercy! Shokran ya Mariam for alerting me…

Egyptian photographers have circulated the following statement today among their peers, denouncing police brutality and calling for a protest in front of the Press Syndicate, 12 October, 11am…

Fire has broken out at Ghazl el-Mahalla. Textile Factories No. 6, 7, 16 have burnt down!

The fire broke out this morning around 8am. I heard conflicting reports about when it was finally put down. One source said it was over by 9:30am, and the other said it only came under control by 3pm. No human causalities alhamdolilah, but the material losses seem to be “big” according to a labor activist in the company. “The fire resulted from electric sparks as the machines were re-started after the holidays. The textile factories of course are full of raw cotton supplies and inflammable materials. Fire spread quickly.”

More later…

UPDATE: Kareem el-Beheiri reports…

Click on the cartoon above to check out a new set by Comrade Ashraf…

Ghazl el-Mahalla on strike, December 2006. Photo by Nasser Nouri…