Egypt is ablaze with conspiracy theories

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Make sure you check out Jack’s new article in the Guardian’s Comment is Free.

I’m very pleased there was a mention of the tax collectors’ fight. The collectors’ strike last year and their current struggle to build Egypt’s first independent labor union in half a century are under-reported in the international press despite the story’s importance. I hope this will change soon.

And in all cases, actions speak louder than words, and I assure you the actions coming ahead will pierce the deaf ears and force everyone to listen.

Real Estate Tax Collectors' Strike إضراب موظفي الضرائب العقارية

Kafr Elw residents score victory

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Farah was with the Kafr Elw residents when they received the keys for their new flats.

Try to spend sometime browsing the set of pix I took of the residents last December, when their struggle started, and the one taken by Farah. It’s easy to identify the women and men from last year, but their facial expressions differ. In my set, which was taken at the beginning of the saga, the residents’ faces were full of anger, defiance as well as panic, sadness and concern. In Farah’s, their faces are just the purest form of happiness and joy following their victory.

Mabrouk once again for the Kafr Elw residents.

Cement workers stage protests south of Cairo

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Around 1000 cement workers are currently staging two sit-ins south of Cairo in Helwan and Tebbin, demanding the 30% raise decreed by Mubarak last May, the “schools grant” (paid to workers in the fall to help them with the fees of their children schooling) and a compensation for the overtime work shifts they do.

No more details are available at the moment.