Tag: alexandria

MB students detention renewed for another 15 days

Posted on By 3arabawy

From Ikhwan Web…

Alexandria prosecution headed by attorney general Hamed Sarhan ordered on Thursday July, 12th, 2007 , 45 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) students jailed 15 days.
The students, from several universities, faced investigations last night followed by jail decisions and were moved later to Al-Tarin-based police station.
The 45 students belong to several governorates nationwide- 7 from Alexandria, 30 from Cairo, 2 from Giza, 2 from Menoufiya, 2 from Al Fayyum, 1 from Suez and an 1 from Bani Sweif. The State Security Police detained them on Friday June, 29, 2007, while they were spending their summer holiday in the Alexandrian coastal resort of Hanoville and Al-Dikhaila prosecution ordered them jailed.

Labor protest in Alexandria

Posted on By 3arabawy

Citizen-journalism at its best.

While walking in the street Alexandrian blogger Moneer unexpectedly bumped into a protest by Tersanet Iskandriya (Alexandria Arsenal) retired workers, who accepted an early buyout, only to get ripped off by their bosses.

Moneer swung into action right away, interviewed the workers, took photos, video clips, uploaded them to the net, with a detailed report and even a Google Earth snapshot of the protest location.

This is a great illustration for how citizen-journalist can act. Documenting the “memory of the class” is only getting easier and easier.