Tag: mahalla

Ghazl el-Mahalla on FIRE!

Posted on By 3arabawy

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. Luckily no human causalities reported, 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…

Khaled el-Sawy

Posted on By 3arabawy

Actor Khaled el-Sawy addressing an audience of workers, farmers and fishermen, during Tadamon’s gathering, speaking about his experience as an activist with the Center for Socialist Studies.

Khaled compared the current times with his university days in the 1980s. “No students used to show up for demonstrations or strikes,” he said. “Everyone was scared. Today the situation is different. You see protests in the universities, in Mahalla, in the factories… among the peasants and fishermen that give you hope. The revival of the Socialist movement in Egypt was something I couldn’t have imagined in the past. Today it is a reality.”

Khaled el-Sawy خالد الصاوي