Posts Tagged ‘Students’

US students rally over budget cuts

Students protest at General Petraeus address

Spreading information is essentially an act of agitation

In a dictatorship, journalism by default becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation. In a divided world, there is no room for the word “neutrality.” Journalists should always remember which side they are on…

Revolution in Palestine and Egypt ثورة ثورة حتى النصر … ثورة في فلسطين وفي مصر

Cairo University students protest in solidarity with the Palestinians. Photo by Mashahed…

In solidarity with Al-Aqsa

Students, largely from the Muslim Brotherhood, organized yesterday demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians in four universities simultaneously: Cairo, Alexandria, Mansoura, Menya. A slide show of the Cairo U protest, taken by Nasser Nouri, is available on flickr…

مقاطعات لـ أولمرت وهجوم عليه وتشابك بالأيدي وتظاهر ضد محاضرته في جامعة شيكاغو

Victory for the student movement

The pressures exerted by Cairo University students last April brought about real change this semester, with courses text books prices dropping from LE50 to roughly LE5… Meanwhile, Haqqi has started new campaign against the govt cancellation of classes for external students…

Student confronts Nazif about corruption

Another student confronting Nazif, Bilal-style…

Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif not only answers to the president, parliament and journalists, but now faces the frustrations of students. During a recent visit to Port Said, Abdallah Ahmed Bazazo confronted Nazif.
”I am feeling the corruption everywhere,” Bazazo said. “I feel like I am inhaling it and the government doesn’t move a finger.”
“Every day I get more estranged, feeling like I am not a citizen. Why do the citizens lose their pride inside the country and gain it outside? Did you cries when the ferry drowned or when the soldiers on the border die?”
As soon as the student finished talking, the whole crowd started applauding for more than five minutes. This was just one of a series of hot confrontations between university students and the prime minister during a leadership management camp. Most of the questions were about corruption, selling the national companies, importing gas to Israel, relations with Ethiopia, Iran and America, high prices and unemployment.

Egypt to Indonesia: Oops, sorry we fried them alive

Was this case picked up by any of the rights watchdogs?

Egypt’s diplomatic mission in Jakarta has apologized for the wrong arrest and alleged torture of four Indonesian students at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said officials from the Egyptian embassy came to the ministry’s office on Tuesday to convey their regret and apology for the incident that stirred anger among Indonesians.
Investigation into the case is still underway, Faizasyah said, but added he did not know whether Cairo would take actions against those who are guilty. “The decision is on the government (in Cairo).”
During a raid on June 28, Egypt’s police arrested the four students — Faturrahman, Arzil, Tasrih Sugandi and Ahmad Yunus — for alleged involvement in an extremist network. They were released after being interrogated and detained for three days.

UPDATE: Lina Attalah interviews the students for Al-Masry Al-Youm…

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