642 | 1/30/2012 | 1 day agorose ann ghabour
“nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.”
i'm a 25 year old egyptian currently in my third year of medical school living around new york city.
i'm a 25 year old egyptian currently in my third year of medical school living around new york city.
1 | 1/30/2012 | 1 day agoi just paid $1,300 to take half of the Step 2 national board exam
i just paid $1,300 to take part of an exam
4 | 1/26/2012 | 5 days ago
sadajournal:New York Magazine’s new profile of revolutionary Wael Ghonim.
Go Wael!
2 | 1/26/2012 | 5 days agoi love missing GOP debates. i miss out on so much anger and stress and cursing and hate. watching project runway all-stars is a million times better.
1918 | 1/25/2012 | 6 days ago
“ The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is — and I mean this seriously — the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.
Fidel Castro Calls Republican Field a ‘Competition of Idiocy’ - NYTimes (via brooklynmutt)
Fidel Castro Calls Republican Field a ‘Competition of Idiocy’ - NYTimes (via brooklynmutt)
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7 | 1/25/2012 | 6 days ago
Fuck you, Relevant. Fuck you in the ear.
God, I am so fucking raging right now.
seriously. fuck relevant magazine. there is so much WRONG about relevant and i have always hated how hard they try to relate to the conservative evangelical church. they always publish “safe” sexist homophobic oppressive material that never tries to really preach the gospel but rather cover up and excuse mainline conservative thought.
23 | 1/25/2012 | 6 days ago
“ The Egyptian people consider America’s claims that it respects democracy and freedom as mere words. US President Obama’s promises, made during his visit to Egypt, have not been fulfilled, and Egyptians want to see more concrete steps in this regard. The discriminatory policies adopted by the US administration toward Muslims make them doubt the seriousness of US intentions with regard to democracy promotion. We had a revolution for change, and US policy should change, too. We have a parliament for the first time that represents the people and not the regime, and religion is a key component in the hearts of the people, who will stand by their Parliament.
Muslim Brotherhood’s Abdel Rahman al-Barr, to Assistant US Secretary of State for Democracy and Human Rights Michael Posner and US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson, at the embassy’s headquarters in Cairo. (‘Brotherhood figure meets US officials…’, Egypt Independent)
He had me all the way until he started talking about religion. Fine critique of US foreign policy, but dangerous implications for the few Coptic Christians in the area.
(via landofoblivion)
Unless of course there will be Coptic Christians in the Parliament, which, will either not happen or they will be elected as voiceless puppets and to show how wonderfully thoughtful and diverse they are, aka, not really.
There is a Coptic Christian woman running for Parliament from southern Egypt but she will sadly not win. There is too much money flowing from Saudi to the Salafis and Brotherhood to prevent any Christian from holding a government position.
(Source: verbalresistance, via landofoblivion)
1010 | 1/25/2012 | 6 days agoRemembering #Jan25: Days of Rage and Dignity. The Egyptian revolution really isn’t over, but the eighteen days of rallying and demonstrating across Egypt starting on 25 January 2011 that ultimately ousted longtime dictator Mubarak deserve an incredible amount of celebration.
Here is a photographic retrospective of those eighteen days, shot by some of the best. I will never fail to be blown away by the images of the demonstrations in Tahrir.
- Yannis Behrakis/Reuters. 1/30/2011.
- Nasser Nasser/AP. 1/25/2011.
- Peter Macdiarmid/Getty. 2/1/2011.
- Lefteris Pitarakis/AP. 2/1/2011.
- Ed Ou/NYT. 2/1/2011.
- Hannibal Hanschke/EPA. 2/2/2011.
- Moises Saman/NYT. 2/11/2011.
- Felipe Trueba/EPA. 2/11/2011.
I can’t believe it’s been a year! What an amazing moment in history.
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42 | 1/24/2012 | 1 week ago
Egypt Revolution: The people
and the armyare going to change the army!#Jan25two#Jan25#EgyptJanuary 25 - Egypt
By: Mohamed Mousa
(via thatsassyarab)
1480 | 1/24/2012 | 1 week ago
“ I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.
Mitt Romney [source] (via thenoobyorker)
The first few times I saw this little gem appear on my dashboard I genuinely thought it was a joke. (via thatsassyarab)
wait. this is real?
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