Monthly Archives: June 2007

Gayer-Anderson Museum

Posted on June 25, 2007 by askamelmd

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   The Gayer-Anderson Museum is located in Cairo, Egypt, adjacent to the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood. The museum takes its name from Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha, who resided in the house … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 15, 2007 by askamelmd

منذ فترة ظهرت مشكلة كبيرة في العملة الصعبة خصوصا بعد انهيار الجنيه امام الدولار بالضربة القاضية, فاجتمعت هيئة الحشاشين الحكومية لمناقشة القضية ********  – ايه اللي حصل للجنيه ده؟.. دي عمرها ماحصلت– فعلا الجنيه دلوقتي بقي يساوي خمسة وتلاتين قرش … Continue reading →

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Dawn

Posted on June 14, 2007 by askamelmd

Dear diary, I am on board the elGouna transport bus headed for Cairo and due to arrive at 6 am God willing. It is a first for me but what can I say? Technology is no longer impressive, it is … Continue reading →

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ولقد اتخذت قرارا,& I took a decision

Posted on June 9, 2007 by askamelmd

  Quote from my diary, one year ago. ولقد اتخذت قرارا,& I took a decision Fourty years to this day, then President Gamal Abdul Nasser appeared on the Egyptian National television to announce to his people that he and his … Continue reading →

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Cairo-elGouna-Cairo-elGouna-Cairo-elGouna

Posted on June 6, 2007 by askamelmd

Well, I arrived here at elGounaon Sunday night, and I am packing my bags to head back to Cairo after a couple of hours from now, God willing; I am supposed to assist Dr.Mohamed elBeltagy in an aneurysmal surgery tomorrow at 9:am … Continue reading →

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The reopening of the Suez Canal 32 years on

Posted on June 5, 2007 by askamelmd

  Quote from my diary, one year ago The reopening of the Suez Canal (32) On June 5, 1975, amid the echoes of a 21-gun salute, a seven-ship flotilla eased through ceremonial gates in mid-Canal waters off Port Said and … Continue reading →

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For those who died to give us life

Posted on June 5, 2007 by askamelmd

  Quote from my diary one year ago For those who died to give us life We Remember… Egyptian POWs Massacred in Sinai نحن نتذكر مذابح الاسرى المصريين في سيناء

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يوم هوت مدينة القدس , The Day Jerusalem Fell 40 years on

Posted on June 5, 2007 by askamelmd

  Quote from my diary, one year ago. يوم هوت مدينة القدس , The Day Jerusalem Fell (40) Left: Israili soldier cools off in the Suez Canal, Note the AK-47 rifle. Israeli soldiers often traded their unreliable Carbines and short-range Uzies … Continue reading →

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From Nasseer Shamma to Manasterly

Posted on June 3, 2007 by askamelmd

http://images.soapbox.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf   Dear diary, Long time no write indeed, what can I say, I think my ink is running a bit dry these days, maybe it’s exhaustion, the weather or simply just a blank going through my head. Well well … Continue reading →

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