Anyway, being the good American I am, I met up with some friends for Lebanese food and then we headed to watch a documentary on Napoleon in Egypt at the French cultural center in Mounira. I can't say it was particularly well-made, but it was cause for me to meet up with a French acquaintance. She and I ended up at Horaya. Phil joined us and a whole little group coalesced since as people we know kept showing up. We talked about colonialism and racism, about whether Napoleon's brief incursion into Egypt brought about modernism in the country, about the creepy men that linger outside of Horaya looking in, and so forth; the usual.
And here're all the more interesting things that were going on in the world today:
News & Issues
Egypt
- Complaints of torture resurface as Hezbollah trial continues
- German concert in Cairo canceled for fear of violence over murder of Egyptian women in Dreseden
- Opinion: "Niqab and the Boundaries of Debate"
- President of the General Authority for Standards and Safety says cars in Egypt are unsafe, standards are low
- Mubarak Jr. being promoted on Facebook even though he's not thrown his hat in the ring for the 2011 elections
Migration & Refugees
- NYTimes: Sexual orientation-based asylum claims on the rise in US. My thesis topic (and an attorney whom I interviewed in my research who's doing great work) are in the limelight.
- Police fire shots to disperse refugees protesting meager rations in Uganda
- Iranian refugees released from illegal detention in Turkey
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