Carl in Cairo

The ol' thesis is due in two weeks, at least in theory. Forgive the sparser and sparser entries and, with the advent of nice weather, my sappy comments about gentle breezes and mild temperatures.

News & Issues

Egypt

• Documentary chronicles the lives of Egyptian garbage-collectors
• Migration to Italy drives up land prices in one of Egypt's poorest governorates
• 9-year-old dies of H1N1, first school-aged child to die of the illness in Egypt
• British ambassadors wades into niqab debate to the ire of Muslim bloggers

Elsewhere in the Middle East

• US caves on illegal Israeli settlements, Egypt unimpressed
• Web addresses available in Arabic for the first time starting 16 November