AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF PRIME MINISTERS OF EGYPT- 1878-1952.  BY KAMAL KARIM KATBA. EPISODE #7:  THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT-- In Episode # 7,  an account of the Second Nizarat (Ministry) of Nuwbar Pasha and its endless tug of war with Evelyn Baring (Lord Cromer). Nuwbar was heard on several occasions expressing his frustration: Occupation, yes (reluctantly), Administration, no!!  Also in this Episode, an account of the Mahdiy uprising in the Sudan and the first loss of the Sudan.  Including a rare draft letter from Charles Gordon to his friend Wilfrid Blunt outlining the treacherous behavior of British Prime Minister Gladstone toward Egypt and his gile to occupy Egypt.

 
 

THE SUEZ DOSSIER - PART FOUR "   BY DR. SALAH AL-DIN AL-HOMOSANY.

 

JUSTICE AND FREEDOM:  A CONFLICT OF VALUES OR CONFLICT OF PERCEPTIONS BY OSAMA HIJJI. Today, from India to Morocco, countries aspiring to reform are confronted with a singular persistent question that requires a structured and detailed answer.  If this reform is to be successfully developed and implemented by their own people, rather than letting it be imposed by outsiders.  Which value needs to be prioritized as a basis for this development?  Justice or Freedom?

 

FROM THE DIWAN  AL-SHA`IRAH SOUMAYA MAHMOUD EL-SAYED :QASIYDAH  YAA MAN TASKNUWN AZ-ZILL,  DA`UWNIY AHKIYY LAKUM `AN MAMLAKATIY.

 

QASIYDAH  `UMAL AL-TARAHIYLBY AL-SHA`IRAH SOUMAYA MAHMOUD EL-SAYED.

 

WALLAHI LAN NUKHDHILAK ABADAN YA MUHAMMAD -- QASIYDAH BY AL-SHA`IRAH DR. SOUMAYA MAHMOUD.

 

RESTRAINT -- A POEM BY EHAB LOTAYEF--The USA and the EU called for restraint on both sides after Israeli helicopter gun ships assassinated Ahmed Yassin, the handicapped Palestinian leader

 

THE STATUS OF CULTURE IN EGYPT BY DR. IBRAHIM M. ABDEL MOTTALEB -- {EPISODE ONE} Dr. Ibrahim Abdel Mottaleb, along with many astute commentators and prognosticators of all stripes, frequently notes that Egyptian culture has been in decline since the 1970's. The examples he cites touch all aspects of our culture.  If he is correct that we are in the midst of a cultural decline, can we find a way out of this dilemma?   Dr. Ibrahim's serialized articles explore these possibilities. (In Arabic)

 

LAHDHAT BUKA': A QASIYDAH  BY DR MOHAMED NAGUIB `ABDALLAH . IN ARABIC

 

SI`RAK KAM? A ZAGAL  BY NAGLAA MAHMOUD --A RESPONSE TO ABUW HAMIYD AL-MASRIY ZAGAL. IN ARABIC

 

KUFFAR AL-HURIYAH  A QASIYDAH BY DR.  MOHAMED NAGUIB `ABDALLAH. IN ARABIC

 

"GHARAH" A SHORT STORY BY DR. MOHAMED NAGUIB `ABDALLAH  {IN ARABIC} .

 

RISALT AHMAD IBN FADLAN BY ISHINAN.   A HISTORICAL LEGACY THAT IS SHEDDING NEW LIGHT BOTH ON VIKING HISTORY AND ON A LITTLE-KNOWN CHAPTER OF EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY.

 

NAWADIR  AMIYN SALIH AL-`ADL -- "AL-GUM`AH AL-`ASIYBAH" A NEW SHORT STORY BY D. IBRAHIM ABDEL MOTTALEB

 

LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN EGYPT BY NAGLAA MAHMOUD. PART THREE--A THREE EPISODE SERIES, WHICH CONCENTRATES ON IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUES IN EGYPT.  THE SUBJECT MATTER REVOLVES AROUND LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN EGYPT. ( IN ARABIC).

 

AZAGAL ABUW HAMIYD AL-MISRIY --  BY DR. AHMED El-TABBAKH. In Arabic.

 

"ZAGHRUWTAH" A SHORT STORY BY MONA MA7MOUD --  IN ARABIC

 

L'INCONNU: A LOVE AFFAIR WITH "THE CITY OF LIGHTS" -- BY EGYPTIAN POETESS SOUMAYA MAHMOUD.

 

GATEWAY TO THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT BY JANO EL-KADY ( EPISODE SIX).THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. THE TWELTH  DYNASTY- 2ND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD.

 

FALSE DAWN --THE CHRONICLES OF THE FRENCH EXPEDITION. ( EPISODE FIVE).

 

THE LION OF THE EAST --  - (EPISODE SEVEN)  - MUHAMMAD `ALIY ABSOLUTE  RULER OF EGYPT "Not a clod of earth, not an ear of corn, not a piaster of profit from sale  of grain belonged to anyone but himself"

 

THE SUEZ CANAL -- THE TURBULENT LEGACY- (EPISODE NINE)

 

THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND -- BY WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT.  EPISODE SIX - "THE QASR AL-NIYL CONFRONTATION." Based on the life of Ahmad `Urabiy Pasha and the 1881-1882 Revolution.

 

THE 1919 REVOLUTION -- MARCH 8th  PART. . Allenby retaliates for the assassination of  Sir Lee Stack  by ordering  the withdrawal of Egyptian troops from the Sudan, thus modifying the terms of the Condominium, and imposing a fine of half a million pounds on Egypt.

 

THE LOST MEMOIRS OF EX-KING FARUWQ I -- WHAT REALLY HAPPENED :  EPISODE SEVEN: THE ABDICATION

 

EGYPT'S DESTINY BY LIWA'  MUHAMMAD NAGIYB  -- EPISODE EIGHT -- CHAPTER TWO -- A SON OF THE NILE.

 

THE CROSSING OF THE SUEZ CANAL BY - Lt. GENERAL SA`D AL-SHAZLIY -(EPISODES # 35 -43) .  In 1973 the Bar-Lev line looked so steadfast that Moshe Dayan, then minister of defence, claimed that it “would take the American and Soviet engineer corps together to break through it  But on 6 October 1973, it took the Egyptian military only a few hours to break through and overrun the “in-destructible” line.  In the end, the line that had stood up to two years of Egyptian artillery-fire throughout the war of attrition, succumbed to water. British-made high-pressure water cannons used the water of the Suez Canal to dissolve the hardened sand and melt the formidable artificial landscape into pools of mud.  Two days later, 8 October 1973, brought the most bitter defeat in IDF history, when waves of bewildered Israeli soldiers in an armoured counter-offensive broke against a dug-in Egyptian army equipped with previously unknown personal anti-tank missiles. That day, Moshe Dayan proclaimed that the “Third Temple was falling”.

 

THE CITADEL OF QAYT BAY IN ALEXANDRIA

 

TAM AL-TAMAM A POEM BY SAYED MOHAMMED. In Arabi

 

THE BAGHDAD DIARIES BY EHAB LOTAYEF

 

HAZAR FAZR CHALLENGE -- # 5-- BY ISHINAN. FOR THOSE WITH A TASTE FOR REMORSELESS LOGIC "HAZAR FAZAR" IS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS. HERE YOU ARE TAXED WITH EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN; FROM STRANGE SERIES AND MYSTIFYING MATRICES TO CUBIC CONUNDRUMS, EXCITING QUIZZES COVERING A  WIDE VARIETIES OF TOPICS ENCOMPASSING HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, LITERATURE,  THE ARTS AND EXOTIC ENIGMAS. THIS IS PUZZLING FUN AT ITS MOST ACUTE AND  IS GUARANTEED TO HAVE YOU BITING YOUR FINGERNAILS IN FRUSTRATION, BUT THE  VERY THE END THE ULTIMATE AIM IS TO BROADEN AND SHARPEN YOUR MIND.

 
 

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