Comments on: Egypt: From Kareem to Mahmood http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/20/egypt-from-kareem-to-mahmood/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:28:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Global Voices Online » Arabeyes: On Selling a Palestinian Kidney and Changing the Israeli Flag http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/20/egypt-from-kareem-to-mahmood/comment-page-1/#comment-1060489 Global Voices Online » Arabeyes: On Selling a Palestinian Kidney and Changing the Israeli Flag Tue, 01 May 2007 13:05:36 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/20/egypt-from-kareem-to-mahmood/#comment-1060489 [...] Abdul Monem Mahmood, a Muslim Brotherhood blogger, was arrested by State Security on April 15 for articles he wrote online. Though different in ideologies, fears are that he will share the same fate as his country-blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman. It is no wonder then that Sandmonkey has given up blogging and Ala’a is no longer a blogger. أنا أصلا مش مدون، يعني قلب كده في المدونة مش هتلاقينا قمنا بأي عمل يندرج تحت الصحافة الشعبية، ولا أنا بعبر عن نفسي بجد بدليل أني تقريبا مكتبتش عن أي حاجة مهمة بالنسبة لي بجد، لا كتبت عن مراتي ولا أهلي ولا كتبت عن الكوميكس ولا كتبت عن البرمجيات الحرة و الهوة الرقمية و لا عن شغلي ولا أي حاجة ليها القيمة في التكنولوجيا ولا عن أفلام ولا موسيقى بحبها. حتى السجن مكتبتش عنه بجد. [...] [...] Abdul Monem Mahmood, a Muslim Brotherhood blogger, was arrested by State Security on April 15 for articles he wrote online. Though different in ideologies, fears are that he will share the same fate as his country-blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman. It is no wonder then that Sandmonkey has given up blogging and Ala’a is no longer a blogger. أنا أصلا مش مدون، يعني قلب كده في المدونة مش هتلاقينا قمنا بأي عمل يندرج تحت الصحافة الشعبية، ولا أنا بعبر عن نفسي بجد بدليل أني تقريبا مكتبتش عن أي حاجة مهمة بالنسبة لي بجد، لا كتبت عن مراتي ولا أهلي ولا كتبت عن الكوميكس ولا كتبت عن البرمجيات الحرة و الهوة الرقمية و لا عن شغلي ولا أي حاجة ليها القيمة في التكنولوجيا ولا عن أفلام ولا موسيقى بحبها. حتى السجن مكتبتش عنه بجد. [...]

]]> By: Ms .45 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/20/egypt-from-kareem-to-mahmood/comment-page-1/#comment-1022286 Ms .45 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:36:13 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/20/egypt-from-kareem-to-mahmood/#comment-1022286 I've written about Mahmoud and why Westerners should support him, but my blog gets about two real visitors a day. Not only is there an issue of basic reciprocity (Mahmoud stuck his neck out for Kareem, so should we who support Kareem assist Mahmoud), but also of showing that the West is serious about liberal democracy by supporting people who show signs of understanding it. Beneficiaries of Islamic assistance in the Rwandan massacres converted to Islam - I don't expect beneficiaries of Western assistance to become Western, but I do expect that they would develop respect for us if we show respect for them. I’ve written about Mahmoud and why Westerners should support him, but my blog gets about two real visitors a day. Not only is there an issue of basic reciprocity (Mahmoud stuck his neck out for Kareem, so should we who support Kareem assist Mahmoud), but also of showing that the West is serious about liberal democracy by supporting people who show signs of understanding it. Beneficiaries of Islamic assistance in the Rwandan massacres converted to Islam – I don’t expect beneficiaries of Western assistance to become Western, but I do expect that they would develop respect for us if we show respect for them.

]]> By: Amr Gharbeia http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/20/egypt-from-kareem-to-mahmood/comment-page-1/#comment-1012391 Amr Gharbeia Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:58:48 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/20/egypt-from-kareem-to-mahmood/#comment-1012391 I think it is a bit too early to say Monem is not getting the same kind of response Kareem did. It took quite sometime to start something for Kareem when he was first kidnapped back in November 2005. Monem arrives in a scene ready for bloggers news from Egypt after Kareem and Alaa. As a matter of fact, to have CPJ, RSF and HRW on Monem within a week is not bad at all. This does not mean, however, that I expect Monem to get the same response Kareem did, although in the Arabic blogs outside the Egyptian blogsphere he is. For the first time a Saudi blogger is openly campaigning to free a fellow blogger. It is just too early to say, especially with our English-speaking megaphones not writing about it: <a href="http://arabist.net/" rel="nofollow">the Arabist</a> seems to be somewhere else, <a href="http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/03/02/im-not-leaving-for-good/" rel="nofollow">the Big Pharoah</a> is slowing down, the <a href="http://www.sandmonkey.org/2007/04/13/off-to-turkey/" rel="nofollow">Sandmonkey is vacationing in Turkey</a>, and <a href="http://norayounis.com/2007/04/18/231" rel="nofollow">Nora Younis is writing amazing posts in Arabic</a>. Only <a href="http://arabist.net/arabawy/" rel="nofollow">Hossam el-Hamalawy</a> is writing something about it in English, although among so much about the labor scene in Egypt. I think it is a bit too early to say Monem is not getting the same kind of response Kareem did. It took quite sometime to start something for Kareem when he was first kidnapped back in November 2005. Monem arrives in a scene ready for bloggers news from Egypt after Kareem and Alaa. As a matter of fact, to have CPJ, RSF and HRW on Monem within a week is not bad at all.

This does not mean, however, that I expect Monem to get the same response Kareem did, although in the Arabic blogs outside the Egyptian blogsphere he is. For the first time a Saudi blogger is openly campaigning to free a fellow blogger. It is just too early to say, especially with our English-speaking megaphones not writing about it: the Arabist seems to be somewhere else, the Big Pharoah is slowing down, the Sandmonkey is vacationing in Turkey, and Nora Younis is writing amazing posts in Arabic. Only Hossam el-Hamalawy is writing something about it in English, although among so much about the labor scene in Egypt.

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