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Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi

basem — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:44:44 -0700

Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الأبنودى‎) (born 1938) is a popular Egyptian poet, and more recently a children's books writer. He is one of a generation of poets who wrote their work in the Egyptian dialect rather than in Classical Arabic, the standard literary language. This literary stance was associated with a militant political engagement: Abnudi and other writers of this school sought to make their literary production part of the process of development and movement towards popular democracy in Egypt.

Ahmed Orabi

basem — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:29:37 -0700

Ahmed Orabi
Source: Wikipedia
Ahmed Orabi (April 1, 1841 - September 21, 1911), (Arabic: أحمد عرابي‎); also known as Orabi Pasha, was an Egyptian army officer and later an army general who revolted against the khedive and European domination of Egypt in 1879 in what has become known as the Urabi Revolt. He was the first Egyptian national political and military leader to rise from the Fellahin.

Quotes

Alaa Al Aswany

basem — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:30:49 -0700

Alaa al-Aswany (Arabic: علاء الأسواني‎) (born 1957) is an Egyptian writer, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya.

Life and works

Alexandria Montessori pre-school & nursery

alexandria.montessori — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:04:09 -0600

Alexandria Montessori Preschool & Nursery is the first Montessori school, in Alexandria, Egypt. Established in 2009, the school serves grades preschool through 5.

Alexandria Montessori Preschool & Nursery

The school's mission statement reads, "The mission of Alexandria Montessori Preschool & Nursery is to inspire children to reach their human potential — academically, emotionally, socially — in an authentic Montessori environment."

website: http://sites.google.com/site/alexandriamontessori/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=159426076292&v=info

Arab Contractors ( Al Moqaweloon Al Arab) Sports Club

basem — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:54:49 -0700

Arab Contractors Sporting Club known as Al Moqaweloon Al Arab المقاولون العرب is an Egyptian football club based in Nasr City. The club is owned by the company with the same name meaning (The Arab Contractors). They are a member of the Egyptian Premier League. Their home stadium is Arab Contractors Stadium:
http://www.abridgetoegypt.com/sports/stadiums/Arab_Contractors_Stadium

History

Aziz Sedki

basem — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:21:30 -0700

Aziz Sedki (1920 – January 26, 2008) was an Egyptian politician and engineer. Sedki served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from January 17, 1972 until March 26, 1973. He was nicknamed the "father of Egyptian industry."

- Early life
Aziz Sedki was born in Cairo, Egypt, on July 1, 1920. He graduated with a degree in engineering from Cairo University in 1944. He went on to earn a doctorate in economic planning from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

- Career

Become a fan of A Bridge To Egypt on Facebook

abte_admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:46:19 -0700

We are excited to announce that A Bridge To Egypt is now available as a page and a group on Facebook, Now you can add us to your list of favorite groups or become a fan. You will be able get all the updates from there and participate in the broader web community.

egycinemas.com The Ultimate Movie Guide and Media information in Egypt

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:47:39 -0700

New Web Company Announces Innovative Media Website for Movies information in Egypt

December 1, 2009 -- Joe Milad today unveiled egycinemas.com, an innovative portal specially designed by Internet Marketing Professionals, for providing theaters contact information and what's currently showing in Egyptian Cinemas,

Egypt and Algeria battle it out on November 14

abte_admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:39:52 -0700

20 years ago, on November 17th 1989, in a year that saw the fall of the Berlin wall and the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union, Egypt and Algeria battled on the grounds of Cairo's stadium for a spot in the 1990 W

Egyptian Film Preservation

abte_admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:57:35 -0600

Egypt produces the most popular cinema in the Middle East. The Egyptian Filmmakers have produced masterpieces since 1920s. Now all these films are in great danger. Egypt has no film preservation facilities to preserve these great movies. It is estimated that 99% of all silent filmsand 50% of all sound films ever made have been lost forever.

Magdi Yacoub

basem — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:30:43 -0700

Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, FRS (Arabic: مجدى حبيب يعقوب‎ ); born 16 November 1935 in Bilbeis, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt), is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial College London.

Michel Bakhoum

basem — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:01:44 -0700

Michel Bakhoum (1913–1981; Arabic: ميشيل باخوم‎, Mīšīl Bāḫūm) was an Egyptian consulting civil engineer, university professor, and a researcher in concrete structures.

- Education and early years
Michel Bakhoum was born in June 1913 in Cairo. His parents moved to Cairo five years beforehand from a small village near the town of Tahta in Southern Egypt. He received several awards; the first was in 1931 (Prince Omar Tosson Award) as he was the first of his class in the High School diploma competition, which included all the High School diploma students in Egypt.

Mohamed Hassanein Heikal

basem — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:13:40 -0700

Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (Arabic: محمد حسنين هيكل‎, born 23 September 1923) is a leading Egyptian journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974) he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper Al-Ahram and has been a respected commentator on Arab affairs for more than 50 years.[1]

Background and Books
Heikal articulated the thoughts of President Gamal Abdel Nasser earlier in his career.[2] The reasons for his fall with president Anwar El-Sadat, who succeeded Nasser, remain under great speculation. Heikal has been a member of the Central Committee of the Arab Socialist Union.

Nabil Farouk

basem — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:40:55 -0700

Nabil Farouk (Arabic: نبيل فاروق‎) (born on February 9, 1956) is an Egyptian novelist, best known for his books in the Rewayāt Masreyya Lel Gēb (Egyptian Pocket Novels) series.

He was born in the Egyptian city of Tanta, and first showed an interest in reading at a very young age. With the encouragement of his parents he made his first attempts at writing at the age of about thirteen, and in high school joined journalism, photography, and theatre workgroups.

Osman Ahmed Osman

basem — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:43:31 -0700

Osman Ahmed Osman (Arabic: عثمان أحمد عثمان‎) ‎ (1917–1999) was a famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician. Known commonly as el-mo'alim ("the teacher"), Osman founded the Arab Contractors (the largest Arab contracting firm between the 1960s and 1980s) and led the Egyptian effort to build the Aswan Dam. He went on to become the Egyptian Minister of Housing and Development and later a member of the Egyptian Parliament.

- Early life

Salah Jahin

basem — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 05:08:21 -0700

Mohammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Helmy, known as "Salah Jaheen" or "Salah Jahin" (Arabic: صلاح جاهين‎, December 25, 1930 – April 21, 1986) was a leading Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist.

Life and career
Jaheen was born in Shobra district, Cairo on 1930 to a middle-class family. He studied law in Cairo University. In 1955, he started working for the Egyptian weekly magazine "Rose al-Yousef" as a cartoonist. A year later, he moved to the new magazine "Sabah el-Khair" for which he became the editor-in-chief, then he joined Al-Ahram.

Take Me Back To Cairo - The original music hit

matmasr — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:27:58 -0700

Back in the good old days, Egypt's infamous pop singer Samir El Eskandarany released an album in the eighties that reportedly was an all time hit. What made the album unique was that it transformed some of Egypt oldies into the modern pop era.

Talaat Harb Pasha

abte_admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:38:36 -0600

Talaat Harb Pasha is one of the great men in Egyptian history. He dedicated all of his life to set the Egyptian economy on the right track. He founded Bank Misr which was the first truly national bank in Egypt. Through Bank Misr, several successful industrial and commercial projects had been established. As a result of Mr.

The Amazing Zahi Hawass

matmasr — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:31:39 -0700

If you think Indiana Jones is a fictitious character, think again. Zahi Hawass, Egypt's top archaeologists is a living and breathing manifestation of Indiana Jones. Time magazine named Hawass as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world and for a good reason. This video explains why.

The beginning of the end in Egypt

abte_admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:44:17 -0700

Today may well be the beginning of the end to Egypt's 60 years of military rule. The last remnants of the Mubarak regime, in fact, the Nasser regime are facing their most credible true challenge from a population that has known nothing but their control over the last six decades.