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Mar 19th 2008 | SAN FRANCISCO
From The Economist print edition

[Social networking will become a ubiquitous feature of online life. That does not mean it is a business
Illustration by David Simonds

A LARGE but long-in-the-tooth technology company hoping to become a bigger force in online advertising buys a small start-up in a sector that everybody agrees is the next big thing. A decade ago, this was Microsoft buying Hotmail—the firm that established web-based e-mail as a must-have service for internet users, and promised to drive up page views, and thus advertising inventory, on the software giant's websites. This month it was AOL, a struggling web portal that is part of Time Warner, an old-media giant, buying Bebo, a small but up-and-coming online social network, for $850m.

Both deals, in their respective decades, illustrate a great paradox of the internet in that the premise underlying them is precisely half right and half wrong. The correct half is that a next big thing—web-mail then, social networking now—can indeed quickly become something that consumers expect from their favourite web portal. The non sequitur is to assume that the new service will be a revenue-generating business in its own right.

Web-mail has certainly not become a business. Admittedly, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL and other providers of web-mail accounts do place advertisements on their web-mail offerings, but this is small beer. They offer e-mail—and volumes of free archival storage unimaginable a decade ago—because the service, including its associated address book, calendar, and other features, is cheap to deliver and keeps consumers engaged with their brands and websites, making users more likely to visit affiliated pages where advertising is more effective.

Social networking appears to be similar in this regard. The big internet and media companies have bid up the implicit valuations of MySpace, Facebook and others. But that does not mean there is a working revenue model. Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, recently admitted that Google's “social networking inventory as a whole” was proving problematic and that the “monetisation work we were doing there didn't pan out as well as we had hoped.” Google has a contractual agreement with News Corp to place advertisements on its network, MySpace, and also owns its own network, Orkut. Clearly, Google is not making money from either.

Facebook, now allied to Microsoft, has fared worse. Its grand attempt to redefine the advertising industry by pioneering a new approach to social marketing, called Beacon, failed completely. Facebook's idea was to inform a user's friends whenever he bought something at certain online retailers, by running a small announcement inside the friends' “news feeds”. In theory, this was to become a new recommendation economy, an algorithmic form of word of mouth. In practice, users rebelled and privacy watchdogs cried foul. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder, admitted in December that “we simply did a bad job with this release” and apologised.

So it is entirely conceivable that social networking, like web-mail, will never make oodles of money. That, however, in no way detracts from its enormous utility. Social networking has made explicit the connections between people, so that a thriving ecosystem of small programs can exploit this “social graph” to enable friends to interact via games, greetings, video clips and so on.
Coming up for air

But should users really have to visit a specific website to do this sort of thing? “We will look back to 2008 and think it archaic and quaint that we had to go to a destination like Facebook or LinkedIn to be social,” says Charlene Li at Forrester Research, a consultancy. Future social networks, she thinks, “will be like air. They will be anywhere and everywhere we need and want them to be.” No more logging on to Facebook just to see the “news feed” of updates from your friends; instead it will come straight to your e-mail inbox, RSS reader or instant messenger. No need to upload photos to Facebook to show them to friends, since those with privacy permissions in your electronic address book can automatically get them.

The problem with today's social networks is that they are often closed to the outside web. The big networks have decided to be “open” toward independent programmers, to encourage them to write fun new software for them. But they are reluctant to become equally open towards their users, because the networks' lofty valuations depend on maximising their page views—so they maintain a tight grip on their users' information, to ensure that they keep coming back. As a result, avid internet users often maintain separate accounts on several social networks, instant-messaging services, photo-sharing and blogging sites, and usually cannot even send simple messages from one to the other. They must invite the same friends to each service separately. It is a drag.

Historically, online media tend to start this way. The early services, such as CompuServe, Prodigy or AOL, began as “walled gardens” before they opened up to become websites. The early e-mail services could send messages only within their own walls (rather as Facebook's messaging does today). Instant-messaging, too, started closed, but is gradually opening up. In social networking, this evolution is just beginning. Parts of the industry are collaborating in a “data portability workgroup” to let people move their friend lists and other information around the web. Others are pushing OpenID, a plan to create a single, federated sign-on system that people can use across many sites.

The opening of social networks may now accelerate thanks to that older next big thing, web-mail. As a technology, mail has come to seem rather old-fashioned. But Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and other firms are now discovering that they may already have the ideal infrastructure for social networking in the form of the address books, in-boxes and calendars of their users. “E-mail in the wider sense is the most important social network,” says David Ascher, who manages Thunderbird, a cutting-edge open-source e-mail application, for the Mozilla Foundation, which also oversees the popular Firefox web browser.

That is because the extended in-box contains invaluable and dynamically updated information about human connections. On Facebook, a social graph notoriously deteriorates after the initial thrill of finding old friends from school wears off. By contrast, an e-mail account has access to the entire address book and can infer information from the frequency and intensity of contact as it occurs. Joe gets e-mails from Jack and Jane, but opens only Jane's; Joe has Jane in his calendar tomorrow, and is instant-messaging with her right now; Joe tagged Jack “work only” in his address book. Perhaps Joe's party photos should be visible to Jane, but not Jack.

This kind of social intelligence can be applied across many services on the open web. Better yet, if there is no pressure to make a business out of it, it can remain intimate and discreet. Facebook has an economic incentive to publish ever more data about its users, says Mr Ascher, whereas Thunderbird, which is an open-source project, can let users minimise what they share. Social networking may end up being everywhere, and yet nowhere.]
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Ending an eight-day trip through the Middle East in which he highlighted democratic change as the foundation for peace and security throughout the region, Mr. Bush strikingly avoided direct criticism of Mr. Mubarak, an autocratic leader in power since late 1981. In the past, Mr. Bush criticized Egypt for arresting political dissidents.

“I appreciate very much the long and proud tradition that you’ve had for a vibrant civil society,” said Mr. Bush, whose appearance with Mr. Mubarak was unannounced and, according to the White House, had been uncertain until the last minute.

Mr. Bush’s remarks reflected some of the contradictions evident in the issues he addressed on his trip.

He spoke passionately at times about the birth of liberty and justice in countries that restrict them and the role of women in societies that still largely sequester them.

And yet he avoided public disputes with monarchical leaders widely accused of limiting freedoms as he sought Arab support for the peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, the war in Iraq, diplomatic efforts to isolate Iran and easing the strain on the American economy caused by high oil prices.

On Sunday, in the United Arab Emirates, Mr. Bush delivered what his aides described as the keynote address of the trip when he spoke of setbacks in democratic reforms in remarks that his aides said were aimed at Egypt, among other nations.

“You cannot build trust when you hold an election where opposition candidates find themselves harassed or in prison,” he said. “You cannot expect people to believe in the promise of a better future when they are jailed for peacefully petitioning their government. And you cannot stand up a modern and confident nation when you do not allow people to voice their legitimate criticisms.”

Mr. Bush has previously criticized Egypt for arresting Mr. Mubarak’s main opponent in the presidential elections in 2005, Ayman Nour, who Mr. Bush last year said was “unjustly imprisoned.” Mr. Bush has also met with another prominent opposition leader, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, who has since fled Egypt, fearing arrest.

Mr. Bush mentioned neither man directly and included only an oblique reference to “strong civic and religious leaders who love their country and are determined to build a democratic future.”

“I appreciate the example that your nation is setting,” he said, facing the Egyptian president.

Mr. Mubarak expressed strong support for Mr. Bush’s efforts to broker a peace treaty in Israel, something that has become a focus of last year of the Bush administration. “We’re ready, hand-in-hand with the United States of America” to support the process Mr. Bush has advocated, he said, “for the sake of comprehensive and just peace.”

Neither mentioned a source of tension between Israel and Egypt, its control of its border with Gaza. Israel has accused Egypt of laxity or complicity in smuggling weapons through tunnels into Gaza, which is under the control of Hamas, the Islamic group.

“Egypt has to do more,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told The Jerusalem Post last week. “Those tunnels need to be dealt with,” she said. “We’re prepared, obviously, to give” assistance, “but the will to do it is very important here.”

An administration official said that Gaza figured prominently on Mr. Bush’s agenda for the talks in Egypt on Wednesday, but it was not clear how hard he pressed the issue of Egypt’s willingness to help isolate Hamas in Gaza. Mr. Bush’s visit here was the shortest of his trip, which included stops in Israel, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. He stayed only three hours, reflecting Egypt’s diminished significance to the administration. Mr. Mubarak noted the brevity, saying in English, “You need much more days.”

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In commemoration of the events in Ceuta and Melillla in October 2005
DECLARATION OF OUJDA
International Conference
"Violations of Human Rights at Borders "
October 6, 2007

We,
members of solidarity organizations, national and international networks, grass roots organizations based in countries of the global South and the global North,
who work towards the enforcement of basic rights for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees and a just development policy,

gathered in the city of Oujda on October 6, 2007, to hold a conference on violations of human rights at borders, thereby following the Euro-African Manifesto’s guidelines.

We pay our respect to all people who died while migrating, especially to those who lost their lives in fall 2005 in Ceuta and Melilla .

We denounce the inhuman conditions, in which migrants have to live: continuously haunted and deported from one side of the border to the other by Moroccan and Algerian forces, eventually proscribed to the peripheral area of Oujda .

We criticize current politics that aim to relocate the ratification of the right of asylum solely to non-European countries and to transfer the exercise of repression, all in the name of “migration management”, thus bearing the responsibility for numerous deaths and extensive suffering.

We reject the criminalization of migrants and the repression to which they are subjected at country and maritime borders.

We condemn the harassment and pressure, with which activists and advocates of human rights are confronted on a daily basis.

We bring to mind our support for the Manifesto of Rabat of July 1, 2006, adopted during the Euro-African Non-Governmental Conference “Migrations, Basic Rights, Freedom of Movement” and demand:

- A thorough investigation of the crimes that have been committed in the nights of September 28/29, 2005 in Ceuta and October 5/6, 2005 in Melilla.

- That the liability of the Moroccan and the Spanish governments for these crimes be recorded.

- That the people in charge and involved persons be held to account.

- That all involved governments respect the basic human rights and international obligations for every person as laid out in the Declaration of Human Rights and all other international conventions and treaties, especially with regard to the treatment of individuals at borders – ashore, at sea and in airports.

- To stop all economical and political pressure by the EU and its member states against countries of origin or transit, as they result from the European Partnership Agreement (EPA) and other agreements, which make these countries the agents of border control, migration management, screening of migrants and their deportation.
____________________________________________________________________________

Hicham Baraka, Président ABCDS – Oujda
Tél : +212 (0) 67 71 65 24
Hicham.baraka@gmail.com

Morocco]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:29:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/271619 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/266045
On October 1st 2002, I was officially a member of the TakingITGlobal online community....and now I'm just beginning my 6th year....

I really consider this part of my life beign a TIG-er as a cornerstone in my personality, as well as my perception to the universe around me...

Thank you TIG !]]> Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:35:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/266045 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/259243
<<< For a standard home, the supplies for water, electricity and phones are undoubtedly fundamental. But considering the equipments by which no house can go on without, gas cylinders would be necessarily added to the list.

If the government puts forth great effort to provide access to domestic needs, it is clearly noticed that gas demand goes far beyond governmental supply.
It is more than common to see an exhausted man riding a bike with one or two gas cylinders and hitting on them with a heavy metal pipe wrench. Housewives are used to this sound every morning; they just realize it is the independent worker who calls to sell the gas cylinders everyday in the street.
A gas cylinder for these street workers is considered a private business that has no ties with the governmental gas supply. It is rather a vital source of income that may slightly help them meet their daily financial and social needs.
Yousef Ahmed, a 50-year-old worker who sells an average of seven gas cylinders per day, says he has been working in this business for more than 15 continuous years with his brother.
“It is a hard job to go everyday and wander in the streets with a bike to sell gas cylinders. I am an old man, and carrying the gas cylinders up to apartments is quite a hectic job for me…but it is my only source of income. I have to bear,” said Ahmed.Ahmed starts his working day at 11 a.m that is when he buys the gas cylinders from the official storage area for gas cylinders to sell them for higher prices.
“I know that governmental storages sell the cylinder for only LE 4.5. I sell it for LE 7 to make profit…people know it is expensive, but they still buy it because it is tiring for them to go and carry it from the main storages,” said Ahmed.
Another gas seller named Moustafa Abdel Rahim believes that he can not find a better job than selling gas cylinders.
“It is the most suitable job I can have. I earn about LE 30 everyday…I know it is not much, but at least I can spend on my family…I never regret working in this business; people can not live without gas everyday and I feel that I am their provider,” said the 35-year-old Abdel Rahim in a proud tone.
It can be noticed that gas sellers classify themselves in different districts and in certain groups. For Abdel Rahim, one of the major problems between the gas sellers’ community is that some workers sell the cylinders in streets that other workers are known to sell in.
“Most of the people in the district have my mobile number. They even call me to get them the required cylinders every day. It is really frustrating to find another worker selling in the street that you sell in. Every street has its known seller,” said Abdel Rahim.
Despite the increasing number of street gas sellers who depend on the gas cylinder business for their livelihood, the non licensed sale of gas cylinders is considered illegal. An appropriate gas seller should be holding a license from the Ministry of Social Affairs or from Butagazco, the official governmental gas company, to sell and carry the cylinders to houses.
Mohamed Mahgoub is a 32-year-old street gas seller who is fully aware that this business is legally prohibited, but said he wont quit because it is his main source of income.
“I know I can go to prison for selling gas cylinders because I should be following the official governmental gas company. But I can’t have another job in this country and there are no other solutions for my financial conditions except selling these heavy cylinders,” said Mahgoub while carrying a cylinder from the storage to one of the houses.
Mahgoub assured that despite its illegal nature, most of the gas sellers have some deals with the workers at the main governmental storages that facilitate the process of getting the maximum amount of cylinders from the storages.
“People in the governmental storages know that we sell the cylinders for high prices. They do not care…they know we are poor and we need to work,” said Mahgoub.
As for Osama Hammad, a street gas seller and the father of six, the labor union has never thought of defending the rights of the street gas sellers, although there is a specific department in the union responsible for the workers of the petroleum sector.
“The labor union has never thought of any solutions for us (the street gas sellers). They know that we have worked in this field for a long period of time and still consider it illegal…I don’t know why they haven’t tried to make a license for us,” said Hammad.
But from the perspective of the government, street gas sellers do not abide to any governmental organization or institution. They are defined as “independent workers who run their own business and work in ‘mafias’”.
Mohamed Saafan, the Secretary General of the General Syndicate for Workers in the petroleum sector, said the labor union can not defend any worker who is not a member in the syndicate. He added that most of the street gas sellers work on their own and are not part of an authorized company.
“The random sale of gas cylinders is a prohibited business. How can I defend a worker who works in an illegal business and is not even a member of the syndicate?” said Saafan.
He stressed that the main aim of the General Syndicate for Workers in the petroleum sector is to protect the workers’ rights from being violated by their employers. But in the business of street gas selling, there is no employer and the syndicate does not have the ability to protect the workers.
“Workers at gas stations are members of the labor union and we defend them in case they face any problems with the owner of the gas station. They work for someone and they have rights that we as a syndicate defend. But a street gas seller is a random guy that works for himself,” said Saafan.
Sources at the Ministry of Petroleum asserted that street gas sellers do not belong to the ministry and do not carry any license that would allow them to proceed with their jobs legally.
“They are just working in mafias. They make good profit from working in this business…but we do not deal with them and we are not even concerned with them by any mean,” said a source at the ministry who preferred to remain anonymous.
Assem El Sayyed, president of the main governmental gas company Butagazco, said gas workers should be holders of a licensed ID that certifies their relation with either the company or the Ministry of Social Affairs. They should also be well-trained on carrying, preparing and fixing the cylinders in the houses.
“What is happening now is that street gas sellers go to the governmental storages which sell the gas cylinder for LE 2.5 and sell it to people for LE 8 and LE 10. This is too much. They are also not trained and do not belong to any governmental structure that set a standard price for the cylinder,” said El Sayyed.
He confirmed that governmental storages can satisfy the needs of most of the districts in Egypt, stating that the country has about 2,600 storages to avoid shortages, but still the phenomenon of street gas sellers exist.
“A gas cylinder is a supply commodity that is very important to the people. Although the private and the public sector properly provide the suitable number of cylinders, the illegal phenomenon of street sellers is increasing and very dangerous,” said El Sayyed.
El Sayyed said there is no proper governmental supervision to limit the dangers of this phenomenon, while the company does its best to raise the awareness through the media.
However, at the end of the day, a gas seller does what he does, not out of joy and love of the job, but out of necessity. “I wish I can have a more proper and legal job than this…but I just have no choice than carrying these bulky metal cylinders on my back…It is the only way by which I can feed my family everyday,” says Ahmed, the 50-year-old gas seller.

By Ethar Shalaby>>>>
]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:04:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/259243 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/250059
El zorof kollaha deddi…John el australy, sa7bi elwa7id elli kan hena meshi, we Soussi, ashtar wa7ed fel 3ommal, meshi…we howa elli kan beysarra3 el sho3'l geddan…

Juan we Erica, koll ma2ollohom yalla nethabbeb negadded el visa, ye2ololi bellati bellati, makeinch mochkel, nem3mellak eqama ba3d mal visa te5las…we ba3den 7ewar el eqama fakas, 3ashan ma3ish el degree bta3ti…wel natiga enn el visa entahet, we ba2a oddami e5teyaren: ya emma el shahada el maradeya we tazkaret el tayaran, ma3 ba3d, ya emma el ma7kama….we ba3daha Juan alli enni lazem arga3 masr yom el Gom3a, a3mel visa gdida warga3 el ma3'reb tani…we Kacem 5adni talla3li shahada maradeya…

We ma3 enni mesh ana el sabab fel moshkela di, ana el wa7id elli metsab a7ellaha, wel nas kollaha wala fe dma3'ha….allahomma ella Kacem, rabbena yebareklo…wel nas elli 3reftehom abl keda zayy Merbah we Younes…

Kallemt Merbah, allay ma trou7 el sefara fel Rebat te5allihom ye5allasoulak el moshkela…olt le Juan we Erica, aloli mashi….fa Kacem, bel sodfa, kan 3 men so7abo, 3emad we Mo7amed Reda we Soufiane, ray7in el Mohammedia tani yom, 3shan ye3'ayyaro ezaz el 3arabeya el Audi bta3et 3emad, we ye5allouh ezaz fumeh, …fa 5adoni fe sekkethom 3al Rebat, we abelt Merbah henak..

5adni merbah 3al sefara, a2a3dteli bta3 3 sa3at le7add makatabouli 5etab lel amn el watani fel rebat, 3shan wemeddouli el visa kam yom abl marga3 masr tani, we henak abelt ragel mel mansoura meggawez ma3'rebeya, we mesh 3aref yegadded eqamto,we wa7ed tani mel qahera megawez ma3'rebeya we fate7 sherket mansougat fel 3oyoun, 3ashan el sa7ra2 ma3feyya mel darayeb, zayy el 3asher men Ramadan keda….

Ba3dein, ro7t el esm bel wara2a, mo3amla zayy el zeft wel tin wel hebab…we rge3t lel sefara tani…3amalouli gawab le Tanga…ba3d 4 sa3at 2a3adt adrab fihom a5mas fe asdas 3alli bye7sal da…we ma7adesh mohtam…we fe west koll da, la2et Erica betkallemni 3al teliphon teba3ba3 we tesawwat, we t2olli enn 7asan ma5adsh el program beta3 el C panels, wenn ana el mas2oul, we enn fi 500 panel et3amalo 3'alat…

5adt el gawab mel sefara,…we Merbah 5adni 3'addani, we waddani maktabo 3arrafni henak 3ala Mr. 3abdallah, elli a5ouh yeb2a ra2is shortet Mina2 Tanga…we wassah 3alayya, 3ashan lamma aro7 Tanga yesahhelouli el egra2at…we ba3d keda 5adni m3ah fe maktab beta3 computer 3ashan kan 3ayez 7add ye3mello typing le 3a2d beta3 la3ib kora men Burkina Faso gayy ye5teber fe nadi AS Sale, fa la2a el ma7all 2afel…fa bassetlo we oltelo tab mana m3aya el laptop….we ro7t mtalla3o, wel 7amdolellah el battareya kan rabbena nafe5 fe souretha 3ala 3'er el 3ada…we katabtelo el 3a2d bel fransaweyya…we sayyevtehoulo 3al CD weddethoulo…

El mohemm, 3emad wel 3eyal 3addo 3alayya 5adouni, wet3'addo sari3an keda fe marjane, we ba3den wselna Tanga ba3d el ma3'reb be shwayya, wassalna Mohamed we Soufiane, we 3emad wassalni 3ala 2esm el shorta fel mina, we ra7 yewaddi mamto el qasr el saghir.

A3adt mestanni el commissaire, 3abdelra7man, 7awali sa3a we nos, magash…lakenni et2athart awy lamma shoft el ragel el congoli, elli bento et5atafet awwel ma nezel mel markeb fe Tanga, ba3d ma mrato et2atalet fe aspania men shahr, wel anyal men keda enn mo3amlet el shorta el ma3'rebeyya lih zayy el atran…we rge3t el bet mashy…

Fell bet, el mayya kanet lessa ma2to3a men 4 ayyam mathalan 3'ayyart hdomi bsor3a, nzelt el 7amma el ma3'rebi…nakad el donya wel 2a5ra feyya…2aloli matet3attelsh bash nemshi nen3es…2oltelhom safi wa5a…we 5adt gardal el mayya el so5na, wel tani dyal el mayya el sa23a…we da5alt fel sari3 esta7ammet…we tle3t…la2et ragel 3agoouuz, a3ed ye2olli kalam mesh fahmo, we ra7 meddini noss borto2ana akolha…

Tle3t nemt, kont ta3ban geddan,….tani yom, 3adda 3alayya Kacem we Angela we Erica el sob7, sallemtohom el program beta3 el C Panels, we oltelhom enni lazem aro7 el amn el watani ennaharda….fa la2et Erica bet2olli enn koll el ma3loumat elli eddetha le 7assan embare7 kanet 3'alat – la7zo ennaha embare7 kanet bet2olli enn 7asan ma3oush el program-, we enn 7asan 3amal 5 special panels, we 10 panels tanyin…we aletli enn el identification beta3et wa7da mel panels kanet 3'alat, we enn fi panel Tanya ma2asatha kanet 3'alat…2olt mashy…7a22oko 3alayya…we 2olt fe serri, eza konto mesh mohtammamin ennoko t3algo el mashakel elli sabbebtouha lel nas, ezay 3ayzin el nas yehatmmo be mo3alget mashakelko ?

Koll da we Erica hanem 3ashan ba2alha hena shahr men 3'er visa, we sha3'ala we 3adi 5ales, mesh shayfa ayy moshkela fe enni akon 2a3ed bashta3'al men 3'er visa, helehli keda, men 3'er la wara2 wala ya7zanoun…we ta7nani fe dma3'i 3ashan "sayeb el sho3'l"

We ba3den, Juan, bel ro3'm men enno kan byet7anni, ella enn fe wogoudo bardo Erica kanet betlemm el dor shwayya…lakenno meshi..we Erica el gaww 7eli li2a baha we ba2et fadyali…

Dr 3amr howa bardo safer aspania,…lakenni 3reft akallemo, we wassalni bel Mohandes Zakeyy, elli kan m3aya 3ala toul, rabbena yebareklo ya rab…

El Mohem, ro7t el amn el watani, aloli mel a5er, enta tro7 tgib tazkaret el tayaran, we shahada tebbeyya ennak 3ayyan le7ad ma3ad el tayaran….wa mayhemmaksh…we wana mestanni henak, kont a3ed al3ab ma3 bannouta fransaweya so3'announa keda..

El mohemm, olt amshili shwayya wakallem Merbah we Dr 3amr wel Mohandes Zakey a7kelhom….fa la2etni oddam maktab seya7a, da5alt sa2alt 3ala tayaran le masr, 2aloli yom 28 a3'ostos, 3al 5otout el malakeyya el ma3'rebeya…be 5700 DH ta2riban, raye7 bas…kallemt el hanema Erica oltelha, aletli di mesh moshkeletna, mesh e7na elli el mafroud nedfa3 taman el tazkara di, el mafroud 3amr howa elli yedfa3ha !!!

Oltelha fe serri ah ya bent el %^^^^ nas el tayyebin….ma7adesh yefhamni 3'alat ! We kallemt Dr 3amr wel Mohandes Zakey oltelhom, fa 2alouli 5alas e7na ya emma hane7gezlak men masr, we neb3atlak el tazkara bel fax ta5odha m3ak el amn el watani, ya emma enta tro7 casablanca betazkartak te7gez menha…

Fa olt adawwar 3ala maktab lel faks,…laffet 3ala beta3 10 11 maktab, mal2et ella makateb ya emma 2afla aw mafihash fax, wel wa7id elli kan fi fax, koshk 3'alban keda ganbo 5araba fiha boldozarat beto7for, fa, zayy ma2alli sa7eb el ma7all, el boldozarat ata3et 3anno el kahraba men 10 ayyam….

Rge3t el bet, la2et wa7ed men sherket el mayya bey3ayen el motor el 5arban beta3 el 3omara, we m3ah gary, sa7eb el internet café elli ta7t…elli tammenni we alli enn el "plombier" gayy daba bash yesawweb el motor…

El mohem, kallemt Marouane Traymi oltelo, alli enno mesh fe Casa, 3shan beyzour geddo fe Kenitra…kallemt Younes, 3shan as2alo el maktab beta3 masr lel tayaran sha3'al walla la2, 3elman be enn fi agaza fel dawla men el sabt wa 7atta el etnein…2alli harodd 3alek….we lessa maradesh…

We ba3daha kallemni Dr 3amr 2alli hay7awel yeshofli 7agz 3ala yom el 5amis, we alli anzel elsho3'l 3ady delwa2ti….wattammenn…

Wana delwa2ti aho, 2a3ed fe odet el o3ad fel sha22a, 7atet el laptop 3al tarabeza el ezaz el mothammana, ma7ala2tesh da2ni 3shan mafish mayya…we gatli fekret enni anzel a7la2ha delwa2ti 3and el 7alla2….

]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:37:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/250059 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/232337
The site overlooks the straight of Gibraltar, and Spain is seen across the sea....

Tangier shares many features with Alexandria, my hometown, they're both coastal cities, busy ports, and cultural gates to their respective countries...in addition, there's a lot of construction going on in both cities...

The Medina of Tangier, or the old town, is amazing....with its old medieval wall surrounding it, and its white houses, unique architecture, and narrow streets...]]> Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:30:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/232337 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/231017
I woke up late like at noon, since my friends in Cairo had made a gathering for me until 4 am...-my Alexandrian friends made a similar gathering in Alexandria the eve before, by the way- ...then, around 3:30 pm, I finally met with Hayk, and we had some Karkadeh and an "interesting" Arabic language review !

Later, me, my mother, and Hayk, we had lunch together at my aunt's place, then went to the airport together...where I took the plane to Casablanca after tragic goodbye scene, especially from the part of my mother and 'amm Zakareya the driver...

The plane took about 5 hours, but there was that interesting movie "أريد خلعاً
and another less interesting movie which I cannot remember the name...

I reached Casablanca at almost midnight, Morocco time, and met with the driver Mr. Ayachi, who kept telling me very interesting stories about his career adventures with driving with international customers...

I'm now in a hotel in the outskirts of the city, awaiting for those guys from the company to take me to Tangier -in shaAllah- next morning...]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:13:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/231017 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/229335
I should return back to Egypt on October 9th, 2007...in shaAllah..

I hope I would have a constant access to the internet there so that I can share my updates with all of my TIGer freinds :)]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:42:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/229335 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/226779
تخيلوا معي شارعاً من شوارع الإسكندرية العريقة، مزداناً بأعمدة الإنارة التي تجعلك تستلهم روح الخمسينيات من القرن العشرين، ...
فتأتي -بدون مقدمات- هيئة الكهرباء بحجة تركيب كابل عمومي يمر من أسفل الرصيف، و يحكم بالإعدام على الرصيف المسكين في سبيل تركيب الكابل الكهربائي...ثم يأتي المسئولون بالحي بأحد مقاولي تركيب السراميك ، على أن يكون هناك "بيزنس" في الموضوع، ليضطلع بالمهمة القومية الجليلة، التي تتمثل في إعادة تركيب الرصيف...

آخذون في الاعتباربالطبع غياب الذمة و الضمير لدى هذا المقاول الجسور، و الذي انعكس على الشكل العام لما يمكن للبعض أن يطلق عليه "رصيف"،فإننا نجد أن هذا "الرصيف" لم يكن ليهنأ بفترة حياة وجيزة، فما إن انتهى المقاول المغوار إياه من وضع اللمسات النهائية فيه، حتى جاءت الهجمة التالية من هيئة الاتصالات...

توصل خبراء الهيئة إلى تحديد مكان العطل في سلك التليفون الرئيسي، أسفل ذات الرصيف مباشرة....فامتدت يد الإحسان تارة أخرى حاكمةً على الرصيف بإعادة حفره من جديد، و مانحةً المزيد من الربح إلى أخينا العزيز مقاول السراميك، الذي أعاد تركيب الرصيف فور انتهاء أعمال الحفر و إعادة الردم، و طبعاً "كله بحسابه، و الحسابة بتحسب!"... و تمر الأيام من جديد حتى تطالب هيئة الآثار بإجراء بعض التنقيب الروتيني، في محاولة لاكتشاف مقبرة الإسكندر الأكبر...

و من جديد، بدأت معاول الحفر عملها في الرصيف المنكوب، حاملةً معها الأخبار السارة إلي "سيراميك أفندي" المقاول، -هو هو على فكرة- حتى صادف عمال الحفر أثناء قيامهم بمهامهم الدورية انبثاقاً شديداً للمياه....اكتشفوا فيما بعد أنه كان ناتجاً عن اعتراضهم لأنبوب مياه رئيسي كان موجوداً أسفل الرصيف....

ما إن علمت الجهات المختصة بمرفق المياه بتلك الواقعة، حتى هرع رجالها البواسل إلى مسرح الحدث، و لم يكتفوا بإصلاح الجزء المضار، بل انتهوا إلى أن هذه فرصة لا تعوض لإزالة خط أنابيب المياه بالكامل، و إسناد تركيب خط الأنابيب الجديد إلى أحد المقاولين الشرفاء، المشهور بالمحسوبية عند مسئولي الحي.....و بالتالي اتسع نطاق الحفر...واتسع معه نطاق الأفندية المستفيدين من نلك المهزلة...

و في تلك الأثناء، عانت مصر بشكل مستمر من مشكلة النقص في إمدادات الوقود.....و كان ذلك مؤداه أنه في إطار الحملة القومية لاستكشاف البترول و الغاز الطبيعي، طالبت هيئة الطاقة بحقها في التنقيب عن الوقود الحفري أسفل الرصيف ذاته....و البقية تأتي...

و لا يزال لغز الرصيف المكلوم في انتظار من يفك رموزه المبهمة !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! فهل من مجيب؟

أيمن الهاكع
القاهرة
في 4 يوليو/تموز 2007]]> Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:08:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/226779 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/220665
I don't need to bring into attention that the population of greater Cairo is hitting the margin of 20 million out of a total Egyptian population of about 78 million people...

I don't need to state the fact that more than 3.5 million residents of other provinces enter Cairo on a daily basis during their working hours, and leave in the evening...

I don't need to speak about the "black cloud" or the unbarable traffic jams, depsite of the whole list of the new traffic highways, ring roads, tunnels, and bridges...

I don't need to state that the rate of chaotic rural migration to greater Cairo has caused the city's metropolitan area to expand three times its size in 1972, and mostly on formerly agricultural lands, making up 40 % of greater Cairo's total area just "slums"...

I don't need to state countless examples of people coming from the furthest corners of Egypt just to have a signature, a stamp, or a permission regarding some documents...in Cairo..

All what I feel I need to say, in fact, is that Egypt ain't going to "function" this way....

]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:19:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/220665 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/220217

أنعى لكم , يا أصدقائي , اللغة القديمه

و الكتب القديمه

أنعى لكم

كلاما المثقوب كالأحذية القديمه

و مفردات العهر , و الهجاء , و الشتيمه

أنعى لكم ..

أنعى لكم ..

نهاية الفكر الذي قاد الي الهزيمه ..



مالحة في فمنا القصائد

مالحة ضفائر النساء

و اليل , والأستار , و المقاعد

مالحة أمامنا الأشياء .



يا وطنى الحزين

حولتنى بلحظه

من شاعر يكتب شعر الحب و الحنين

لشاعر يكتب بالسكين …



لأن ما نحسه

أكبر من أوراقنا

لابد أن نخجل من أشعارنا …



أذا خسرنا الحرب .. لا غرابه

لأننا ندخلها

بكل ما يملكه الشرقي من مواهب الخطابه

بالعنتريات التي ما قتلت ذبابه

لأننا ندخلها ..

بمنطق الطبلة و الربابه ..



السر في مأساتنا

صراخنا أضخم من أصواتنا ..

و سيفنا أطول من قاماتنا ..



خلاصة القضيه

توجز في عباره

لقد لبسنا قشر الحضاره

و الروح جاهليه ..



بالناي و المزمار

لا يحدث انتصار …



كلفنا أرتجالنا

خمسين ألف خيمة جديده



لا تلعنوا السماء

أذا تخلت عنكم .. لا تلعنوا الظروف

فالله يؤتي النصر لمن يشاء

و ليس حداد لديكم يصنع السيوف ..!!



يوجعني أن أسمع الأنباء في الصباح

يوجعني ..

أن أسمع النباح ..



ما دخل اليهود من حدودنا ..

و انما ..

تسربوا كالنمل .. من عيوبنا ..



خمسة الآلف سنة

و نحن في السرداب

ذقوننا طويله

نقودنا مجهوله

عيوننا موانئ الذباب

يا أصدقائي

جربوا أن تكسروا الأبواب ..

أن تغسلوا أفكاركم , و تغسلوا الأثواب ..



يا أصدقائي …

جربوا أن تقرأو كتاب

أن تكتبوا كتاب

أن تزرعوا الحروف , و الرمان , و الأعناب

أن تبحروا الي بلاد الثلج و الضباب

فالناس يجهلونكم ..

في خارج السرداب ..

الناس يحسبونكم

نوعا من الذئاب ..



جلودنا ميتة الأحساس

أرواحنا تشكو من الافلاس

أيامنا …تدور بين الزار , و الشطرنج , و النعاس

هل ( نحن خير أمة قد أخرجت للناس ) ؟



كان بوسع نفطنا الدافق في الصحارى

أن يستحيل خنجرا من لهب و نار

لكنه ..

و أخجلة الأشراف من قريش

و خجلة الأحرار من أوس و من نزار

يراق تحت أرجل الحواري ..



نركض في الشوارع

نحمل تحت ابطنا الحبالا

نمارس السحل … بلا تبصر

نحطم الزجاج و الأقفالا

نشتم كالضفاضع

نمدح كالضفادع

نجعل من أقزامنا أبطالا ..

نجعل من أشرافنا أنذالا ..

نرتجل البطولة أرتجالا …

نقعد في الجوامع

تنابلا .. كسالى

نشطر الأبيات .. أو نؤلف الأمثالا

و نشحذ النصر على عدونا

من عنده تعالى …



لو احد يمنحنى الأمان

لو كنت أستطيع أن أقابل السلطان

قلت له : يا سيدي السلطان

كلا بك المفترسات مزقت ردائي ..

و مخبروك دائما ورائي

عيونهم ورائي ..

أنوفهم ورائي ..

أقدامهم ورائي

كالقدر المحتوم , كالقضاء ..

يستجوبون زوجتى ..

و يكتبون عندهم أسماء أصدقائي …



يا حضرة السلطان

لأننى أقتربت من أسوارك الصماء

لأننى

حاولت أن أكشف عن حزني و عن بلائي

ضربت بالحذاء

أرغمنى جندك أن آكل من حذائي

يا سيدي ..

يا سيدي السلطان

لقد خسرت الحرب مرتين

لأن نصف شعبنا

ليس له لسان ..



ما قيمة الشعب الذي

ليس له لسان؟

لأن نصف شعبنا

محاصر كالنمل و الجزذان

في داخل الجدران

لو أحد يمنحنىالأمان

من عسكر السلطان

قلت له :

لقد خسرت الحرب مرتين

لأنك أنفصلت عن قضية الأنسان …





لو أننا لم ندفن الوحدة في التراب

لو لم نمزق جسمها الطري بالحراب

لو بقيت في داخل العيون و الأهداب

لما أستباحت لحم الكلاب …



نريد جيلا غاضبا

نريد جيلا يفلح الآفاق

و ينكش التاريخ من جذوره

و ينكش الفكر من الأعماق

نريد جيلا قادما مختلف الملامح

لا يغفر الأخطاء .. لا يسامح

لا ينحني .. لايعرف النفاق

نريد جيلا .. رائدا .. عملاق



يا أيها الأطفال

من المحيط للخليج , أنتم سنايل الآمال

و انتم الجيل الذي سيكسر الأغلال

و يقتل الأفيون في رؤوسنا ..

و يقتل الخيال …

يا أيها الأطفال , أنتم , بعد , طيبون

و طاهرون , كالندى و الثلج , طاهرون

لا تقرأوا عن جيلنا المهزوم يا أطفال

فنحن خائبون ..

و نحن , مثل قشرة البطيخ , تافهون



و نحن , منخورون .. منخورون كالنعال

لاتقرأوا أخبارنا

لا تقتفوا أثارنا

لا تقبلوا أفكارنا

فنحن جيل القئ , و الزهري , و السعال
و نحن جيل الدجل , و الرقص على الحبال

يا أيها الأطفال

يا مطر الربيع , يا سنابل الآمال

أنتم بذور الخصب في حياتنا العقيمه

و انتم الجيل الذي سيهزم الهزيمه


نزار قبانى]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:31:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/220217 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/219113
جئت اليك مثخنا بالطعنات والدماء

أزحف في معاطف القتلي، وفوق الجثث المكدسة

منكسر السيف، مغبر الجبين والأعضاء

أسأل يا زرقاء

عن فمك الياقوت عن نبوءة العذراء

عن ساعدي المقطوع .. وهو ما يزال ممسكا بالراية المنكسة


عن صور الأطفال في الخوذات... ملقاة علي الصحراء

عن جاري الذي يهم بارتشاف الماء

فيثقب الرصاص رأسه .. في لحظة الملامسة

عن الفم المحشو بالرمال والدماء

أسأل يازرقاء

عن وقفتي العزلاء بين السيف .. والجدار

عن صرخة المرأة بين السبي والفرار

كيف حملت العار

ثم مشيت؟ دون أن أقتل نفسي؟ دون أن أنهار؟

ودون أن يسقط لحمي .. من غبار التربة المدنسة؟

تكلمي أيتها النبية المقدسة

تكلمي بالله باللعنة بالشيطان

لا تغمضي عينيك، فالجرذان

تلعق من دمي حساءها .. ولا أردها

تكلمي لشد ما أنا مهان

لا الليل يخفي عورتي .. ولا الجدران

ولا اختبائي في الصحيفة التي أشدها

ولا احتمائي في سحائب الدخان

.. تقفز حولي طفلة واسعة العينين.. عذبة المشاكسة

كان يقص عنك يا صغيرتي .. ونحن في الخنادق

فنفتح الأزرار في ستراتنا .. ونسند البنادق

وحين مات عطشا في الصحراء المشمسة

رطب باسمك الشفاه اليابسة

وارتخت العينان

فأين أخفي وجهي المتهم المدان؟

والضحكة الطروب: ضحكته ..

والوجه .. والغمازتان

*******************************

ايتها النبية المقدسة

لا تسكتي .. فقد سكت سنة فسنة لكي أنال فضلة الأمان

قيل لي اخرس

فخرست وعميت ائتممت بالخصيان

ظللت في عبيد عبس أحرس القطعان

أجتز صوفها

أرد نوقها

أنام في حظائر النسيان

طعامي الكسرة والماء وبعض التمرات اليابسة

وها أنا في ساعة الطعان

ساعة أن تخاذل الكماة والرماة والفرسان

دعيت للميدان

أنا الذي ما ذقت لحم الضان

أنا الذي لا حول لي أو شأن

أنا الذي أقصيت عن مجالس الفتيان

أدعي الي الموت ولم أدعي الي المجالسة

تكلمي أيتها النبية المقدسة

تكلمي تكلمي

فها أنا علي التراب سائل دمي

وهو ظمئ يطلب المزيدا

أسائل الصمت الذي يخنقني

ما للجمال مشيها وئيدا

أجندلا يحملن أم حديدا

فمن تري يصدقني؟

أسائل الركع والسجودا

اسائل القيودا

ما للجمال مشيها وئيدا؟

ما للجمال مشيها وئيدا؟

*****************************

أيتها العرافة المقدسة

ماذا تفيد الكلمات البائسة؟

قلت لهم ما قلت عن قوافل الغبار

فاتهموا عينيك، يا زرقاء بالبوار

قلت لهم ما قلت عن مسيرة الأشجار

فاستضحكوا من وهمك الثرثار

وحين فوجئوا بحد السيف: قايدوا بنا

والتمسوا النجاة والفرار

ونحن جرحي القلب

جرحي الروح والفم

لم يبقي الا الموت

والحطام

والدمار

وصبية مشردون يعبرون آخر الأنهار

ونسوة يسقن في سلاسل الأسر

وفي ثياب العار

مطاطئات الرأس، لا يملكن الا الصرخات التاعسة

*******************************

ها أنت يازرقاء

وحيدة، عمياء

وماتزال اغنيات الحب، والأضواء

والعربات الفارهات، والأزياء

فأين أخفي وجهي المشوها

كي لا أعكر الصفاء الأبله المموها

في أعين الرجال والنساء

وأنت يا زرقاء

وحيدة عمياء

وحيدة عمياء


أمل دنقل

يونيو 1967
]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:01:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/219113 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/219061
Alhamdulillah, I finally graduated with a baschelor of Sciences in Construction Engineering, with High Honors Degree...I was exremely touched by the presence of my mother, father, sister, grandmother, grandfather, and aunt :)]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:39:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/219061 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/217679
So...here I am, unpacking all of what has been taking place over the last 10 days....the ISWI, its people, events, nature, discussions, friends, memories, my visit to Erfurt, bla bla bla....

and at the end....I can make this statement so firmly: Alhamdulillah....]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:13:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/217679 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/217167
In the morning, me and my friend Juan from Mexico, we presented our group work on education and religion...

In the afternoon, Muzaffar, the cousin of my Uzbek friend Aziz came from the Netherlands to meet us,and we even went the following morning (this morning) together to visit the nearby city of Erfurt.

Today, early enveryone has left,....and my plane shall be tomorrow inshaAllah from Frankfurt...]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:44:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/217167 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/216065 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:34:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/216065 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/215343 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:40:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/215343 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/214527
Besides taking part in a fierce football game, attending the stadtfest, and the "medieval barbecue", the lectures were very intersting, and the discussions too...

In the "International Brunch", I was writing people's names in Arabic calligraphy.....and I cannot undermine the continuous support from my Egyptian friends Sherif, Mahmud, Taqiyy, Abdel-Basit, my Uzbek friend Aziz, and my Algerian friend Alaa.
]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:31:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/214527 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/213171
I met on the plane with a Palestinian accountant who was leaving for Berlin to make his masters degree, and another Egyptian guy from Sharqiyyah leaving to meet his German wife.

From Frankfurt, I was supposed to take a train to Eisenach, where I took another train to Neudietendorf, then from the latter to Ilmenau. What really happened was that I've mde the first two stges successfully, but I took a wrong train on the last stage.

When I realized this - thanks to Sherif who pointed this out to me- , I changed the direction at Saale, met Sherif, Mahmud, and Taqiyyudin in Neudietendorf, went with them to Erfurt, where we took a train to Ilmenau.

I reached Ilmenau by 10:00 pm, and I slept and slept.... ]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:37:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/213171 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/212383
www.iswi.org]]> Wed, 30 May 2007 20:18:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/212383 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/211659
I'm going in few minutes to make the fittings of my cap and gown !

Next, I should -by the will of Allah- travel to Alexandria at 5 pm, prepare my stuff, and travel back tomorrow to Cairo before leaving for Germany next Thursday...

God...! I can't imagine how time has passed so quickly !]]> Tue, 29 May 2007 06:53:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/211659 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667 http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/210567
well, unlike what happens in most universities, my department had schduled the final thesis presentation before the final exams...

Accordingly, after being done with the thesis...I am deeply affected by this P T S !

I try to overcome this feeling that everything's over, and that the reamining subjects are just not "worth it" !

My mind is overwhelmed by graduation >>>>>
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Despite of the countless interruptions by the Ahly-Zamalek game, and the Champions League final,...

I cannot believe that I'm done with my graduation project at last, neither could I digest that our group got the highest grade !

I realized that the whole past 5 years I spent in Cairo, with their 10 academic semesters, elapsed in a blink of an eye...

Though, I still have 4 final exams until May 29th...

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I am happy that my choice to leave Alexandria over the past 5 years, and to study in Cairo, has added a lot of positive features to my life. Meanwhile, I am sad that these 5 years passed so quickly !

That's it, in shaAllah, on may 29th, I'll have my last final exam, and, two days later, I shall be attending the ISWI....before coming back on June 11th, to attend the Graduation Ceremony at the AUC...

I consider this not be an end, it's just the beginning of my career life....and the future has still to unhide...]]> Sat, 19 May 2007 14:11:00 EDT http://aymanelhakea.tigblog.org/post/207109 51.5 -0.116666751.5-0.1166667