Month: July 2006

Updates on Lebanon

Can’t remember if Issandr posted something before or not about this, but when you get the time try following this blog, Arabist reader Chaymaa sent me. It posts good updates, maps and illustrations on the Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

Chaymaa also sent another blog by a French-Lebanese teacher, War on Lebanon, July 2006, which also tries to provide updates on the situation in English and French.
Here’s a map of the latest Israeli operations.

الجو جميل

Shatta Theatre Troop would like to invite you to:
“El Gaw Gameel�
“الجو جميل”
Based on
Louis Calaferte’s “Un Riche, Trois Pauvres�
Directed by Nada Sabet
An absurd play, composed of split second disjointed scenes that bring out the circus in the streets and the street in the circus. The performance is the result of improvisation based on the original text that leads to an ever-changing picture on stage where the street and circus are always evolving into each other until they gradually merge into one. “There are as many realities as you care to imagine� (Lawrence Durell).
Monday 7th August, 2006, 9pm
 El-Hanager Theatre, Opera House
As part of the independent theatre troops festival

State Security arrests 4 Kefaya activists in Port Said

Four Kefaya activists have been detained by State Security Police in the northern city of Port Said last night, Kefaya’s website reported. The four were picked up after they took part in a march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the nationalization of the Suez Canal.

The detainees are: Youth for Change coordinator Mohamed Hegazi, Fathi Farid, and two other activsts whose names were not available.

UPDATE: The four activists spent the night in a police station, and were referred to a prosecutor on the following day, Kefaya’s website reports. Prosecutor Khaled el-Shami interrogated them on charges of “disturbing public order,” and then ordered their release.