Happy blog day everyone :)

[via The Black Iris]

“The story of Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz is the story of modern Egypt itself. Born in 1911 in the Gamaliya district of Cairo, Mahfouz witnessed the last days of British colonial rule and Ottoman influence, the nationalist struggle of Saad Zaghloul, the reigns of King Fuad and King Farouq, the military coup of 1952, the establishment of the republic, Gamal Abdel Nasser’s takeover in 1954, the Suez Canal crisis, the rule of Anwar al-Sadat, the Camp David accords of 1978 and finally the brutal dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism…”
[Via Moorish Girl, where you can read the rest of the article]

More from the toot blogosphere;

Healing Iraq
Kabob Fest
Big Pharoah
The Sandmonkey
Jar Il Qamar

The latest person to have jumped into the blog scene is no other than Al-Qathafi. And like the folks over at … Or does it Explode? point out, the best of all is that it’s multi-lingual!
Check it out at Al-Gathafi Speaks
I’m amused.

by Tololy

Two Egyptians and an Iraqi in a car Cairo. All bloggers. All on toot. Mhmmm… Interesting.