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7/15/2014
2/20/2014
#Ukraine Kiev's Maidan Square in surreal 'Before & After' images
The blackened ruins and gaping windows of Ukraine’s landmark Independence Square have left Kiev looking like a warzone for the first time since WWII. The square has always served as a main stage for Ukrainian politics – but not a literal battleground.
Featured on every postcard, the grandiose post-war complex of monuments has been the true – if slightly touristy – heart of Kiev.
But now, the square is divided by ad hoc barricades built from paving stones, wooden debris, and tires. The iconic Trade Union building, which has served as the protesters' headquarters, was set on fire earlier this week and is now just a shell, after its floors and walls collapsed one by one.
In contrast to the normal, everyday hustle and bustle, the square is currently filled with hastily-appointed leaders deciding who mans the entrances and who is responsible for food and barricade building. But regardless of security measures, people in the area are an easy target for snipers lurking in the buildings that surround the square from all sides.
Police dressed in riot gear are stationed several blocks away, taking turns between sitting in their vehicles and patrolling the perimeter. Journalists with the world 'PRESS' written on their jackets float between the two sides, but find themselves in the crossfire once skirmishes begin.
Once the conflict ends, the square will have to be rebuilt. It may be more difficult to do the same with the country that surrounds it.
2/18/2014
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The Syrian child refugee whose photo hit a nerve online #Syria
It is an everyday occurrence at border crossings out of Syria, but for four-year-old Marwan, it must have been terrifying.
After being temporarily separated from his family at the remote Hagallat crossing on Sunday, he was found by staff from the UN's refugee agency.
Andrew Harper, the head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Jordan, took the picture and posted it on Twitter, where it hit a nerve with many users.
It was widely reposted online.
But however heartbreaking the picture was, Mr Harper said, it was not unusual in the "chaos and confusion" of refugee border crossings.
Most refugee groups were headed by mothers bringing several children and all their possessions out of Syria, he said.
When the gates open, there is a crush as desperate refugees surge forward. Every day, children get lost.
With UNHCR staff searching for them when the surge abates, they typically do not spend too long on their own.
Mr Harper said Marwan was taken across and reunited with his mother about 10 minutes after this picture was taken.
On Tuesday, he posted another photo on Twitter that shows Marwan was at the back of a group of refugees when he was met by UNHCR staff.
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"He is separated - he is not alone," Mr Harper added.
Crossing the border is a nervous time for the children and their families - one more trauma in the hellish journey from destroyed lives in Syria to an uncertain future as refugees in a foreign land.
Most of the refugees crossing at Hagallat - which lacks even a proper road - came from Homs and al-Quaryatayn, and it was likely Marwan was from there too, said Mr Harper.
He was just one of about 1,000 people who crossed into Jordan on that day alone.
There are now 600,000 Syrian refugees registered with the UNHCR in Jordan, part of an estimated 2.4 million across the region as a whole.
It is not clear what the future holds for young Marwan.
But with the mood of other refugee children one of relief once they cross the border, it is hoped that he, too, might look forward to a brighter future.
Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who survived a Taliban assassination attempt in Pakistan and has become a global campaigner for children's education, was also at the border on Sunday.
She witnessed emotional scenes at the border and, with her father, helped several refugees cross the no-man's land that separates the two nations.
The Malala Fund is teaming up with local Jordanian and Syrian organisations to help Syrian children get an education.
2/12/2014
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Tomb of ancient #Egyp t's beer maker to gods of the dead discovered
Imagine a warm brew of lager so heady you had to plunge a straw through the thick surface scum to get to the fermented liquor a.
Welcome to the favored
brew of ancient Egypt's New Kingdom; a 3,200-year-old barley beer that a
new archaeological find this month is shedding new light on.
A Japanese team headed by
Jiro Kondo of Waseda University stumbled on the tomb of ancient
beer-maker Khonso Em Heb while cleaning the courtyard of another tomb at
the Thebes necropolis in the Egyptian city of Luxor.
The tomb, replete with highly colored frescoes, is being hailed as one of the most significant finds of recent times.
Egypt's antiquities
minister Mohamed Ibrahim described Khonso Em Heb as the chief "maker of
beer for gods of the dead" adding that the tomb's chambers contain
"fabulous designs and colors, reflecting details of daily life... along
with their religious rituals."
One fresco shows Khonso
Em Heb -- who apart from being a brewer, headed the royal storehouses
during the pharaonic Ramesside period (1,292--1,069 BC) -- making
offerings to the gods along with his wife and daughter.
The newly discovered tomb
is to be placed under tight security until the excavation work is
completed, the ministry said in a press statement.
According to Professor
Poo Mun Chou, a leading Egyptologist at Hong Kong's Chinese University,
the discovery is not only significant in terms of what it tells
archaeologists about life during the New Kingdom period of Ancient
Egypt, but marks a new direction for Egypt's beleaguered antiquities
ministry.
Still reeling from a
disastrous break-in at the Cairo Museum in 2011 --- when looters smashed
two mummies and made off with more than 50 artifacts --- Egypt's
Supreme Council of Antiquities had slapped stringent restrictions on
archaeological digs.
For Professor Poo, the latest discovery is a sign that archeology in Egypt may be returning to normal.
"The significance in
this find is that for quite some time archaeologists haven't been able
to excavate an intact tomb," he said.
This is a new find and is quite unexpected.
Poo Man Chou, Egyptologist
Poo Man Chou, Egyptologist
"An intact tomb will give us a more complete view of the funerary customs which can be compared with other tomb paintings."
He said the frescoes were well preserved.
"The Supreme Council of
Antiquities has for some time had a policy of not excavating new tombs
but preserving those tombs that have already been excavated.
"This is a new find and is quite unexpected."
Apart from the recent
political turmoil in Egypt, which has led to a surge in the number of
illegal digs and antiquities damaged by looters, Professor Poo said the
sheer speed with which new discoveries were being made had meant the
government was having difficulty keeping up with logging and preserving
the finds.
Excavation around Thebes could be returning to normal.
Add to this the problem
of protecting ancient tombs, which begin to degrade the moment they are
opened, and Egypt's antiquities authorities have their work cut out for
them.
"In Egypt, of course,
the dry weather means the danger of this is less, but still after some
time the color of the painting begins to fade away.
"That is why Egypt now has a stricter policy."
While foreign
archaeological teams are still operating in Egypt, the political climate
has made it more difficult for them to do their work.
Even the International
Association of Egyptologists (IAE) was told late last year that Egypt
--- because of the political situation --- was unable to host the 2014
International Congress of Egyptologists.
The IAE is currently seeking bids for a second country to host the prestigious congress.
Meanwhile, historians and archaeologists are making use of the latest find while it is still available to be studied.
"Alcohol in ancient
Egypt was very important -- not just in terms of daily consumption but
also as an offering to deities. Beer, in particular was very important,"
said Poo.
"Beer during the New
Kingdom period was probably one-fifth or even one-tenth the price of
wine making it a very popular drink for people of all social strata."
While the appeal of beer
across all social classes remains to this day, Professor Poo says the
modern drinker might struggle to recognize the barley or millet-based
beverage of ancient times.
"While it's a close
cousin to modern beer, it's manufacture was more primitive and they had
to use a tube to extract the liquid from below which would have had a
fermented layer of substance floating on the top of the jar," he said.
"It would have had bubbles," he added.
11/26/2013
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Aliaa Magda Elmahdy again ! #egypt
!Aliaa Magda Elmahdy new pictures about islam
مذكرات ثائرة علياء مهدى و الفن الجنسى #علياء_المهدي Alia Mahdy
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7/17/2013
#Egypt 3 Dead and Dozens Injured in Another Terrorist Attack In #Sinai “graphic”
It has become a daily routine in Sinai to read that security
checkpoints and army patrols are being attacked. It is not a shock
anymore to read that someone is killed there from security forces. It
also had become a norm to read that Christians in North Sinai not only are being attacked but also to be kidnapped and beheaded.
Today
we woke up on horrible terrorist act where a bus carrying workers in Al
Arish was targeted by RPG missile. According to the Egyptian armed
forces spokesperson the unknown terrorists hit the bus by mistake as their main target was a police patrol. 3 workers were killed and more than 16 have been injured. Yes 3 were killed and not 20 as it had been spread like fire.
Dear friend Mohamed Sabry tweeted from there and covered the attack. Here is a Storify report from there. You can read it after the break.
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