The other day I went to Salad House in Abdoun area only to find this out of place scene, so my camera was ready to document it and share it with every one

And now you know how we pamper our cows, they graze in Abdoun!

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All those who read my blog probably know by now that I am not politically oriented in any direction. Regardless of the reasons; my blog is purely directed towards culture related issues and relationships between genders in our Arab Muslim communities.

Having clarified that; I can get to the purpose I am posting about this.

I was approached by fellow bloggers from Egypt to post about Alaa Abd El Fatah who is one of the first and prominent bloggers in Egypt. Alaa was detained while participating in a peaceful protest as the links stated below.

I am responding to the kind request that I received so that more people can read about this and contact the Egyptian embassies to demand release of Alaa. You can find all the details and contact information in these links below.

Good luck to all.

From Rantings of a SandMonkey

Alaa Arrested
Its War

From Haitham Sabbah

Prominent Egyptian blogger arrested and several other activists

From Ahmad Humeid

Prominent Egyptian blogger arrested and several other activists

Disclaimer: posting about this is only to respond to a kind request I received from fellow bloggers and does not necessarily mean that I agree or adopt any of the opinions they believe or stand for. Their own opinions are a refection of their beliefs and this post is in no way related to them.

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So the voting has been extended till July 7th, 2006 and you can vote online now, please register and vote for Petra. All other countries are doing great campaigns to get more votes for their nominees, so let’s not be behind. Register now and vote for Petra

The New 7 Wonders Foundation has launched the first-ever global vote to choose 7 wonders out of 21 nominated ones. Petra is one of the nominees and therefore; this is a call to all of us to vote for our heritage to be one of the chosen 7 wonders.

The voting has already started and it will last for a full year. The results will be announced in Jan 2007, so do cast your votes now. You can find all the information on how to vote on the official website for the foundation; click here to visit the website.

To give you an idea about what the nominations are and they are listed here by code as on the website:

CODE 01: Acropolis - Athens, Greece

CODE 02: Alhambra - Granada, Spain

CODE 03: Angkor – Cambodia

CODE 04: Chichen Itza - Yucatan, Mexico

CODE 05: Christ Redeemer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CODE 06: Colosseum - Rome, Italy

CODE 07: Easter Island Statues – Chile

CODE 08: Eiffel Tower - Paris, France

CODE 09: Great Wall – China

CODE 10: Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey

CODE 11: Kiyomizu Temple - Kyoto, Japan

CODE 12: Kremlin / St. Basil - Moscow, Russia

CODE 13: Machu Picchu – Peru

CODE 14: Neuschwanstein Castle - Füssen, Germany

CODE 15: Petra – Jordan

CODE 16: Pyramids of Giza – Egypt

CODE 17: Statue of Liberty - New York, USA

CODE 18: Stonehenge - Amesbury, United Kingdom

CODE 19: Sydney Opera House – Australia

CODE 20: Taj Mahal, Agra – India

CODE 21: Timbuktu – Mali

As you can see; the competition is aggressive, so we better do our duty and vote for Petra to make it to the finalists.

Please spread the word, you can find the instructions and the numbers to vote here.

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