Egyptian Aak 2016 – Week 7 ( Feb 15-21)

“That a private citizen can file moral charges against an author for fictional work in makes culture hostage to the stupidest citizen”

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  • Egypt author jailed for violating ‘public modesty.’ Saturday
  • Egyptian-Arab military exercises commence in Saudi Arabia. Sunday
  • Hundreds protest in Cairo over police shooting. Friday
  • Egypt’s El Nadeem Centre for rehabilitation of torture victims challenges possible shutdown. Thursday

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Donald Trump Thinks He’s “The Most Popular Person That’s Ever Lived” In Upstate NY

Donald Trump Thinks He's "The Most Popular Person That's Ever Lived" In Upstate NY Fresh off a commanding victory in the South Carolina primary that saw him vanquishing longtime punching bag Jeb Bush, Donald Trump turned his attention to the future during his morning news show appearances today. And he is feeling very confidant about his chances to take New York—after all, as he told CNN, he is the “most popular person that’s ever lived” there! [ more › ]

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Two NYPD Officers Shot In Bed-Stuy May Have Been Victims Of Friendly Fire

Two NYPD Officers Shot In Bed-Stuy May Have Been Victims Of Friendly Fire Two NYPD officers were shot during a car chase-turned-shootout in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn early Saturday morning. But authorities said today that the injured officers, 29-year-old Andrew Yurkiw and 33-year-old William Reddin, may have actually been struck by friendly fire: “It’s quite possible both officers were struck by bullets from other officers, and possibly deflected bullets,” said Deputy Commissioner Stephen Davis, noting that the officers at the scene fired over 30 shots. [ more › ]

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German officials shocked by ‘disgusting’ anti-refugee mobs – The Local

A group of 20-30 apparently drunken onlookers applauded as fire took hold in a former hotel being converted into home for asylum seekers, in a suspected arson attack in the town of Bautzen in Saxony state overnight. Some members of the group also tried to impede the work of firefighters dispatched to the scene, police said. A police spokesman said that the group showed “unabashed delight” at the blaze and made “disparaging comments” about the efforts to contain it.

Source: German officials shocked by ‘disgusting’ anti-refugee mobs – The Local

“I was married for 25 years and had five children, but I allowed… word to the unwise

“I was married for 25 years and had five children, but I allowed myself to make decisions based on emotional glitches. I had affairs. But they were affairs of the heart. I think I had a hunger to see myself as a great man in someone else’s eyes. My wife was a fine person, and she still is, but after 25 years of marriage things become settled. And when somebody else comes along and makes you feel like something special—it’s like catnip. You want more of it. You want to say: ‘Let’s get lunch sometime.’ But in the end, you are what you are no matter how somebody makes you feel. It’s just a feeling. And I wish I hadn’t chased it.”

Source: “I was married for 25 years and had five children, but I allowed…