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Articles of the author Sami El Shahed
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (302) The revolution and Israel The Czech Arms Deal (6) Nasser and the West ‘A Galvanising Ruler'(I)
"The coming to power in Egypt of an energetic young warrior sent shockwaves through Britain, France and Israel. Leaders in all three countries feared him as a galvanising ruler who had the potential to unify the shattered Arab world at the expense of the West and Israel," says Donald Neff, author (...)

15 - 06 - 2013
Impact of war on language (211) The Advantages of Being an Amputee (II)
In the not too distant past, just wearing prosthetics could induce shame: The Barbie doll cosmesis (a cosmetic cover), tipped with a hook, acted like social repellent, pushing the user and the observer apart. "It was like having a scarlet letter," says Marshall Young, an industrial designer for (...)

11 - 06 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (301) The revolution and Israel The Czech Arms Deal (5) ‘The Yoke of Western Imperialism'
On May 13, 1953, during a meeting between the Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed Abdul Moneim Mohamed and Vaclav David, the Czech Foreign Minister, Mohamed expressed the Egyptian government's wish to strengthen its commercial relations with Czechoslovakia and added that Egypt would like to implement the (...)

08 - 06 - 2013
Impact of war on language (210) The Advantages of Being an Amputee (I)
"A boom in sophisticated prostheses has created a most unlikely by-product: envy", wrote Paul Hochman, the gear and tech editor for Today on NBC and host of msn.com's GearDaddy. There are many advantages to having a leg amputated. Pedicure costs drop 50 per cent overnight. A pair of socks lasts (...)

04 - 06 - 2013
Micro-enterprises key for socio-economic development
The Prime Minister, Hesham Qandil, has recently emphasised the State's interest in the micro-enterprise sector, which he described as ‘an instrument of socio-economic development'. In an address to a micro-enterprise conference in Alexandria, the Prime Minister said that the government has (...)

01 - 06 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (300) The revolution and Israel The Czech Arms Deal (4) Gen. Naguib and the Quest for Arms
While Colonel Gamal Abdul Nasser was perceived by American diplomats as the ‘power behind the throne' with General Mohamed Naguib, the President, as a mere figurehead, archival evidence shows that Naguib had considerable influence over negotiations for arms deals with both the US and the Soviet (...)

01 - 06 - 2013
Research collaboration with Russia
The Executive Director of the Science and Technological Advancement Fund, Dr. Mahnmoud Saqr, has recently announced that next September will witness a call for joint Russo-Egyptian research project proposals in the fields of agriculture, health, mathematics and nuclear physics. Winning projects (...)

25 - 05 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (299) The revolution and Israel The Czech Arms Deal (3) Earlier approaches
Because of the obstacles to the purchase of weapons from the West, Egyptian governments made attempts to explore arms deals with the Communist Bloc from 1946 onwards. During 1946-47, Egypt bought weapons from Czechoslovakia totaling 368 million Korona. The deal probably involved only small arms (...)

25 - 05 - 2013
Impact of war on language (205) The Prosthetics Business (4) Exhibitions & Conferences
Successful businesses rarely miss opportunities to Learn, Share, Inspire and Connect. International prosthetics conferences, symposiums, workshops and exhibitions provide invaluable opportunities and open up immeasurable vistas, all in the best interests of the profession and the patients. A good (...)

23 - 04 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (294) The revolution and Israel Intimidating Arabs (12) The Syrian Front Background (I)
In 1923, an agreement between the United Kingdom and France established the border between the British Mandate of Palestine and the French Mandate of Syria. The British handed over the southern Golan Heights to the French in return for the northern Jordan Valley. The border was re-drawn so that (...)

21 - 04 - 2013
Impact of war on language (204) The Prosthetics Business (3) ‘Exoskeletons'
Ekso Bionics is a firm that develops and manufactures intelligently powered exoskeleton bionic devices that can be strapped on as wearable robots, and can enhance the strength, mobility, and endurance of soldiers and paraplegics. They are the original developers of HULC, now under military (...)

16 - 04 - 2013
Impact of war on language (203) The Prosthetics Business (2) Global Projections
O&P Business News, Spring 2011, carried a report from Global Industry Analysts (GIA) which provided a review of the global prosthetics industry, market trends, product innovations, industry activity and profiles of market organisations. Orthopedic Prosthetics: A Global Strategic Business Report, (...)

09 - 04 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (292) The revolution and Israel Intimidating Arabs (10) Other 1948 Massacres in Palestine (VI) Naser Al-Din Massacre
On April 13-14, 1948, a contingent of Lehi and Irgon entered a village (near Tiberias) on the night of April 13 dressed as Arab fighters. Upon their entrance to the village the people went out to greet them, the terrorists met them with fire, killing every single one of them. Only 40 people (...)

06 - 04 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (291) The revolution and Israel Intimidating Arabs (9) The Massacre at Dair Yasin ‘Massacre for Propaganda' (V)
Estimates of the number of Arabs who died at Deir Yassin varied wildly. Haganah soldier Daniel Spicehandler said he saw “maybe some fifty dead." Shimon Monita, the Haganah spy in Lehi, estimated 60 Arabs dead; the Lehi's Moshe Idelstein recalled the number 61 being used at the time. Haganah (...)

30 - 03 - 2013
A Welcome Initiative
United Nations' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recently said that ‘renewable energy has the ability to lift the poorest nations to new levels of prosperity'. Since time immemorial, wind, sun and water have been an infinite source of sustainable energy. In modern times, climate change concerns, (...)

29 - 03 - 2013
Boosting exports
The Export Council of the Chemical Industries Federation has recently warned that chemical exports have receded in February by 22 per cent. The recession, according to the Council's chairman, Dr Walid Hilal, is an alarming evidence that Egyptian exports in general have been losing the momentum they (...)

29 - 03 - 2013
Democracy and sustainable development
LAST FRIDAY, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador opened the 128th session of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) at Quito. He stressed in his opening speech the importance of adopting democracy as the ideal form of governance. He added that democracy should always be coupled with economic (...)

28 - 03 - 2013
Impact of war on language (201) Wartime Roots of the Prosthetics Business
Dozens of companies — large and small, foreign and domestic — have received grants to invent and improve prostheses for use, first by wounded warriors and eventually by the much larger number of civilian amputees. Wars typically yield such advancements because those who have sacrificed limbs often (...)

26 - 03 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (290) The revolution and Israel Intimidating Arabs (8) The Massacre at Dair Yasin ‘Horror and Disgust' (IV)
Leftwing activist, Uri Avnery, claimed to have elicited semi-confessions from some of the participants after the battle. He wrote in his 1968 book Israel Without Zionists that “all the inhabitants of the village who had not fled were massacred." Avnery added: “Later, I tried to interrogate the (...)

23 - 03 - 2013
Impact of war on language (200) Real-life Prosthetic Stories (iii) “A Leg Up'
The Findlaw Legal Curiosities Blog published the following crime story on September 17, 2012: “A Florida mother tried to give herself a leg up in a child-custody dispute, but here's the kicker: She ended up allegedly beating her son's father with his own prosthetic leg. “Jadian Hatfield, 23, (...)

19 - 03 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (289) The revolution and Israel Intimidating Arabs (7) The Massacre at Dair Yasin Red Cross Account (III)
Accounts by Red Cross and United Nations observers who visited the scene, said that the houses were first set on fire and the occupants were shot down as they came out to escape the flames. One pregnant woman had her baby cut out of her stomach with a knife. Reminiscent of the acts committed by (...)

16 - 03 - 2013
No participation without representation...
A delegation from the Association of Egyptians in Europe is recently visiting the homeland to discuss with officials means and ways of further steps and measure to further maintain and strengthen ties with the motherland. While commending the recent step taken by the government allowing Egyptians (...)

14 - 03 - 2013
Nasserism and Chávismo
The death of president Hugo Chávez of Venezuela has prompted a mass outpouring of grief at his funeral, one that reminded us of the extremely emotional funeral–a 10-kilometre procession to the burial site of the late Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser in 1970 which saw more than five million (...)

12 - 03 - 2013
Impact of war on language (199) Real-life Prosthetic Stories (ii) ‘Angel of Death'
The Huffington Post of November 7, 2012 carried a story headlined: 'Angel of Death' Used Prosthetic Leg To Kill Boyfriend. The story said: “Debra ‘Angel' Hewitt was sentenced to life in prison for using her prosthetic leg to kill her boyfriend. “It took a Louisiana jury less than two hours last (...)

12 - 03 - 2013
The Gazette and the 1952 revolution (288) The revolution and Israel Intimidating Arabs (6) The Massacre at Dair Yasin ‘Ripping Bodies Open' (II)
The forces of the Zionist gangs Tsel, IZL and Hagana, fitted out with the Zionist terrorist strategy of killing civilians in order to achieve their aspirations, began stealing into the village of Dair Yasin on the night of April 9, 1948. Their purpose was to uproot the Palestinian people from their (...)

09 - 03 - 2013
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