Today Ayman Nour was released by the Egyptian government. In 2005 he was the runner-up in the Egyptian presidential election (to the esteemed Hosni Mubarak) and the government fabricated charges to put him in prison. He lives in Zamalek, two blocks away from my apartment, and I hope to run into him soon.
Read this article. This is so exciting!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/world/middleeast/19egypt.html?hp
ps: Katie's computer is being blocked for being too radical.
Here's the link to her blog: http://katieonthenile.blogspot.com/
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