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January 29 2012

Shura Council elections begin

"Polling stations have started receiving voters Sunday 8am on the first day of the Shura Council (the upper house) elections.

Elections will take place in 13 governorates; Cairo, Alexandria, Asyut, Dakahliya, Gharbiya, Fayoum, Menufeya, Qena, Demietta, New Valley, North and South Sinai, Al-Bahr Al-Ahmar.

Polling stations will be open Sunday and Monday whereas the re-runs are expected to take place on February 7." (Aswat Masriya)



"Un an déjà, et nous attendons toujours la mobilisation des féministes égyptiennes"

"2011, une année marquée par un bouillonnement révolutionnaire en Egypte. Une année marquée aussi par des bains de sang, l’arrivée des militaires au pouvoir et leurs 13 000 arrestations, la victoire écrasante de l’islam politique, la formation de nouveaux syndicats indépendants, l’organisation de la résistance et de la contre-révolution, des élections tronquées…

Un an déjà, et nous attendons toujours la mobilisation des féministes égyptiennes pour les droits des femmes.

En effet, depuis le début du processus révolutionnaire, et même si les femmes ont participé autant que leurs camarades hommes au soulèvement et même si elles ont offert leur vie pour atteindre les trois objectifs de cette révolte – liberté, dignité et justice sociale –, les organisations féminines et féministes n’ont pas scandé de slogans concernant les droits des femmes. (...)

je me réserve le droit de trouver rétrograde un slogan qui prône l’honneur des femmes en l’assimilant à l’honneur de la patrie. Cet honneur se situant entre les cuisses des femmes dans un pays où l’on pratique le crime d’honneur, que l’on devrait plutôt appeler crime de déshonneur ! Dans un pays où les femmes sont spoliées de leur corps. Un corps qui n’est que la propriété collective de toute la famille. Un corps qui a ce pouvoir énorme, cette capacité de déshonorer toute une tribu, toute une nation.Nous sommes loin de la revendication chère aux féministes : « Mon corps m’appartient ! » (Sérénade Chafik, militante franco-égyptienne féministe)



Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says unity top priority

"The Muslim Brotherhood said that they are ready to deal with other political groups and parties in Egypt in an effort to increase unity in the country.In an interview with the Fars News Agency (FNA), senior Brotherhood official Hazim Farouq said the group’s main goals in the near future center on creating unity in the country, even as anti-military protests continue across the country.

“Our first priority is to return unity and integrity to the Egyptian nation and all of its (political) groups and tribes,” Farouq told FNA.

He continued to say that the MB’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), which won nearly half of seats in the recent parliamentary elections, is looking to transfer power from the military junta to a civilian government." (Joseph Mayton)



Les graffiti de la Révolution

Les murs, dit-on, ont des oreilles.
Ils peuvent aussi prendre la parole...
Chargé d’espoir ou de désespoir, lorsque la liberté d’expression est muselée, ou bien support de messages plus artistiquement élaborés, révélateurs des revendications de toute une foule, le langage de la pierre est, à sa manière, une page d’histoire.
Il est des graffiti “sauvages”, effets d’une spontanéité débridée sans âme. Il en est souvent d’autres qui sont porteurs de sens et qui, comme tels, méritent l’attention, dans le dialogue/confrontation que des citoyens tentent d’imposer aux responsables politiques de leur nation.
Une comparaison intéressante pourrait d’ailleurs être faite avec les autres supports d’expression libérée que sont Facebok, Twitter et les innombrables vidéos enregistrées avec des téléphones portables, puis quasi instantanément diffusées via YouTube. On relèverait notamment une particularité des messages peints sur les murs des villes : leur portée plus immédiate et plus globale, dans la mesure où ils s’adressent également, de manière non pas individuelle, mais collective, aux personnes n’ayant pas accès à internet.
Les quelques pages que je me propose de publier ici sont extraites de la presse égyptienne ou internationale. Cette collecte n’a d’autre ambition que de relayer l’évidente importance de ces hiéroglyphes modernes par lesquels des Égyptiens “anonymes” (quel horrible qualificatif !) traduisent une Révolution. Leur Révolution...



Alexandria: Villa Aghion by the Perret brothers

"The Villa Aghion built by the Perret brothers in Alexandria in 1926-1927 is considered an important modernist villa reflecting Alexandria’s society and architectural culture. It had survived until 2009 when there was an attempt to demolish it. Today it stands partially destroyed and abandoned. This has been the fate of many more less high-profile structures in Alexandria, Cairo, Mansoura and other cities." (Cairobserver)



Egyptians set for upper house vote

First phase of polling for Shura council to begin on Sunday with Islamists eyeing to consolidate recent electoral gains.

Egyptians will vote in the first stage of elections for the upper house of parliament, with Islamists seeking to repeat the success they enjoyed in elections for the lower house.

Voting for the Shura council will be held over two stages; the first of which will begin on Sunday, It follows a lower house election that was Egypt's most democratic since military officers overthrew the king in 1952.



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Le blogueur égyptien Maïkel Nabil raconte les conditions de sa détention

En Egypte, le blogueur Maïkel Nabil est apparu en public pour la première fois lors d’une conférence de presse ce samedi 28 janvier 2012 au Caire.


Message from Iranian women to Tunesian and Egyptian women

Cliquer sur l'illustration pour accéder à la vidéo.

 

"The video features pictures of the life of Iranian women before and after the Islamic revolution there in 1979. Depicting a reversal of women's rights with the implementation of Islamic rule after the revolution, the video warns women in Egypt and Tunisia to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to them after revolutions in both countries a year ago and Islamic groups looking to assume leadership."

http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/women-in-egypt-heed-warning-from-iranian-women-on-rights



The economics of Egypt’s revolution, one year on

"... in order for things to really improve, Egypt's economy needs to strengthen too.In the past year, revenue from tourism - one of Egypt's big foreign earners - has fallen by about a third. And about one in four people under the age of 25 is still jobless - a worrying statistic, given that unemployment was one of the major causes of the revolution.

Egypt's economic crisis is clearly worrying those at the top too.

Initially the government said it would do without any international assistance in the way of loans, but in the past few weeks, Egypt has reopened talks with the International Monetary Fund for an estimated $3.2bn to help plug a growing budget deficit.

While the country faces funding problems, the problem is even more acute for Egypt's small businesses." (Katy Watson)



Révolution en Égypte : dimensions et enjeux d'un processus en cours

"Les mobilisations d’ampleur qui ont conduit au départ du chef de l’Etat égyptien en poste depuis trente ans ont beaucoup surpris, observateurs comme militants. Le phénomène révolutionnaire se poursuit. Comment comprendre ses dynamiques ? Quels sont ses principales caractéristiques et ses enjeux. Cet article propose d’examiner la nature révolutionnaire de ce processus en proposant des repères et des pistes d’analyses. (...)

La révolution égyptienne débutée en janvier 2011 a surpris. Depuis des années, la crise couvait avec des résistances éparses. Les événements remettent en cause nombre d’idées reçues sur la place de l’armée, le rôle de la religion ou les motivations du peuple égyptien...

Les protestations de ces derniers mois présentent des rythmes inégaux. Leur ampleur fluctue, sans parler des formes et des niveaux de structuration. Elles se trouvent à un moment complexe après une réelle avancée qui s’est traduite par le départ de Moubarak. Tout processus révolutionnaire passe par des phases, des tensions et des reculs. Ses enjeux sont ancrés dans des dimensions multiples (politiques, sociales, historiques, internationales ….), loin de tout schéma linéaire ! Aucune révolution n’est un phénomène monolithique. Elle reste un moment de crise, de transition et de changement, marqué par de rapides et profondes recompositions politiques et sociales.

La société égyptienne connaît une formidable ébullition politique, sociale et culturelle. Les hostilités internes, régionales ou internationales existent. Entamée, l'hégémonie des États-Unis n'est pas détruite. La détermination de larges franges de la population reste forte avec le refus de l’ordre établi, la volonté d’un changement et la demande de justice sociale. La chute du président Moubarak, victoire réelle mais partielle, ne signifie pas la fin du régime autoritaire, celui-ci cherchant à se maintenir dans un cadre renouvelé. Elle représente une étape décisive pour ce peuple qui ne cesse de réclamer plus de liberté et de justice sociale."
(Didier Monciaud, chercheur en histoire, associé au GREMAMO (université Paris VII) ; participe au comité de rédaction des Cahiers d’Histoire. Revue d’histoire critique)

 

Cliquer sur le lien (titre) pour accéder à l'article.



ICOM publishes a new Emergency Red List: the Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk  

One year on from the events that took place in Egypt in 2011, ICOM’s actions to protect the country’s cultural heritage from the ensuing thefts of non-inventoried objects from archaeological sites and museums have led to the publication of the Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk.

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is delighted to announce the official launch, at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo (NMEC), on 6 February 2012, of a new Emergency Red List: the Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk. The ICOM Red Lists are important, effective tools designed to help police and customs officials, heritage professionals and art and antiquities dealers identify the types of objects that are most susceptible to illicit trafficking and therefore subject to smuggling and illicit trade.

The Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk was made possible thanks to the generous support of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

This ICOM initiative was conducted in cooperation with its International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG), and with the participation of national and international experts in archaeology and history and the Ministry of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It aims to raise awareness among the local population, law enforcement officials and the international art and antiquities market.

The Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk presents categories of objects spanning from the Predynastic, Pharaonic and Nubian era to Greco-Roman and Coptic Egypt, as well as from the Islamic Period.

The Emergency Red List aims to help art and heritage collectors, professionals and customs and police officials identify Egyptian objects that are protected by national legislation. Museums, auction houses, art dealers and collectors are encouraged not to acquire these objects without having carefully and thoroughly researched their origin and all the relevant national and international legal documentation.

Due to the great diversity of objects, styles and periods, the Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk is far from exhaustive. Any cultural object that could have originated in Egypt should be subjected to detailed scrutiny and precautionary measures.

The fight against illicit traffic in cultural goods requires the enhancement of both legal and practical instruments that will disseminate information and raise public awareness. By launching this new Emergency Red List, ICOM is reiterating its firm commitment to the protection of cultural heritage, specifically in post-crisis situations.  (Press Release)



What does Egypt's parliament look like?

Annotated image of the first session of the new Egyptian parliament in Cairo.

round 6,000 candidates, and more than 40 political parties, attempted to secure a seat in the People's Assembly, during elections that took place over a period of three months.

Islamist parties won 73% of the seats, with the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party having the most representatives.

The new parliament has legislative powers, and will draft a new constitution, but the military council retains presidential powers until the new president is elected in June. (BBC News)



Les rites funéraires - Mystères d'Egypte Egypte antique, pharaons, dieux, pyramides...

Site dédié à l'Egypte antique. Vous y trouverez des informations sur le mode de vie, la religion et les principales divinités des Egyptiens de l'antiquité.


January 28 2012

"Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution ?", by Yezid Sayigh

"Egyptians marked the one-year anniversary of the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak this week as the country’s first democratically elected parliament in more than sixty years had its opening session. Despite these accomplishments, Egypt’s road to democracy has many hurdles ahead, including presidential elections, the writing of a new constitution, and economic reform.

In a Q&A, Yezid Sayigh says Egypt needs to negotiate numerous important issues that will shape the country’s future, especially the relationship between the civilian authorities and the armed forces.

While the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces wants to transfer power to a civilian government, it balks at giving up its exclusive control over budget and economic activities and submitting to full civilian oversight and control. The process may prove contentious. And imposing conditionality on U.S. foreign military assistance is not likely to be effective in helping the transition."

What does the outcome of the parliamentary elections mean for Egypt’s democratic prospects? Does the Supreme Council want to transfer power? What role is the military likely to play going forward? How significant are the upcoming presidential elections? Can the international community push the military to democratize Egypt?How will the constitution be written? What can be done to improve the economic situation in Egypt?" (Carnegie Endowment)

 

Cliquer sur le lien (titre) pour accéder à la vidéo-interview



Awesome House Rises 20 Feet into Trees in Brazilian Atlantic Forest

With an open lower level that lets plants grow and animals circulate freely, architect George Mills' summer house is as dreamy as is gets. (Dream Tree House!


Mark Lamster: Project Project Japan: Observers Room: Design Observer

Engaging review of new Rem Koolhaas book on Japanese Metabolists http://t.co/lns5eFas (via @liminalcity) #architecture #design...


Building a Vertical Farm in an Old Chicago Meatpacking Plant | Popular Science

Growing kale and tilapia--and brewing beer--in an abandoned stretch of Chicago (RT @PopSci: Our writer @julieebeck visited a vertical farm in an old Chicago meatpacking plant.)...


ANISH KAPOOR Orbit

Anish Kapoor - Orbit (Olympic art, bring it.RT @grantdraws: This sculpture looks amazing: http://t.co/NSwjIgNQ...)...


polis: Henri Lefebvre on Maps as 'Instant Infinity'

Quote from Henri Lefebvre on #Maps as 'Instant Infinity' http://t.co/aUKIte2f #cartography #geography...


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