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This is the coolest thing since...the last coolest thing. Apart from all the neat things you can do with this if you have a GPS, its simply so darn cool to gawk at all this satellite imagery. Here is my house. Nasr City looks so ugly from...

I come home from work to find my street swarming with people: TV news reporters, photographers and cameramen and the whole place is in a gerneral state of confusion. Turns out that Egypt's kidnapped top envoy in Iraq has been killed by his...

Couldn't go to Live 8 (like me)? Here are over 7000 Live 8 pictures on Flickr

Now that is...

Back from a 20-day soujourn in Europe. Started off in Rome, then headed to Paris, followed by Switzerland, then on to Greifswald in northern Germany to participate in GriStuF 2005 (which was awesome, by the way), then finally a couple of days checking out...

http://www.cairolive.com/newcairolive/books/shaabanextract.html Classic.

Just in case you're in the mood to send me a gift. (I know you are!) The OQO: What is it: Touch screen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Windows XP, USB, Firewire, Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 20 GB hard drive all crammed into a 4.9" x 3.4" x .9"...

Finally! An Egyptian equivalent to websites like Mapquest or Multimap. Surprisingly, its quiet accurate. the "Driving Directions" feature works well. The UI could use some work, however, and the developers should intergrate some kind of a spelling...

Standing right at the foot of the Atlantic, with its 210 meter minaret towering over Casablanca, this behemoth of a Mosque is an amazing feat of oriental architecture. The green part on top is a sliding roof. Here is another shot so you can get a...

My third day in Morocco and I haven't done anything I've planned to do. Just wandered aimlessly around Casablanca (best way to see any city), and went to Rabat (not too exciting). The strange thing is, while I don't think I "look" like a tourist in...