Hani on travel, technology and life
August 1, 2010 | In: Culture, Egypt, Noteworthy
While I was working on my masters in International Development, I wrote a paper on how we can use social media to observe current social discourses on various themes, or what I specifically termed "grassroots developmental ethos". In non-academic jargon,...
July 24, 2010 | In: Cairo, Egypt
At least that's what I have deduced after looking at the lost & found section in the Egyptian weekly classifieds paper, Al-Waseet. The first scan is from Al-Waseet's July 7th issue, the other is from its July 23rd issue (I added the red...
March 28, 2010 | In: Life, bikes, journal
The above picture is of my new toy, which I'll tell you more about later, after I tell you how this whole cycling thing got into my head. You may or may not already know that I have a not so mild fascination with two-wheeled pedal powered machines...
April 4, 2005 | In: Rants
The "official"population of Cairo residents is about 10 Million people, add up daily commuters from Giza and other nearby cities, and you get a little more than a 17 million headcount (on the most conservative basis). To say that traffic in Cairo is a...
