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Showing posts with label Red Sea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Sea. Show all posts

Monday, 16 December 2013

#Hala’ib triangle in Photos : The City of Hala’ib

Posted on 03:38 by Unknown
Ok in this cold weather accompanied with a wave of depressing news from Egypt , one can find an escape as well in solace in photos from around the globe and from Egypt itself.
We are back to the Hala’ib triangle photo series. If you remember last month we stopped at the Camel market in Shalateen , well today we will head to the city of Hala’ib itself.
Here is a photo gallery showing the city of Hala’ib itself by Yasser El Rasoul

The city of Hala’ib is not as open as Shalateen , you have to get the permission of military intelligence to film and to photograph in the border disputed city. The city itself is extremely poor as you can see from the photos but the people do not complain from the lack of modernity or lack of infrastructure. When Resala sent a relief expedition there , they thought that they would hear tons of demands but what they heard actually was a simple demand to have a mosque !!
Only today I read the ministry of religious endowment will build new 4 mosques in the city. Of course I believe hospitals and schools as well other infrastructure. I think the government with simple few houses operated with solar energy in this environment won’t cost it huge sum considering the billions spent every year. We are speaking very small population that need true help to feel that they are truly recognized by the state.
From couple of weeks ago , I read a news that the government will start huge development and mining projects in the area. I hope that they are true and not just fake news to cheer up the public in Cairo
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Wednesday, 13 November 2013

#Hala’ib Triangle in Photos : Camels Market in #Shalateen

Posted on 13:01 by Unknown
Here is the third part of the Hala’ib triangle in photos series. After the amazing photos of Shalateen port and the village of Abraq in Shalateen , this time it is about the famous Camels market in the city of Shalateen.
The Camels market is one of the most famous landmarks in the city. It is the biggest market for camels in Egypt. The camels come from Sudan in a long trip led by their herders. Their temporary stop is at that market in Shalateen waiting to be sold to the camel merchants that come from all over the country in a long trip.
Now this time the photo slide show is a mix of photos by photographer Yasser El Rasoul and famous Photo journalist/dear friend Hossam el-Hamalawy.
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Thursday, 7 November 2013

#Hala’ib triangle in Photos : The village of #Abraq by Yasser EL Rasoul

Posted on 12:46 by Unknown

And here is the second part of The Hala’ib triangle in photos series. I started it with a photo slide show from Shalateen Port. This time the slide show is from the small village of Abraq in Shalateen.

These amazing photos were taken by talented photographer Yasser El Rasoul.

Abraq is 130 kilometer away from city of Shalateen in the North West.

Its people are from the Beja people ethnic. The Beja people are from the oldest ethnic groups in North Africa , it is enough to know that they used to fight along with the ancient Egyptians. Yes sir they are so old and so unique.

Now the village of Abraq is extremely poor as you can see in the photo , its main water source is that water well bearing the village name in the slide show “it looks amazing”. It is not about living in nomadic environment , it is about zero supplies and utilities. The people of Arbaq work mainly in pasture but some of them go to the mounts searching for coal in order to trade it with food especially Wheat in Shalateen main market.

What I say in this post is based upon the testimonies of the young humanitarians that went there and saw what they were not prepared for.

Amazingly the people there are content and they do not ask for more. They also are not angry from the valley or from the State that it neglected them.

The Egyptian Food Bank and Resala helped the people of Abraq before , there are also independent youth mostly from Islamists organizing food and medical supplies caravans.

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Friday, 1 November 2013

#Hala’ib Triangle in Photos : Shalateen Port by Yasser El Rasoul

Posted on 06:40 by Unknown

As expected after raising the disputed Hala’ib triangle in the Egyptian media thanks to El Bashir’s officials statements earlier this year , it is no longer on radar and the neglected disputed rich-in much need of development is back to the abyss of oblivion. 

Well I did not forget this area and today I share with you those photos from there giving you a glimpse of the neglected triangle there. The photos are taken by photographer Yasser El Rasoul in 2012. I gathered the photos from his Facebook Page in to storify Slideshows to be published in a series through out this week here in the Egyptian Chronicles.

I will start the series with photos from Shalateen Port in the city of Shalateen.

Here is Shalateen port on the map.

 

Only last September 2013 the minister of transportation in the interim government agreed to found an international marine port in Shalateen.

Yasser El Rasoul took over 100 photos from different areas in the triangle. Of course I must hint out that he is one of the best photographers in Egypt to use HDR in nature photos. These photos should not be only published on Facebook but rather in some Egyptian National Geographic if we are speaking seriously.

They are amazing photos and honestly I will use them in order to make you back here and read more about that part of Egypt.

You can go to Shalateen easily.According to my friends who went there , there are two humble hotels there.

Insh Allah One day I visit this place with my little camera and document life there in Egyptian Chronicles. It is on my bucket list. Hopefully soon insh Allah I will make it.

This series is dedicated to late Mindy Bahaa El Din.Her birthday is today. 

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Saturday, 1 June 2013

Fishing in Ras Mohamed caught on Camera

Posted on 05:09 by Unknown
This shocking video clip was filmed last 30 May 2013 in Ras Mohamed area in Sinai. Nearly 20 fishing boats were fishing in the restricted area. The clip is filmed by Denis Zorzin
Fishing boats in
Where are our coast guards ?? 20 fishing boats are more of organized operation. I can not believe that no official could not see them.
In May 2011 the South Sinai governor then issued a decision to allow fishing there but had to cancel the decision due to the huge opposition. I do not know if the decision is back or not but we should scream to remind the world that there is no fishing in Ras Mohamed.
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Thursday, 9 May 2013

Shalateen : See the City You Neglect and then remember

Posted on 13:30 by Unknown
I love how people in Egypt screamed about the Egyptian identity of Hala’ib triangle last month suddenly remembering that there are two cities on our southern borders especially with the renewed debate about the disputed triangle.
El Badil TV team travelled to Shalateen and made a very important short clip about that city. I hope you share it.
Shalateen : See the city and meet the people
Unfortunately the video is not translated still I have summarized the most important remarks in the video. Shalateen is the biggest city in the triangle and is 530 km away from red sea governorate which it follows it officially.
For those who care about the Egyptian identity of Shalateen , there is huge problem in issuing Egyptian ids and birth certificates in the city. From what I understood there is a lot of neglect and red tape involved. 
There is infrastructure in the city. There is no education too as it should. There are couple of schools no operating as it should. There is no health care either in the faraway city as it should. Thought there is a single big hospital “that looks from outside as some hospital in the U.S” like an old man said in the video , it is poorly equipped.
Doctors are inexperienced not to mention that they do not show up at all. You can see how the hospital is poor. After all who would be encouraged to go and to work in a very poor city leaving big cities like Cairo !!
People suffering from kidney failure have to travel to Al Qusayr city. Pregnant women delivering their babies also travel to Al Qusayr to give birth. The lucky ones do not die in the way !! 
The people demand two thing : Healthcare and education.
There is unemployment among youth in the city that depended on trade with Sudan. Now the borders are closed with Sudan for unclear reasons there are no jobs. The elderly got no pensions either.
Another thing I do not understand that is mentioned in the video that the people are not allowed to build their houses with cement. They build their poor houses as you can see in the video with wood. Wood , hot weather and inflammable material cause fire. The people also complain from the distribution of land and residence blocks. I do not understand this either.
This is a quick post, it is tip of the ice berg indeed.
This is from the rare moments we see the city for real in the media aside from the the National security talk. Of course it is hard for journalists to get to Hala’ib city and film there as it is a military zone.
Also you must know that there are amazing youth from NGOs mainly from RESALA NGO who care for Shalateen and have been trying to help the people there as much as they can. I know that they are helping them in digging water wells. Those youth managed to build a mosque for the people in the Shalateen as they requested it.
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Solar Heaters in #Egypt , Let's Use God's gift to #Egypt

Posted on 10:51 by Unknown
Ahram Online made this interesting video about a workshop in Marsa Allam  about Solar heaters. Ice Cairo and Karm Solar participated in that workshop. 
The video has got English subtitles by the way
I think these solar heaters should spread in rural areas in Egypt that suffer from infra structure problem for decades and centuries. I see that solution will benefit millions of Egyptians in poor and rural areas before the middle and high class areas. 
Forget about the government , these initiatives should be spread by NGOs in the country side especially in Upper Egypt. Let's use God's gift to Egypt from sun for real. 
Amazingly whenever you get away from Cairo , you will find hope and people thinking outside the box. 
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Saturday, 20 April 2013

Soaring Legends in #Egypt

Posted on 10:26 by Unknown

For the lovers of natural life and environment , this short documentary is highly recommended.

Soaring legends

This short documentary is about the migratory birds and its trip in Egypt especially in Sinai and red sea.

BY the way there is an Arabic version of the documentary.

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Friday, 8 March 2013

#EgyWeather : Sandstorm alert

Posted on 03:45 by Unknown
And today we are having not so nice sandstorm in several cities in Egypt. Among the cities that got its share from the terrible sandstorm in Egypt today : Cairo, Zagzig, Fayoum, Suez "Canal city" and Ras Ghareb and Hurghada  "Red sea".
The main ports in Suez city and red sea have been closed.
Here is a photo for how Cairo looks today from Gregg Carlstorm's hotel window.
The sky in Cairo is a lovely wall of dust this morning twitter.com/glcarlstrom/st…
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) March 8, 2013
It is extremely terrible especially for me , my nose is blocked and eyes are hurting me. It is the typical Meshir weather.
I think this bad weather will affect the usual protesting activities in Cairo today.
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Posted in Canal Cities, Citizen Journalism, Egypt, Egyptian Life, Environment, Grand Cairo, Nature, Nile Delta, Red Sea, Society | No comments

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

The environmental threat is back : The Egyptian Saudi Bridge

Posted on 03:32 by Unknown
Ok I am angry and frustrated and this news increased my anger and frustration
Ben Laden Group is ready to fund the proposed Egyptian Saudi bridge in the Red Sea according to Yahia Bin Laden during the visit of President Morsi to the Kingdom yesterday. 
I am not tired to say that I am totally against the project for ecologically reasons and I think I have explained this several times before. Here is my first post from a year ago : Save the coral reef
Already this area is suffering enough from pollution and human stupidity and inconsideration against the use of God's greatest gift to Sinai : Its coral reef.
I am afraid as most Egyptians do not have ecological culture and we are living under a regime that loves to lie to using religion , that regime does not really care about environment or nature except
Already I remember last year the MB and Salafist supporters accused environmental NGOs of being related to Mubarak regime as well Israel and the States. Some people think that this bridge will make richer and more closer to God !! How can we reach to those people.
I am double angry and frustrated.

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Monday, 21 January 2013

Why to exclude #Qatar from the land ownership law in #Egypt ? !?

Posted on 03:51 by Unknown
I will start with that news from Qatari Al Arab Newspaper : President Morsi excludes Qatari El Diyar from the ownership law, El Diyar acquires 30 million meter square in Sharm Arab !! According to the news which about the visit of some Egyptian economic delegation to Doha , President Morsi already had excluded the law before it would be ratified and issued.
Now we do not know the exact location of such project or its conditions. Already when I searched online for Sharm Arab and its history.
I found an entry in Google answers copied allegedly from Ahram Newspaper in early January 2011. To be exact on 9 January 2011 former minister of tourism Zohair Garana "currently in jail" announced that the Prince of Qatar was going to found a touristic resort in Sharm Arab in Hurghada on 28 million meters. "It is near Makadi Bay"
Why would Qatari El Diyar be exempted from a law that bans foreign ownership for land in Egypt now !? Is not this favoritism !?
Please do not give this lecture about investments to the end of that talk that we had enough of it in the past 30 years.
Please do not tell me that Qatar is helping Egypt financially so no problem if we sell our land to them in this way. If it were about financial aid , I think than the United States , EU and Kuwait have the right to acquire large pieces of land in the same way.
Of course this is besides the on going debate about the Qatari investments in Sinai and Suez Canal

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