I found these coins the other day, thought I'd share them here.
Most of them issued for special events.
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Egyptian coins from the 70'sFeb 122007
Design guru in Cairo
I met the guru today! Yep, Karim Rashid himself! He gave a lecture about design at the Cairo Opera House and he was just brilliant. He defined Design, talked about how Method started with 3 people and half a million USD capital and jumped to 400 million in 4 years and how design had a crucial role in this. How the Oh chair came out and why it came out his way. What I liked the most was his statement "Technology has empowered individuals".. that is those who use their personal computers to produce music or art, blogs, small companies.. I read this morning in his karimanifesto that part "My real desire is to see people live in the modus of our time, to participate in the contemporary world, and to release themselves from nostalgia, antiquated traditions, old rituals, kitsch and the meaningless." ..... It makes so much more sense when you hear it direcly from him, that style relates to the past while design relates to the present and in all his designs, he's reflecting our current situation. In brief, it was very insightful, I know I came out of that hall happier and more inspired than when I got in. Thank you Karim for such an inspiring presentation and for being so nice and signing my book :)
BTW: Karim Rashid has established concepts and is currently designing furniture for 6 Egyptian companies.. yes.. we're trying to export and we need new concepts to be competitive.. Bottom line.. I haven't had that big of a smile on my face since the solar eclipse last year! It was great :)
And remember fellow bloggers.. Technology has empowered the individuals :D PS: I know the quality of the photos suck.. I didn't know I could bring a cam.. and apparently.. I could've.. I so missed my canon today, the focusing, the exposure, the touch of the lens.. I hate the phone's camera!
Aug 252006
The King has moved!This statue has been around for thousands of years, it never suffered as much deterioration as much as in the last 50 years... You can guess what we Cairo citizens hold in our lungs and skins... Poor Ramses II and poor us!! At 10:30 PM, two and a half hours before moving, in the cab on my way to spend the night at a friend who lives next to Ramses Square.. We went 5 minutes late and when we arrived the crowd was cheering (and some crowd it was!) and the king had already started to move Going.... Going ... Gone.. I actually thought it would be moved slower.. it seemed to have taken 15 minutes for this distance, but may be it was the excitement that made it seem so short.. More photos to come later of the crowd, the people on the 6th of October bridge and the funny stories we heard.. One guy was actually waving in the street and screaming "Maa el salama ya Ramsis!" (Goodbye Ramses!) Apr 122006
ناتاشا و الوطنسكرت بخمر الوطنية اللذيذ و انتشيت و هتفت بأعلى ما لديَّ من صوت "تحيا مصر!"، قفزت و صرخت و تحمست و .. كسبنا الماتش ثم خرجت من الاستاد و رأيت الزبالة في كل حتة فذَبٌلَت على شفتاي الهتافات و كأنما سقطت من سابع سما إلي سابع أرض... نعم عزيزتي.. هذه هي بلادِك، هذا هو وطنِك..
ناتاشا أطلس.. المصريين يعرفوها أحسن بأنها راقصة الألفية السابعة التي كانت تغني مع جان ميشال جار (أيوة، رقاصة الميلينيوم) ولدت لأب مصري و أم إنجليزية، تربت في الحي المغربي في بروكسل وتصر على إنها مصرية فاء، شين،ألف،كاف، ألف و سين بيذاكروا لمعادلة كندا
آه يا تراب بلادي أد إيه بأحبك و أما ناتاشا فتود العودة إلى أرض مصر! او هكذا تقول في أغنية "بلادي" جدوري، روحي، الدم في عروقي كل حاجة فيَّ بتدور عليكِ و إزاي بعد هجر ترجعي و تحِنّي لترابك من تاني آه يا تراب بلادي مع إنني متأكدة أن الكثيرين على استعداد تام لمقايضة جوازات سفرهم بجواز سفر ناتاشا البلجيكي!
و أما هي فتغني باللهجة المصرية و تمزج الجمل الموسيقية الشرقية ببعض الإيقاعات الغربية و في النهاية تخرج أغانيها أكثر شرقية من مطربينا المحليين غفر الله لهم آه، إزاي أتعلم أخليكي حتة مني معايا و جوايا في كل زمان و في أي مكان أحياناً أشعر أنني أحب الوطن و لكنه لا يبادلني نفس الإحساس يا ريتني أرجعلك يا بلدي و أعيش بين أحضانِك من تاني آه يا تراب بلادي قد تعللون أسلوب ناتاشا بكل الأسباب.. ولكن لن تخطئوا نبرة الشجن في صوتها و هي تغني "بلادي" بهذا الكم الهائل من الإحساس و الصدق.. فكم تمزق قلبي و أنا أسمعها و أنظر لحالي أنا و أصدقائي
أقامت ناتاشا سنة في مصر بعد حفل الألفية و قامت بتجهيز أغلب ألبومها "عيشتني" في القاهرة و يبدو أنه ما زال لديها بعض الأقارب في مصر. تخطوا زي الرقص الشرقي التي ترتديه فتجدوا فنانة تحذف بعض أغنياتها أحياناً في مصر من الألبومات لكونها "سياسية جداً" أو بها بعض الإغراء! شكراً كريستوف القائم على الموقع شبه الرسمي لإجابته على أسئلتي روابط أخرى: كلمات الأغانية في التدوينة من أغنية بلادي Apr 052006
حتة كده لزوم الوجعمن يومين في التاكسي، اشتغلت على قائمة الأغاني أغنية يا مصري لعلي الحجار يا مصري ليه دنياك لخابيط و الغلب محيط و العنكبوت عشش ع الحيط و سرح ع الغيط وكمان بيقول فيها و مهولاتي تحب تزيط ساعة الفرح زغاريط تنطيط و في المياتم هات يا صويت و في المظاهرات سخن تشيط و في الإنتخاب تنسى التصويت آآي و علشان ييجي على الجرح بقى ليه بترشي و تتساهل و تبيع حقوقك بالساهل تستاهل النار تستاهل يا غويط و يحسبك الجاهل ساهل و ساهي و غبي و عبيط فكرني بالـ 100 جنيه بتاعت السلوم، هو صحيح ما فيش فايدة؟ ولا ده أنا بس؟؟ الأغنية فكرتني كمان بدكتور هاني، أول واحد سمعهالنا في معسكر رأس سدر من سنتين.. يا ترى فينه دلوقتِ؟؟ Mar 312006
Solar EclipseIt was awesome, thank you Africano, Alif, Ghandy, Mostafa, M.Y. & Set Na3ama, it would've been impossible and not as much fun without you guys!! The Eclipsers!! El Fankoush: Invented by the guys to folllow the eclipse without looking at the sky all the time, it was awesome, it attracted lots of people too! Mar 232006
هكذا تكلم المحمودينمحمود سعد: طب اشرحلي كده، أنا مواطن من الشارع محمود محي الدين: و أنا وزير من الشارع هأأأأووووو البيت بيتك - القناة الثانية - 22 مارس 2006 Mar 182006
The perfect little cushion :)I bought this cushion 2 days ago from the yearly exhibition of Akhmim and Hegaza, those are villages in Upper Egypt. The exhibition lasts until the 24th of march, their stuff is just beautiful, come on, you should visit! It is organized by the Assoiation of Upper Egypt for Education and Development, they hold this exhibition every year for their workshops in upper Egypt PS: Their location is in here.. Mar 182006
A “First Love” story.. written on the wallsI came across these in the ground floor of a building under construction today as I was walking, I just had to capture them This seems like a family.. And this is one love story.. This seems to be the same story.. R & A Note the inscription under the rose "God is love" and underneath another one " The first love" Feb 042006
Just a question..So, a tragic accident occurred and an Egyptian ferry sank in the Red Sea, carrying around 1400 person, 1000 are still missing.. On TV, they are urging people to donate to the victims and their families, a bank account has already been designated for this purpose and (they say) 10 million LE have already been collected. Let me put it this way, a 35 years old ferry which is not qualified to sail, that does not carry enough life boats or life jackets, the crew abandoned the ferry when it started to sink and yet the Egyptian people have to donate for the victims sake?? So, somebody neglects their jobs, someone depends on "el baraka", a company violates safety measures and who gets to compensate the victims?? Egyptians.. Why don't we donate for the company that owns the ferry too?? I mean the poor bastards just lost one of their boats and killed 1000 human being! I'm sorry, I have nothing against charity, but this is not a natural disaster, this is the result of terrible negligence and if somebody should pay, it is the company and definitely not the good Egyptian people! |
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