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Building Bridges in Lebanon (FLO - Fair Trade Labelling Organisations)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
(Source. FLO - Fair Trade Labelling Organisations). Charbel El Fakhri, ©Javier Luna. Conference Photos. Courtesy of Fair Trade Towns International. 07 July 2016. Charbel El Fakhri is Chair of Fairtrade Africa and a wine producer in Lebanon ... Isaac Newton famously said ... Here in my wine cooperative Coteaux de Heliopolis and also in the wider fair trade movement in Lebanon, we certainly echo that sentiment ... Back ... (noodl. 34438398) ....

Egypt: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against six members of the performance satirical group Atfal al-Shawarea (“Street Children”) (OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jul 2016
(Source. OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture). EGY 003 / 0716 / OBS 054. Arbitrary and secret detention /. Judicial harassment. Egypt. July 5, 2016. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Egypt ... On May 8, 2016, Mr ... The four are still detained in Cairo's Heliopolis Police Station....

President Koroma Receives Warm Reception in Egypt

Edit Sierra Express Media 29 Jun 2016
Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and entourage arrived in the Egyptian Capital, Cairo on Monday, June 27, 2016. His Excellency the President was received on arrival at the Presidential Lounge of the Cairo International Airport by the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Eng ... Samura M ... At the headquarters of the Presidency of the Republic at Heliopolis, His Excellency the President, Dr ... ....

Widening gap in demand "real driver" of growth for the Egyptian real estate market

Edit Khaleej Times 26 Jun 2016
Headquartered in Cairo and listed on the Egyptian stock exchange, SODIC is one of the country's leading real estate developers with cumulative contracted sales of $1.7 billion and over 9,400 units sold ... Magued Sherif, Managing Director of SODIC, explains SODIC's vision and founding principles of operation ... Looking for- ward, we have already started the year by signing a revenue-share agreement with Egypt's Heliopolis Company, whereby ... ....

Egypt: Free Satirical YouTube Group (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch) ... The investigation appears to be based purely on their satirical videos and violates the right to free speech ... Prosecutors also investigated the four men in custody about terrorism-related accusations ... Security forces arrested Mohamed Dessouky, Mohamed Adel, Mohamed Gabr, and Mohamed Yehia on May 10 and are holding them in Cairo's Heliopolis Police Station on suspicion of the same charges ... (noodl....

Investigation with Judges Assem Abd al-Gabbar and Hesham Raouf, Lawyer Negad Al-Borai Must Be Closed, Crackdown on those Calling for the Rule of Law and Ending TortureMust be Halted (ANHRI - Arabic Network for Human Rights Information)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Jun 2016
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) El Nadim Center for the Management and Rehabilitation of victims of violence The Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement (EACPE) Association for Free Thought and Expression (AFTE) Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies ......

Why Did Tutankhamun Have A Dagger Made From A Meteorite?

Edit IFL Science 09 Jun 2016
Scientists have long speculated that the ancient Egyptians used metal from meteorites to make iron objects ... But why did they use such an unusual source for the metal when there’s plenty of iron here on Earth? ... But the ore was mostly used to create pigments for art and make up ... For example, the “Benben” stone worshipped in the sun temple of the god Ra at Heliopolis is thought to have possibly been a meteorite ... ....

Why did King Tutankhamun have a dagger made from a meteorite?

Edit The Independent 05 Jun 2016
Scientists have long speculated that the ancient Egyptians used metal from meteorites to make iron objects. Now an analysis of a dagger found in Tutankhamun’s tomb has given us strong evidence that this was the case – and that the Egyptians knew the iron had come from the sky ... Interstellar source ... For example, the “Benben” stone worshipped in the sun temple of the god Ra at Heliopolis is thought to have possibly been a meteorite....

Donald Trump and the authoritarian temptation

Edit Medium 29 May 2016
By Shadi Hamid. Editors’ Note. Donald Trump has exposed the tension between democracy and liberal values — similar to the Arab Spring, writes Shadi Hamid. This piece originally appeared on The Atlantic ... But it was easy enough to sense it ... A few days after the country’s first post-revolutionary elections concluded in January 2012, I visited my great aunt in her extravagant flat in the posh Cairo suburb of Heliopolis ... The U.S ... The U.S ... ....

Cairo Stadium beams up Philips ArenaVision LED Lighting System for multi-purpose events (Philips Electronics Australia Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source. Philips Electronics Australia Ltd). Cairo, Egypt - Cairo Stadium has chosen Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips (NYSE ... In recent years, Philips Lighting reinforced its position as the global leader in LED lighting by lighting up the Cairo Opera House in 2015, preceded by a similar lighting initiative with Egypt's renowned Baron Palace in Heliopolis in 2014 ... Notes to Editors ... https.//youtu.be/egmDGjr7Bi4 ... (noodl. 33801128) ....

Cairo Stadium beams up Philips ArenaVision LED Lighting System for multi-purpose events (Royal Philips Electronics NV)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Royal Philips Electronics NV). Cairo, Egypt - Cairo Stadium has chosen Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips (NYSE ... In recent years, Philips Lighting reinforced its position as the global leader in LED lighting by lighting up the Cairo Opera House in 2015, preceded by a similar lighting initiative with Egypt's renowned Baron Palace in Heliopolis in 2014 ... Notes to Editors ... https.//youtu.be/egmDGjr7Bi4 ... (noodl. 33780877) ....

EgyptAir search crews find human remains, luggage and passenger seats

Edit The National 20 May 2016
With no bodies to bury yet, relatives and friends of some of the 66 people on board held special prayers in mosques for the lost ... No militant group has claimed to have brought down the aircraft ... At the Al Thawra mosque in Cairo's Heliopolis district, mourners wept as they prayed for a family of four who were killed - Salah Abu Laban, his wife, Sahar Qouidar, their son Ghassan Abu Laban and daughter-in-law Reem Al Sebaei....

As 1st debris found from Egypt plane crash, no clue on cause

Edit Boston Herald 20 May 2016
With no bodies to bury, relatives and friends of some of the 66 people on board held special prayers in mosques for the lost ... No militant group has claimed to have brought down the aircraft ... At the al-Thawra Mosque in Cairo's Heliopolis district, mourners wept as they prayed for a family of four who were killed — Salah Abu Laban, his wife, Sahar Qouidar, their son Ghassan Abu Laban and daughter-in-law Reem al-Sebaei ... ___ ... ....
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