Fhar Miess is a blogger, citizen journalist and bike messenger currently moored on the shores of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. Visit his blog, Grey Wool Knickers.

TOPICS: Egypt, environment, politics
Can Ug99 Speak?
14 May 2008
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Exploring the environmental factors behind the Egyptian food crisis

TOPICS: Egypt, politics
The Facebook General Strike
8 May 2008
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How effective of an activist organizing tool did Facebook prove during the Egyptian strike?

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May Day, May Day — This is Egypt
5 May 2008
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The worker’s holiday offers an opportunity to examine global economic issues effecting Egypt’s poor

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The Egyptian Bread Crisis
28 April 2008
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In Egypt, bread has taken on significant social implications