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Gentrification in Cairo
Very cool article from Al Masry Al Youm.
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The internet is good and worth fighting for.
More eloquence from Al-Shabaab.
"They will taste the bitterness of our response," one of the commanders told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. I'm starting to think these bizarre translations are the result of a dearth of people who know Somali and English who are willing to put their life on the line to get a story. Contact between the media and the various groups of Somali thugs seems to be a new thing, so the two sides are probably still searching for some sort of shared vocabulary with which they can ask and answer questions. Bin Laden's latest press release provides a good contrast, showing someone who knows how to use words and phrases that are tailored to his audience (us).
“We are very upset, very upset,” said a Shabab official from the town of Merka, near where the raid happened. “This is a big loss for us.”
There's something very humanizing about the way Somali men talk with the New York Times. It may just be a quirk of translation or the diction of the local writers hired by the Times, but the thoughts and feelings of Somalia's pirates and terrorists make me feel warm and fuzzy inside. It's like they never got the memo on how to romanticize their cause and pump up their masculinity when talking with the press.From an earlier article: “We decided to share the hostages in order to save the blood of Islamists,” said the leader, a senior member of the Hizbul Islam insurgent group. “After a little dispute, one French guy was transferred to the Shabab,” he said. “Now we have one, they have one.”And another: “The fact that this took so long, that’s not good,” said one of the pirates, Isse Mohammed, in a telephone interview. “But we got the cash in hand, and that’s good. That’s what we’re interested in.” Mr. Isse added that his gang would continue “hunting ships” because “that’s our business.”One more: Flush with cash, the pirates drive the biggest cars, run many of the town’s businesses — like hotels — and throw the best parties, residents say. Fatuma Abdul Kadir said she went to a pirate wedding in July that lasted two days, with nonstop dancing and goat meat, and a band flown in from neighboring Djibouti. “It was wonderful,” said Ms. Fatuma, 21. “I’m now dating a pirate.”It makes life in Somalia seem almost mundane. Maybe they just don't care. Maybe it really is just about the money. Good photo from Saturday.
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