David sends on this http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BF020769-742C-4053-A0C6-35F01B971241.htm">this news about Egyptian presidential candidate Nawal al-Saadawi.
al-Saadawi will be a candidate for the Egyptian presidency pending reforms to the The Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt.. The Constitution was previously reformed in 1980.
Looks like he's gotten a reprieve, however the attack has morphed into new forms, so he's not out of danger. Here's the overview from the "Defend Dissent" website:
Anna entered the world "this morning (Monday) at 9.30 am. Anna's birthweight is 7.3 pounds (3.3 kgs)."
Email from a proud papa.
WELCOME, ANNA!
The Pope's funeral was earlier today, and - as Ingrid noted - bell hooks didn't say word one about it.
I had thought she'd made an oblique reference to it by saying she wanted "to be in the chapel", but George agreed with Ingrid that hooks was referring to the presentation space. Obviously I soaked up NPR's repetitive coverage (as in, was permeated by it): how else could I have made such an inference?
But the conversation got me wondering why she didn't say anything about John Paul's mass, and curious how deliberate it was.
