Inji Amr's Blog, page 7
April 27, 2011
AYB – Association For Sustainable Development
Following the Jan 25th revolution and the explosion of civil society initiatives and social activism, I have taken a personal interest in improving the information availability and transparency in the market regarding operational NGOs and initiatives. To this end, this blog post is the first of a series of posts shedding light on successful existing [...]
March 30, 2011
Masterclass Photography
My friend, the beautiful and incredibly talented Amy El Shaarawy has entered the MaCallan Masterclass Photography Competition. Her five amazing shots could use your votes and support. Check them out here, start with that photo and click on the right arrow to view the other four. Filed under: Friends Tagged: Alexandria, Competition, Photography
March 21, 2011
Harassmap
For those of you interested in awareness and gender issues, there is a Harassmap team brainstorming session this Saturday. The organising team is honoured to invite you for a meeting at Rebecca Chiao's place next Saturday 26th of March 2011. The meeting agenda will include discussing marketing strategies for Harassmap, new slogans & new approach…etc. [...]
March 20, 2011
Stock Market Kaman we Kaman
For those of you adamant on investing in the stock market, some words of advise from one of the most prestigious economics and financial economics professors at the AUC. (I don't have explicit permission to cite her name, so out of respect opting to maintain her anonymity). While she agrees that at the end this [...]
March 19, 2011
The Thing That Irritates Me Above All Others
is when people don't respect my time. It is one thing for you to have no regard for your own time. Yet to disrespect mine is a very grave offence in my book, to disrespect my time is to disrespect me. It carries the implicit assumption that I have nothing better to do in my life than [...]
March 18, 2011
Karim Abadir on the Egyptian Economy
The article below was written by Professor Karim Abadir. I find his view interesting albeit excessively optimistic. I am sharing the article for your reference as I will soon be posting a Q&A discussion between me and him about it. Cheers. Any revolution is bound to have an impact on the country where it happens, [...]
March 12, 2011
Viral Tourism
Earlier yesterday I heard that Wael Ghonim was taking some of my suggestions here to heart and was working on a viral tourism campaign for Egypt. Meanwhile, not sure who is behind this video, but it is pretty cute, my only objection would be that I hate their choice of background music, highly irrelevant. Filed under: [...]
March 11, 2011
100 LE to Save the Egyptian Economy
I hate to make a tired point. I had laid this investing in the stock market issue to rest, but having the prime minister and the minister of finance endorse this absurd idea on TV is just too much for my poor nerves. I, the nobody that I am, stand firm by the belief that [...]
March 5, 2011
Clean versus Green
I am one of those benefiting from the wealth of street painting and cleaning campaigns which have made our neighbourhood pretty and all. Yet I have an alternative suggestion I would like you all to ponder. Rather than investing money, time and effort to painting sidewalks, lets promote a Plant A Tree day in the streets of Egypt. It [...]
February 26, 2011
Thawra Shirts
Apparently it didn't take enterprising Egyptians long to have a series of revolution themed t-shirts and memorabilia. I've seen three groups already and counting. Manshourat offers a variety of t-shirts, pins and coffee mugs. Part of the proceeds go to charity. Visit their facebook group to view the collection, yet following smashing success, online ordering is [...]
