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		<title>Election Day, Revolution Blues, and a Bitter Coffee</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2012/06/16/election-day-revolution-blues-and-a-bitter-coffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have no constitution, we are clueless as to what the president will be able to do, and we have no answers from the “revolution’s candidate” on what he plans to do in this mess. None of those that will vote for him have any answers. But somehow magically we believe that by moving on with the rest of the herd the military is shooing to the ballots we are saving our revolution.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=703&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Voted for President. It Made Me Remember</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2012/05/23/i-voted-for-president-and-it-made-me-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://alhurr.com/?p=698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I get up in the morning and pour some coffee. Watch the news. Can’t stand the dumb commentary. I need to get ready for a long day, I think to myself. I look at the faces of the people standing in lines on TV. Everyone seems determined and confident. Those are faces of people that will not be fooled.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=698&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My blog report for 2011. Thanks WordPress! It&#8217;s not so bad given that I hardly wrote that year</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2012/01/05/my-blog-report-for-2011-thanks-wordpress-its-not-so-bad-given-that-i-hardly-wrote-that-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,900 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=689&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday of Anger: The Birth of a Revolution (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2011/09/26/friday-of-anger-the-birth-of-a-revolution-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://alhurr.com/2011/09/26/friday-of-anger-the-birth-of-a-revolution-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[arab revolt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As loud as the chants and shouts were as we moved through the closed space of the mosque exit, I expected that they’d disperse as we were out in the open space of the city, but they kept getting louder. The narrowness of the street and its relatively confined surroundings; the crowded shut down shops and the bridge overhead magnified the sounds of the protesters’ chants and shouts, echoing from one side of the street to the other. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=677&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: An Ode to a Revolutionary</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2011/07/08/guest-post-an-ode-to-a-revolutionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I should be robbed of my right hand,
would I still have the will, the desire
to pick up a pen with my left hand
and somehow attempt to inspire?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=664&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday of Anger: The Birth of a Revolution (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2011/05/06/friday-of-anger-the-birth-of-a-revolution-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://alhurr.com/2011/05/06/friday-of-anger-the-birth-of-a-revolution-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 11:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The protests had never reached this size and magnitude before, and they had never lasted for more than a day. I felt that history was being made, that some profound change had already started to find its way in, I could tell just by the non-stop sound of the sirens I could hear even in my sleep. For that reason we chose Al Azhar, known for being an epitome for defiance throughout Egyptian history.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=646&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Silent Stallions of Libya</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2011/02/21/the-silent-stallions-of-libya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arab World]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaddafi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qaddafi does not just oppress dissent, he refuses the mere concept of opposition. Educators, professionals, writers, and many more skilled Libyans are living abroad. And outside Libya, if they oppose his regime he hunts them down and kills them. If you've ever tried talking to a Libyan about the truth of the Libyan regime prior to the current uprising you will know what I mean. Qaddafi haunted his opposition even in their dreams.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=640&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jan 25, 2011, the Day Fear Died in My Country</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2011/02/20/jan-25-2011-the-day-fear-died-in-my-country/</link>
		<comments>http://alhurr.com/2011/02/20/jan-25-2011-the-day-fear-died-in-my-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I left my home that day expecting a few hundred to be surrounded by an army of black-cloaked helmeted guards, and I found scores of people from all walks of life chasing the police out of Tahrir! I had never ever imagined a protest of this size or magnitude. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=630&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mirror of My Mind: Remembering 2010</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2010/12/31/the-mirror-of-my-mind-remembering-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 was a year of grave loss and incredible gain. My emotions barged on a bumpy ride. I had the saddest moments of my life, and I was comforted with the divine hand that led me on a new path, giving me the most exhilarating experiences of my life.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=627&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part 7: The Struggle to Sagarmatha</title>
		<link>http://alhurr.com/2010/12/22/part-7-the-struggle-to-sagarmatha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arwa Salah Mahmoud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As silent and seemingly aloof to those who don’t know him, Omar was a doer more than a talker. His positive vibes still spread out to all of us and I could tell that he genuinely cared about his clients. His steps were as small and as slow as mine. He wanted me to get to the top and he was taking me there. It was almost like we all needed that pace so the order of the line did not change; we continued behind him like ducklings following their mother, making the same turns at the same angles.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alhurr.com&#038;blog=5961874&#038;post=620&#038;subd=alhurr&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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