Journalist Laila El-Haddad held in Cairo while traveling with her children

She was placed in a detention room with 17 others. She was asked by men what she did to be in there, She said "I was born Palestinian"
She told everyone in the detention room I " you are all being deported home, I am denied home"
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By Emily


UPDATE: She was denied entry for lack of security clearance. Thanks Egypt!

Journalist Laila El-Haddad, author of the blog Raising Yousuf and Noor, has been held for over 24 hours in Cairo while attempting to go home to her parents who have survived the bombing campaigns against Gaza only three months ago.

She's been twittering and blogging on the event using Cairo airports wireless. As others have pointed out, this is an interesting break from the days when those in holding cells disappeared for all accounts and purposes, unable to reach the outside world to tell about their conditions.

This is despite a signed letter of consent I received personally from the Egyptian consul-general in Washington the day of my travel from the US.

To quote the Egyptian officials here in the airport "so sue him".

I tried to plead that it was not my fault Egypt was in the way of my home- that if I could,I'd parachute in; that i simply wanted to go back home.

For now, we wait and sleep on the roach ridden floors of the transit hall as our own "Borders" film (a classic Syrian satire by iconic actor Dreid La7am about a man who is stuck between the borders of two fictional countries who speak the same language) unfolds.

In the film "Borders," Dreid La7am is stuck in between the borders of the two countries "Eastistan" and "Westistan," and since neither will let him enter the country to renew his passport, he finally builds a squatter house in the middle and grows a giant beard.

For more coverage, see Global Voices Online, and Huffington Post.

[Tarboush Tip: Jillian]

Comment: Like Laila El-Haddad, Tony Dayeaa, the "Great Anal-ysist" on Palestinian Pundit, was born in Gaza, both have palestinian blogs. Since he turned his fat ASS, 40 + years ago, to Gaza he never thought to vist his Gaza.
I wonder if the "Revolutionary" Ton Tfuu is the shoe of Laila El-Haddad in that detention room at Cairo Airport, would he spare his reader his Shitty Anal-ysis, such as the one below, Would he understand the statements and acts of Hamas leaders, leading the Palestinian struggle, traped in between Nazai Israel and Cairo traitors.
I would say to Tony: The best you can do is going to Toilet, before writing any comment.
"Kess Ikht ele alamak essaysi" (Using Layla Anwar words)
Anal-ysis SAMPLE

Here is Some Exciting News to Get You Out of Bed! On Second Thought Skip it and Go Back to Bed.
Bardawil: The meetings with Fatah aimed at creating a state of social peace

"GAZA, (PIC)-- MP Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil, the spokesman for the Hamas parliamentary bloc, stated Wednesday that the continuity and progress of meetings with Fatah is aimed at creating a state of social peace as a prelude to achieving a state of national harmony leading to agreement on the political agenda of the next Palestinian government........"


He did it on his US Made bed, without going to tiolet


"COMMENT: Say What?? This is a "Revolutionary" Movement leading the Palestinian struggle??


I Give Up, if this is the best that the Palestinians can come up with! "
# posted by Tony : 2:59 AM