<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<br><br><br>The list admin did not approve my past reply!! Sincere apologies for replying late and the silence.<br>We don't have a space at the moment so things are a bit up and down in trying to run workshops and complete projects.<br><br>As
for the situation, it's still complicated.Essentially we have had
problems since the raid on Townhouse in December. There aren't any legal
repercussions for us directly as of yet, but we are also trying to
avoid any inflammatory situations with the government. We are still
brainstorming on ideas for funding a new space, but it is nearly
impossible to accept foreign funds in Egypt anymore. We wrote a
clarifying post on our website here if you'd like to read: <a href="http://cairohackerspace.org/post/143081993447/rollercoaster" target="_blank">http://cairohackerspace.org/post/143081993447/rollercoaster</a><br><br>Thank you for your support.<br><br><br>Best<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Tarek</span><br style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">
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Tarek Omar</span><br style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">
Director |<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Cairo Makerspace</span></span></span><br style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">
Mob : <a href="tel:%2B201225429869" value="+201225429869" target="_blank">+201225429869</a></span></span><br><a href="http://cairomakerspace.org" target="_blank">Cairo Makerspace</a><br style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Anna Waldman-Brown <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:annawab@fabfolk.com" target="_blank">annawab@fabfolk.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Liz and Moritz, this is really disturbing and thanks for sharing. Please meet Tarek, the founder of Cairo Hackerspace and an inspiring community leader.<div><br></div><div>Hey Tarek, I'm horrified to hear that your space was shut down. Is there anything we can do, as the global hackerspaces community? Hope you can either find a new location or get back to communal hacking at the Townhouse soon...</div><div><br></div><div>All my best,</div><div>Anna</div><div><br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Moritz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moritz@headstrong.de" target="_blank">moritz@headstrong.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 01/06/2016 04:29 AM, Liz wrote:<br>
> <a href="https://twitter.com/CairoHackers/status/681777950396674048" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CairoHackers/status/681777950396674048</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.madamasr.com/news/culture/townhouse-gallery-rawabet-theater-closed-after-interagency-raid" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.madamasr.com/news/culture/townhouse-gallery-rawabet-theater-closed-after-interagency-raid</a><br>
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Does anyone have new information? Is this legal trouble of the<br>
hackerspace, or about something/somebody else within that art/cultural<br>
center? Is there a Cairo legal fund or reboot fund that one can donate<br>
to? Is it time to make a larger fund that can quickly help in such<br>
situations?<br>
<br>
.mo<br>
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