[hackerspaces] Mitch & Bilal in Cairo

Mel mel at hackersouverts.fr
Mon Oct 10 14:03:23 CEST 2011


Hey guys,

Have a great, inspiring stay in Cairo ! I'm really curious to hear about the
cultural differences in the approach to hacking between the US/Europe and
Egypt :)

Happy hacking !
M.

2011/10/10 Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com>

> Good luck to you and Bilial.  Stay safe, and spread the spirit of hacking.
>
> -Matt
>
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  I'm in Cairo. It's quite an exciting time to be here!
>>
>> Hopes are very high here after their "Freedom Revolution", even with the
>> military still in power.
>>
>> I mainly came here to be part of Maker Faire Africa (which was this past
>> weekend), and was funded by a Kickstarter campaign to make it all happen.
>> Together with the brand new Cairo Hackerspace, we set up a 3-Day hackerspace
>> at the Faire, which was way wondeful!
>>
>> In case anyone is interested in more info, I created 2 blog posts today on
>> the Noisebridge blog:
>>
>> One was about my take on the night of violence here in Cairo tonight:
>> http://blog.noisebridge.net/2011/10/09/violence-in-cairo-9-october-2011/
>>
>> The other is about Maker Faire Africa, the new Cairo Hackerspace, and the
>> Hackerspace Meetups me and Bilal are helping to organize:
>> http://blog.noisebridge.net/2011/10/09/trip-to-cairo-egypt/
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mitch.
>>
>>
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