[hackerspaces] Cairo's Hackerspace Shutdown after government raid

[michael howard]

In a dictatorship I think I would avoid using the term "hackerspace", and
call it something very mundane such as "wood working shop", "computer
programming study center", something like that.

2016-05-04 17:49 GMT-03:00 Tarek Ahmed <tarek.alsabagh at gmail.com>:

> Dear all,
>
>
> The list admin did not approve my past reply!! Sincere apologies for
> replying late and the silence.
> 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.
>
> 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:
> http://cairohackerspace.org/post/143081993447/rollercoaster
>
> Thank you for your support.
>
>
> Best
> Tarek
> --
> Tarek Omar
> Director | Cairo Makerspace
> Mob : +201225429869
> Cairo Makerspace <http://cairomakerspace.org>
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Anna Waldman-Brown <annawab at fabfolk.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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...
>>
>> All my best,
>> Anna
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Moritz <moritz at headstrong.de> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/06/2016 04:29 AM, Liz wrote:
>>> > https://twitter.com/CairoHackers/status/681777950396674048
>>> >
>>> http://www.madamasr.com/news/culture/townhouse-gallery-rawabet-theater-closed-after-interagency-raid
>>>
>>> Does anyone have new information? Is this legal trouble of the
>>> hackerspace, or about something/somebody else within that art/cultural
>>> center? Is there a Cairo legal fund or reboot fund that one can donate
>>> to? Is it time to make a larger fund that can quickly help in such
>>> situations?
>>>
>>> .mo
>>>
>>>
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