Egyptian Twitter Post Pushes Turkey's Buttons



 Yasemin Çongar 

 

I learned what "khachkar" meant some years ago in Egypt.

I had always known the word, of course. All Turkish school kids do. It is the mountain range in the northeast that we used to paint in a dark shade of brown on our hand-drawn maps of Anatolia. We would even leave a speckle of white in the middle to suggest a summit of never-melting snow and write there on the top: Kaçkar.

It was an undefined word, but in my young dreamy mind, I associated it with glimmering ski slopes — an image doubtlessly fortified by the literal meaning of the word’s two syllables, kaç (escape) and kar (snow).

Harvard Egyptology Professor Merges Ancient Discoveries with New Technologies

Gabriella Gage

Harvard’s Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology Peter Der Manuelian first discovered his passion for all things Egypt during a fourth grade history class at the Belmont Day School.
“I remember that as the first class that actively grabbed my attention,” said Manuelian.
From there, he was hooked. Luckily, young Manuelian was able to foster this interest locally at the famous Egyptian collection at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA).
Manuelian is Harvard University’s first Egyptologist in more than half a century.
His predecessor was George A. Reisner (1867–1942), whom Manuelian described as “one of the greatest archaeologists and Egyptologists of his generation.”
“I feel honored and privileged to try to help reawaken Harvard’s glorious archaeological legacy of work in Egypt. There is indeed great passion for the subject here, and I’ve been supported on every level,” said Manuelian.

Armenia, a "Muslim" Country

Vartan Matiossian

 

On September 12, 2012, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia posted a message titled "Recent Events in Libya and Egypt" which started in the following way:

"In light of recent events at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and U.S. Consulate in Libya, the U.S. Department of State reminds U.S. citizens to remain vigilant. On September 11th, protesters converged and infiltrated the perimeter of the compounds at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Given the uncertainty and volatility of the current situation, all U.S. citizens in Armenia are cautioned to maintain good situational awareness and should stay current with media coverage of local events. The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan has no specific information to indicate that these events will affect security in Yerevan; however, all U.S. citizens should remain particularly vigilant in the near term to their personal safety, and report any suspicious circumstances to the local authorities."