As I wrote in the prior post, tomorrow the big King Tut exhibition opens up at Chicago's Field Museum.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the nation of Egypt will reap inabout half of the gate receipts.
So it is not out of line to protest the detainment of Egyptian blogger Alaa at the mueseum.
And who is Alaa?
From the Middle East Times:
As internationally acclaimed blogger Alaa, of www.manalaa.net, sits in prison waiting to be released, bloggers in Egypt have begun a new campaign to educate Egyptians and the entire world on the situation facing Egyptian bloggers.
"Blogs reflect who we are as people and as we get more active it shows in our blogs."
Manal, the other half of manalaa.net and Alaa's wife, tells the Middle East Times. "Lots of bloggers find freedom of expression attainable with blogs," she adds.
Last year Reporters without Borders awarded Manal and Alaa the freedom of expression award for their blogging efforts in Egypt. At the time, Egypt had only a few dozen blogs, but since then, an explosion of bloggers has been witnessed in Egypt. The number is now thought to be in the thousands.
Here is Alaa's blog.
Rantings of a Sandmonkey has been leading the charge to get Alaa freed.
Previously on Marathon Pundit: Alaa in prison: Pajamas Media Blog Week in Review #4 follow-up
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