Dear Waudo<br><br>I know you are passing on a message, and that you did not write the message to the IGF.You and I are old friends. <br><br> As such, do not take the comments below as an attack on you, but rather, an interrogation of George Sadowsky's email. <br>
<br>Since I have been in Egypt for the past six months, and have lived through every day of the Revolution, here are the questions that spring to mind. <br><br>What was the role of Tarek Kamel in shuttling off the Internet? Why are we interested in helping people from the deposed Mubarak regime?<br>
<br>Was Kamel somehow involved in opposing the Mubarak regime, or is there another reason we should have sympathy for him? If he was a minister in Egypt, he more than likely shared in the ill gotten gains that were stolen from the Egyptian people, who are still protesting for democracy in Tahrir Square. <br>
<br>Just my two shillings. <br><br>Yours, Rigia<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:39 AM, waudo siganga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com">emailsignet@mailcan.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear Listers - those who know Tarek Kamel, lately ICT Minister in Egypt,<br>
may be interested in his contacts as below:<br>
<br>
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From: "George Sadowsky" <<a href="mailto:george.sadowsky@gmail.com">george.sadowsky@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:igf_members@intgovforum.org">igf_members@intgovforum.org</a><br>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:44:50 -0400<br>
Subject: [igf_members] Good news! Contact with Tarek Kamel!<br>
<br>
All,<br>
<br>
Thanks to Nashwa Abedel-Baki, I made contact with Tarek yesterday,<br>
and we had a very good telephone call. Here are the highlights:<br>
<br>
- He is in Paris and has been for some time. He's being treated at<br>
the American Hospital for a malignancy of the stomach and intestine.<br>
(We did not go into detail.) According to Tarek, his doctor gives<br>
him a very good prognosis for beating the disease.<br>
<br>
- He is living at an apartment hotel in Paris, connected to the<br>
Egyptian embassy.<br>
<br>
- His wife is with him in Paris, and his children are with his wife's<br>
parents in Egypt.<br>
<br>
- He is interested in resuming a professional career, most probably<br>
in the international sphere, and he is beginning to put out feelers<br>
and to re-establish his professional network. Some of us, or course,<br>
are a part of that network. I told him that he has many friends<br>
internationally, here in this group as well as elsewhere, and that he<br>
could count on whatever help we could give him.<br>
<br>
- Depending upon his medical condition, he talked about possibly<br>
visiting the United States (Washington, New York, maybe elsewhere) at<br>
the end of summer or early fall.<br>
<br>
- He now has a new e-mail address, independent of the Egyptian<br>
government:<br>
<br>
"Tarek Kamel" <<a href="mailto:tmkamel@gmail.com">tmkamel@gmail.com</a>><br>
<br>
I encourage you to write to him.<br>
<br>
- He has a mobile phone number: <a href="tel:%2B33%206%2026%2048%2078%2035" value="+33626487835">+33 6 26 48 78 35</a>. When I talked<br>
with him, he seemed somewhat tired, but his spirits were good, and he<br>
enjoyed the contact. My sense is that he has some preference for<br>
e-mail contact, but that's my sense only and I could be wrong, and it<br>
clearly depends upon the nature of the conversation. When he is in<br>
the hospital for treatment he probably doesn't have access to his<br>
phone very much; in the U.S. the use of mobile phones is restricted<br>
when around any significant medical instrumentation.<br>
<br>
I hope that as a group, we have sufficient imagination, knowledge,<br>
contacts, and perseverance to help him to secure a really good<br>
position in which he can be effective, one that he richly deserves.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
George<br>
<br>
<br>
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