Monday, April 30, 2007

Sandmonkey quits blogging

The Egyptian blogging under the name Rantings of a Sandmonkey is quitting!

Today is going to be the day that I've been dreading for quite sometime now. Today is the day I walk away from this blog. Done. Finished.

There are many reasons, each would take a post to list, and I just do not have the energy to list them. As anyone who has been reading this blog for the past month, I think it is apparent that things are not the same with me.

There are reasons for that: One of the chief reasons is the fact that there has been too much heat around me lately. I no longer believe that my anonymity . . . Continue reading here.

The pressure of the government on blogers is becoming unbearable. The case of the imprisoned blogger is still fresh in the minds. Another light just goes out in Egypt. First it was the Big Pharaoh. Now this . . .

3 comments:

Precious said...

This is so sad.. I dunno but seems like everything around us lately is just so sad..

Whenever the people try to make a small difference by something, something like this happens..

I myself am so tired of writing or readin on politics.. I'm fed up cuz it seems like its never gonna change, things are just going from bad to worse..

Big Pharoah and sand monkey both were of the best bloggers not only in the middle east but around the world, it was a very heated competition between them both on best blogger in the middle east.. and this happens!
*Sigh*

Black Kush said...

That was sad indded. I visit the two sites everyday.

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