Urbicide is a crime against humanity.
Against the memory of those who passed ... against the possibility of those yet to be born.
They actually hate us for a kind of freedom that never made sense to them. Much of it lived despite our home grown torturers because the city nurtured it.

In Pink Floyd's High Hopes there is the image of a ragged band following in their footsteps.
The specter of who they were always a few steps behind.

I feel I'm being chased, pushed to move faster, to run. I look behind and it is only my specter chasing me.

PentaSynth can now be played by wiggling fingers in front of the camera.
alaaosh.github.io/pentatonic

Khaled’s OCD makes him avoid smudging touchscreens, so I set out to build an air synth mode. This is an early prototype, but it’s already fun to play with.
alaaosh.github.io/pentatonic

It takes me a long time to figure out which social script I'm in.
By the time I catch on it is too late to change the plot.
The embarrassment that follows is so strong it drowns out whatever negative feelings arise.
Guess I'll take the win #agency_is_overrated

I will never understand the soullessness of people who try to strip a human rights defender and torture survivor of the safety that his family won at impossible cost. I have nothing but the most profound admiration for Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Statement in response to historic tweets I am shaken that, just as I am being reunited with my family for the first time in 12 years, several historic tweets of mine have been republished and used to question and attack my integrity and valu...

I will never regret being part of the movement to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, or writing the foreword to his extraordinary book, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated.

Read his honest and heartfelt response to those playing politics with his hard-won freedom.

#FreeAlaa Always.

freealaa.net/alaa-response