PROFILE: Ahmed Bassiouny – An Egyptian fallen hero

Ahmed Bassiouny

Several families and love ones are counting their losses following the revolt that swept through northern African country of Egypt recently that led to the resignation of the antagonist president Hosni Mubarak [the main objective of the uprising]. One of those unsung heroes is Ahmed Bassiouny who died on January 28.

Caught in Africa’s concrete jungle

I had no idea what Africa’s largest city – Cairo – looked like before I first visited in late September 2009. I was part of a Twenty Ten All Star training programme taking place in Cairo on the sidelines of the U-20 FIFA World Cup 2009. Just about 15 minutes for our plane to land I saw a beautiful landscape of desert underneath with lorry and human paths. “Wow,” I exclaimed silently.