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      <title>Delete Duplicate Songs in iTunes Library</title>
      <description>iPhone, iPad and iPod users like enjoying music with their devices, and will find themselves end up with a large iTunes music library, probably with more hundreds of thousands of songs. Depending on different habits, people&#8217;s iTunes music library can be massive and ordered, or just totally a mess. If you belong to the former kind, then congratulations, you don&#8217;t have to waste time cleaning your iTunes library; if you are the latter kind, well, this post will be just right for you. The following post is about how to delete duplicate songs in iTunes, and it will introduce you multiple ways in detail.
http://www.leawo.org/tutorial/delete-duplicate-songs-in-itunes-library.html</description>
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      <title>assignments photo from Lima, Per&#250;</title>
      <description>I am a freenlacer photojournalist based on Lima, Per&#250;. I have 20 years of experience working for most important media of the country. I also covered the Haiti earthquake in 2010. I worked in photojournalism on any subject  for magazines and newspaper worldwide. With availability to work anywhere in Peru as well as in Latin America. To contact me write to: martps.photo@gmail.com</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Hello,

Has anyone been to Burundi of late or planning on going? Looking for some logistics help/advice.

Best,

Spencer</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>FILMING SERVICE IN NEPAL </title>
      <description>KTM FILMS &quot; FILMING SERVICE IN NEPAL &quot; 

Email: kathmandufilms@mail.com
&lt;a href=&quot;http://filmserviceinnepal.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;FILMING SERVICE IN NEPAL&lt;/a&gt;

When looking for a country with a diverse culture, and exotic visuals to match, Nepal should be at the top of your list. There is no country like Nepal for a rich historical heritage, modern innovation and devastating beauty. Add to that a wide availability of skilled English-speaking support crew and state of the art equipment, and you should be sold.


Now here's the important part, how to make your shoot in Nepal actually happen. Here  at  Nepal Take One Productions, we fulfill all your pre-production and production needs. From getting your Visa for the very first scout exploring the vast panorama offered by the country, we are here to help you every step of the way. This includes clearing your script with the proper authorities, overcoming any governmental restrictions, obtaining shooting permits, organizing a completely capable crew, and building those beautifully complex sets that you have imagined. 

With offices in Kathmandu Nepal, we are a one-stop shop for all your production needs before the crucial &quot;Lights, Camera, Action!&quot; is called. 

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      <description>Nepal&#8217;s leading &#8220; FIXER/ LINE PRODUCER/ TRANSLATOR&quot;  KATHMANDU FILMS

Kathmandu Films:
Contact Person: Chandan Jha 
Email: kathmandufilms@mail.com and web: &lt;a href=&quot;http://kathmandufilms.com&quot;&gt;Kathmandu Films&lt;/a&gt;

We are line producers/ Fixer/ Translator since 2007 for worldwide Film Producers &amp; Television. We have currently been taking a superior pace and approach to the filming environment in Nepal. We have great shooting conditions in Nepal which we believe should be more recognized throughout the world. We believe in &#8220;Clients&#8217; satisfaction with the best quality services&#8221; in order to satisfy our clients and this is why Kathmandu Films has been recognized to be the best production house in Nepal and is striving to be the best globally.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Looking for a fixer in Gaza</title>
      <description>Hi, I'm a freelance photographer currently based in Hebron and seeking a way to enter Gaza. I'd love to hear from anyone with advice/information/suggestions. Many thanks. </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Hello,
I&#8217;m a Photojournalist free for assignments.
For further information to share contact me at info@lunacoppola.com
Best,
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Cairo Fixer  </title>
      <description>Cairo Fixer
Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator and Freelance Journalist in Cairo, Tanta, Alexandria, Aswan, Luxor, Port Said and Egypt and the Middle East.

SeddikSpeak.com
CairoFixer.com

Ahmed Seddik is around now to report and/or translate for the media.

http://www.facebook.com/CairoFixer

Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator for Cairo and Egypt

Arabic &lt;&gt; English

There is a highly recommended fixer/translator in Cairo, Egypt

call:
+20100-67-68-2-69

or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com
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Ahmed Seddik has worked with BBC, CNN, CBS, FT, Time Magazine, France 2&#8230;

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Testimonials:

I have hired Mr Seddik on two occasions &#8211; once in Egypt and once in Libya. On both occasions he was working as a translator and fixer for the BBC team. We were working in a high pressured environment, doing very long hours and I was extremely impressed with him. He has excellent English &#8211; better than any other translator I have worked with so far in the region.

He is confident in dealing with journalists and communicated with the people we interviewed in a respectful and friendly manner. He has a vast knowledge of politics and current affairs as well as the history of Egypt and the wider Middle East. This was invaluable both for interviews and in general conversation.

He is also particularly good at turning dry facts into fascinating anecdotes and was often able to entertain and educate us with interesting stories about Egypt&#8217;s history. He is obviously passionate about the country, its history and culture.

What most impressed me about Mr Seddik however is his energy and enthusiasm, even after working for extremely long hours. Many other translators I have worked with have been irritable after working for very long hours, but Mr Seddik remained alert, cheerful and hardworking no matter how many hours he had done.

He was always punctual, courteous and is good at taking the initiative when needed.

Helena Merriman
Broadcast Journalist
BBC World Service
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I am a producer for The CBS Evening News, a national nightly newsprogram in the United States. In early February, Correspondent Terry McCarthy and I were sent to Egypt to cover the events of Tahrir Square, and we hired Ahmed as our interpreter, our guide, and what we in the news business call a &#8220;fixer&#8221; &#8211; that is, someone who can arrange the interviews we need, sort through the facts we want, and generally make our lives easier in a foreign country.

Ahmed was amazing. He helped us navigate through Cairo at a very difficult time with a combination of street smarts, great attitude, and an uncanny command of the English language. Also, there is no higher-pressure environment than television journalism, and we had Ahmed working for us about 20 hours a day for 3 weeks; he never failed to jump at the assignment and he never complained.

In Ahmed we found not only an amazing producer, but a great resource for all things Egypt. His offhand knowledge of Egyptian history, of pharaohs and antiquities, of hieroglyphics and pyramids is astounding. He can quote ancient Egyptian texts from memory. In many ways he was our tour guide and history professor on top of everything else.

Sincerely,

Erin Lyall George

Producer

The CBS Evening News
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COPPER POT PICTURES hired Ahmed Seddik to be our fixer when we traveled to Egypt in June 2012 to film WE MUST GO, our documentary about the Egyptian Football team. Though we had tried to sort out various rights and permissions prior to traveling to Egypt, it wasn&#8217;t until Ahmed came on board that we started to see results. From permissions with the various football associations to permits from the Egyptian government to our daily transportation, Ahmed arranged everything. It was unbelievable. He is a motivated and capable fixer who assured that everything was taken care of prior to our arrival. Ahmed paved the way for a smooth shoot; we didn&#8217;t have to worry about anything except doing our jobs. He met each new challenge and wrinkle to the shoot with a positive attitude and a willingness to see that our wishes were carried out. His services were invaluable. We have shot documentaries around the world and much of the success (or failure) for our projects depend on the talents of our local fixers: I am pleased to say that Ahmed is the best we&#8217;ve worked with and I look forward to a continued partnership on WE MUST GO and future Copper Pot projects shot throughout Egypt and the Middle East. My only hesitation in writing this glowing review is that I want to make sure no one else hires him when we need him!

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Dave LaMattina
Producer/Director | COPPER POT PICTURES
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I am a correspondent with BBC News, based in London. I worked alongside Mr Seddik for almost 2 weeks earlier this year when I was on assignment in Egypt. During that time I found him to be an outstanding
individual who would be an excellent asset to any organization.
Specifically he has an acute awareness of how the media works, the
demands that the modern media operates under, and the need to handle
such demands with clarity, consistency and integrity. His language
skills, especially his knowledge of English, are absolutely first
class and he has an ability to express himself in a manner that many
native English speakers would find difficult to improve upon. I have
absolutely no hesitation in recommending Ahmed Seddik.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Buchanan
Correspondent
BBC News
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BBC TV&#8217;s &#8216;Newsnight&#8217; programme employed Ahmed Seddik as a translator,
researcher, fixer and guide for two weeks in Cairo in November 2011 and
found him to be a resourceful, highly-informed, hard-working and
invariably good-humoured colleague.

Ahmed has a vast store of knowledge about Egypt and its history, as well
as a valuable network of well-placed contacts in many walks of life. He
is a constantly engaging and informative companion and is able to work
calmly and effectively in highly pressured circumstances.

Ahmed was unfailingly cheerful and cooperative when required to work the
extremely long hours often required by TV crews. He is not only an
excellent interpreter/translator with an astonishingly rich and accurate
knowledge of English, but also a fixer with the imagination and
resourcefulness to contribute his own ideas.

Tim Whewell
Correspondent
BBC Newsnight
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TIME Magazine&#8217;s Cairo Bureau has periodically employed Mr. Ahmed Seddik for translating assignments since 2004. He has performed all his tasks with a high degree of expertise and professionalism. Mr. Seddik is also extremely well educated and informed about all aspects of Egyptian life, including politics, culture and society. In every way, he has greatly assisted TIME correspondents in their work.
I wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Seddik&#8217;s services, and would be delighted to receive any requests for further elaboration on my recommendation.

Scott MacLeod
TIME Middle East Correspondent(since 1995)
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I had the opportunity to work with Ahmed Seddik last summer in Cairo, where I was temporarily based as a correspondent for Time Magazine. Though he clearly was far too qualified for the task, he cheerfully served as my translator for a couple of stories. I found him to be a precise interpreter, providing me with excellent translations of what was said in interviews, often a rarity where the need for speed overrides the desire for colorful, exact phrasing.
He also demonstrated a willingness to work long hours, and at the last minute. If I have the opportunity to return to Cairo, I will be sure to use his translation services once again.

Regards,
Aryn Baker,
Associate Editor,
Time Magazine Asia

Siamo stati al Cairo per un weekend lungo, purtroppo durante i disordini di
piazza di novembre, che ci hanno impedito di visitare il museo egizio a Piazza
Tahrir. Ma anche senza il museo, il viaggio &#232; stato straordinario. Meravigliose
le piramidi e il plateau di Giza, bellissima la visita alle moschee e alle
strade del cairo islamico, entrambi posti che abbiamo visitato con la nostra
guida Ahmed Seddik, la cui mail era indicata sulla Lonely Planet e che abbiamo
contattato dall&#8217;Italia subito prima di partire. Ahmed ha fatto una grande
differenza: &#232; affidabile, preparato, pieno di entusiasmo, appassionato di
storia, archeologia, letteratura, geroglifici e conosce i luoghi come le sue
tasche. Alle piramidi ci ha fatto vedere tombe delle quali non avremmo mai
capito neanche la presenza, ci ha portato a vedere un panorama strepitoso da un
posto un p&#242; pi&#249; lontano ma senza turisti, e ci ha pagato addirittura lui il
ritorno con il cammello come &#8220;regalo&#8221; di benvenuto. Con lui ci siamo
avventurati in posti dove non saremmo andati da soli, abbiamo capito tanto
della storia dell&#8217;egitto e delle piramidi e anche dell&#8217;orgoglio degli egiziani
di oggi. Insomma, posti meravigliosi, clima perfetto.. speriamo che la
situazione politica si tranquillizzi presto, perch&#232; non vediamo l&#8217;ora di
tornarci e di portarci anche i nostri figli!

Silvia Cavallo

&#8220;You are a student of the finer point of the English language.&#8221;

Hugh Sykes, BBC, the World at One
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I have the privilege to recommend to you Ahmed Seddik as an excellent guide and efficient informant. I am fortunate both to have known Ahmed as a fellow student at the American University in Cairo and to have seen how he developed his college interests into his current profession. Although he makes guiding and lecturing his profession, Ahmed is a veritable renaissance man due to his passion for learning. He delights in learning various subjects and can claim expertise in many. Ahmed has a talent for drawing diverse connections from his numerous interests into any talk or tour. In addition to his tours, Ahmed makes good use of his talent in his frequent lectures on diverse topics at the Sawy Culture Wheel, a famous cultural center and academic forum in Zamalek, and elsewhere.
In the tours I have attended, Ahmed was lively, engaging, and spontaneous. Both the tour to the City of the Dead and Islamic Cairo were chock&#8208;full of information, partly due to Ahmed&#8217;s vast memory for fact and stories. On his tours each monument has a story and every side street is another step back in time. The tours I attended lasted about five hours each, although he has told me they can stretch longer or take less time depending on the audience. When I took the Islamic Cairo tour, we went the full length of the Fatimid city from gate to gate in four hours. His tour of Islamic Cairo is especially nice because it takes place in the wee hours of the morning. The streets of the Khan el&#8208;Khalili are amazingly serene at that time, which makes for a stark contrast with the market&#8217;s usual chaos. If you should take the tour make sure to see the inside of the mosque and madrasa of Barquq; Sultan Plum had an eye for beauty. On these tours, Ahmed is always thinking about ways to improve and innovate. For example, while leading us through the streets of Islamic Cairo, Ahmed thanked the street cleaners and pondered organizing them to keep the roads cleaner. Ahmed says he has never given the same tour twice. I believe it.
Ahmed&#8217;s style of guiding and touring is not like that found on any other tour. It has more artistry in it than the others. But the faint of heart beware, he is more than half a poet. Emblazoned on his business card is the Arabic palindrome malik kalim, meaning &#8220;king of words.&#8221; And certifiably, he can claim to rule his words. Ahmed is a possessor of a veritable treasury of terms and an arsenal of anecdotes. Don&#8217;t think it tedious if he recites a list of synonyms or lines of poetry. Listen attentively. It is all part of the tour.
Bryan Kraemer
PhD. Candidate Egyptology
University of Chicago

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I am very pleased to recommend Mr. Ahmed Seddik of Ahmed Seddik Tours in his pursuit as an expert guide for ancient and medieval sites in Egypt. Not only does he have an outstanding knowledge of Egyptology and ancient Egyptian monuments (including ongoing excavations), he is similarly conversant in Islamic history, as shown in several tours of Islamic Cairo that we have conducted together. This is also clear in his very numerous, well-researched public lectures in Egypt on a wide range of topics within it&#8212;literary, historical and linguistic&#8212;many of which I have shared in personally. (An Arabist, my 2008 doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania, on fiction set in ancient Egypt by the late Nobel laureate in literature, Naguib Mahfouz, made broad, closely supervised use of Egyptological sources, and I have also extensively studied Islamic history, both at the University of Michigan and U-Penn.) His considerable acumen and insight extend far beyond these fields to also embrace Arabic literature, science and mathematics too. His masterful familiarity with the vast and intricate oeuvre of Ahmad Shawqi, &#8220;the Prince of Poets,&#8221; is a great achievement in itself, and could only have been attained with his extremely erudite knowledge of Arabic grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Moreover, he is highly trained in English literature, grammar and lexicography, a most rare combination with such a background in Arabic, let alone Egyptology. Indeed, Ahmed is a genuine polymath in the truest sense of the word, and has educated himself far beyond what his formal studies at the American University in Cairo have taught him. As to his character, Ahmed&#8212;a natural showman, with a distinct (and very Egyptian) love of attention&#8212;is also extremely thoughtful and helpful to others. Our experience together, in which we have shared in delivering lectures (mainly on Mahfouz)&#8212;and even co-produced and performed in short plays (e.g., on the discovery of Tutankhamun&#8217;s tomb)&#8212;has been an extremely rich and happy one. I&#8217;m quite sure that yours, with this uniquely gifted human being, will be as well.

Sincerely,
Raymond Stock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies
Drew University

&#8220;Egyptology runs in his veins&#8221; Dr. Zahi Hawass

My aim was to take a break with a cultural and historic character. And having Egyptologist and tour guide Ahmed Seddik as my companion made my adventure unforgettable.

Amira El-Naqeeb, Travel Writer
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A former Egyptology student at the American University in Cairo, the indefatigable and eloquent Ahmed Seddik makes even the history of bilharzia seem fun. Frequently booked as a translator/fixer by foreign correspondents, the 31-year-old freelance guide is also popular with expats and Egyptian parents who love his child-friendly tours of the Pyramids by camel. In addition to walking tours in the Egyptian Museum and Islamic Cairo, Seddik also does a tour of political Cairo, revisiting scenes from the revolution in Tahrir Square
SUSAN HACK
Cond&#233; Nast Traveler Senior Correspondent
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I think many here know Ahmed Seddik. He is a brilliant Egyptologist, an accomplished translator, and a masterfully gifted tour guide who leads tours year-round throughout Egypt in both English and Arabic.

Omid Ghaemmaghami

I went with a group to the Ramsees Wisawasef textile museum near Saqqara. Ahmed Seddik gave our group a short lecture on the meaning of &#8220;naseej&#8221; in Arabic. He spoke of theology, poetry and history. He impressed us with his knowledge of the Arabic poetic tradition. He knew scores of lines by Ahmed Shawqi. He certainly charmed me and my group. He quoted from dozens of poems that touch on the meaning of &#8220;thread&#8221; in Arabic literature. Ahmed was a wonderful guide whose love of puns, sharp wit and impressive memory were all qualities which made his lecture unforgettable.

Niko Banac

If you are wishing to source an Egyptologist, we would have no hesitation in recommending Ahmed. Our attention was kept by Ahmed the whole day, including our twelve year old! Ahmed is extremely professional, his knowledge and stories are outstanding and entertaining.

Carolanne Reissiger
Rate Revenue Manager

My guide for the day Ahmed Seddik is quite an original. A very slight, 30 something young Egyptologist who exudes brainy precociousness with a certain crazy charisma and a passion for alliteration and using pretentious vocabulary (though in a good humoured and fun way). He is a student and big fan of the famous Zahi Hawass &#8211; and has a personality and exuberance almost as big. He even dons a Zahi-like hat. Evidently he has been a journalist who has covered the revolution, an Egypt commentator called upon by BBC, CBS &#8211; and a translator of impressive works. Zahi II met me with three intelligent older Germans, two of whom were there from the German embassy. They were all sophisticated and bright and a pleasure to tour with.

Ahmed gave us a fabulously in-depth experience that lasted ALL DAY, 10:30 to 5 &#8211; and no-one even thought about lunch or a coffee break. We made a rare stop en route at the Unas&#8217;s valley temple, king of the 5th dynasty, strewn with interesting remains of pillars and stone and the last strip of his long causeway.Few stop there&#8230;

Laura Ranieri

The world knows Cairo for its pyramids. But in my opinion Cairo&#8217;s biggest jewels are its Islamic buildings. Historic, or Islamic Cairo, contains one of the most important collections of Medieval Islamic architecture in the world and is on UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage list. In a way it makes Cairo the Rome of the Middle East. Most of the monuments are mosques, palaces, mausolea, madrasas and private houses.

Since this neighborhood can be trick to navigate, with its winding and un-marked streets we decided to go with a guide&#8212;Ahmed Seddik&#8212;who would become our friend by the end of our stay in Cairo. His tour would take us from the Al Azhar mosque in the south to the Bab al-Futuh or northern gate of the original Fatimid walls.

The Al Azhar mosque is a quiet refuge from the traffic and horns of the busy neighborhood it sits in. We enter Al Azhar mosque through the Bab al-Muzayyin (Gate of the Barbers) where students came to have their heads shaved, between the truly giant minarets. Built in 970 at the height of the Fatimid period, it has been added on to over the years. The mosque the site of Al Azhar University, probably one of the oldest in the world, which is still in operation today. The inner courtyard is a quiet refuge from the traffic and noise outside. I find visiting mosques in the Middle East to be relaxing and enjoyable. Unlike Western churches which I can find to be sterile and austere&#8212;mosques I find to be a place for quiet reflection as well as a gathering place for the community.

We tuck into the Khan al-Khalili market, which sells all kinds of things, from tourist trinket to antiques. &#8220;How can we take your money?&#8221; ask the rather aggressive merchants. With tourism down in Egypt generally, the already pushy vendors are even keener on making a sale. We ignore them and move right to tea Fishawi&#8217;s&#8212;a coffee shop/shisha (water pipe) establishment that was frequented by Cairo&#8217;s literati, most notable Naguib Mafouz, Egypt&#8217;s late Nobel Laureate. This was Mafouz&#8217;s neighborhood which he immortalized in his books. It is still a local hangout, only there are more tourists these days.

We are lucky because it was a stormy day in Cairo. This doesn&#8217;t mean it was rainy, only that the wind was gusty and blew the dust around. Cairo, despite being on the Nile is a desert city, lest we forget. This meant that what would ordinarily be a neighborhood packed with shoppers was relatively quiet. Many shops were closed. We make our way to Sharia Muiz, or the Palace Walk (also a Mahfouz novel), which will take us between some of the great mosques and palaces of the Fatimid period, eventually delivering us to our final destination&#8212;Bab al-Futuh.

Sharia Muiz is kind of magical street. Neighborhood life bubbles all around us. Monuments rise and fall on either side of us. If you use your imagination you can picture yourself in a Mafouz novel. Ahmed tells us about the buildings, architecture and history that we are seeing on either side, but it all begins to blend together into a wonderful tapestry of sights and sounds. The evening call to prayer begins and Ahmed sits us down to listen and experience the moment. I have always found the call to prayer to be beautiful musically&#8212;Allah Akbar (god is great) called out from the muezzin&#8212;trying to convince believers to drop what they are doing and come to the mosque to pray. In Cairo I experienced some of the most beautiful calls to prayer as any other Muslim city I&#8217;ve been, and this call was particularly beautiful&#8230;

MARK T. LAMMERS
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&#8220;Micky and Mark have been the primary organizers for this trip and they found a wonderful tour guide for our time in Cairo. His name is Ahmed Seddik and he is the most delightful, smart and funny person you can imagine. He loves languages and speaks incredible English. He talked continuously without notes of any kind during our tours of the temples at Saqqara, the Pyramids and tombs in Giza, Islamic Cairo, and the City of the Dead&#8212;not just providing fascinating and encyclopedic information, both historic and modern, but peppering his monologue with puns and alliteration. The Giza tour culminated with camel rides from the pyramids to the Sphinx at sunset.&#8221;

Caroline Moore

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s pedagogical skills and talents are superb. His sharp wit and warm humor, coupled with his linguistic
brilliance, inspire and promote vast learning to take place in a short time. He seems to carry in his head
all 18 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary and the meaning and derivation of a vast corpus of Arabic
vocabulary. His facility with language, coupled with his powerful oration while lecturing, make him a superior teacher.&#8221;

Bill Barazzuol

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s expertise in Arabic in particular could be described as nothing short of masterful. He has committed to memory volumes upon volumes of the great Arabic grammarians such as Ibn Malik and his work of one thousand lines &#8220;The Alfia&#8221;. What&#8217;s more, Ahmed is able to distill these complicated rules of grammar into a clear, logical, and easily understood system of mnemonics, enabling any non-native speaker to acquire this difficult language in the shortest time possible.&quot;

John Solomon
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&#8220;Ahmed Seddik is the brightest Egyptian I have met since I came to Egypt. I have found his Egyptological knowledge prodigious.&#8221;

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      <title>Syria</title>
      <description>I am fixer (English-Arabic-English translator) in Syria. Near the Turkish borders
magedseham@windowslive.com</description>
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      <title>Fixer in Laos and Vietnam</title>
      <description>I need an easy going fixer for Documentary in Laos and Vietnam. Project plan to film in August or November. Feel free to contact me.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Looking for fixer in Cambodia, Bali &amp; Taiwan</title>
      <description>Hi

I'm looking for a production fixer in Cambodia, Bali &amp; Taiwan for an upcoming show in July-September. 

We will only be shooting for 4 days at each location and are running on a very low and tight budget. 

However, we are a Singaporean production company that regularly produces for Channel News Asia, National Geographic, etc., and will be happy to use you as our regular fixer in these countries as long as the job is done well.

Please leave your contact details below if you are able to fix for us :) Locals are preferred for this project. Good english is appreciated, but not absolutely necessary. This is a project about women, so female fixers are preferred, but again, this is not a must. 

Thanks and Regards
H.J.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/looking-for-fixer-in-cambodia-bali-taiwan</link>
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      <title>Photo-Berlin Summer 2015</title>
      <description>5 WORKSHOPS IN 5 DAYS WITH 5 MASTERS IN BERLIN

Dates: August, 17th-21st
Schedule: morning 9.30-13.30 / afternoon 14.30 &#8211; 18.30
Masters: 4 photographers - Laura Boushnak, Alisa Resnik, Mila Teshaieva, Laura Pannack and
1 photo-editor - Barbara Stauss

Themes of the 5 photo workshops:
&#8220;Stories about muslim communities in Berlin&#8221; with Laura Boushnak
&#8220;The Russian side of Berlin&#8221; with Mila Teshaieva
&#8220;Portraits of the new Berliners&#8221; with Laura Pannack
&#8220;Portraying Berlin&#8217;s nights&#8221; with Alisa Resnik
&#8220;Editing photographic narratives&#8221; with Barbara Stauss

www.photo-berlin.org</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/photo-berlin-summer-2015</link>
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      <title>The Trials of Spring Launches As Cross Media Event Powered by MediaStorm</title>
      <description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://trialsofspring.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-19638&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://mediastorm-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mediastorm-ttos-blog-header.jpg&quot; width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;434&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://trialsofspring.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://s3.amazonaws.com/mediastorm-newsletter/common/watch-button.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The Trials of Spring&lt;/em&gt;, a major cross media event that tells the stories of nine women on the front lines of change in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen, launched as a special event on &lt;em&gt;The New York Times&lt;/em&gt; homepage on Sunday, June 7th: six shorts will be spotlighted over the course of six days culminating with the World Premiere of the feature documentary at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ff.hrw.org/film/trials-spring&quot;&gt;2015 Human Rights Watch Film Festival&lt;/a&gt; on Friday, June 12th.

MediaStorm partnered with the award-winning team at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trialsofspring.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Trials of Spring&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, to design and build the project&#8217;s website and leverage the MediaStorm Platform to package and distribute the short films. We also developed a digital distribution outreach and social media engagement strategy for the online component of the project.

Learn more about how we&#8217;re using the power of multimedia storytelling to elevate the voices of women activists in our &lt;a href=&quot;http://mediastorm.com/clients/the-trials-of-spring-for-fork-films&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;case study&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;center&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;#DoWomensVoicesMatter?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
Join the conversation on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/trialsofspring&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/trialsofspring&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; as The Trials of Spring reframes the conversation around women on the front lines of the Arab uprisings and poses the question, when the future of a country is at stake, &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DoWomensVoicesMatter&amp;amp;src=typd&quot;&gt;do women&#8217;s voices matter&lt;/a&gt;?

&lt;a href=&quot;http://ctt.ec/1ta95&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 25px; height: 20px; margin: 0px;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://s3.amazonaws.com/mediastorm-newsletter/2015-0608-Trials-of-Spring-Launch/tweet-graphic-trans.png&quot; width=&quot;25&quot; height=&quot;20&quot; align=&quot;none&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In Syria, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen &amp;amp; Egypt, women refuse to be silenced. Hear their stories @TrialsofSpring trialsofspring.com &lt;a href=&quot;http://ctt.ec/1ta95&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ctt.ec/1ta95&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tweet This&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ctt.ec/1ta95&quot;&gt;]&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://trialsofspring.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 69px; height: 25px; margin: 0px;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://s3.amazonaws.com/mediastorm-newsletter/2015-0608-Trials-of-Spring-Launch/imgres.jpg&quot; width=&quot;69&quot; height=&quot;25&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&amp;nbsp;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/the-trials-of-spring-launches-as-cross-media-event-powered-by-mediastorm</link>
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      <title>Edinburgh Short Film Festival Deadline Soon!</title>
      <description>The Deadline for submissions to the 2015 Edinburgh Short Film Festival is fast approaching! Last call for entries will be on June 29th 2015!

The ESFF will be programming short films for festivals and arts events across the world from Tobermory to the Trinidad &amp; Tobago Film Festival and from the Sardinia Film Festival to Stornoway in the Scottish Western Isles! 

And of course, we&#8217;ll be screening the best films submitted at venues across Scotland's beautiful capital city during the Edinburgh Short Film Festival in November!

As well as taking short film on tour across the world, we&#8217;re also delighted to announce that we have teamed up with International Charity Organisation Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund to award the Rising Star Award for the best film made by a Director aged 16-25 or a first-time director! With a cash prize as well as on set work experience and tickets to film festivals!

Deadline for submissions is Monday June 29th,
Time is running out so don&#8217;t delay&#8230;submit today!!

http://www.edinburghshortfilmfestival.com/call-for-entries/
</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/edinburgh-short-film-festival-deadline-soon</link>
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      <title>Photography without photos... on LS?</title>
      <description>Unable to view any images in my gallery, or those of other LS members :(   Instead in Firefox, the filename appears and in Safari a blue question mark glows.   

No difficulty with photos on other sites. 

Others experiencing the same?  ...or a problem on my end? 

</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2015 03:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/photography-without-photos-on-ls</link>
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      <title>Fixer in Ghana and Togo</title>
      <description>I&#8217;m a freelance journalist from Togo, based in Accra / Ghana. I can move in all ECOWAS / CDEAO countries  for long term project and every kind of assignment.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixer-in-ghana-and-togo</link>
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      <title>searching for photographers - s&#252;dtirol</title>
      <description>wine in black commissions photogrpahers to provide unique content to support features on wine-makers around the world.  We are currently looking for a photographer in S&#252;dtirol for landscape and portrait work in June 2015.  Portfolios / work samples please to Graeme Vaughan graeme.vaughan@wine-in-black.de </description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/searching-for-photographers-sdtirol</link>
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      <title>Contact in Burma</title>
      <description>I need a contact in Burma. English speaking. Please phone me 760.815.1881 </description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/contact-in-burma</link>
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      <title>London 20th June Protest</title>
      <description>Is there somebody who can tell me something about the upcoming demo @ London? According to Facebook there will be 60K people that day. 

Any photographers who cover this demo that day?</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 23:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/london-20th-june-protest</link>
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      <title>&#8216;Shine On&#8217; for Shine On Sierra Leone Now Playing on MediaStorm</title>
      <description>&lt;center&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://mediastorm.com/clients/shine-on-for-shine-on-sierra-leone&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-19625&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://mediastorm-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/c0126-Shine-On-1920-Poster.jpg&quot; width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;214&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://mediastorm.com/clients/shine-on-for-shine-on-sierra-leone&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-13120&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://mediastorm-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/watch-button1.gif&quot; width=&quot;105&quot; height=&quot;24&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mediastorm.com/clients/shine-on-for-shine-on-sierra-leone&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shine On&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; tells the story of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shineonsierraleone.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Shine On Sierra Leone&lt;/a&gt; (SOSL), an innovative education-based cultural partnership that focuses on social development through personal transformation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Over the past eight years, SOSL has provided 2,800 students with a highly reputable primary education, granted 7,000 women micro-loans, trained 12,000 individuals in computer literacy and 600 individuals in adult literacy, as well as launched a maternal and child health care program for 50,000 individuals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shine On&lt;/em&gt; chronicles SOSL&#8217;s evolution from a traditional charity to an organization that fosters personal development as a tool for social transformation. This unique philosophy and pedagogy has had phenomenal results--most notably elevating its primary school from number 736 in the district to number 2.&lt;/p&gt;
&#160;This project was made possible with support from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.harbersfoundation.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Harbers Studio&lt;/a&gt;&#160;and&#160;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cashandrocket.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cash &amp;amp; Rocket&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/shine-on-for-shine-on-sierra-leone-now-playing-on-mediastorm</link>
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      <title>#Tanzania #Zanzibar.Are you seeking for a Translator/translator/Stringer in #Tanzania #Zanzibar ?</title>
      <description>Are you seeking for Fixer/Translator/Stringer to work with in #Tanzania #Zanzibar during upcoming General elections in october or any other assignment?Contact me ebbyshaban.rfikiswahili@gmail.com or abbyshabby2003@yahoo.com or +255767613194</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 23:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/tanzania-zanzibarare-you-seeking-for-a-translatortranslatorstringer-in-tanzania-zanzibar</link>
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      <title>Getty Grant for Instagram - deadline June 4</title>
      <description>hi peeps, a few days left to apply for this one:

&lt;div id=&quot;fb-root&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;script&gt;(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = &quot;//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.3&quot;;  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;fb-post&quot; data-href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/InstagramEnglish/posts/982324625134926:0&quot; data-width=&quot;500&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;fb-xfbml-parse-ignore&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/InstagramEnglish/posts/982324625134926:0&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you telling stories from underrepresented communities? Apply to the Getty Images Instagram Grant before June 4, 2015...&lt;/p&gt;Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/InstagramEnglish&quot;&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/InstagramEnglish/posts/982324625134926:0&quot;&gt;Friday, May 29, 2015&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/getty-grant-for-instagram-deadline-june-4</link>
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      <title>Looking for a photographer in Rwanda in August 2015</title>
      <description>Hi all,

I'm looking for a photographer / photojournalist to shoot a small wedding in Rwanda in beginning of August. It will be really small wedding, only 4-5 people and the photographer is needed for aprox 2-3 hours.
The budget is tight so I'm looking for someone located in Rwanda or in neighbour countries.

Thank you in advance for any suggestion and recommendation.

Best regards
SM

</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/looking-for-a-photographer-in-rwanda-in-august-2015</link>
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      <title>Reportage World Cup 2014  FIFA scandal </title>
      <description>With the recent &quot;scandal&quot; related to FIFA and World Cup I would love to propose again this reportage I've developed in Rio de Janeiro in 2014, still unpublished.

http://www.alessandrofalco.com/index.php?/project/riotdejaneiro/

Despite clamorous delay, Brazil hosted the FIFA World Cup 2014. The event will be remembered as the most expensive edition of all time, with over 15 billion dollars spent in a country still dealing with huge poverty and social inequalities. Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in protest against the waste of public money whereas others, waited impatiently for the Cup perceiving demonstrations as annoying and revealing this way, a sharp break into Brazilian society's equilibrium.


Thank you </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/reportage-world-cup-2014-fifa-scandal</link>
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      <title>Fixer/translator from Nagorno-Karabakh </title>
      <description>I am currently based in Nagorno-Karabakh and I am available to work as a fixer/translator</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixertranslator-from-nagorno-karabakh-2</link>
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      <title>Interpreter in Phnom Penh, Cambodia</title>
      <description>I'm looking for an interpreter (English-Khmer or Thai-Khmer) in Phnom Penh on the 23rd and 24th of June for business purpose.

The work detail is as follow:
 - To translate and interpret when my team is conducting an interview with local people
 - Working from 8:00 - 16:30 for the first day
 - Working from 8:00 - 17:30 for the second day
 - Compensation will be USD 80/day (negotiable)

For more detail or if you are interested please contact
Tochapon Sukitjanuparb (Bird)
email: tochapon@primestreetgroup.com
contact number: (+66 84 342 8887) </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/interpreter-in-phnom-penh-cambodia</link>
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      <title>Looking for contact/fixer in Damascus</title>
      <description>I am looking for a preliminary contact in Damascus to follow a  photographic long therm project, the trip to Siria will probably begin on september/october, i need someone to keep in contact with in order to get real informations.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/looking-for-contactfixer-in-damascus</link>
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      <title>Journalist?fixer in Pakistan</title>
      <description>
I&#8217;m a freelance journalist from Pakistan, based in Islamabad/Peshawar. I can move in all the Pakistan for long term project and every kind of assignment.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/journalistfixer-in-pakistan</link>
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      <title>Workshop with Alex Masi in Krakow, Poland</title>
      <description>In September 2015, the workshopx team will be joined by award-winning photojournalist Alex Masi to hold an intensive, week-long documentary photography workshop in Krakow, Poland.
The workshop is designed to help you gain essential experience while working on a real-life assignment and learn how to efficiently manage your future long-term projects.

&lt;b&gt;Learn more: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workshopx.org/eng/workshop-with-alex-masi-in-krakow-september-2015&quot;&gt;workshopx.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

Deadline for applications: 30 Aug 2015</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/workshop-with-alex-masi-in-krakow-poland</link>
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      <title>Ethiopia</title>
      <description>Looking for a fixer/translator in Ethiopia.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/ethiopia-4</link>
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      <title>looking for a fixer in Turkish-Syrian border</title>
      <description>Hello to all, I am looking for fixer in Turkish-Syrian border 

The themes which i am interested in, are: 

1) Syrian refugee camps 
2) military hospital and fighters from Syria who are treated there (if its possible) 
3) Border 
4) Interview with ISIS-fighter or former fighter, who crossed border 

I am a journalist from Russia, my name is Dmitry Vinogradov, I am from RIA Novosti, a news agency. 

I would like to take pictures and write an article. I don&#8217;t plan to make a film. I am going to be in Turkey from 1 to 9 june. 

Please write me if you have any ideas: dmvinogradov@gmail.com</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/looking-for-a-fixer-in-turkish-syrian-border</link>
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      <title>Call for Entries - duPont-Columbia Awards</title>
      <description>Enter your best interactive multimedia reporting for the 2016 duPont Awards at Columbia by July 1. 

The duPont-Columbia Awards honor outstanding broadcast, digital and documentary journalism. We look for excellent reporting in the public service, evidence of commitment to important stories and innovative storytelling. 

We encourage the submission of daily news stories and breaking news coverage as well as feature stories, documentaries and interactive multimedia reporting on critical subjects. Information how to enter: http://goo.gl/esNVRI

Contact me with any questions: awright@columbia.edu</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/call-for-entries-dupont-columbia-awards-2</link>
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      <title>working in morocco and available for assignments</title>
      <description>I will be in morocco until the end of june working on a personal project about new cities, PM me if interested on collaborations regarding the project.
</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/working-in-morocco-and-available-for-assignments</link>
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      <title>Cairo Fixer  </title>
      <description>Cairo Fixer
 Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator and Freelance Journalist in Cairo, Tanta, Alexandria, Aswan, Luxor, Port Said and Egypt and the Middle East.

SeddikSpeak.com
 CairoFixer.com

Ahmed Seddik is around now to report and/or translate for the media.

http://www.facebook.com/CairoFixer

Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator for Cairo and Egypt

Arabic &lt;&gt; English

There is a highly recommended fixer/translator in Cairo, Egypt

call:
 +20100-67-68-2-69

or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com
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Ahmed Seddik has worked with BBC, CNN, CBS, FT, Time Magazine, France 2&#8230;

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Testimonials:

I have hired Mr Seddik on two occasions &#8211; once in Egypt and once in Libya. On both occasions he was working as a translator and fixer for the BBC team. We were working in a high pressured environment, doing very long hours and I was extremely impressed with him. He has excellent English &#8211; better than any other translator I have worked with so far in the region.

He is confident in dealing with journalists and communicated with the people we interviewed in a respectful and friendly manner. He has a vast knowledge of politics and current affairs as well as the history of Egypt and the wider Middle East. This was invaluable both for interviews and in general conversation.

He is also particularly good at turning dry facts into fascinating anecdotes and was often able to entertain and educate us with interesting stories about Egypt&#8217;s history. He is obviously passionate about the country, its history and culture.

What most impressed me about Mr Seddik however is his energy and enthusiasm, even after working for extremely long hours. Many other translators I have worked with have been irritable after working for very long hours, but Mr Seddik remained alert, cheerful and hardworking no matter how many hours he had done.

He was always punctual, courteous and is good at taking the initiative when needed.

Helena Merriman
 Broadcast Journalist
BBC World Service
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I am a producer for The CBS Evening News, a national nightly newsprogram in the United States. In early February, Correspondent Terry McCarthy and I were sent to Egypt to cover the events of Tahrir Square, and we hired Ahmed as our interpreter, our guide, and what we in the news business call a &#8220;fixer&#8221; &#8211; that is, someone who can arrange the interviews we need, sort through the facts we want, and generally make our lives easier in a foreign country.

Ahmed was amazing. He helped us navigate through Cairo at a very difficult time with a combination of street smarts, great attitude, and an uncanny command of the English language. Also, there is no higher-pressure environment than television journalism, and we had Ahmed working for us about 20 hours a day for 3 weeks; he never failed to jump at the assignment and he never complained.

In Ahmed we found not only an amazing producer, but a great resource for all things Egypt. His offhand knowledge of Egyptian history, of pharaohs and antiquities, of hieroglyphics and pyramids is astounding. He can quote ancient Egyptian texts from memory. In many ways he was our tour guide and history professor on top of everything else.

Sincerely,

Erin Lyall George

Producer

The CBS Evening News
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COPPER POT PICTURES hired Ahmed Seddik to be our fixer when we traveled to Egypt in June 2012 to film WE MUST GO, our documentary about the Egyptian Football team. Though we had tried to sort out various rights and permissions prior to traveling to Egypt, it wasn&#8217;t until Ahmed came on board that we started to see results. From permissions with the various football associations to permits from the Egyptian government to our daily transportation, Ahmed arranged everything. It was unbelievable. He is a motivated and capable fixer who assured that everything was taken care of prior to our arrival. Ahmed paved the way for a smooth shoot; we didn&#8217;t have to worry about anything except doing our jobs. He met each new challenge and wrinkle to the shoot with a positive attitude and a willingness to see that our wishes were carried out. His services were invaluable. We have shot documentaries around the world and much of the success (or failure) for our projects depend on the talents of our local fixers: I am pleased to say that Ahmed is the best we&#8217;ve worked with and I look forward to a continued partnership on WE MUST GO and future Copper Pot projects shot throughout Egypt and the Middle East. My only hesitation in writing this glowing review is that I want to make sure no one else hires him when we need him!

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Dave LaMattina
 Producer/Director | COPPER POT PICTURES
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I am a correspondent with BBC News, based in London. I worked alongside Mr Seddik for almost 2 weeks earlier this year when I was on assignment in Egypt. During that time I found him to be an outstanding
 individual who would be an excellent asset to any organization.
 Specifically he has an acute awareness of how the media works, the
 demands that the modern media operates under, and the need to handle
 such demands with clarity, consistency and integrity. His language
 skills, especially his knowledge of English, are absolutely first
 class and he has an ability to express himself in a manner that many
 native English speakers would find difficult to improve upon. I have
 absolutely no hesitation in recommending Ahmed Seddik.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Buchanan
 Correspondent
BBC News
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BBC TV&#8217;s &#8216;Newsnight&#8217; programme employed Ahmed Seddik as a translator,
 researcher, fixer and guide for two weeks in Cairo in November 2011 and
 found him to be a resourceful, highly-informed, hard-working and
 invariably good-humoured colleague.

Ahmed has a vast store of knowledge about Egypt and its history, as well
 as a valuable network of well-placed contacts in many walks of life. He
 is a constantly engaging and informative companion and is able to work
 calmly and effectively in highly pressured circumstances.

Ahmed was unfailingly cheerful and cooperative when required to work the
 extremely long hours often required by TV crews. He is not only an
 excellent interpreter/translator with an astonishingly rich and accurate
 knowledge of English, but also a fixer with the imagination and
 resourcefulness to contribute his own ideas.

Tim Whewell
 Correspondent
BBC Newsnight
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TIME Magazine&#8217;s Cairo Bureau has periodically employed Mr. Ahmed Seddik for translating assignments since 2004. He has performed all his tasks with a high degree of expertise and professionalism. Mr. Seddik is also extremely well educated and informed about all aspects of Egyptian life, including politics, culture and society. In every way, he has greatly assisted TIME correspondents in their work.
 I wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Seddik&#8217;s services, and would be delighted to receive any requests for further elaboration on my recommendation.

Scott MacLeod
TIME Middle East Correspondent(since 1995)
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I had the opportunity to work with Ahmed Seddik last summer in Cairo, where I was temporarily based as a correspondent for Time Magazine. Though he clearly was far too qualified for the task, he cheerfully served as my translator for a couple of stories. I found him to be a precise interpreter, providing me with excellent translations of what was said in interviews, often a rarity where the need for speed overrides the desire for colorful, exact phrasing.
 He also demonstrated a willingness to work long hours, and at the last minute. If I have the opportunity to return to Cairo, I will be sure to use his translation services once again.

Regards,
 Aryn Baker,
 Associate Editor,
 Time Magazine Asia

Siamo stati al Cairo per un weekend lungo, purtroppo durante i disordini di
 piazza di novembre, che ci hanno impedito di visitare il museo egizio a Piazza
 Tahrir. Ma anche senza il museo, il viaggio &#232; stato straordinario. Meravigliose
 le piramidi e il plateau di Giza, bellissima la visita alle moschee e alle
 strade del cairo islamico, entrambi posti che abbiamo visitato con la nostra
 guida Ahmed Seddik, la cui mail era indicata sulla Lonely Planet e che abbiamo
 contattato dall&#8217;Italia subito prima di partire. Ahmed ha fatto una grande
 differenza: &#232; affidabile, preparato, pieno di entusiasmo, appassionato di
 storia, archeologia, letteratura, geroglifici e conosce i luoghi come le sue
 tasche. Alle piramidi ci ha fatto vedere tombe delle quali non avremmo mai
 capito neanche la presenza, ci ha portato a vedere un panorama strepitoso da un
 posto un p&#242; pi&#249; lontano ma senza turisti, e ci ha pagato addirittura lui il
 ritorno con il cammello come &#8220;regalo&#8221; di benvenuto. Con lui ci siamo
 avventurati in posti dove non saremmo andati da soli, abbiamo capito tanto
 della storia dell&#8217;egitto e delle piramidi e anche dell&#8217;orgoglio degli egiziani
 di oggi. Insomma, posti meravigliosi, clima perfetto.. speriamo che la
 situazione politica si tranquillizzi presto, perch&#232; non vediamo l&#8217;ora di
 tornarci e di portarci anche i nostri figli!

Silvia Cavallo

&#8220;You are a student of the finer point of the English language.&#8221;

Hugh Sykes, BBC, the World at One
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I have the privilege to recommend to you Ahmed Seddik as an excellent guide and efficient informant. I am fortunate both to have known Ahmed as a fellow student at the American University in Cairo and to have seen how he developed his college interests into his current profession. Although he makes guiding and lecturing his profession, Ahmed is a veritable renaissance man due to his passion for learning. He delights in learning various subjects and can claim expertise in many. Ahmed has a talent for drawing diverse connections from his numerous interests into any talk or tour. In addition to his tours, Ahmed makes good use of his talent in his frequent lectures on diverse topics at the Sawy Culture Wheel, a famous cultural center and academic forum in Zamalek, and elsewhere.
 In the tours I have attended, Ahmed was lively, engaging, and spontaneous. Both the tour to the City of the Dead and Islamic Cairo were chock&#8208;full of information, partly due to Ahmed&#8217;s vast memory for fact and stories. On his tours each monument has a story and every side street is another step back in time. The tours I attended lasted about five hours each, although he has told me they can stretch longer or take less time depending on the audience. When I took the Islamic Cairo tour, we went the full length of the Fatimid city from gate to gate in four hours. His tour of Islamic Cairo is especially nice because it takes place in the wee hours of the morning. The streets of the Khan el&#8208;Khalili are amazingly serene at that time, which makes for a stark contrast with the market&#8217;s usual chaos. If you should take the tour make sure to see the inside of the mosque and madrasa of Barquq; Sultan Plum had an eye for beauty. On these tours, Ahmed is always thinking about ways to improve and innovate. For example, while leading us through the streets of Islamic Cairo, Ahmed thanked the street cleaners and pondered organizing them to keep the roads cleaner. Ahmed says he has never given the same tour twice. I believe it.
 Ahmed&#8217;s style of guiding and touring is not like that found on any other tour. It has more artistry in it than the others. But the faint of heart beware, he is more than half a poet. Emblazoned on his business card is the Arabic palindrome malik kalim, meaning &#8220;king of words.&#8221; And certifiably, he can claim to rule his words. Ahmed is a possessor of a veritable treasury of terms and an arsenal of anecdotes. Don&#8217;t think it tedious if he recites a list of synonyms or lines of poetry. Listen attentively. It is all part of the tour.
 Bryan Kraemer
 PhD. Candidate Egyptology
 University of Chicago

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I am very pleased to recommend Mr. Ahmed Seddik of Ahmed Seddik Tours in his pursuit as an expert guide for ancient and medieval sites in Egypt. Not only does he have an outstanding knowledge of Egyptology and ancient Egyptian monuments (including ongoing excavations), he is similarly conversant in Islamic history, as shown in several tours of Islamic Cairo that we have conducted together. This is also clear in his very numerous, well-researched public lectures in Egypt on a wide range of topics within it&#8212;literary, historical and linguistic&#8212;many of which I have shared in personally. (An Arabist, my 2008 doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania, on fiction set in ancient Egypt by the late Nobel laureate in literature, Naguib Mahfouz, made broad, closely supervised use of Egyptological sources, and I have also extensively studied Islamic history, both at the University of Michigan and U-Penn.) His considerable acumen and insight extend far beyond these fields to also embrace Arabic literature, science and mathematics too. His masterful familiarity with the vast and intricate oeuvre of Ahmad Shawqi, &#8220;the Prince of Poets,&#8221; is a great achievement in itself, and could only have been attained with his extremely erudite knowledge of Arabic grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Moreover, he is highly trained in English literature, grammar and lexicography, a most rare combination with such a background in Arabic, let alone Egyptology. Indeed, Ahmed is a genuine polymath in the truest sense of the word, and has educated himself far beyond what his formal studies at the American University in Cairo have taught him. As to his character, Ahmed&#8212;a natural showman, with a distinct (and very Egyptian) love of attention&#8212;is also extremely thoughtful and helpful to others. Our experience together, in which we have shared in delivering lectures (mainly on Mahfouz)&#8212;and even co-produced and performed in short plays (e.g., on the discovery of Tutankhamun&#8217;s tomb)&#8212;has been an extremely rich and happy one. I&#8217;m quite sure that yours, with this uniquely gifted human being, will be as well.

Sincerely,
 Raymond Stock, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies
 Drew University

&#8220;Egyptology runs in his veins&#8221; Dr. Zahi Hawass

My aim was to take a break with a cultural and historic character. And having Egyptologist and tour guide Ahmed Seddik as my companion made my adventure unforgettable.

Amira El-Naqeeb, Travel Writer
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A former Egyptology student at the American University in Cairo, the indefatigable and eloquent Ahmed Seddik makes even the history of bilharzia seem fun. Frequently booked as a translator/fixer by foreign correspondents, the 31-year-old freelance guide is also popular with expats and Egyptian parents who love his child-friendly tours of the Pyramids by camel. In addition to walking tours in the Egyptian Museum and Islamic Cairo, Seddik also does a tour of political Cairo, revisiting scenes from the revolution in Tahrir Square
SUSAN HACK
 Cond&#233; Nast Traveler Senior Correspondent
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I think many here know Ahmed Seddik. He is a brilliant Egyptologist, an accomplished translator, and a masterfully gifted tour guide who leads tours year-round throughout Egypt in both English and Arabic.

Omid Ghaemmaghami

I went with a group to the Ramsees Wisawasef textile museum near Saqqara. Ahmed Seddik gave our group a short lecture on the meaning of &#8220;naseej&#8221; in Arabic. He spoke of theology, poetry and history. He impressed us with his knowledge of the Arabic poetic tradition. He knew scores of lines by Ahmed Shawqi. He certainly charmed me and my group. He quoted from dozens of poems that touch on the meaning of &#8220;thread&#8221; in Arabic literature. Ahmed was a wonderful guide whose love of puns, sharp wit and impressive memory were all qualities which made his lecture unforgettable.

Niko Banac

If you are wishing to source an Egyptologist, we would have no hesitation in recommending Ahmed. Our attention was kept by Ahmed the whole day, including our twelve year old! Ahmed is extremely professional, his knowledge and stories are outstanding and entertaining.

Carolanne Reissiger
 Rate Revenue Manager

My guide for the day Ahmed Seddik is quite an original. A very slight, 30 something young Egyptologist who exudes brainy precociousness with a certain crazy charisma and a passion for alliteration and using pretentious vocabulary (though in a good humoured and fun way). He is a student and big fan of the famous Zahi Hawass &#8211; and has a personality and exuberance almost as big. He even dons a Zahi-like hat. Evidently he has been a journalist who has covered the revolution, an Egypt commentator called upon by BBC, CBS &#8211; and a translator of impressive works. Zahi II met me with three intelligent older Germans, two of whom were there from the German embassy. They were all sophisticated and bright and a pleasure to tour with.

Ahmed gave us a fabulously in-depth experience that lasted ALL DAY, 10:30 to 5 &#8211; and no-one even thought about lunch or a coffee break. We made a rare stop en route at the Unas&#8217;s valley temple, king of the 5th dynasty, strewn with interesting remains of pillars and stone and the last strip of his long causeway.Few stop there&#8230;

Laura Ranieri

The world knows Cairo for its pyramids. But in my opinion Cairo&#8217;s biggest jewels are its Islamic buildings. Historic, or Islamic Cairo, contains one of the most important collections of Medieval Islamic architecture in the world and is on UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage list. In a way it makes Cairo the Rome of the Middle East. Most of the monuments are mosques, palaces, mausolea, madrasas and private houses.

Since this neighborhood can be trick to navigate, with its winding and un-marked streets we decided to go with a guide&#8212;Ahmed Seddik&#8212;who would become our friend by the end of our stay in Cairo. His tour would take us from the Al Azhar mosque in the south to the Bab al-Futuh or northern gate of the original Fatimid walls.

The Al Azhar mosque is a quiet refuge from the traffic and horns of the busy neighborhood it sits in. We enter Al Azhar mosque through the Bab al-Muzayyin (Gate of the Barbers) where students came to have their heads shaved, between the truly giant minarets. Built in 970 at the height of the Fatimid period, it has been added on to over the years. The mosque the site of Al Azhar University, probably one of the oldest in the world, which is still in operation today. The inner courtyard is a quiet refuge from the traffic and noise outside. I find visiting mosques in the Middle East to be relaxing and enjoyable. Unlike Western churches which I can find to be sterile and austere&#8212;mosques I find to be a place for quiet reflection as well as a gathering place for the community.

We tuck into the Khan al-Khalili market, which sells all kinds of things, from tourist trinket to antiques. &#8220;How can we take your money?&#8221; ask the rather aggressive merchants. With tourism down in Egypt generally, the already pushy vendors are even keener on making a sale. We ignore them and move right to tea Fishawi&#8217;s&#8212;a coffee shop/shisha (water pipe) establishment that was frequented by Cairo&#8217;s literati, most notable Naguib Mafouz, Egypt&#8217;s late Nobel Laureate. This was Mafouz&#8217;s neighborhood which he immortalized in his books. It is still a local hangout, only there are more tourists these days.

We are lucky because it was a stormy day in Cairo. This doesn&#8217;t mean it was rainy, only that the wind was gusty and blew the dust around. Cairo, despite being on the Nile is a desert city, lest we forget. This meant that what would ordinarily be a neighborhood packed with shoppers was relatively quiet. Many shops were closed. We make our way to Sharia Muiz, or the Palace Walk (also a Mahfouz novel), which will take us between some of the great mosques and palaces of the Fatimid period, eventually delivering us to our final destination&#8212;Bab al-Futuh.

Sharia Muiz is kind of magical street. Neighborhood life bubbles all around us. Monuments rise and fall on either side of us. If you use your imagination you can picture yourself in a Mafouz novel. Ahmed tells us about the buildings, architecture and history that we are seeing on either side, but it all begins to blend together into a wonderful tapestry of sights and sounds. The evening call to prayer begins and Ahmed sits us down to listen and experience the moment. I have always found the call to prayer to be beautiful musically&#8212;Allah Akbar (god is great) called out from the muezzin&#8212;trying to convince believers to drop what they are doing and come to the mosque to pray. In Cairo I experienced some of the most beautiful calls to prayer as any other Muslim city I&#8217;ve been, and this call was particularly beautiful&#8230;

MARK T. LAMMERS
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&#8220;Micky and Mark have been the primary organizers for this trip and they found a wonderful tour guide for our time in Cairo. His name is Ahmed Seddik and he is the most delightful, smart and funny person you can imagine. He loves languages and speaks incredible English. He talked continuously without notes of any kind during our tours of the temples at Saqqara, the Pyramids and tombs in Giza, Islamic Cairo, and the City of the Dead&#8212;not just providing fascinating and encyclopedic information, both historic and modern, but peppering his monologue with puns and alliteration. The Giza tour culminated with camel rides from the pyramids to the Sphinx at sunset.&#8221;

Caroline Moore

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s pedagogical skills and talents are superb. His sharp wit and warm humor, coupled with his linguistic
 brilliance, inspire and promote vast learning to take place in a short time. He seems to carry in his head
 all 18 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary and the meaning and derivation of a vast corpus of Arabic
 vocabulary. His facility with language, coupled with his powerful oration while lecturing, make him a superior teacher.&#8221;

Bill Barazzuol

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s expertise in Arabic in particular could be described as nothing short of masterful. He has committed to memory volumes upon volumes of the great Arabic grammarians such as Ibn Malik and his work of one thousand lines &#8220;The Alfia&#8221;. What&#8217;s more, Ahmed is able to distill these complicated rules of grammar into a clear, logical, and easily understood system of mnemonics, enabling any non-native speaker to acquire this difficult language in the shortest time possible.&quot;

John Solomon
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&#8220;Ahmed Seddik is the brightest Egyptian I have met since I came to Egypt. I have found his Egyptological knowledge prodigious.&#8221;

Professor Jerry Leach
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Email: kathmandufilms@mail.com  and web: www.kathmandufilms.com

We are line producers/ Fixer/ Translator since 2007 for worldwide Film Producers &amp; Television.  We have currently been taking a superior pace and approach to the filming environment in Nepal. We have great shooting conditions in Nepal which we believe should be more recognized throughout the world. We believe in &quot;Clients&#8217; satisfaction with the best quality services&quot; in order to satisfy our clients and this is why Kathmandu Films has been recognized to be the best production house in Nepal and is striving to be the best globally.</description>
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      <title>Fixer/Stringer in Dhaka, Bangladesh</title>
      <description>Hi there,
My name is Roni from Bangladesh and I am a freelance Fixer/Stringer/Line Producer and Private Guide for Foreign Journalists, Photographers, Videographers, News Agencies, Film makers and TV Producers. I provide all types of logistic support for any kind of Shooting in Bangladesh.

My services
:: Research
:: Location Scouting
:: Film Permits
:: Visa Assistance
:: Transport
:: Cast, Crew &amp; Equipment 
:: Accommodation 
:: Vehicle &amp; Helicopter Hire
:: Translation &amp; Interpretation
:: Post Production

:::CONTACTS:::

Email: roni_law.du@hotmail.com
Phone: +8801703659094
FB Page: www.facebook.com/FixerinBangladesh

If you are looking for an amazing story in Bangladesh for your documentary! I am here to pick the idea for your production and proceed it onward.</description>
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      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixerstringer-in-dhaka-bangladesh</link>
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      <title>Fixer in Turkey</title>
      <description>Fixer in Turkey
Fixer in Turkey
Hello, I am fixer/Translator in Turkey (Suruc, Kobani area, Sanliurfa, Gaziantep, Hatay (Antakya), Diyarbakir , Istanbul , Ankara , Izmir , Syrian border, Iraqi border) please dont hesitate to contact me if you any questions or assignment in Turkey.

info@diyarinfo.com
Mobile: +90 530 746 61 13
www.diyarinfo.com</description>
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      <title>Filming Honey Hunting</title>
      <description>Contact &quot;Chandan Jha&quot; Fixer/Line-Producer/Translator for filming Honey Hunting in Nepal
www.kathmandufilms.com
Email: kathmandufilms@mail.com</description>
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      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/filming-honey-hunting</link>
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      <title>Fixer in Ghana / Togo</title>
      <description>Im frederic Vedomey living in Accra. Im working as fixer in Togo / Ghana. If your are in need just get contact on fredvedomey@gmail.com or 00233574092421 or 0022890138371 cos im mooving between the two country.</description>
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      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixer-in-ghana-togo</link>
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      <title>For Sale: Complete Mac desktop set up &#8211; can deliver Kent/London</title>
      <description>&#8226; 1 x Mac Mini - 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 duo processor 4GB RAM 1TB/HD OSX Yosemite
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&#163;550 or v.near offer

Can be delivered anywhere Kent / London  - any further postage needs paying. 
To bag this bargain call Adam on 01622320340
Kit photos: http://tinyurl.com/qbtowxk</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 09:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>At the point when requesting a 12 month advance you are not needed to promise insurance or security. Moreover, you don't need to stress over your FICO assessment, since the application is measured intensely on your employer stability and your capacity to reimburse the credit. Another awesome advantage of these advances is that your application can be sanction inside of a couple of hours, dissimilar to the conventional bank credits which can take a couple of days or weeks relying upon the kind of advance for which you are applying.
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      <title>Looking for fixer - Kurdistan (Kirkuk)</title>
      <description>Canadian documentary filmmaker currently in Erbil who is considering heading down to Kirkuk with the intention of making it to the front lines south of the city.

Looking for a fixer familiar with the Kirkuk region to accompany me.

Please contact brandon-rosario@hotmail.com

Thank you.</description>
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      <title>fixer Kabul</title>
      <description>We're a Norway-based production company looking for an English-speaking Afghanistan-based person in support of costume design for an Afghanistan-set film production. The assignment consists of taking some photos for us from local markets in dialog with our designer, as well as then shop and ship selected costumes. Fast turnaround required.  Email me at: hakon@monstermail.no</description>
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      <title>fixer needed in Germany</title>
      <description>Hey,

I'm looking for a fixer in northern Germany for a difficult projcet. Contact me for further information.

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      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixer-needed-in-germany</link>
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      <title>Nepal contact and aid agentcies</title>
      <description>Hello

I'm Going to be in Nepal from Tuesday. I'm hoping to get to one of the villages near to where the earthquake struck. If anyone has knows of any aid agencies  working out there I would love to get in touch with them. 

Thank you </description>
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      <title>Fixer In Kurdistan</title>
      <description>If any body look for a fixer in Kurdistan (North of Iraq ), i will do my best.
Younespen@gmail.com
+9647504484697
https://www.facebook.com/KurdistanFixers
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      <title>LOOKING FOR FIXER IN DHAKA</title>
      <description>Good morning, the day on May 20 will be in Dhaka for 10 days,i will shoot a series of photographic images, images that I want to achieve should be acclimatized in homes with the real people and not actors, image type real / advertising, I'm looking for a fixer that find these familys and these houses, as well as to organize my trips in the city

garutiandrea@gmail.com</description>
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      <title>Cairo Fixer  </title>
      <description>Cairo Fixer
Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator and Freelance Journalist in Cairo, Tanta, Alexandria, Aswan, Luxor, Port Said and Egypt and the Middle East.

SeddikSpeak.com
CairoFixer.com

Ahmed Seddik is around now to report and/or translate for the media.

http://www.facebook.com/CairoFixer

Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator for Cairo and Egypt

Arabic &lt;&gt; English

There is a highly recommended fixer/translator in Cairo, Egypt

call:
+20100-67-68-2-69

or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com
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Ahmed Seddik has worked with BBC, CNN, CBS, FT, Time Magazine, France 2&#8230;

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Testimonials:

I have hired Mr Seddik on two occasions &#8211; once in Egypt and once in Libya. On both occasions he was working as a translator and fixer for the BBC team. We were working in a high pressured environment, doing very long hours and I was extremely impressed with him. He has excellent English &#8211; better than any other translator I have worked with so far in the region.

He is confident in dealing with journalists and communicated with the people we interviewed in a respectful and friendly manner. He has a vast knowledge of politics and current affairs as well as the history of Egypt and the wider Middle East. This was invaluable both for interviews and in general conversation.

He is also particularly good at turning dry facts into fascinating anecdotes and was often able to entertain and educate us with interesting stories about Egypt&#8217;s history. He is obviously passionate about the country, its history and culture.

What most impressed me about Mr Seddik however is his energy and enthusiasm, even after working for extremely long hours. Many other translators I have worked with have been irritable after working for very long hours, but Mr Seddik remained alert, cheerful and hardworking no matter how many hours he had done.

He was always punctual, courteous and is good at taking the initiative when needed.

Helena Merriman
Broadcast Journalist
BBC World Service
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I am a producer for The CBS Evening News, a national nightly newsprogram in the United States. In early February, Correspondent Terry McCarthy and I were sent to Egypt to cover the events of Tahrir Square, and we hired Ahmed as our interpreter, our guide, and what we in the news business call a &#8220;fixer&#8221; &#8211; that is, someone who can arrange the interviews we need, sort through the facts we want, and generally make our lives easier in a foreign country.

Ahmed was amazing. He helped us navigate through Cairo at a very difficult time with a combination of street smarts, great attitude, and an uncanny command of the English language. Also, there is no higher-pressure environment than television journalism, and we had Ahmed working for us about 20 hours a day for 3 weeks; he never failed to jump at the assignment and he never complained.

In Ahmed we found not only an amazing producer, but a great resource for all things Egypt. His offhand knowledge of Egyptian history, of pharaohs and antiquities, of hieroglyphics and pyramids is astounding. He can quote ancient Egyptian texts from memory. In many ways he was our tour guide and history professor on top of everything else.

Sincerely,

Erin Lyall George

Producer

The CBS Evening News
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COPPER POT PICTURES hired Ahmed Seddik to be our fixer when we traveled to Egypt in June 2012 to film WE MUST GO, our documentary about the Egyptian Football team. Though we had tried to sort out various rights and permissions prior to traveling to Egypt, it wasn&#8217;t until Ahmed came on board that we started to see results. From permissions with the various football associations to permits from the Egyptian government to our daily transportation, Ahmed arranged everything. It was unbelievable. He is a motivated and capable fixer who assured that everything was taken care of prior to our arrival. Ahmed paved the way for a smooth shoot; we didn&#8217;t have to worry about anything except doing our jobs. He met each new challenge and wrinkle to the shoot with a positive attitude and a willingness to see that our wishes were carried out. His services were invaluable. We have shot documentaries around the world and much of the success (or failure) for our projects depend on the talents of our local fixers: I am pleased to say that Ahmed is the best we&#8217;ve worked with and I look forward to a continued partnership on WE MUST GO and future Copper Pot projects shot throughout Egypt and the Middle East. My only hesitation in writing this glowing review is that I want to make sure no one else hires him when we need him!

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Dave LaMattina
Producer/Director | COPPER POT PICTURES
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I am a correspondent with BBC News, based in London. I worked alongside Mr Seddik for almost 2 weeks earlier this year when I was on assignment in Egypt. During that time I found him to be an outstanding
individual who would be an excellent asset to any organization.
Specifically he has an acute awareness of how the media works, the
demands that the modern media operates under, and the need to handle
such demands with clarity, consistency and integrity. His language
skills, especially his knowledge of English, are absolutely first
class and he has an ability to express himself in a manner that many
native English speakers would find difficult to improve upon. I have
absolutely no hesitation in recommending Ahmed Seddik.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Buchanan
Correspondent
BBC News
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BBC TV&#8217;s &#8216;Newsnight&#8217; programme employed Ahmed Seddik as a translator,
researcher, fixer and guide for two weeks in Cairo in November 2011 and
found him to be a resourceful, highly-informed, hard-working and
invariably good-humoured colleague.

Ahmed has a vast store of knowledge about Egypt and its history, as well
as a valuable network of well-placed contacts in many walks of life. He
is a constantly engaging and informative companion and is able to work
calmly and effectively in highly pressured circumstances.

Ahmed was unfailingly cheerful and cooperative when required to work the
extremely long hours often required by TV crews. He is not only an
excellent interpreter/translator with an astonishingly rich and accurate
knowledge of English, but also a fixer with the imagination and
resourcefulness to contribute his own ideas.

Tim Whewell
Correspondent
BBC Newsnight
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TIME Magazine&#8217;s Cairo Bureau has periodically employed Mr. Ahmed Seddik for translating assignments since 2004. He has performed all his tasks with a high degree of expertise and professionalism. Mr. Seddik is also extremely well educated and informed about all aspects of Egyptian life, including politics, culture and society. In every way, he has greatly assisted TIME correspondents in their work.
I wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Seddik&#8217;s services, and would be delighted to receive any requests for further elaboration on my recommendation.

Scott MacLeod
TIME Middle East Correspondent(since 1995)
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I had the opportunity to work with Ahmed Seddik last summer in Cairo, where I was temporarily based as a correspondent for Time Magazine. Though he clearly was far too qualified for the task, he cheerfully served as my translator for a couple of stories. I found him to be a precise interpreter, providing me with excellent translations of what was said in interviews, often a rarity where the need for speed overrides the desire for colorful, exact phrasing.
He also demonstrated a willingness to work long hours, and at the last minute. If I have the opportunity to return to Cairo, I will be sure to use his translation services once again.

Regards,
Aryn Baker,
Associate Editor,
Time Magazine Asia

Siamo stati al Cairo per un weekend lungo, purtroppo durante i disordini di
piazza di novembre, che ci hanno impedito di visitare il museo egizio a Piazza
Tahrir. Ma anche senza il museo, il viaggio &#232; stato straordinario. Meravigliose
le piramidi e il plateau di Giza, bellissima la visita alle moschee e alle
strade del cairo islamico, entrambi posti che abbiamo visitato con la nostra
guida Ahmed Seddik, la cui mail era indicata sulla Lonely Planet e che abbiamo
contattato dall&#8217;Italia subito prima di partire. Ahmed ha fatto una grande
differenza: &#232; affidabile, preparato, pieno di entusiasmo, appassionato di
storia, archeologia, letteratura, geroglifici e conosce i luoghi come le sue
tasche. Alle piramidi ci ha fatto vedere tombe delle quali non avremmo mai
capito neanche la presenza, ci ha portato a vedere un panorama strepitoso da un
posto un p&#242; pi&#249; lontano ma senza turisti, e ci ha pagato addirittura lui il
ritorno con il cammello come &#8220;regalo&#8221; di benvenuto. Con lui ci siamo
avventurati in posti dove non saremmo andati da soli, abbiamo capito tanto
della storia dell&#8217;egitto e delle piramidi e anche dell&#8217;orgoglio degli egiziani
di oggi. Insomma, posti meravigliosi, clima perfetto.. speriamo che la
situazione politica si tranquillizzi presto, perch&#232; non vediamo l&#8217;ora di
tornarci e di portarci anche i nostri figli!

Silvia Cavallo

&#8220;You are a student of the finer point of the English language.&#8221;

Hugh Sykes, BBC, the World at One
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I have the privilege to recommend to you Ahmed Seddik as an excellent guide and efficient informant. I am fortunate both to have known Ahmed as a fellow student at the American University in Cairo and to have seen how he developed his college interests into his current profession. Although he makes guiding and lecturing his profession, Ahmed is a veritable renaissance man due to his passion for learning. He delights in learning various subjects and can claim expertise in many. Ahmed has a talent for drawing diverse connections from his numerous interests into any talk or tour. In addition to his tours, Ahmed makes good use of his talent in his frequent lectures on diverse topics at the Sawy Culture Wheel, a famous cultural center and academic forum in Zamalek, and elsewhere.
In the tours I have attended, Ahmed was lively, engaging, and spontaneous. Both the tour to the City of the Dead and Islamic Cairo were chock&#8208;full of information, partly due to Ahmed&#8217;s vast memory for fact and stories. On his tours each monument has a story and every side street is another step back in time. The tours I attended lasted about five hours each, although he has told me they can stretch longer or take less time depending on the audience. When I took the Islamic Cairo tour, we went the full length of the Fatimid city from gate to gate in four hours. His tour of Islamic Cairo is especially nice because it takes place in the wee hours of the morning. The streets of the Khan el&#8208;Khalili are amazingly serene at that time, which makes for a stark contrast with the market&#8217;s usual chaos. If you should take the tour make sure to see the inside of the mosque and madrasa of Barquq; Sultan Plum had an eye for beauty. On these tours, Ahmed is always thinking about ways to improve and innovate. For example, while leading us through the streets of Islamic Cairo, Ahmed thanked the street cleaners and pondered organizing them to keep the roads cleaner. Ahmed says he has never given the same tour twice. I believe it.
Ahmed&#8217;s style of guiding and touring is not like that found on any other tour. It has more artistry in it than the others. But the faint of heart beware, he is more than half a poet. Emblazoned on his business card is the Arabic palindrome malik kalim, meaning &#8220;king of words.&#8221; And certifiably, he can claim to rule his words. Ahmed is a possessor of a veritable treasury of terms and an arsenal of anecdotes. Don&#8217;t think it tedious if he recites a list of synonyms or lines of poetry. Listen attentively. It is all part of the tour.
Bryan Kraemer
PhD. Candidate Egyptology
University of Chicago

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I am very pleased to recommend Mr. Ahmed Seddik of Ahmed Seddik Tours in his pursuit as an expert guide for ancient and medieval sites in Egypt. Not only does he have an outstanding knowledge of Egyptology and ancient Egyptian monuments (including ongoing excavations), he is similarly conversant in Islamic history, as shown in several tours of Islamic Cairo that we have conducted together. This is also clear in his very numerous, well-researched public lectures in Egypt on a wide range of topics within it&#8212;literary, historical and linguistic&#8212;many of which I have shared in personally. (An Arabist, my 2008 doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania, on fiction set in ancient Egypt by the late Nobel laureate in literature, Naguib Mahfouz, made broad, closely supervised use of Egyptological sources, and I have also extensively studied Islamic history, both at the University of Michigan and U-Penn.) His considerable acumen and insight extend far beyond these fields to also embrace Arabic literature, science and mathematics too. His masterful familiarity with the vast and intricate oeuvre of Ahmad Shawqi, &#8220;the Prince of Poets,&#8221; is a great achievement in itself, and could only have been attained with his extremely erudite knowledge of Arabic grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Moreover, he is highly trained in English literature, grammar and lexicography, a most rare combination with such a background in Arabic, let alone Egyptology. Indeed, Ahmed is a genuine polymath in the truest sense of the word, and has educated himself far beyond what his formal studies at the American University in Cairo have taught him. As to his character, Ahmed&#8212;a natural showman, with a distinct (and very Egyptian) love of attention&#8212;is also extremely thoughtful and helpful to others. Our experience together, in which we have shared in delivering lectures (mainly on Mahfouz)&#8212;and even co-produced and performed in short plays (e.g., on the discovery of Tutankhamun&#8217;s tomb)&#8212;has been an extremely rich and happy one. I&#8217;m quite sure that yours, with this uniquely gifted human being, will be as well.

Sincerely,
Raymond Stock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies
Drew University

&#8220;Egyptology runs in his veins&#8221; Dr. Zahi Hawass

My aim was to take a break with a cultural and historic character. And having Egyptologist and tour guide Ahmed Seddik as my companion made my adventure unforgettable.

Amira El-Naqeeb, Travel Writer
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A former Egyptology student at the American University in Cairo, the indefatigable and eloquent Ahmed Seddik makes even the history of bilharzia seem fun. Frequently booked as a translator/fixer by foreign correspondents, the 31-year-old freelance guide is also popular with expats and Egyptian parents who love his child-friendly tours of the Pyramids by camel. In addition to walking tours in the Egyptian Museum and Islamic Cairo, Seddik also does a tour of political Cairo, revisiting scenes from the revolution in Tahrir Square
SUSAN HACK
Cond&#233; Nast Traveler Senior Correspondent
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I think many here know Ahmed Seddik. He is a brilliant Egyptologist, an accomplished translator, and a masterfully gifted tour guide who leads tours year-round throughout Egypt in both English and Arabic.

Omid Ghaemmaghami

I went with a group to the Ramsees Wisawasef textile museum near Saqqara. Ahmed Seddik gave our group a short lecture on the meaning of &#8220;naseej&#8221; in Arabic. He spoke of theology, poetry and history. He impressed us with his knowledge of the Arabic poetic tradition. He knew scores of lines by Ahmed Shawqi. He certainly charmed me and my group. He quoted from dozens of poems that touch on the meaning of &#8220;thread&#8221; in Arabic literature. Ahmed was a wonderful guide whose love of puns, sharp wit and impressive memory were all qualities which made his lecture unforgettable.

Niko Banac

If you are wishing to source an Egyptologist, we would have no hesitation in recommending Ahmed. Our attention was kept by Ahmed the whole day, including our twelve year old! Ahmed is extremely professional, his knowledge and stories are outstanding and entertaining.

Carolanne Reissiger
Rate Revenue Manager

My guide for the day Ahmed Seddik is quite an original. A very slight, 30 something young Egyptologist who exudes brainy precociousness with a certain crazy charisma and a passion for alliteration and using pretentious vocabulary (though in a good humoured and fun way). He is a student and big fan of the famous Zahi Hawass &#8211; and has a personality and exuberance almost as big. He even dons a Zahi-like hat. Evidently he has been a journalist who has covered the revolution, an Egypt commentator called upon by BBC, CBS &#8211; and a translator of impressive works. Zahi II met me with three intelligent older Germans, two of whom were there from the German embassy. They were all sophisticated and bright and a pleasure to tour with.

Ahmed gave us a fabulously in-depth experience that lasted ALL DAY, 10:30 to 5 &#8211; and no-one even thought about lunch or a coffee break. We made a rare stop en route at the Unas&#8217;s valley temple, king of the 5th dynasty, strewn with interesting remains of pillars and stone and the last strip of his long causeway.Few stop there&#8230;

Laura Ranieri

The world knows Cairo for its pyramids. But in my opinion Cairo&#8217;s biggest jewels are its Islamic buildings. Historic, or Islamic Cairo, contains one of the most important collections of Medieval Islamic architecture in the world and is on UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage list. In a way it makes Cairo the Rome of the Middle East. Most of the monuments are mosques, palaces, mausolea, madrasas and private houses.

Since this neighborhood can be trick to navigate, with its winding and un-marked streets we decided to go with a guide&#8212;Ahmed Seddik&#8212;who would become our friend by the end of our stay in Cairo. His tour would take us from the Al Azhar mosque in the south to the Bab al-Futuh or northern gate of the original Fatimid walls.

The Al Azhar mosque is a quiet refuge from the traffic and horns of the busy neighborhood it sits in. We enter Al Azhar mosque through the Bab al-Muzayyin (Gate of the Barbers) where students came to have their heads shaved, between the truly giant minarets. Built in 970 at the height of the Fatimid period, it has been added on to over the years. The mosque the site of Al Azhar University, probably one of the oldest in the world, which is still in operation today. The inner courtyard is a quiet refuge from the traffic and noise outside. I find visiting mosques in the Middle East to be relaxing and enjoyable. Unlike Western churches which I can find to be sterile and austere&#8212;mosques I find to be a place for quiet reflection as well as a gathering place for the community.

We tuck into the Khan al-Khalili market, which sells all kinds of things, from tourist trinket to antiques. &#8220;How can we take your money?&#8221; ask the rather aggressive merchants. With tourism down in Egypt generally, the already pushy vendors are even keener on making a sale. We ignore them and move right to tea Fishawi&#8217;s&#8212;a coffee shop/shisha (water pipe) establishment that was frequented by Cairo&#8217;s literati, most notable Naguib Mafouz, Egypt&#8217;s late Nobel Laureate. This was Mafouz&#8217;s neighborhood which he immortalized in his books. It is still a local hangout, only there are more tourists these days.

We are lucky because it was a stormy day in Cairo. This doesn&#8217;t mean it was rainy, only that the wind was gusty and blew the dust around. Cairo, despite being on the Nile is a desert city, lest we forget. This meant that what would ordinarily be a neighborhood packed with shoppers was relatively quiet. Many shops were closed. We make our way to Sharia Muiz, or the Palace Walk (also a Mahfouz novel), which will take us between some of the great mosques and palaces of the Fatimid period, eventually delivering us to our final destination&#8212;Bab al-Futuh.

Sharia Muiz is kind of magical street. Neighborhood life bubbles all around us. Monuments rise and fall on either side of us. If you use your imagination you can picture yourself in a Mafouz novel. Ahmed tells us about the buildings, architecture and history that we are seeing on either side, but it all begins to blend together into a wonderful tapestry of sights and sounds. The evening call to prayer begins and Ahmed sits us down to listen and experience the moment. I have always found the call to prayer to be beautiful musically&#8212;Allah Akbar (god is great) called out from the muezzin&#8212;trying to convince believers to drop what they are doing and come to the mosque to pray. In Cairo I experienced some of the most beautiful calls to prayer as any other Muslim city I&#8217;ve been, and this call was particularly beautiful&#8230;

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&#8220;Micky and Mark have been the primary organizers for this trip and they found a wonderful tour guide for our time in Cairo. His name is Ahmed Seddik and he is the most delightful, smart and funny person you can imagine. He loves languages and speaks incredible English. He talked continuously without notes of any kind during our tours of the temples at Saqqara, the Pyramids and tombs in Giza, Islamic Cairo, and the City of the Dead&#8212;not just providing fascinating and encyclopedic information, both historic and modern, but peppering his monologue with puns and alliteration. The Giza tour culminated with camel rides from the pyramids to the Sphinx at sunset.&#8221;

Caroline Moore

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s pedagogical skills and talents are superb. His sharp wit and warm humor, coupled with his linguistic
brilliance, inspire and promote vast learning to take place in a short time. He seems to carry in his head
all 18 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary and the meaning and derivation of a vast corpus of Arabic
vocabulary. His facility with language, coupled with his powerful oration while lecturing, make him a superior teacher.&#8221;

Bill Barazzuol

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s expertise in Arabic in particular could be described as nothing short of masterful. He has committed to memory volumes upon volumes of the great Arabic grammarians such as Ibn Malik and his work of one thousand lines &#8220;The Alfia&#8221;. What&#8217;s more, Ahmed is able to distill these complicated rules of grammar into a clear, logical, and easily understood system of mnemonics, enabling any non-native speaker to acquire this difficult language in the shortest time possible.&quot;

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&#8220;Ahmed Seddik is the brightest Egyptian I have met since I came to Egypt. I have found his Egyptological knowledge prodigious.&#8221;

Professor Jerry Leach</description>
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      <title>Conflictphotography</title>
      <description>Are there some warphotographers/conflictphotographers who can help me out? Need some advices/tips about my plans. 



Contact me at: gpm_matulessy@hotmail.nl
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2015 15:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/nepalphotoproject</link>
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      <title>Galeries</title>
      <description>Cant see my galeries, nor my work, it seems like they erase it...what is going on? Nobody answers???help,help, sos,sos,sos...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2015 14:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/galeries-2</link>
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      <title>Photo assistant in Moldova</title>
      <description>Hello I'm looking for a Chisinau-based photo or video assistant to help with a DSLR photo / video journalism assignment for one week in June. Must speak fluent Moldovan and English. Please get in touch with any recommendations jake(at)jakelyell.com 

thanks!
-jake</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2015 15:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/photo-assistant-in-moldova</link>
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      <title>Looking for a fixer in Haiti</title>
      <description>For three weeks in July specializing in Haitian spirituality.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/looking-for-a-fixer-in-haiti</link>
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      <title>looking for fixer in Beirut</title>
      <description>I'm a university professor working on a project about the work of fixers and stringers. I'm looking for a fixer who could help me set up interviews with other local journalists, stringers, and fixers, as well as doing some translating. I'll be in Beirut from May 27, 2015-June 21, 2015. Email me at lnpalmer2000@gmail.com.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2015 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/looking-for-fixer-in-beirut</link>
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      <title>Book of our work...</title>
      <description>Caminando is the name of a little book I published trough blurb, and I wanted to share it with all our family of light seekrs, this is the link if you want to get it, and help an old photographer eat a little better meals...thanks and lots of love to you all...http://blur.by/1JT5zG8
I hope you all like it...Anselmo/ pupi</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 02:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/book-of-our-work</link>
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      <title>Beyond Borders Tours</title>
      <description>Journalist Fixer/Tours of East Jerusalem, West Bank and the Palestinian Territories.

Need help, feel free to reach out:

Rami N. Nazzal
Mob:(+972) 54-261-5555
Email: rami.nazzal@me.com
FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/beyondborderstours?ref=br_rs</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2015 14:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/beyond-borders-tours-4</link>
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      <title>South Kordofan</title>
      <description>Looking for fixer in South Kordofan. Has contacts with SPLM-N.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 02:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/south-kordofan</link>
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      <title>Fixer in Panam&#225; City next week</title>
      <description>Hi,
I'm looking for a fixer/assistant in Panam&#225; City (in Panama, Not Florida) for May 7-10. It's for a editorial travel story. Please get in touch asap.

Cheers
/Martin</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2015 14:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixer-in-panam-city-next-week</link>
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      <title>The Zanskari Marriage</title>
      <description>The marriage would be conducted with all kind ritual and century old Himalayan tradition. there willl no any usual kind of marriage. it is done in order to preserve the century old song , music, ritual, dance, dress and other jewellery... etc</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2015 14:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/the-zanskari-marriage</link>
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      <title>No Addiction India</title>
      <description>Maximum uses of harmful products like cigarettes, alcohol &amp; tobacco can spoil your life. These products cause dangerous diseases like cancer and many others. So, if you are completely addicted of these substances, then try &lt;a href=&quot;http://noaddictionindia.in&quot;&gt;no addiction&lt;/a&gt; powder. This product is very helpful to get completely rid of the harmful addictions and gives healthy life. No addiction is completely natural product and lots of other benefits. Its also very affordable product and have best addiction recovery rate.

Website - &lt;a href=&quot;http://noaddictionindia.in&quot;&gt;http://noaddictionindia.in&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2015 14:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/no-addiction-india</link>
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      <title>Fixer in Puerto Rico</title>
      <description>Can anyone recommend a fixer in Puerto Rico for a project in May?

Thank you,</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2015 14:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixer-in-puerto-rico</link>
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      <title>Fixer in San Juan, PR</title>
      <description>Hi,
I'm looking for an awesome fixer in San Juan, Puerto Rico for a couple of days' work in May. Please contact me off-list at sarah_richards@hotmail.com
Thanks,
Sarah</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2015 14:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixer-in-san-juan-pr</link>
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      <title>Fixer in Cape Verde</title>
      <description>Hi, looking for a fixer in Cabo Verde/Cape Verde in late may 2015.

Anyone you could recommend ?

Your help will be deeply appreciated.

All the best,

Jo&#235;l</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixer-in-cape-verde</link>
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      <title>Looking for fixer in Oman</title>
      <description>Hi, 

I'm working with a National Geographic series out of New York and we're looking for reliable fixers for a big production in Oman in July. Preferably someone with Natural History Film experience but more importantly a good understanding of permitting and locations in Oman especially Rub al Khali desert areas and Hajar Mountains. 

Please contact me at elivia.shaw@gmail.com. Thank you!</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 02:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/looking-for-fixer-in-oman</link>
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      <title>Call for Applications - Workshops &amp; Talks by NOOR. Register by 5 May</title>
      <description>Last week to register for great workshops &amp; talks by NOOR photographers, including Nina Berman (US), Pep Bonet (ES), Andrea Bruce (US), Alixandra Fazzina (UK), Stanley Greene (US), B&#233;n&#233;dicte Kurzen (FR), Sebasti&#225;n Liste (ES), Jon Lowenstein (US), Asim Rafiqui (SE/US) &amp; Francesco Zizola (IT)

See the full range of activities &amp; register here: http://www.fotografiaeuropea.it/fe2015/host-noor-eng/</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/call-for-applications-workshops-talks-by-noor-register-by-5-may</link>
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      <title>Publications US</title>
      <description>I've done a photo-story on boxing in Ghana and would like to approach magazines in the US for a possible publication. Could anyone give me tips on whom to approach? It's a social documentary.
Many thanks!</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/publications-us</link>
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      <title>Honey Hunting in Nepal</title>
      <description>Hi 

Feel free to contact &quot;Kathmandu Films&quot; if you are planing to film Honey Hunting in Nepal. Web: www.kathmandufilms.com
E: kathmandufilms@mail.com </description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2015 15:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/honey-hunting-in-nepal</link>
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      <title>Zanskar marriage </title>
      <description>there will be real marriage in the mid of summer in Zanskar, that marriage will be infull tradition with tradition music, dance, rituals, traditions,and horse ride... this one of the most old and tradition kind of marriage system that would arrange for ... </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/zanskar-marriage</link>
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      <title>Looking for a FIXER in South Korea?</title>
      <description>My name is John Jung and I work for Prosum, a media production located in South Korea. We make documentaries for major broadcasting companies in Korea, and also provide reliable fixer/research services to international producers and directors coming to Korea.

So if you are ever coming to Korea for filming or just interested in what we do, please do not hesitate to contact us. My email is johnj@prosum.co.kr. 

For more information about our company, please visit
www.prosum.co.kr
</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/looking-for-a-fixer-in-south-korea</link>
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      <title>Vietnam War</title>
      <description>Vietnam War: looking for a photo story surrounding the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War to be published on VICE news</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 05:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/vietnam-war</link>
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      <title>Fixer in Buenos Aires</title>
      <description>I need a fixer in Buenos Aires for a few days next week. Preferably with the car as we will need to drive around the capital. Thanks!</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2015 18:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/fixer-in-buenos-aires-3</link>
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      <title>Nepal</title>
      <description>Within two weeks i am travelling to nepal.
Can anybody update me with the situation in nepal</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/nepal</link>
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      <title> error</title>
      <description>can anyone tell me whats wrong with lightstalkers ?
i can't see any images in my gallery!!!!!!!!</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/error</link>
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      <title>Middle East Fixer</title>
      <description>Middle East Fixer
Cairo Fixer
Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator and Freelance Journalist in Cairo, Tanta, Alexandria, Aswan, Luxor, Port Said and Egypt and the Middle East.

SeddikSpeak.com
CairoFixer.com

Ahmed Seddik is around now to report and/or translate for the media.

http://www.facebook.com/CairoFixer

Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator for Cairo and Egypt

Arabic &lt;&gt; English

There is a highly recommended fixer/translator in Cairo, Egypt

call:
+20100-67-68-2-69

or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com
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Ahmed Seddik has worked with BBC, CNN, CBS, FT, Time Magazine, France 2&#8230;

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Testimonials:

I have hired Mr Seddik on two occasions &#8211; once in Egypt and once in Libya. On both occasions he was working as a translator and fixer for the BBC team. We were working in a high pressured environment, doing very long hours and I was extremely impressed with him. He has excellent English &#8211; better than any other translator I have worked with so far in the region.

He is confident in dealing with journalists and communicated with the people we interviewed in a respectful and friendly manner. He has a vast knowledge of politics and current affairs as well as the history of Egypt and the wider Middle East. This was invaluable both for interviews and in general conversation.

He is also particularly good at turning dry facts into fascinating anecdotes and was often able to entertain and educate us with interesting stories about Egypt&#8217;s history. He is obviously passionate about the country, its history and culture.

What most impressed me about Mr Seddik however is his energy and enthusiasm, even after working for extremely long hours. Many other translators I have worked with have been irritable after working for very long hours, but Mr Seddik remained alert, cheerful and hardworking no matter how many hours he had done.

He was always punctual, courteous and is good at taking the initiative when needed.

Helena Merriman
Broadcast Journalist
BBC World Service
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I am a producer for The CBS Evening News, a national nightly newsprogram in the United States. In early February, Correspondent Terry McCarthy and I were sent to Egypt to cover the events of Tahrir Square, and we hired Ahmed as our interpreter, our guide, and what we in the news business call a &#8220;fixer&#8221; &#8211; that is, someone who can arrange the interviews we need, sort through the facts we want, and generally make our lives easier in a foreign country.

Ahmed was amazing. He helped us navigate through Cairo at a very difficult time with a combination of street smarts, great attitude, and an uncanny command of the English language. Also, there is no higher-pressure environment than television journalism, and we had Ahmed working for us about 20 hours a day for 3 weeks; he never failed to jump at the assignment and he never complained.

In Ahmed we found not only an amazing producer, but a great resource for all things Egypt. His offhand knowledge of Egyptian history, of pharaohs and antiquities, of hieroglyphics and pyramids is astounding. He can quote ancient Egyptian texts from memory. In many ways he was our tour guide and history professor on top of everything else.

Sincerely,

Erin Lyall George

Producer

The CBS Evening News
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COPPER POT PICTURES hired Ahmed Seddik to be our fixer when we traveled to Egypt in June 2012 to film WE MUST GO, our documentary about the Egyptian Football team. Though we had tried to sort out various rights and permissions prior to traveling to Egypt, it wasn&#8217;t until Ahmed came on board that we started to see results. From permissions with the various football associations to permits from the Egyptian government to our daily transportation, Ahmed arranged everything. It was unbelievable. He is a motivated and capable fixer who assured that everything was taken care of prior to our arrival. Ahmed paved the way for a smooth shoot; we didn&#8217;t have to worry about anything except doing our jobs. He met each new challenge and wrinkle to the shoot with a positive attitude and a willingness to see that our wishes were carried out. His services were invaluable. We have shot documentaries around the world and much of the success (or failure) for our projects depend on the talents of our local fixers: I am pleased to say that Ahmed is the best we&#8217;ve worked with and I look forward to a continued partnership on WE MUST GO and future Copper Pot projects shot throughout Egypt and the Middle East. My only hesitation in writing this glowing review is that I want to make sure no one else hires him when we need him!

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Dave LaMattina
Producer/Director | COPPER POT PICTURES
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I am a correspondent with BBC News, based in London. I worked alongside Mr Seddik for almost 2 weeks earlier this year when I was on assignment in Egypt. During that time I found him to be an outstanding
individual who would be an excellent asset to any organization.
Specifically he has an acute awareness of how the media works, the
demands that the modern media operates under, and the need to handle
such demands with clarity, consistency and integrity. His language
skills, especially his knowledge of English, are absolutely first
class and he has an ability to express himself in a manner that many
native English speakers would find difficult to improve upon. I have
absolutely no hesitation in recommending Ahmed Seddik.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Buchanan
Correspondent
BBC News
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BBC TV&#8217;s &#8216;Newsnight&#8217; programme employed Ahmed Seddik as a translator,
researcher, fixer and guide for two weeks in Cairo in November 2011 and
found him to be a resourceful, highly-informed, hard-working and
invariably good-humoured colleague.

Ahmed has a vast store of knowledge about Egypt and its history, as well
as a valuable network of well-placed contacts in many walks of life. He
is a constantly engaging and informative companion and is able to work
calmly and effectively in highly pressured circumstances.

Ahmed was unfailingly cheerful and cooperative when required to work the
extremely long hours often required by TV crews. He is not only an
excellent interpreter/translator with an astonishingly rich and accurate
knowledge of English, but also a fixer with the imagination and
resourcefulness to contribute his own ideas.

Tim Whewell
Correspondent
BBC Newsnight
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TIME Magazine&#8217;s Cairo Bureau has periodically employed Mr. Ahmed Seddik for translating assignments since 2004. He has performed all his tasks with a high degree of expertise and professionalism. Mr. Seddik is also extremely well educated and informed about all aspects of Egyptian life, including politics, culture and society. In every way, he has greatly assisted TIME correspondents in their work.
I wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Seddik&#8217;s services, and would be delighted to receive any requests for further elaboration on my recommendation.

Scott MacLeod
TIME Middle East Correspondent(since 1995)
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I had the opportunity to work with Ahmed Seddik last summer in Cairo, where I was temporarily based as a correspondent for Time Magazine. Though he clearly was far too qualified for the task, he cheerfully served as my translator for a couple of stories. I found him to be a precise interpreter, providing me with excellent translations of what was said in interviews, often a rarity where the need for speed overrides the desire for colorful, exact phrasing.
He also demonstrated a willingness to work long hours, and at the last minute. If I have the opportunity to return to Cairo, I will be sure to use his translation services once again.

Regards,
Aryn Baker,
Associate Editor,
Time Magazine Asia

Siamo stati al Cairo per un weekend lungo, purtroppo durante i disordini di
piazza di novembre, che ci hanno impedito di visitare il museo egizio a Piazza
Tahrir. Ma anche senza il museo, il viaggio &#232; stato straordinario. Meravigliose
le piramidi e il plateau di Giza, bellissima la visita alle moschee e alle
strade del cairo islamico, entrambi posti che abbiamo visitato con la nostra
guida Ahmed Seddik, la cui mail era indicata sulla Lonely Planet e che abbiamo
contattato dall&#8217;Italia subito prima di partire. Ahmed ha fatto una grande
differenza: &#232; affidabile, preparato, pieno di entusiasmo, appassionato di
storia, archeologia, letteratura, geroglifici e conosce i luoghi come le sue
tasche. Alle piramidi ci ha fatto vedere tombe delle quali non avremmo mai
capito neanche la presenza, ci ha portato a vedere un panorama strepitoso da un
posto un p&#242; pi&#249; lontano ma senza turisti, e ci ha pagato addirittura lui il
ritorno con il cammello come &#8220;regalo&#8221; di benvenuto. Con lui ci siamo
avventurati in posti dove non saremmo andati da soli, abbiamo capito tanto
della storia dell&#8217;egitto e delle piramidi e anche dell&#8217;orgoglio degli egiziani
di oggi. Insomma, posti meravigliosi, clima perfetto.. speriamo che la
situazione politica si tranquillizzi presto, perch&#232; non vediamo l&#8217;ora di
tornarci e di portarci anche i nostri figli!

Silvia Cavallo

&#8220;You are a student of the finer point of the English language.&#8221;

Hugh Sykes, BBC, the World at One
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I have the privilege to recommend to you Ahmed Seddik as an excellent guide and efficient informant. I am fortunate both to have known Ahmed as a fellow student at the American University in Cairo and to have seen how he developed his college interests into his current profession. Although he makes guiding and lecturing his profession, Ahmed is a veritable renaissance man due to his passion for learning. He delights in learning various subjects and can claim expertise in many. Ahmed has a talent for drawing diverse connections from his numerous interests into any talk or tour. In addition to his tours, Ahmed makes good use of his talent in his frequent lectures on diverse topics at the Sawy Culture Wheel, a famous cultural center and academic forum in Zamalek, and elsewhere.
In the tours I have attended, Ahmed was lively, engaging, and spontaneous. Both the tour to the City of the Dead and Islamic Cairo were chock&#8208;full of information, partly due to Ahmed&#8217;s vast memory for fact and stories. On his tours each monument has a story and every side street is another step back in time. The tours I attended lasted about five hours each, although he has told me they can stretch longer or take less time depending on the audience. When I took the Islamic Cairo tour, we went the full length of the Fatimid city from gate to gate in four hours. His tour of Islamic Cairo is especially nice because it takes place in the wee hours of the morning. The streets of the Khan el&#8208;Khalili are amazingly serene at that time, which makes for a stark contrast with the market&#8217;s usual chaos. If you should take the tour make sure to see the inside of the mosque and madrasa of Barquq; Sultan Plum had an eye for beauty. On these tours, Ahmed is always thinking about ways to improve and innovate. For example, while leading us through the streets of Islamic Cairo, Ahmed thanked the street cleaners and pondered organizing them to keep the roads cleaner. Ahmed says he has never given the same tour twice. I believe it.
Ahmed&#8217;s style of guiding and touring is not like that found on any other tour. It has more artistry in it than the others. But the faint of heart beware, he is more than half a poet. Emblazoned on his business card is the Arabic palindrome malik kalim, meaning &#8220;king of words.&#8221; And certifiably, he can claim to rule his words. Ahmed is a possessor of a veritable treasury of terms and an arsenal of anecdotes. Don&#8217;t think it tedious if he recites a list of synonyms or lines of poetry. Listen attentively. It is all part of the tour.
Bryan Kraemer
PhD. Candidate Egyptology
University of Chicago

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I am very pleased to recommend Mr. Ahmed Seddik of Ahmed Seddik Tours in his pursuit as an expert guide for ancient and medieval sites in Egypt. Not only does he have an outstanding knowledge of Egyptology and ancient Egyptian monuments (including ongoing excavations), he is similarly conversant in Islamic history, as shown in several tours of Islamic Cairo that we have conducted together. This is also clear in his very numerous, well-researched public lectures in Egypt on a wide range of topics within it&#8212;literary, historical and linguistic&#8212;many of which I have shared in personally. (An Arabist, my 2008 doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania, on fiction set in ancient Egypt by the late Nobel laureate in literature, Naguib Mahfouz, made broad, closely supervised use of Egyptological sources, and I have also extensively studied Islamic history, both at the University of Michigan and U-Penn.) His considerable acumen and insight extend far beyond these fields to also embrace Arabic literature, science and mathematics too. His masterful familiarity with the vast and intricate oeuvre of Ahmad Shawqi, &#8220;the Prince of Poets,&#8221; is a great achievement in itself, and could only have been attained with his extremely erudite knowledge of Arabic grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Moreover, he is highly trained in English literature, grammar and lexicography, a most rare combination with such a background in Arabic, let alone Egyptology. Indeed, Ahmed is a genuine polymath in the truest sense of the word, and has educated himself far beyond what his formal studies at the American University in Cairo have taught him. As to his character, Ahmed&#8212;a natural showman, with a distinct (and very Egyptian) love of attention&#8212;is also extremely thoughtful and helpful to others. Our experience together, in which we have shared in delivering lectures (mainly on Mahfouz)&#8212;and even co-produced and performed in short plays (e.g., on the discovery of Tutankhamun&#8217;s tomb)&#8212;has been an extremely rich and happy one. I&#8217;m quite sure that yours, with this uniquely gifted human being, will be as well.

Sincerely,
Raymond Stock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies
Drew University

&#8220;Egyptology runs in his veins&#8221; Dr. Zahi Hawass

My aim was to take a break with a cultural and historic character. And having Egyptologist and tour guide Ahmed Seddik as my companion made my adventure unforgettable.

Amira El-Naqeeb, Travel Writer
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A former Egyptology student at the American University in Cairo, the indefatigable and eloquent Ahmed Seddik makes even the history of bilharzia seem fun. Frequently booked as a translator/fixer by foreign correspondents, the 31-year-old freelance guide is also popular with expats and Egyptian parents who love his child-friendly tours of the Pyramids by camel. In addition to walking tours in the Egyptian Museum and Islamic Cairo, Seddik also does a tour of political Cairo, revisiting scenes from the revolution in Tahrir Square
SUSAN HACK
Cond&#233; Nast Traveler Senior Correspondent
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I think many here know Ahmed Seddik. He is a brilliant Egyptologist, an accomplished translator, and a masterfully gifted tour guide who leads tours year-round throughout Egypt in both English and Arabic.

Omid Ghaemmaghami

I went with a group to the Ramsees Wisawasef textile museum near Saqqara. Ahmed Seddik gave our group a short lecture on the meaning of &#8220;naseej&#8221; in Arabic. He spoke of theology, poetry and history. He impressed us with his knowledge of the Arabic poetic tradition. He knew scores of lines by Ahmed Shawqi. He certainly charmed me and my group. He quoted from dozens of poems that touch on the meaning of &#8220;thread&#8221; in Arabic literature. Ahmed was a wonderful guide whose love of puns, sharp wit and impressive memory were all qualities which made his lecture unforgettable.

Niko Banac

If you are wishing to source an Egyptologist, we would have no hesitation in recommending Ahmed. Our attention was kept by Ahmed the whole day, including our twelve year old! Ahmed is extremely professional, his knowledge and stories are outstanding and entertaining.

Carolanne Reissiger
Rate Revenue Manager

My guide for the day Ahmed Seddik is quite an original. A very slight, 30 something young Egyptologist who exudes brainy precociousness with a certain crazy charisma and a passion for alliteration and using pretentious vocabulary (though in a good humoured and fun way). He is a student and big fan of the famous Zahi Hawass &#8211; and has a personality and exuberance almost as big. He even dons a Zahi-like hat. Evidently he has been a journalist who has covered the revolution, an Egypt commentator called upon by BBC, CBS &#8211; and a translator of impressive works. Zahi II met me with three intelligent older Germans, two of whom were there from the German embassy. They were all sophisticated and bright and a pleasure to tour with.

Ahmed gave us a fabulously in-depth experience that lasted ALL DAY, 10:30 to 5 &#8211; and no-one even thought about lunch or a coffee break. We made a rare stop en route at the Unas&#8217;s valley temple, king of the 5th dynasty, strewn with interesting remains of pillars and stone and the last strip of his long causeway.Few stop there&#8230;

Laura Ranieri

The world knows Cairo for its pyramids. But in my opinion Cairo&#8217;s biggest jewels are its Islamic buildings. Historic, or Islamic Cairo, contains one of the most important collections of Medieval Islamic architecture in the world and is on UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage list. In a way it makes Cairo the Rome of the Middle East. Most of the monuments are mosques, palaces, mausolea, madrasas and private houses.

Since this neighborhood can be trick to navigate, with its winding and un-marked streets we decided to go with a guide&#8212;Ahmed Seddik&#8212;who would become our friend by the end of our stay in Cairo. His tour would take us from the Al Azhar mosque in the south to the Bab al-Futuh or northern gate of the original Fatimid walls.

The Al Azhar mosque is a quiet refuge from the traffic and horns of the busy neighborhood it sits in. We enter Al Azhar mosque through the Bab al-Muzayyin (Gate of the Barbers) where students came to have their heads shaved, between the truly giant minarets. Built in 970 at the height of the Fatimid period, it has been added on to over the years. The mosque the site of Al Azhar University, probably one of the oldest in the world, which is still in operation today. The inner courtyard is a quiet refuge from the traffic and noise outside. I find visiting mosques in the Middle East to be relaxing and enjoyable. Unlike Western churches which I can find to be sterile and austere&#8212;mosques I find to be a place for quiet reflection as well as a gathering place for the community.

We tuck into the Khan al-Khalili market, which sells all kinds of things, from tourist trinket to antiques. &#8220;How can we take your money?&#8221; ask the rather aggressive merchants. With tourism down in Egypt generally, the already pushy vendors are even keener on making a sale. We ignore them and move right to tea Fishawi&#8217;s&#8212;a coffee shop/shisha (water pipe) establishment that was frequented by Cairo&#8217;s literati, most notable Naguib Mafouz, Egypt&#8217;s late Nobel Laureate. This was Mafouz&#8217;s neighborhood which he immortalized in his books. It is still a local hangout, only there are more tourists these days.

We are lucky because it was a stormy day in Cairo. This doesn&#8217;t mean it was rainy, only that the wind was gusty and blew the dust around. Cairo, despite being on the Nile is a desert city, lest we forget. This meant that what would ordinarily be a neighborhood packed with shoppers was relatively quiet. Many shops were closed. We make our way to Sharia Muiz, or the Palace Walk (also a Mahfouz novel), which will take us between some of the great mosques and palaces of the Fatimid period, eventually delivering us to our final destination&#8212;Bab al-Futuh.

Sharia Muiz is kind of magical street. Neighborhood life bubbles all around us. Monuments rise and fall on either side of us. If you use your imagination you can picture yourself in a Mafouz novel. Ahmed tells us about the buildings, architecture and history that we are seeing on either side, but it all begins to blend together into a wonderful tapestry of sights and sounds. The evening call to prayer begins and Ahmed sits us down to listen and experience the moment. I have always found the call to prayer to be beautiful musically&#8212;Allah Akbar (god is great) called out from the muezzin&#8212;trying to convince believers to drop what they are doing and come to the mosque to pray. In Cairo I experienced some of the most beautiful calls to prayer as any other Muslim city I&#8217;ve been, and this call was particularly beautiful&#8230;

MARK T. LAMMERS
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&#8220;Micky and Mark have been the primary organizers for this trip and they found a wonderful tour guide for our time in Cairo. His name is Ahmed Seddik and he is the most delightful, smart and funny person you can imagine. He loves languages and speaks incredible English. He talked continuously without notes of any kind during our tours of the temples at Saqqara, the Pyramids and tombs in Giza, Islamic Cairo, and the City of the Dead&#8212;not just providing fascinating and encyclopedic information, both historic and modern, but peppering his monologue with puns and alliteration. The Giza tour culminated with camel rides from the pyramids to the Sphinx at sunset.&#8221;

Caroline Moore

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s pedagogical skills and talents are superb. His sharp wit and warm humor, coupled with his linguistic
brilliance, inspire and promote vast learning to take place in a short time. He seems to carry in his head
all 18 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary and the meaning and derivation of a vast corpus of Arabic
vocabulary. His facility with language, coupled with his powerful oration while lecturing, make him a superior teacher.&#8221;

Bill Barazzuol

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s expertise in Arabic in particular could be described as nothing short of masterful. He has committed to memory volumes upon volumes of the great Arabic grammarians such as Ibn Malik and his work of one thousand lines &#8220;The Alfia&#8221;. What&#8217;s more, Ahmed is able to distill these complicated rules of grammar into a clear, logical, and easily understood system of mnemonics, enabling any non-native speaker to acquire this difficult language in the shortest time possible.&quot;

John Solomon
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&#8220;Ahmed Seddik is the brightest Egyptian I have met since I came to Egypt. I have found his Egyptological knowledge prodigious.&#8221;

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Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator and Freelance Journalist in Cairo, Tanta, Alexandria, Aswan, Luxor, Port Said and Egypt and the Middle East.

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Ahmed Seddik is around now to report and/or translate for the media.

http://www.facebook.com/CairoFixer

Fine Fixer/Simultaneous Translator for Cairo and Egypt

Arabic &lt;&gt; English

There is a highly recommended fixer/translator in Cairo, Egypt

call:
+20100-67-68-2-69

or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com
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Testimonials:

I have hired Mr Seddik on two occasions &#8211; once in Egypt and once in Libya. On both occasions he was working as a translator and fixer for the BBC team. We were working in a high pressured environment, doing very long hours and I was extremely impressed with him. He has excellent English &#8211; better than any other translator I have worked with so far in the region.

He is confident in dealing with journalists and communicated with the people we interviewed in a respectful and friendly manner. He has a vast knowledge of politics and current affairs as well as the history of Egypt and the wider Middle East. This was invaluable both for interviews and in general conversation.

He is also particularly good at turning dry facts into fascinating anecdotes and was often able to entertain and educate us with interesting stories about Egypt&#8217;s history. He is obviously passionate about the country, its history and culture.

What most impressed me about Mr Seddik however is his energy and enthusiasm, even after working for extremely long hours. Many other translators I have worked with have been irritable after working for very long hours, but Mr Seddik remained alert, cheerful and hardworking no matter how many hours he had done.

He was always punctual, courteous and is good at taking the initiative when needed.

Helena Merriman
Broadcast Journalist
BBC World Service
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I am a producer for The CBS Evening News, a national nightly newsprogram in the United States. In early February, Correspondent Terry McCarthy and I were sent to Egypt to cover the events of Tahrir Square, and we hired Ahmed as our interpreter, our guide, and what we in the news business call a &#8220;fixer&#8221; &#8211; that is, someone who can arrange the interviews we need, sort through the facts we want, and generally make our lives easier in a foreign country.

Ahmed was amazing. He helped us navigate through Cairo at a very difficult time with a combination of street smarts, great attitude, and an uncanny command of the English language. Also, there is no higher-pressure environment than television journalism, and we had Ahmed working for us about 20 hours a day for 3 weeks; he never failed to jump at the assignment and he never complained.

In Ahmed we found not only an amazing producer, but a great resource for all things Egypt. His offhand knowledge of Egyptian history, of pharaohs and antiquities, of hieroglyphics and pyramids is astounding. He can quote ancient Egyptian texts from memory. In many ways he was our tour guide and history professor on top of everything else.

Sincerely,

Erin Lyall George

Producer

The CBS Evening News
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COPPER POT PICTURES hired Ahmed Seddik to be our fixer when we traveled to Egypt in June 2012 to film WE MUST GO, our documentary about the Egyptian Football team. Though we had tried to sort out various rights and permissions prior to traveling to Egypt, it wasn&#8217;t until Ahmed came on board that we started to see results. From permissions with the various football associations to permits from the Egyptian government to our daily transportation, Ahmed arranged everything. It was unbelievable. He is a motivated and capable fixer who assured that everything was taken care of prior to our arrival. Ahmed paved the way for a smooth shoot; we didn&#8217;t have to worry about anything except doing our jobs. He met each new challenge and wrinkle to the shoot with a positive attitude and a willingness to see that our wishes were carried out. His services were invaluable. We have shot documentaries around the world and much of the success (or failure) for our projects depend on the talents of our local fixers: I am pleased to say that Ahmed is the best we&#8217;ve worked with and I look forward to a continued partnership on WE MUST GO and future Copper Pot projects shot throughout Egypt and the Middle East. My only hesitation in writing this glowing review is that I want to make sure no one else hires him when we need him!

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Dave LaMattina
Producer/Director | COPPER POT PICTURES
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I am a correspondent with BBC News, based in London. I worked alongside Mr Seddik for almost 2 weeks earlier this year when I was on assignment in Egypt. During that time I found him to be an outstanding
individual who would be an excellent asset to any organization.
Specifically he has an acute awareness of how the media works, the
demands that the modern media operates under, and the need to handle
such demands with clarity, consistency and integrity. His language
skills, especially his knowledge of English, are absolutely first
class and he has an ability to express himself in a manner that many
native English speakers would find difficult to improve upon. I have
absolutely no hesitation in recommending Ahmed Seddik.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Buchanan
Correspondent
BBC News
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BBC TV&#8217;s &#8216;Newsnight&#8217; programme employed Ahmed Seddik as a translator,
researcher, fixer and guide for two weeks in Cairo in November 2011 and
found him to be a resourceful, highly-informed, hard-working and
invariably good-humoured colleague.

Ahmed has a vast store of knowledge about Egypt and its history, as well
as a valuable network of well-placed contacts in many walks of life. He
is a constantly engaging and informative companion and is able to work
calmly and effectively in highly pressured circumstances.

Ahmed was unfailingly cheerful and cooperative when required to work the
extremely long hours often required by TV crews. He is not only an
excellent interpreter/translator with an astonishingly rich and accurate
knowledge of English, but also a fixer with the imagination and
resourcefulness to contribute his own ideas.

Tim Whewell
Correspondent
BBC Newsnight
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TIME Magazine&#8217;s Cairo Bureau has periodically employed Mr. Ahmed Seddik for translating assignments since 2004. He has performed all his tasks with a high degree of expertise and professionalism. Mr. Seddik is also extremely well educated and informed about all aspects of Egyptian life, including politics, culture and society. In every way, he has greatly assisted TIME correspondents in their work.
I wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Seddik&#8217;s services, and would be delighted to receive any requests for further elaboration on my recommendation.

Scott MacLeod
TIME Middle East Correspondent(since 1995)
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I had the opportunity to work with Ahmed Seddik last summer in Cairo, where I was temporarily based as a correspondent for Time Magazine. Though he clearly was far too qualified for the task, he cheerfully served as my translator for a couple of stories. I found him to be a precise interpreter, providing me with excellent translations of what was said in interviews, often a rarity where the need for speed overrides the desire for colorful, exact phrasing.
He also demonstrated a willingness to work long hours, and at the last minute. If I have the opportunity to return to Cairo, I will be sure to use his translation services once again.

Regards,
Aryn Baker,
Associate Editor,
Time Magazine Asia

Siamo stati al Cairo per un weekend lungo, purtroppo durante i disordini di
piazza di novembre, che ci hanno impedito di visitare il museo egizio a Piazza
Tahrir. Ma anche senza il museo, il viaggio &#232; stato straordinario. Meravigliose
le piramidi e il plateau di Giza, bellissima la visita alle moschee e alle
strade del cairo islamico, entrambi posti che abbiamo visitato con la nostra
guida Ahmed Seddik, la cui mail era indicata sulla Lonely Planet e che abbiamo
contattato dall&#8217;Italia subito prima di partire. Ahmed ha fatto una grande
differenza: &#232; affidabile, preparato, pieno di entusiasmo, appassionato di
storia, archeologia, letteratura, geroglifici e conosce i luoghi come le sue
tasche. Alle piramidi ci ha fatto vedere tombe delle quali non avremmo mai
capito neanche la presenza, ci ha portato a vedere un panorama strepitoso da un
posto un p&#242; pi&#249; lontano ma senza turisti, e ci ha pagato addirittura lui il
ritorno con il cammello come &#8220;regalo&#8221; di benvenuto. Con lui ci siamo
avventurati in posti dove non saremmo andati da soli, abbiamo capito tanto
della storia dell&#8217;egitto e delle piramidi e anche dell&#8217;orgoglio degli egiziani
di oggi. Insomma, posti meravigliosi, clima perfetto.. speriamo che la
situazione politica si tranquillizzi presto, perch&#232; non vediamo l&#8217;ora di
tornarci e di portarci anche i nostri figli!

Silvia Cavallo

&#8220;You are a student of the finer point of the English language.&#8221;

Hugh Sykes, BBC, the World at One
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I have the privilege to recommend to you Ahmed Seddik as an excellent guide and efficient informant. I am fortunate both to have known Ahmed as a fellow student at the American University in Cairo and to have seen how he developed his college interests into his current profession. Although he makes guiding and lecturing his profession, Ahmed is a veritable renaissance man due to his passion for learning. He delights in learning various subjects and can claim expertise in many. Ahmed has a talent for drawing diverse connections from his numerous interests into any talk or tour. In addition to his tours, Ahmed makes good use of his talent in his frequent lectures on diverse topics at the Sawy Culture Wheel, a famous cultural center and academic forum in Zamalek, and elsewhere.
In the tours I have attended, Ahmed was lively, engaging, and spontaneous. Both the tour to the City of the Dead and Islamic Cairo were chock&#8208;full of information, partly due to Ahmed&#8217;s vast memory for fact and stories. On his tours each monument has a story and every side street is another step back in time. The tours I attended lasted about five hours each, although he has told me they can stretch longer or take less time depending on the audience. When I took the Islamic Cairo tour, we went the full length of the Fatimid city from gate to gate in four hours. His tour of Islamic Cairo is especially nice because it takes place in the wee hours of the morning. The streets of the Khan el&#8208;Khalili are amazingly serene at that time, which makes for a stark contrast with the market&#8217;s usual chaos. If you should take the tour make sure to see the inside of the mosque and madrasa of Barquq; Sultan Plum had an eye for beauty. On these tours, Ahmed is always thinking about ways to improve and innovate. For example, while leading us through the streets of Islamic Cairo, Ahmed thanked the street cleaners and pondered organizing them to keep the roads cleaner. Ahmed says he has never given the same tour twice. I believe it.
Ahmed&#8217;s style of guiding and touring is not like that found on any other tour. It has more artistry in it than the others. But the faint of heart beware, he is more than half a poet. Emblazoned on his business card is the Arabic palindrome malik kalim, meaning &#8220;king of words.&#8221; And certifiably, he can claim to rule his words. Ahmed is a possessor of a veritable treasury of terms and an arsenal of anecdotes. Don&#8217;t think it tedious if he recites a list of synonyms or lines of poetry. Listen attentively. It is all part of the tour.
Bryan Kraemer
PhD. Candidate Egyptology
University of Chicago

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I am very pleased to recommend Mr. Ahmed Seddik of Ahmed Seddik Tours in his pursuit as an expert guide for ancient and medieval sites in Egypt. Not only does he have an outstanding knowledge of Egyptology and ancient Egyptian monuments (including ongoing excavations), he is similarly conversant in Islamic history, as shown in several tours of Islamic Cairo that we have conducted together. This is also clear in his very numerous, well-researched public lectures in Egypt on a wide range of topics within it&#8212;literary, historical and linguistic&#8212;many of which I have shared in personally. (An Arabist, my 2008 doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania, on fiction set in ancient Egypt by the late Nobel laureate in literature, Naguib Mahfouz, made broad, closely supervised use of Egyptological sources, and I have also extensively studied Islamic history, both at the University of Michigan and U-Penn.) His considerable acumen and insight extend far beyond these fields to also embrace Arabic literature, science and mathematics too. His masterful familiarity with the vast and intricate oeuvre of Ahmad Shawqi, &#8220;the Prince of Poets,&#8221; is a great achievement in itself, and could only have been attained with his extremely erudite knowledge of Arabic grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Moreover, he is highly trained in English literature, grammar and lexicography, a most rare combination with such a background in Arabic, let alone Egyptology. Indeed, Ahmed is a genuine polymath in the truest sense of the word, and has educated himself far beyond what his formal studies at the American University in Cairo have taught him. As to his character, Ahmed&#8212;a natural showman, with a distinct (and very Egyptian) love of attention&#8212;is also extremely thoughtful and helpful to others. Our experience together, in which we have shared in delivering lectures (mainly on Mahfouz)&#8212;and even co-produced and performed in short plays (e.g., on the discovery of Tutankhamun&#8217;s tomb)&#8212;has been an extremely rich and happy one. I&#8217;m quite sure that yours, with this uniquely gifted human being, will be as well.

Sincerely,
Raymond Stock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies
Drew University

&#8220;Egyptology runs in his veins&#8221; Dr. Zahi Hawass

My aim was to take a break with a cultural and historic character. And having Egyptologist and tour guide Ahmed Seddik as my companion made my adventure unforgettable.

Amira El-Naqeeb, Travel Writer
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A former Egyptology student at the American University in Cairo, the indefatigable and eloquent Ahmed Seddik makes even the history of bilharzia seem fun. Frequently booked as a translator/fixer by foreign correspondents, the 31-year-old freelance guide is also popular with expats and Egyptian parents who love his child-friendly tours of the Pyramids by camel. In addition to walking tours in the Egyptian Museum and Islamic Cairo, Seddik also does a tour of political Cairo, revisiting scenes from the revolution in Tahrir Square
SUSAN HACK
Cond&#233; Nast Traveler Senior Correspondent
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I think many here know Ahmed Seddik. He is a brilliant Egyptologist, an accomplished translator, and a masterfully gifted tour guide who leads tours year-round throughout Egypt in both English and Arabic.

Omid Ghaemmaghami

I went with a group to the Ramsees Wisawasef textile museum near Saqqara. Ahmed Seddik gave our group a short lecture on the meaning of &#8220;naseej&#8221; in Arabic. He spoke of theology, poetry and history. He impressed us with his knowledge of the Arabic poetic tradition. He knew scores of lines by Ahmed Shawqi. He certainly charmed me and my group. He quoted from dozens of poems that touch on the meaning of &#8220;thread&#8221; in Arabic literature. Ahmed was a wonderful guide whose love of puns, sharp wit and impressive memory were all qualities which made his lecture unforgettable.

Niko Banac

If you are wishing to source an Egyptologist, we would have no hesitation in recommending Ahmed. Our attention was kept by Ahmed the whole day, including our twelve year old! Ahmed is extremely professional, his knowledge and stories are outstanding and entertaining.

Carolanne Reissiger
Rate Revenue Manager

My guide for the day Ahmed Seddik is quite an original. A very slight, 30 something young Egyptologist who exudes brainy precociousness with a certain crazy charisma and a passion for alliteration and using pretentious vocabulary (though in a good humoured and fun way). He is a student and big fan of the famous Zahi Hawass &#8211; and has a personality and exuberance almost as big. He even dons a Zahi-like hat. Evidently he has been a journalist who has covered the revolution, an Egypt commentator called upon by BBC, CBS &#8211; and a translator of impressive works. Zahi II met me with three intelligent older Germans, two of whom were there from the German embassy. They were all sophisticated and bright and a pleasure to tour with.

Ahmed gave us a fabulously in-depth experience that lasted ALL DAY, 10:30 to 5 &#8211; and no-one even thought about lunch or a coffee break. We made a rare stop en route at the Unas&#8217;s valley temple, king of the 5th dynasty, strewn with interesting remains of pillars and stone and the last strip of his long causeway.Few stop there&#8230;

Laura Ranieri

The world knows Cairo for its pyramids. But in my opinion Cairo&#8217;s biggest jewels are its Islamic buildings. Historic, or Islamic Cairo, contains one of the most important collections of Medieval Islamic architecture in the world and is on UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage list. In a way it makes Cairo the Rome of the Middle East. Most of the monuments are mosques, palaces, mausolea, madrasas and private houses.

Since this neighborhood can be trick to navigate, with its winding and un-marked streets we decided to go with a guide&#8212;Ahmed Seddik&#8212;who would become our friend by the end of our stay in Cairo. His tour would take us from the Al Azhar mosque in the south to the Bab al-Futuh or northern gate of the original Fatimid walls.

The Al Azhar mosque is a quiet refuge from the traffic and horns of the busy neighborhood it sits in. We enter Al Azhar mosque through the Bab al-Muzayyin (Gate of the Barbers) where students came to have their heads shaved, between the truly giant minarets. Built in 970 at the height of the Fatimid period, it has been added on to over the years. The mosque the site of Al Azhar University, probably one of the oldest in the world, which is still in operation today. The inner courtyard is a quiet refuge from the traffic and noise outside. I find visiting mosques in the Middle East to be relaxing and enjoyable. Unlike Western churches which I can find to be sterile and austere&#8212;mosques I find to be a place for quiet reflection as well as a gathering place for the community.

We tuck into the Khan al-Khalili market, which sells all kinds of things, from tourist trinket to antiques. &#8220;How can we take your money?&#8221; ask the rather aggressive merchants. With tourism down in Egypt generally, the already pushy vendors are even keener on making a sale. We ignore them and move right to tea Fishawi&#8217;s&#8212;a coffee shop/shisha (water pipe) establishment that was frequented by Cairo&#8217;s literati, most notable Naguib Mafouz, Egypt&#8217;s late Nobel Laureate. This was Mafouz&#8217;s neighborhood which he immortalized in his books. It is still a local hangout, only there are more tourists these days.

We are lucky because it was a stormy day in Cairo. This doesn&#8217;t mean it was rainy, only that the wind was gusty and blew the dust around. Cairo, despite being on the Nile is a desert city, lest we forget. This meant that what would ordinarily be a neighborhood packed with shoppers was relatively quiet. Many shops were closed. We make our way to Sharia Muiz, or the Palace Walk (also a Mahfouz novel), which will take us between some of the great mosques and palaces of the Fatimid period, eventually delivering us to our final destination&#8212;Bab al-Futuh.

Sharia Muiz is kind of magical street. Neighborhood life bubbles all around us. Monuments rise and fall on either side of us. If you use your imagination you can picture yourself in a Mafouz novel. Ahmed tells us about the buildings, architecture and history that we are seeing on either side, but it all begins to blend together into a wonderful tapestry of sights and sounds. The evening call to prayer begins and Ahmed sits us down to listen and experience the moment. I have always found the call to prayer to be beautiful musically&#8212;Allah Akbar (god is great) called out from the muezzin&#8212;trying to convince believers to drop what they are doing and come to the mosque to pray. In Cairo I experienced some of the most beautiful calls to prayer as any other Muslim city I&#8217;ve been, and this call was particularly beautiful&#8230;

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&#8220;Micky and Mark have been the primary organizers for this trip and they found a wonderful tour guide for our time in Cairo. His name is Ahmed Seddik and he is the most delightful, smart and funny person you can imagine. He loves languages and speaks incredible English. He talked continuously without notes of any kind during our tours of the temples at Saqqara, the Pyramids and tombs in Giza, Islamic Cairo, and the City of the Dead&#8212;not just providing fascinating and encyclopedic information, both historic and modern, but peppering his monologue with puns and alliteration. The Giza tour culminated with camel rides from the pyramids to the Sphinx at sunset.&#8221;

Caroline Moore

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s pedagogical skills and talents are superb. His sharp wit and warm humor, coupled with his linguistic
brilliance, inspire and promote vast learning to take place in a short time. He seems to carry in his head
all 18 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary and the meaning and derivation of a vast corpus of Arabic
vocabulary. His facility with language, coupled with his powerful oration while lecturing, make him a superior teacher.&#8221;

Bill Barazzuol

&#8220;Ahmed&#8217;s expertise in Arabic in particular could be described as nothing short of masterful. He has committed to memory volumes upon volumes of the great Arabic grammarians such as Ibn Malik and his work of one thousand lines &#8220;The Alfia&#8221;. What&#8217;s more, Ahmed is able to distill these complicated rules of grammar into a clear, logical, and easily understood system of mnemonics, enabling any non-native speaker to acquire this difficult language in the shortest time possible.&quot;

John Solomon
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&#8220;Ahmed Seddik is the brightest Egyptian I have met since I came to Egypt. I have found his Egyptological knowledge prodigious.&#8221;

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