Back in November I cautioned readers of this blog not to believe what they read on el-Koshary Today, which bills itself as "Egypt's most reliable news source". Its stories about crocodiles attackingthe Aswan Dam, the  construction of a new Disneyland in Ramallah to "improve the quality of life for Israeli settlers", and so on, are meant to be satirical.

So yesterday, when I read that Egypt was celebrating the work of its police force with a public holiday, I assumed it must be just another of the website's crazy fantasies.

But no. Egypt really does hold a national Police Day on January 25 and lots of bloggers are talking about it, including: Mohamed Abdel Salam (Bikya Masr), Jack Shenker (Comment is free), 
Zeinobia (Egyptian Chronicles), Max Strasser (The Faster Times) and Hossam el-Hamalawy (3arabawy).

Posted by Brian Whitaker, 26 January 2010.