November 2004

Yasser Arafat: Timeline

by Haitham Sabbah November 11, 2004

Key dates in Yasser Arafat’s life: Aug 4, 1929: Born in Cairo, Egypt, fifth child of Palestinian merchant Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini. 1949: Forms Palestinian Students’ League.

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Yasser Arafat: Photo Album

by Haitham Sabbah November 11, 2004

Yasser Arafat: “I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter’s gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.” – Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, November 13, 1974 Please help in compiling a photo album of this brave man. Send any [...]

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Cover Your Face Woman!

by Haitham Sabbah November 10, 2004

Something odd is going on in the Grand Mosque in Makkah these days. And even though I had heard about this from other people over the years, I am glad that I read something about it in the local press. A few days ago, the writer of Al-Watan newspaper’s editorial column mentioned his experience while [...]

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ARAFAT IS DEAD

by Haitham Sabbah November 8, 2004

MIDDLEEAST.ORG – MER – Washington – 7 Nov: Yasser Arafat is Dead; likely assassinated by blood poisoning by the Israelis. Frantic struggles and manuevers are underway for power, money, and the symbolism of how and where Arafat will be buried. Arafat’s long-time cronies neither of whom has any real popular support but who are trying [...]

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New Geography

by Haitham Sabbah November 7, 2004
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For Kuwaitis, transsexual finds self ostracized at every turn

by Haitham Sabbah November 7, 2004

Associated Press, Kuwait City – Her father and brothers beat her. The government suspended her from her job. A group of Muslim fundamentalists screamed abuse at her outside a courtroom. Her crime: She was born a boy named Ahmed, and is now a tall, 29-year-old blonde who calls herself Amal – Hope. An overseas sex-change [...]

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Arafat Opened His Eyes, Communicated With Doctors. Was Arafat poisoned?

by Haitham Sabbah November 6, 2004

Arafat Health and Poison Theory. Arafat Opened His Eyes, Communicated With Doctors. Arafat “Regained Consciousness”

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Yasser Arafat Dominates Even In or Near Death

by Haitham Sabbah November 5, 2004

Yesterday a spokesman for Yasser Arafat sent ‘congratulations’ to George Bush, in Arafat’s name, for winning the American election. Today, while taking questions at his first post-election news conference, Bush was told by a reportwe Arafat had just died and Bush simply said “God bless his soul” and that he would renew efforts for a [...]

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Saudi women still hope to take the wheel

by Haitham Sabbah November 5, 2004

Fourteen years ago on Saturday, 47 Saudi women defied a strict ban on driving in the ultra-conservative kingdom by roaming the capital behind the wheel. The daring drivers were swiftly rounded up by police and punished, but many remain unrepentant to this day. “I am ready to take part in a demonstration right now,” one [...]

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1st Bahrain Blogger Meetup

by Haitham Sabbah November 5, 2004

Last night; PeacfulMuslimah, Mahmood, Chan’ad, Tariq, Ali, Scorpio, Stravinsky and I, 8 out of 9 who initially RSVPed attended. That is great number of attendees for the first Bahrain Weblogger Meetup. We were extremely pleased to have peacfulmuslimah coming down all the way from Doha to attend the meeting (Natasha, you should meet her), and [...]

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F_ck This Sh!t

by Haitham Sabbah November 4, 2004
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Barney Wins Second Term

by Haitham Sabbah November 3, 2004

Now after Bush won a second term, it’s time to move on and try to find a tool to understand his DOG, Barney! After all, we are stuck with him for another four years :-( So in my search I came across this Dog Translator, which will obviously help you understand what is Barney telling [...]

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Full transcript of bin Ladin’s speech

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2004

Following is the full English transcript of Usama bin Ladin’s speech in a videotape sent to Aljazeera. [via: Aljazeera]

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Bahrain Blogfest this Thursday!

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2004

[Via: Chan'ad Bahraini] This Thursday we will be holding the first official Bahrain Blogfest, thanks to Haitham. We already have five people confirmed (including a visitor from Qatar!) and it would great to have even more people show up. Although it is was originally set up for bloggers in Bahrain, we thought it would be [...]

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Happy War!

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2004

Doesn’t the thought of bombing crumbling third world states just give you that warm fuzzy feeling inside? [via: LaLa Land]

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