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{ Monthly Archives } December 2004

Best Arab Blog Awards

If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!In the spirit of an end to another year, people tend to review what has passed in order maybe to set up for what's coming afresh, therefore Mahmood [...]

Earthquake/Tsunami Aid Blog

Bloggers at worldchanging.com , some of them living in the affected nations, began chattering immediately after the waves hit and began discussions of ways to help. South Asian bloggers created tsunamihelp.blogspot.com to direct people to aid organizations. "I haven't seen this level of people saying, 'You know what? We can do something here. We can [...]

Criminal Powerful States: Civilization vs. Barbarism

It seems that the general ideological picture painted for Americans by their administration and conservative outlets is that the overall so-called war on terror is about the "civilized" world combating "barbarism," a position Business Week recently voiced. This is historically and politically inaccurate, in terms of the scale and intensity of the crimes committed by [...]

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Extra Anti SPAM Measures

I'm feed up with the huge number of comments that I have to deal with every day from spammers. I spend an average of an hour every day moderating, deleting, or reviewing awaiting approval comments, which some time reache hundreds.
Although your valid comments are 99% not affected by any of the anti-spam tools installed here, [...]

Study of Arabic in the US

Harry Levins of the St. Louis Post Dispatch has an interesting article on the lack of Arabic speakers in the US. He says that a little over 10,000 students are now studying Arabic. That is a big increase from the 1980s, when it was about 2500, or from the early 1990s, when it was about [...]

What's Your 2005 Predictions?

First, let me wish all my Christian friends and bro's a Merry Christmas. (Special wishes to Natsha)
Also, let me wish everyone a Happy New Year. Hope it brings a fresh hope and new resolutions to us all.
2005 holds a few challenges and everyone will be directly touched by his history and looking forward for [...]

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10 More Years

[Quote:]
Tony Blair flew into Iraq yesterday, promising democracy. But, outside the ring of security that escorted him, another day of gruesome violence was unfolding - including a rocket attack on a US base in Mosul that claimed at least 24 lives.
And, against a backdrop of continuing carnage, The Independent has learned [...]

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2005 Present For All

January 1st, 2005, Mahmood Al-Yousif and Haitham Sabbah, prepared a present for all of you. Keep watching here, here, here and here.
12 days from now, you will get to know!
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Welcome to Kabul Studio

I don't have much to say these days. But could not resist sharing these and these photos, plus what you will see here in this post.
Depressing enough to set and wonder for a while, what a stupid world we live in?

Very Romantic! Isn't it?

Jordanian Marriage

What can I say!!?

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Afghan War Rugs

Happy National Day, Bahrain!

I had the honoer to participate in unfurling the world's largest flag. The Bahraini Flag!
The flag is a gift to His Majesty King Hamad and the people of Bahrain from MTC-Vodafone, which I proudly work for.

The world's largest flag - a red and white banner measuring 169.5 metres long and 97.1 metres wide.
The flag - [...]

How To Install An A/C In Cairo !!!

Yet another one

Cold Water In Cairo

You can see these only in Cairo!