Libya’s high court delayed a ruling on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus in a case that has raised international concern.

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We appeal to activists everywhere to hold the media in this country accountable for not reporting what everyone else in the world is reporting. It’s a shame that the following story is headline news in all of the Israeli media outlets and that not a single American newspaper finds this news [...]

Dr. Zahi Hawas, head of the Egyptian Antiquity Commission, has announced that he will not allow the filming of “Nefertiti Queen of the Nile” to commence in Egypt. The film is based on the book “Moses and Akhenaton,” written by Egyptian Ahmad Othman.

The film is based on the book “Moses and Akhenaton,” written by [...]

It’s not only in our blood, it’s even in our hair styles. That is Politics!

I don’t recall attending any festival, shows, conferences, even business workshops around the Arab world, without having a touch of politics in it. It seems that we are born with a destiny to live a daily political cyclone. Is it a [...]

The ‘Association of Egyptian Mothers’ is calling all of Egypt to wear black on Wednesday, 1 June 2005, (in English & Arabic). The demonstrations will be demanding democracy?!!

I forgot to mentioned that I was interviewed by BBC Arabic World Service a couple of days ago.

As I understood, the interview was for a new program called BBC Xtra and it was about Arab Bloggers and Blogging in the Arab world. Basically we talked about my own experience, why I blog, how and [...]

Leila Marrakchi’s ‘Marock’, a debut film from new Arab women director, deviate from traditional themes:

“It’s not your typical Arab film. I wanted to get away from all that,” says Marrakchi. “At the same time what is seen in the film is a part of what actually does exist. I wanted to leave those subjects that [...]

Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd admitted to Riyadh hospital; condition (un)known.

Here’s some good news from the Jordan: Israel, Iran, Syria, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Palestine Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan and many other countries from around the globe (click below graph for a list of other countries), need no “Open SESAME magic” to be able to cooperate on an advanced scientific project.

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The good news:

Gulf Finance House (Bahrain) Unveiled the concept and vision of its latest project - Jordan Gate & Royal Village - the US$1 billion Royal Metropolis in Jordan.

Jordan Gate - the first phase of the Royal Metropolis project - will be a futuristic development comprising two high-rise towers connected by a multi-storey [...]