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!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 [...]
Tagged Good News, Human Rights, LibyaReceived by email (exposeaipac@gmail.com):
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?!!
Tagged Democracy, Egypt, Good News, Human Rights, PoliticsI 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.
Tagged Prediction, Saudi ArabiaHere'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.
In [...]
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 podium. [...]
(Photo: Child jockeys in Qatar in April 2005 - AFP/File/Salem)
Yesterday, Qatari official announced that it will reportedly slap jail sentences of between three to 10 years on anyone using child jockeys in camel races, will also risk fines of between 50,000 and 200,000 riyals (13,800 and 55,000 dollars).
The Qatari government in December banned the [...]
An old friend of mine reminded me of a joke I sent to her around five years ago. It is so true and sad at the same time and I still laugh at it. So, here I'm sharing it with you:
God created the mule, and told him, "You will be mule, working constantly from dusk [...]
New version by Emad Hajjaj:
The original American Gothic by Grant Wood:
Tagged Art, Human Rights, Iraq, Media, Middle East, occupation, SaddamIf money truly is no object, Forbes has released the 2005 edition of their Most Expensive Hotel Rooms list.
Burj Al Arab in Dubai offers breakfast for a paltry $41 per person, while Little Palm Island in the Florida Keys offers the option to rent out the entire island for only $1 million a weekend.
So if [...]
Saudi Arabia received the lowest rating on women's freedom in a new survey released at the World Economic Forum 2005 - Jordan.
The survey, conducted by the Freedom House, is the first comparative assessment of women's rights in 17 nations in the Middle East and North Africa.
It found a "substantial deficit of women's rights … Women [...]
