Pop singer and a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Ricky Martin during his visit to the Art Center of the Noor al-Hussein Foundation in Amman - Jordan (July 24, 2005). Martin, who was a guest-of-honour at the Arab Children Congress, met participants from the Arab Children Congress and toured creative workshops.

Photo: A Palestinian girl puts a Palestinian [...]

Dear God,

I got almost choked when I heard about the bombing in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

I am not sure why I am so upset, but I am actually upset.

Maybe it is because I can empathize with the victims. Maybe because it is the fourth time in two weeks, a Terror Wave are hitting innocent people.

Let’s [...]

http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050608_eberstadtNBRreport.pdf (PDF File - 828KB)

This report from the US-based National Bureau of Asian Research takes an unusual look at the HIV/AIDS situation in the Muslim world, highlighting the poor surveillance and inadequate knowledge of the extent of HIV/AIDS.

Excerpt:

What is especially troubling to behold is the reluctance to admit that Muslims engage [...]

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has decided to drop an Arab American character off programming on their network:

Due to the unfortunate terrorist attacks in London on Thursday, July 7, which coincided with our pre-produced WWE SmackDown! program, UPN has asked us to be sensitive to the usage of the Arab-American character, Muhammad Hassan. We have agreed [...]

Oh No not again…

Sky News: INCIDENTS REPORTED NEAR TUBE STATIONS

A series of incidents have been reported near Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd’s Bush stations on the London Underground.

The station have been evacuated. Smoke was seen coming from a train.

A man on the train told Sky News he spoke to an Italian man who witnessed an [...]

TV 4 All is a handy website which indexes 983 (so far) televsion streams from all over the world. Wonder what kind of crap people watch in Luxemburg? Wonder no more.

Riots In Yemen: Twenty dead, hundreds injured, no photos allowed. Roundup here.

Once again, the geeks at Google have blown away people with their shenanigans.

Their latest gag has been to import moon maps (courtesy of NASA maps), thus making Google Moon.

Their reasoning? According to the FAQ, it’s the following:
“Because we couldn’t think of a better way to commemorate the first lunar landing, which occurred on July 20, [...]

The latest survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, called Islamic Extremism: Common Concern for Muslim and Western Publics and conducted among more than 17,000 people in 17 countries this spring, finds that while many Muslims believe that radical Islam poses a threat (to Americans and Westerns), there are differing opinions as to its causes. [...]

Jordan’s Ministry of Culture rejected Islamists’ requests to ban two Arab women singers from entering Jordan because of their allegedly provocative videos.

Culture Minister Amin Mahmoud rejected the request by the Islamic Movement to prohibit Egyptian singer - Ruby and Lebanese singer - Maria from participating in a local festivals.

The Jordanian Islamists cited moral and ethical [...]