Archive for October, 2005

Egypt Roundup

This item was filled under [ Culture, Egypt, Good News, Human Rights, Politics ]

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!Some Egyptian news roundup I found worth sharing:
* This is a New game that explores ancient Egypt.
* Some Americans says that Egyptian motifs are found throughout US culture, in [...]

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First Arab Gay/Lesbian Magazine Published

This item was filled under [ Arab, Good News, Human Rights, Lebanon, Media, Middle East ]

A Lebanese nongovernmental organization, Helem (Arabic for ‘Dream‘), which fights for the rights of homosexuals, has recently begun publishing Barra (Arabic for ‘Out’), the first quarterly Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersexed and Queer magazine in the Arab world.
Kish BARRA w be3eed

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Text of proposed Iraqi constitution

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The following is the full text of the draft constitution being voted on by Iraqis in Saturday’s referendum. It was translated from the Arabic by the United Nation’s Office for Constitutional Support, and the translation was approved by the Iraqi government.

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Deal stopped over al-Qaeda link

This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge, Saudi Arabia ]

Malawi has canceled a $30m fertilizer deal with a Saudi Arabian company with alleged links to al-Qaeda. Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe told parliament that the United States-based Citibank had refused to deal with the unnamed Saudi Arabian fertilizer firm because “they had al-Qaeda connections.”
hmm… a US bank controls Saudi economics?! If a US bank can [...]

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Suicide Styles!

This item was filled under [ Cartoon, Failures, Human Rights, Syria ]

[Cartoon: Mahjoob]
From right to left: Russian style, Samurai Style, French Style, and last the Syrian Style.

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Paternity test sought in Saudi case

This item was filled under [ News You Can Do Without, Saudi Arabia, UK ]

A woman in Britain is asking for a paternity test to determine whether her first daughter was fathered by the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Friends of Janan Harb say that she had demanded a DNA sample from the Saudi Royal Family to find out if her daughter, Rania Boueiz, 30, a marketing executive [...]

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Syrian rights group says lawyer targeted by fake scheme

This item was filled under [ Failures, Human Rights, Syria ]

A Syria-based rights group said that state authorities “made up” a scenario involving a distraught woman who claimed that she had been beaten in order to put pressure on a prominent human rights activist and lawyer -Anwar Al Bunni.” A woman threw herself on the ground at the Damascus high court shouting that she had [...]

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Israeli defense minister wants ‘human shields’ ban overturned

This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge, Failures, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine ]

Israel’s defense minister Shaul Mofaz has ordered the army’s top brass to appeal against a supreme court ruling last week that banned the military’s use of human shields. Mofaz is prepared to make a personal appeal for the ruling to be overturned, arguing that alternative methods in arrest operations such as more widespread use of [...]

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The Saudi Embassy in Doha-Qatar deprives 1300 journalists from their religious rights

This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge, Failures, Human Rights, Islam, Qatar, Religion, Saudi Arabia ]

The Arab Committee for the Defense of Journalists, received a large number of complaints from journalists and technicians working in Aljazeera TV station , saying that the Saudi Embassy in Doha-Qatar has been refusing to give them any kind of transit or entry visas , including entry visas for pilgrimage ; Haj and Umrra.
Despite embassy [...]

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Yom Kippur

This item was filled under [ Israel, Religion, Sabbah ]

On the eve of the Jewish day of Atonement - Yom Kippur, I wish our Jewish readers a g’mar chatima tova and an easy fast.
BTW, I just realized that ‘Yom Kippur‘ is very similar to our Arabic words ‘Yom Kapper‘, both of which means the “The Great Day.”
Day after day, I believe that “we have [...]

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Yahoo Adds Blog News to Yahoo News Search

This item was filled under [ Good News, Internet 'n Computers, Sabbah ]

Yahoo added blogs to its news search engine Tuesday so that blog links now appear next to news stories from major media web sites, further institutionalizing what was once mainly a grassroots publishing phenomenon.

The main page of Yahoo News Search now displays results with mainstream news media results on the left while blogs are displayed [...]

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al-Zawahri’s letter: Get Set to Fill Iraq Void?

This item was filled under [ Iraq, Sabbah ]

Funny how we intercept a letter from al Qaeda’s #2 man echoing the Bush line that they-can’t-cut-and-run line.
In a letter to his top deputy in Iraq, al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader says the U.S. “ran and left” in Vietnam and the jihadists must have a plan ready to fill the void if [...]

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Yahoo! Podcasts

This item was filled under [ Internet 'n Computers ]

Yahoo! just released a podcast search engine.

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Cold-war device used to cause Katrina?

This item was filled under [ (Mis) Use of Technology, USA ]

Stevens, is among several people to offer alternative and generally discounted theories for the storm that flooded New Orleans. He says that a little-known oversight in physical laws makes it possible to create and control storms � especially if you’re armed with the Cold War-era weapon said to have been made by the Russians in [...]

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Hugms

This item was filled under [ Art, Wireless ]

Hugms connects to your mobile phone via Bluetooth and then when you squeeze it, is sends a “hug” text message to the person of your choosing.

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More Campus Bombs

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Atlanta police found three explosive devices in a courtyard between two Georgia Tech dormitories on the East Campus. Police said the bombs were part of a “terrorist act.” One of the devices exploded.
Ok, this time they will tell us they spotted someone praying (a Muslim) at that spot before they found the bombs. Wait and [...]

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Saudi Woman Can Drive a Car if King’s Daughter Can!

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According to the daughter of Saudi King Abdullah, it is only a matter of time before Saudi women join the Shura (consultative) council and they will also be able to drive in due course.

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Game Theory

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An American and an Israeli won the 2005 Nobel prize for economics on Monday for their work on “game theory,” which can help explain and resolve trade and business conflicts, and even play a role in avoiding war… Interesting. It would be nice to know if somebody already applied this theory somewhere.
Update: These two turned [...]

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American Empire!

This item was filled under [ Cartoon, Failures, Islam, Sabbah, USA ]

“[Islamic Extremists] … establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia”.

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Confessions of a Human Bomb

This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge ]

To all our Martyrs, past, present and future: Your Light cannot be extinguished. “Dedicated to my brothers and sisters in Resistance in Iraq and in the Arab Nation.” (Hat tip: Ritzy)

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