My favorite card!
Out of so many 'Season's Greeting' cards I received this week form friends and business partners, this is my favorite one:
Very elegant and colorful.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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December 2005
Thief treason?
It was the worst concert I've ever seen. Coming out from the syrian palerlemnt house, and watching it live on TV (Arabic link):
Syrian lawmakers demanded on Saturday that former Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam be tried for treason and corruption after he publicly broke with President Bashar al-Assad.
Speaking from Paris, where he moved after resigning as [...]
UK Torture Documents Online
Background:
The UK government has been quick to deny that they practice, or tolerate the practice of Torture. So it is perhaps not suprising that they are determined that you should not see the following documents:
http://users.pandora.be/quarsan/craig/telegrams.pdf
http://users.pandora.be/quarsan/craig/npaper.jpg
BlairWatch is asking bloggers to publish the memos from Craig Murray, Britain's former ambassador to Uzbekistan, detailing how the Uzbek Secret [...]
What does MTC-VB means?
A couple of days ago, we celebrated the 2nd anniversary of MTC-Vodafone launch in Bahrain; with much of joy, fun and love.
If someone would ask me what does MTC-VB mean to you? I would undoubtedly say: its people! And that’s what I was trying to say through this big picture. [Alaa Ghawas]
And this is truly [...]
Tonight on 'World Have Your Say' – BBC
Tonight is the last BBC World Have Your Say programme for the year. Debora and I will be on air later at the show. I we'll be talking about blogging in the Middle East and the most memorable moments in 2005.
This will be my second interview with Have Your Say team in less than a [...]
Nuclear Mosques?
The joint task force made up of FBI and Department of Energy "NEST" teams conducted the monitoring without first getting a warrant. The Washington Post reports that the United States, as a part of the controversial spying activity executed by President Bush, secretly spied on Muslim Americans and Mosques–listening in to phone conversations and monitoring [...]
Tagged bush, NuclearIt's not all in the details…..this is the checkpoint near our home
"we Israelis have created and continue to create an economic, social, emotional, employment and environmental crisis on the scale of a never-ending tsunami."
Ha'aretz
Last update – 11:07 28/12/2005
It's not all [...]
Tunisian Official Criticizes Muslim Attire
وزير الشؤون الدينية التونسي: Øجاب المرأة دخيل ونشاز Ùˆ"لباس طائÙÙŠ". اعتبر وزير الشؤون الدينية التونسي المرأة التي ترتدي الØجاب بأنها "نشاز"ØŒ بØسبانه مظهرا "غير مألوÙ" إلى جانب أنه "زي طائÙÙŠ". وقال الوزير أبو بكر الأخزوري ÙÙŠ Øوار أجرته صØÙŠÙØ© "الصباØ" التونسية الثلاثاء 27-12-2005 ÙÙŠ رد على سؤال Øول العودة النسبية لظاهرة الØجاب ÙÙŠ تونس، إن [...]
Tagged Failures, Headscarf, Hijab, Human Rights, Islam, Religion, Tunisia, Veil, WomanSMS'ing Star Academy is Haram
Saudi mobile phone company Mobily has barred users from text message voting in the pan-Arab version of Star Academy, after an earlier religious edict deemed the show immoral. The program is carried by the Lebanese channel LBC and was very popular in its first two seasons. [Source: Reuters]
Business decision based on funny Fatwa (religious decree), [...]
Asalah Nasri becomes a Bahraini citizen
Syrian singer Asalah Nasri has taken Bahraini citizenship, granted to her by Bahraini King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa. The singer was granted citizenship a few days after she gave a spectacular performance in the operetta “Love and Loyalty” in celebration of Bahrain’s Independence Day. [Source: Al-Bawaba]
Wish I had a nice voice :-(
Suffering from Israeli occupation? Only?
Not really. Here are the enemies within us!
Kidnappings are becoming frequent occurrence in the crowded chaos of Gaza, where gangs rule the streets. PNA and Mahmoud Abbas has been struggling to maintain law and order in the increasingly anarchic territory.
It is believed that the kidnappers of Kate Burton and her parents belong to one of [...]
Don't download MSN Messenger beta 8
There is no MSN Messenger 8 yet. Not in public beta anyway. However, there's a new virus going around pretending to be MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA.
Tagged Internet 'n ComputersSaudi woman's bearing to stars
Thumps up for the Saudi ladies.
A female engineer, Nadia Bakhourji, was the only woman who ran for a seat in the engineers' board; and she won (Link in Arabic). Yet more, Alia Hayel Aboutaiyh Al-Howaite has taken the reins as the first female Saudi jockey to compete at the international level, becoimg a World-Class Jockey.
There [...]
WordPress 2.0 is offical
The log awaited Wordpress 2.0 is now officially released. As usual, I don't recommend running to upgrade my version now. It's time for discovery of new bugs and flaws. So, why not wait a month or so?! (P.S. They have a new logo and a new website theme, both of which sucks)
Tagged Blogging, Breaking News, Internet 'n Computers, wordpress
