December 2005

My favorite card!

by Haitham Sabbah December 31, 2005

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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Thief treason?

by Haitham Sabbah December 31, 2005

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 [...]

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UK Torture Documents Online

by Haitham Sabbah December 31, 2005

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 [...]

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What does MTC-VB means?

by Haitham Sabbah December 31, 2005

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 [...]

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100 things

by Haitham Sabbah December 31, 2005

An almanac of 100 quirky snippets that we didn’t know this time last year.

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Tonight on ‘World Have Your Say’ – BBC

by Haitham Sabbah December 30, 2005

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 [...]

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Nuclear Mosques?

by Haitham Sabbah December 30, 2005

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 [...]

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It’s not all in the details…..this is the checkpoint near our home

by Amira Hass December 30, 2005

“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 in the details By Amira Hass Each detail described here, every shred of reality, is liable to be considered as a whole, which [...]

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Tunisian Official Criticizes Muslim Attire

by Haitham Sabbah December 30, 2005

وزير الشؤون الدينية التونسي: حجاب المرأة دخيل ونشاز Ùˆ”لباس طائفي”. اعتبر وزير الشؤون الدينية التونسي المرأة التي ترتدي الحجاب بأنها “نشاز”ØŒ بحسبانه مظهرا “غير مألوف” إلى جانب أنه “زي طائفي”. وقال الوزير أبو بكر الأخزوري في حوار أجرته صحيفة “الصباح” التونسية الثلاثاء 27-12-2005 في رد على سؤال حول العودة النسبية لظاهرة الحجاب في تونس، إن [...]

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SMS’ing Star Academy is Haram

by Haitham Sabbah December 30, 2005

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 [...]

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Asalah Nasri becomes a Bahraini citizen

by Haitham Sabbah December 29, 2005

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 :-(

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Suffering from Israeli occupation? Only?

by Haitham Sabbah December 29, 2005

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 [...]

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Don’t download MSN Messenger beta 8

by Haitham Sabbah December 29, 2005

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.

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Saudi woman’s bearing to stars

by Haitham Sabbah December 27, 2005

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 [...]

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WordPress 2.0 is offical

by Haitham Sabbah December 27, 2005

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)

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