Let’s start with a short story:
A guy has a dog that only barks, a lot. So he got sick of it and decided to take it to a Pet Doctor.
After the doctor checked the dog, he told the owner; listen, this dog is deaf, blind and can’t sniff!
The dog owner asked; then why is it [...]

Moblogging (Photos) will fireup this blog again, starting from tomorrow. Blogging will be light for the next few days and this is due to my travel to Qatar to participate in the 2nd annual Aljazeera Forum (Arabic), which this year has the theme “Defending Freedom, Defining Responsibility.”

I’ll be one of the panelists at the Forum. [...]

What can Hamas do to win the next challenge? IMHO, if they decide to make real compromises, it will be much easier for Palestinians to swallow, just as Sharon’s credibility allowed him to pull out from Gaza; and just like what the Likud Party did when they toke control in 70’s of last century.

But; Hamas [...]

A masters student at the Kennedy School doing research on collaborative news models and using Global Voices as one of a few examples has created this survey and invites everyone to participate.

I liked this one:

Hello Sabbah,

I’m happy to inform you that your site sabbah.biz has won an award as best site to “Rule The World” (www.asktheworld.org/ruletheworld). Your site has been suggested by hundreds of our site’s visitors and chosen by the Rule The World staff. Your site has been awarded because of his big popularity and [...]

So Hamas won! Depressing…

This is democracy, unfortunately this is it. Hamas Government, and Fateh president. What a mix, salad, tasteless!

I can see the next 4 years already.

Hamas is trapped. They have an agenda, but they never dreamed to be in full power.

Now, Fateh pushed them in the corner. Fateh is not going to join them [...]

This one made up my day:

Reuters - Michael Jackson went shopping in Bahrain on Wednesday disguised as a traditional Arab woman, but if it was an attempt by the pop star to avoid attention, it failed.

A Reuters photographer saw him in a popular shopping mall in the center of the capital Manama all in black, [...]

It’s not going to be long before we hear another fatwa, well; we never fall short of them, did we?

This time, I’m sure it will be titled; “Kill Hoder The Kafer”. But who is Hoder, and why this fatwa?

Hoder is an Iranian blogger (based in Canada) which I meet in London during last GVO meeting. [...]

Well, yours truly is one of finalist in the 2006 Weblog Awards, also known as the ‘Bloggies’.

Sabbah’s Blog was nominated by its awesome readers for “Best African or Middle Eastern Weblog”. This by itself is an honor, and I would like to thank all those who nominated this blog for the award.

Standing by my side [...]

For everyone to understand that the obvious is not always the solution, and that the facts, no matter how implausible, are still the facts …

A complaint received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors:

“This is the second time I have written you, and I don’t blame you for not answering me, because I kind of [...]