January 2006

Our Dogs Only Bark!

by Haitham Sabbah January 30, 2006

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 [...]

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The New Media: Bloggers and Participatory Journalism

by Haitham Sabbah January 29, 2006

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 [...]

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Introducing Hamas – the new Likud?

by Haitham Sabbah January 28, 2006

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; [...]

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Global Voices Survey

by Haitham Sabbah January 28, 2006

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.

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Your blog wins a Rule The World award!!!

by Haitham Sabbah January 27, 2006

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 [...]

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Back to nowhere!

by Haitham Sabbah January 26, 2006

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 [...]

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Michael Jackson shops in Bahrain disguised as woman!

by Haitham Sabbah January 25, 2006

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 [...]

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Hoder Fatwa?! (a.k.a. My Zionist Friend)

by Haitham Sabbah January 24, 2006

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 [...]

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Sabbah on 2006 Bloggies Finalist

by Haitham Sabbah January 23, 2006

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 [...]

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Car Allergic To Vanilla Ice Cream

by Haitham Sabbah January 23, 2006

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 [...]

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I wish I was a parrot!

by Haitham Sabbah January 21, 2006

Mouthy parrot ‘reveals sex secret’ A computer programmer found out his girlfriend was having an affair when his pet parrot kept repeating her lover’s name….”I love you, Gary.” You don’t want to have one of these parrots near to you, do you? Well, the guy believed his pet, but the west don’t believe us, Arab [...]

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Blogger [dot] com Considering Palestine!

by Haitham Sabbah January 21, 2006

Yes! This is another good news from the team of supporters (56 members signed the pledge so far. More are welcome) to the Palestinian blogsphere community. Blogger.com responded today to our requests with the following: Hello, Thanks for your feedback in this matter. We are currently in the process of improving this aspect of Blogger [...]

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Dawwen!

by Haitham Sabbah January 20, 2006

Here comes another great project. Dawwen! (blog .command verb) Similar to the toot, but with different approach and from different entry point. This project focus on Arabic speaking blogs mainly, although that does not seem to me the main objective, as English blogs are also present. Beside hand picked blogs, and handpicked posts from these [...]

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Why Al Hurra TV Failed?

by Haitham Sabbah January 19, 2006

* Al-Hurra will not fulfill its potential unless it undergoes a restructuring of its objectives, human resources, programs and management. * The Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper had labeled Al-Hurra “Washington’s sin,” stating that: “The United States has sold the Arab audience a poor Arab-made merchandise.” * No one would guess the American identity of the channel [...]

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Seminal questions?

by Haitham Sabbah January 18, 2006

As scholars question the place of nudity in marriage, Islamic clerics are hotly debating exactly what sexual practices are acceptable. This is how Brian Whitaker of The Guardian started his article. So, it seems that Brian was watching the discussion going on the Arab blogsphere lately and made his own search to come up with [...]

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