Archive for January, 2006
Saturday, January 21st, 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 (Muslims and Christians).
We [...]
Posted in News You Can Do Without, Politics, Terrorism, War | No Comments »
Saturday, January 21st, 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 Profiles to reach more [...]
Posted in Blogging, Freedom of Speech, Good News, Human Rights, Internet 'n Computers, Palestine | 4 Comments »
Friday, January 20th, 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 blogs, [...]
Posted in Arab, Blogging, Breaking News, Good News, Internet 'n Computers | No Comments »
Thursday, January 19th, 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.”
[...]
Posted in Failures, Media, Politics, USA | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, January 18th, 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 of [...]
Posted in Culture, Islam, Religion, Sabbah | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
Looks like the Jordanian National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) are on high gear. After the recent report they issued on Jordan’s prisoners in jail without trial, today’s come a new report on “Inaccurate rights terminology in national school textbooks.”
Here are some excerpts:
Jordanian authorities should revise national school textbooks in order to avoid erroneous human [...]
Posted in Culture, Good News, Human Rights, Jordan, Sabbah | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Should you have any to waste, read these:
1. Pigs glow in the dark:
Scientists in Taiwan have used jellyfish genes and created pigs that glow in the dark.
They are the only ones that are green from the inside out. Even their heart and internal organs are green. Although the pigs glow, they are otherwise no [...]
Posted in Science and Technology, Too Much Free Time | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Michael Jackson is negotiating a position as a consultant with a Bahrain-based company that plans to set up theme parks and music academies in the Middle East.
Bahraini businessman Ahmed Abu Bakr Janahi, said it wanted to hire the 47-year-old Jackson to give advice on setting up entertainment businesses. [Hat Tip: El-Oso]
Posted in Bahrain, Business, Music, News You Can Do Without | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 16th, 2006
With all there is for the cave-dwellers to be angry about, Abu Hamza al-Masri, the hook-handed, wacko-head that can’t wipe his own ass has directed his poor followers at another dangerous infidel:
By Duncan Gardham - Abu Hamza, the Muslim cleric, told his followers that John Travolta’s dancing posed a danger to their daughters, a court [...]
Posted in Egypt, Failures, Islam, Politics, Religion, Terrorism, UK | 3 Comments »
Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died in his late 70s. May Allah grant him and the Kuwaiti people peace and tranquility.
Posted in Breaking News, Kuwait | No Comments »