Arabisc: Arabic Bloggers Ken

by Haitham Sabbah on 06/02/2006

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The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices!

This week in the Arabic Language blogsphere:

Let’s start with the hard stuff. Tara from Iraq, has some rare seen images:

Tara then writes:

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I try every day when I return home to expel and retard what are becoming increasingly apparent pictures of people whom I see at work here. But some days, these pictures stick to my mind all the time, such as the images of this child who is six years old, with the a bullet in his head, injured in the city of Baquba several hours before he reached our hospital where he arrived unconscious:

The white thing surrounded by black color is the bullet and the white line to the right of it is the bleeding in his brain. Some commented that the bullet was slow and stood there in the middle of his head. I do not understand in military terms and the only thought in my mind when the father left the room carrying his kid is that their lives will change forever.

From Kuwait... The Kuwaiti bloggers are playing major role in the recent campaign to modify the electoral law. They launched many online campaigns which were supported by political bodies. However, recently, there is counter unrest between bloggers about the credit of such campaigns.

kila ma6goog writes about this and say:

??? ????? ???? ????? ???? ?? ????? ??? ???? ??????? ? ??? ????? ????? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ???? ??? ? ?? ??? ???? ????? ?? ??????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ????? ?????? ... ?? ??????? ????? ?? ??????? ??? ?????? ???????? ??? ????? ??? ??? ????? ?????? ? ????? ????? ????? ??????? ?????? ? ??????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ? ????? ?? ?? ???? ????? ???? ? ?? ?? ??? ?????? ?????? ? ??? ???? ????? ?? ??? ??????

Since the beginning of the campaign “we want it five” at the beginning of last May, we noted that some brothers are focusing on the element of the credit of the national campaign supporting the “five constituencies” ... What personally makes me uncomfortable is the fact that some bloggers are playing on this string, forgetting the main objective of the campaign and went on dividing the earnings and naming Mr. “we want it five”.

Speaking of electoral laws in Kuwait reminds us that for the first time, Woman’s will have the right to practice their rights in the coming elections. However, recent news about a fatwa that governs the woman’s vote right makes it sounds fiction.

Zaydoun wrote:

???? ???? ????? ???? ??????? ?. ???? ????????? ?? ??? ??????? ???????? ????? ????? ???? ??????? ????? ??? ??? ???? ???????? ????? ?? ???? ?? ??

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A Fatwa by the Dean of the Sharia College, Dr. Mohamed Al Tabtabai, said that electorate vote by a married woman will have to be conducted in accordance with the choice of their husbands, even if they (husband) wish to vote for a candidate she is not willing to.

Dr. Tabtabai confirmed that if the husband committed to divorce his wife if she vote for a candidate not of his (the husband) liking, the divorce is a reality even if she voted secretly without telling her husband ... The fear of course, if the weak-minded people takes this opinion as an excuse to control and threat their wives by divorce ... I wish that Dr. Tabtabai – who fought to not give women their political rights - issued a Fatwa that forbid and ban selling and buying votes; thereafter lets see how many candidates and voters would listen to him.

Inspired by the World Cup 2006, which will start very soon, Amal, the Palestinian cartoonist living in the Diaspora at Lebanon published one of her cartoons, which is self-explanatory:

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Along the same lines of World Cup fever, Saad writes about the TV broadcasting Exclusivity and the poor people who can’t afford it. He writes:

?? ?????? ???? ????? ?? ?????? ?????? ??? ?????? … ??? ????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ????? ???????? ?? ????? ???? ?????? ???????? ???? ????? (???? ????) ????? ??? ?? ??? ?????? ???????? ??? ??? ??? ???? ?????? ????? ???? ?? ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ??? ???? ??????? ??????? ????? ( ???? ??? ???? ????) ? ????? ?? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ??? ??? ??? ??????? ???????? ?? ??? ?? ????? ??????? ????? ??? ???? ????? ?? ?????? ????? ??????? ?? ???? ?????? ??? ?? ???? ????? ?? ?????? ??? ??????? ?? ??????.

Not telling you a secret that I would not be able to watch the World Cup ... not because I do not have the sufficient money to pay for the subscription, but I refuse the arbitrary conditions imposed, that no one can subscribe but for a full year (speaking of the TV channel network that has the exclusivity rights in the Middle East), to be a major injustice for low-income people (and I am one of them). Also I can not request to subscribe for the World Cup only or even the sports channels but must subscribe for the whole network, which you all know that is of low moral content these channels broadcast and that most of the people do not want these channels in their homes.

Ending with blogging itself, Mohammed writes about freedom in blogging and what should govern what bloggers write. Mohammed writes:

?? ?????? - ?? ???? ???? ??????? ??????? - ??? ?? ??? ?????? ??? ?? ????? ? ?????? ???? ? ???????????? ????? ..
?????? ? ?? ???????? ???? ?????? ? ????? ??????? ?????? ????? ???????? ??????? ??????? ..
???? ?????? - ??? ???? ???? ??????? ???? - ?? ???? ?? ????? ?????? ?????? ? ?????? ??? ?? ???? ??? ??? ?? ????? ???????? ?????????? ..
??????? ?????? ???? ? ??????? ?? ?? ??? ???? ??????? ????? ????? ? ????? ????? ???????? ? ?????? ? ????? ??????? ??????? ????? ???? ?? ? ????? ????? ?? ????? ( ???? ??? ?? ??? ??? ) ? ?????? ..
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??? ??? ?? ???? ??? ??? ? ??? ????? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? ?? ?? ????? ??????? ??? ??????? ???????? ? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? ???? ????? ?????? ..

From personal point of view - I feel that this freedom must be seized and controlled by, religion, and ethics. The reason is that the Internet is available for everyone, to all type of people from various nationalities and age groups. Therefore, it is assumed – from my point of view - to be put forward and be suitable for all. I think there is no disagreement on this in terms of logical and rationality.
To simplify the idea more, let us imagine that among visitors are young children’s, newly turned Muslim people, girls, people with weak Islamic background, foreigners from outside the country (Arab and non-Arab), and others.
Sometimes we notice that some of the articles presented has unsuitable ideas, indecent words, ideas which are not been explained well, reflection of an uncivilized or incorrect picture of the country, and much more.
A friend once told me, “I am sure that some bloggers will feel ashamed if their mothers see the content they publish”. He is right.