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On the festive and felicitous occasion of the 61st anniversary of Israel's existence which is being celebrated with much fanfare from Tel Aviv to Washington D.C.; today, on [...]
Press Release
Unfortunately, press coverage on Israeli crimes in Gaza is often times onesided and not well-balanced. Reports which reveal the true extent of tragedies do not reach their audiences because they are lost in the great number of articles published. To keep us updated about informative and objective coverage, but also to seize the opportunity [...]
Citizen journalists report on Gaza
From Bahrain, Haitham Sabbah, an "uprooted" Palestinian activist and blogger, is working to organize and coordinate information on the Gaza situation. Sabbah was as born in exile in Kuwait and has not been allowed to visit Occupied Palestine since 1986.
"Pro-Palestine Bloggers are facing a challenge to educate their readers and fill [...]
One of the reasons I closed comments on this blog was the huge amount of Spam I had to deal with everyday. Since then, the Spam reduced dramatically. Now I don't have to deal with Spam comments, but Trackback and Pingback Spam only. Of course I can close Trackback/Pingback too, but so far they come [...]
Tagged Blogging, comment, Spam, trackbackI just came to know that once again this year, this blog - Sabbah's Blog - was nominated for the Fifth Annual Brass Crescent Awards 2008. Polls close Friday, December 19!
Last year, our sister Laila El-Haddad (of Raising Yousuf, Unplugged) won the first position and my blog was given a "Honerable mention".
So what are you [...]
I can't tell you how much happy I am after reading the following email, which I got from a dear American friend. It reassures me that I'm doing the right thing:
My Dearest Haitham,
I remember almost three years ago when I first emailed you, I asked you what your opinion on the Palestinian issue was. What [...]
…and this could go on indefinitely.
Until further notice, if you need to reach me you can always send an email or contact me using the blog contact form.
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Here's a heat/size map of this blog, courtesy of Wordle. My favourites: Palestinian and Peace, not Israel.
Looking forward to "Peace". Meanwhile, for "Occupation" to end with the end of "Israel", figuratively speaking. Or actually, not figuratively speaking!
It was a great long vacation on personal level. OTOH, I've missed my blog and my online friends and hoping to be active and corresponding back soon.
Being away for more than a month, I have a lot to catchup and do online before I'm actively writing here and posting on my other blogs, but I [...]
No new posts here for some time now because been busy in preparing for my annual vacation with my family on one side and on the other side dumped the old Palestine Blogs aggregator platform and switched back to Drupal because the old one was pain-in-the-neck. That was not an easy task and took some [...]
Tagged Aggregator, PalestineHaitham Sabbah, Mary Rizzo and Gilad Atzmon are very pleased to announce their new site, Palestine Think Tank. It is a site containing news, analysis, art and more to further the cause of justice for Palestinians. It concentrates on many aspects of the resistance, but also focuses on the issues affecting the entire Middle East. [...]
Tagged Palestine, Tank, ThinkAlmost a year ago, old readers here remember my story (along with many pro-Palestine, anti-Zionism bloggers) with the so called American "left-wing" website called Daily KOS.
I fell of the chair laughing today when I read that:
Prominent writers, members of progressive American organizations known for their heavy criticism of Israel will tour the country, meet with [...]
Our beloved Mary is back online with here new blog, http://peacepalestine.wordpress.com/ after here old blog got stabbed in the back by a Night-Dog-Zionist called Tony Greenstein.
We Love You Mary!
Many friends asked me for a copy of my new "100% Palestinian Blogger" logo that you can see on the left top corner, but I was lazy to make the necessary modifications and release them until today, when Mona tipped me with a cute message. Thanks Mona
So here they are; new Golden Seals [...]
Finally, Google announced that there Blogger is officially supporting the three main languages in the Middle East, Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew:
Millions of people around the world already use Blogger to participate in the wider Internet community. Blogging is a powerful way for people to publish online, reach a large and varied audience, and communicate with [...]
