Israeli and U.S. diplomats and Jewish groups are lobbying organisers of next month’s Academy Awards not to present a nominated film (Paradise Now) about Palestinian bombers as coming from Palestine, an Israeli newspaper reports.
While the tag remains on the academy’s Web site, the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he expected the film to [...]

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Yesterday I was reading “Bloggers: an army of irregulars” by Paul Reynolds from the BBC. He talks about what big business and the mainstream media can learn from blogs :
For many in the “mainstream media”, as bloggers call us, weblogs are at best a nuisance and at worst dangerous.
They are seen as the rantings and [...]

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Two interesting articles worth reading and sharing. Not that I agree with this or that, but two different views of infamous cartoons that will make you set for a while and think; what a crazy world we are living in:
Anti-Western Muslims
by Palden Jenkins - England
“The world’s going through an immense historical process, and it seems [...]

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For Shi’i Muslims the Ashura is celebrated as the most important day of the longer Muharram festival. Their Ashura festival commemorates the death of Husayn in 680 in his fight to get control of the Caliph position against Caliph Yazid. For Shi’is, the Ashura is a day of great mourning, and strong emotions are expressed [...]

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Jan from Denmark asked:
1. Is there anything that can be said or done at this point about the story of the infamous cartoons, which might make the muslims of the works pause, think and perhaps have second thoughts about their personal reaction to the whole issue?
2. Why is it that the Muslims of the world [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Iran Mullah’s to Hang Teenage Girl Attacked by Rapists:
Iran Focus - An Iranian court has sentenced a teenage rape victim to death by hanging after she weepingly confessed that she had unintentionally killed a man who had tried to rape both her and her niece.
The state-run daily Etemaad reported on Saturday that 18-year-old Nazanin confessed [...]

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Feeling horny? Grab your clothes and keep your eyes off your partner’s privates!
Cairo - An Egyptian cleric’s controversial fatwa claiming that nudity during sexual intercourse invalidates a marriage has uncovered a rift among Islamic scholars.
According to the religious edict issued by Rashad Hassan Khalil, a former dean of Al-Azhar University’s faculty of Sharia (or Islamic [...]

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…BTW, we did a segment on Star Academy yesterday and quoted your blog. [Hat tip: email from Kevin - BBC to me]
You can still listen to last night “Have Your Say” discussion on this (I guess it will be replaced by the today segments soon, so hurry up).

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I can’t describe what I saw. So, let the pictures talk:

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Update!
Welcome to Slut Star Academy 3!
I won’t be surprised if next time I see them having group sex LIVE on TV. That would be interesting ‘lesson’ to watch their teachers instructing them and [...]

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The first is an impressionable painting entitled “The Flutes and the Walls of Israel”, created by the Italian artist Giuliano Giuggiolo, copies of this painting feature the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign. You can find more here and here!

The second poster is of the “Syriana” movie. Reviews said (I’ve not seen it yet) that Syriana provides a [...]

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A followup to “Should we?“

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful country, rich and bright people lived there, happy and relatively safe, except from few small battles with a neighboring country, over decades. Through this country ran a long, wide river, which was believed that if someone drinks from, he gets mad.
Years passed, but [...]

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A German Protestant youth group has put together a 2006 calendar illustrated with erotic scenes from the Bible.
The 12 re-enacted passages feature a bare-breasted Delilah cutting Samson’s hair and a nude Eve offering an apple.
The Nuremberg-based group said they wanted to represent the Bible in a way that would entice young people. [BBC]
That really doesn’t [...]

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 I was delighted to hear this from MoCha; a member of CheckPoint 303:

we are “CheckPoint 303″, a new electro-oriental underground band, our music deals with the daily life of the Palestinian people, the struggle and hardship but also the beauty and the trivial aspects of life in Palestine, things that obviously don’t always [...]

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Just got these from a friend in Jordan. Click on picture for bigger photo size

The first is “Tagi3” and second is “A Smiley Face.”

Third is “Mgalli3” and last is “Etla3 Men Rasi.”
Dare not ask for translation. This is just for Jordanians

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‘Al Bayyara’ which means ‘the Orchard of Citrus’ has a profound meaning in the Palestinian conscious. ‘Al Bayyara‘ for Palestinians in general and those who are in Diaspora in particular, is remembered with nostalgia, since it symbolizes their homeland and stands as living and present figure of their righteousness.
Launching www.albayyara.com is thought to be a [...]

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Yum yum yum…
Since I was kid, I don’t remember that my Mom ever missed to make us the special Ka3ek and Ma3mool of Eid.

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Invade Iran.. South Korea.. Middle East.. Italy.. France… just name it. Ok, can you locate it on map please? [Hat Tip: Zainab Alkhawaja]

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