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by Haitham Sabbah October 27, 2004

“Road to Kabul” , Censorship by Execution

by Haitham Sabbah October 25, 2004

Where did the “Road to Kabul” lead us? Let me start with a quote from Noam Chomsky (American Linguist and US Media and Foreign Policy Critic) “As long as people are marginalized and distracted [they] have no way to organize or articulate their sentiments, or even know that others have these sentiments. People assume that [...]

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It’s A Rocky “Road To Kabul”

by Haitham Sabbah October 21, 2004

[via: PM] The TV soap opera, that is. “The Road To Kabul” is a joint Qatari-Jordanian serial about an Afghan girl who falls in love with a Palestinian boy while studying in the UK, only to return home to the indignities and misogynist oppression of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Apparently, the producers, directors, writers, and actors must [...]

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Hado: Messages From Water

by Haitham Sabbah October 10, 2004

The Japanese researcher Dr. Masaru Emoto, is the author of many books concerning the phenomenon of ‘ Hado’. The two ideograms comprising this expression Hado (pronounced hadou to rhyme with shadow) literally mean “wave” and “move”. This following definition is how Dr. Emoto himself describes the phenomenon, which led him to a series of remarkable [...]

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International Museum of Toilets

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2004

If that peculiar question ever crossed your mind-seek professional help ! But if you really want to know, you can visit Sulabh in New Delhi, India or just browse this website where they brings the museum onto your screens, virtually. Photo: King Louis XIII and Louis the XIV used to give audience while using the [...]

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Topobo

by Haitham Sabbah October 2, 2004

Topobo is a 3D constructive assembly system embedded with kinetic memory, the ability to record and playback physical motion. Unique among modeling systems is Topobo’s coincident physical input and output behaviors. By snapping together a combination of Passive (static) and Active (motorized) components, people can quickly assemble dynamic biomorphic forms like animals and skeletons with [...]

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Hijab Chic (Warning: 358 Astaghfirullahs Required)

by Haitham Sabbah October 1, 2004

This is hijab-in-fashion week. Armani thinks the headscarf (also known as Islam’s 6th-fard-for-women-only) is cool and in-fashion. And indeed, in Beirut’s annual Fashion Week, being held this week, the hijab made some appearances (see photos on this page) in designs by Egyptian Hani Buhiari and Saudi Amina Al Jassem. However, some of the designs lacked [...]

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The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004

by Haitham Sabbah September 8, 2004

#1: Wealth Inequality in 21st Century Threatens Economy and Democracy #2: Ashcroft vs. the Human Rights Law that Hold Corporations Accountable #3: Bush Administration Censors Science #4: High Levels of Uranium Found in Troops and Civilians #5: The Wholesale Giveaway of Our Natural Resources #6: The Sale of Electoral Politics #7: Conservative Organization Drives Judicial [...]

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When Nerds Protest

by Haitham Sabbah September 6, 2004

{Protest Sign in NYC, originally uploaded by topgold} Whoever this person is with the sign, I you.

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CBS: Possible Israeli Spy in Pentagon

by Haitham Sabbah August 28, 2004

CBS News reports that the FBI is investigating a possible Israeli spy in the Pentagon. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI believes Israel has a spy at the very highest level of the Pentagon who may have sought to influence U.S. policy on Iran and Iraq, CBS News reported on Friday. The Israeli embassy immediately denied [...]

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US media and Israeli “Gaza pullout” charade

by Haitham Sabbah July 7, 2004

A Palestinian youth, bearing signs of physical violence, is seen in an undated picture which was shown in a Jerusalem court by the Israel Justice Ministry, June 1, 2004 at the start of a trial against three Israeli border policemen. The policemen were arrested this week for allegedly abusing two 17-year old Palestinians about a [...]

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Physicists reveal first “nanoflowers”

by Haitham Sabbah June 26, 2004

Would You Like a Bouquet of Nanoflowers? Today the Institute of Physics releases some of the most beautiful science images of the year so far, a collection of photomicrographs of tiny “flowers” and “trees” less than one thousandth the width of a human hair. The images are published in the Institute journal Nanotechnology. These stunning [...]

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