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An Unbroken Agony

by sokari August 7, 2007

I have been invited to Haiti by “Haiti Solidarity” so am off there shortly. I will be staying and meeting with women activists from the Lavalas movement. I have a pretty good knowledge of Haitian history and contemporary politics but there is always more to learn and I needed to focus on details. So for [...]

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The myth of Muslim support for terror

by Haitham Sabbah February 24, 2007

The common enemy is violence and terrorism, not Muslims any more than Christians or Jews. By Kenneth Ballen Those who think that Muslim countries and pro-terrorist attitudes go hand-in-hand might be shocked by new polling research: Americans are more approving of terrorist attacks against civilians than any major Muslim country except for Nigeria. The survey, [...]

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Calling Middle East School Bloggers

by Haitham Sabbah February 19, 2007

Are you a school student and you having a blog? I know that many of my friends (bloggers) are collage or university students, but I don’t know of any school bloggers, do you? (And by school I mean students who are 18 years old or less). Why I’m asking is because of the following email [...]

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Arab nations suspicious of Bush’s “democracy”

by Haitham Sabbah December 3, 2005

In a recent poll conducted in six Arab countries in October, found 78 percent of respondents thought there was more terrorism because of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, with four out of five saying the war had brought less peace to the region: Asked which countries posed the biggest threat to their nations, [...]

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Equality ‘key to labour welfare’

by Haitham Sabbah November 28, 2005

Finally, the international workshop to protect the rights of migrant workers was held in Bahrain. I say finally because this workshop was not allowed to take place in all Gulf countries, until General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) decided to partner with the International Federation of Free Unions, the International Federation for Arab Workers [...]

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UAE rocked by Iran quake

by Haitham Sabbah November 27, 2005

A tremor was felt also in the neighbouring United Arab Emirates, prompting many people to evacuate buildings. Witnesses in high-rise buildings said they felt the ground shaking beneath them for about a minute. Many residents evacuated their buildings and waited on the streets. Quake of 6.1 magnitude, hit some 58 km (36 miles) southwest of [...]

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Political Freedom

by Haitham Sabbah November 23, 2005

According to BBC Arabic (link in Arabic), Economist published a research that reports the status of Political and democracy freedom in the Middle East. On a scale of 10, the five top most are, Israel – 8.2, Lebanon – 6.55, Morocco – 5.20, Iraq – 5.05 and Palestine – 5.05. While Jordan scored 4.45, the [...]

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False Freedom

by Haitham Sabbah November 17, 2005

Human Rights Watch released its long-awaited report on Online Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa. This report examines Internet trends and policies in the Middle East and North Africa region as they affect freedom of expression, focusing particularly on Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Tunisia. Human Rights Watch selected these four countries for closer [...]

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Riots by workers can rock Middle East?

by Haitham Sabbah November 8, 2005

Millions of expatriate workers facing maltreatment and injustice in the Middle East and the Gulf are a time bomb that could unleash riots like those rocking France!

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Arab Blogs Map!

by Haitham Sabbah November 7, 2005

Greetings! Was playing with Frappr! and thought why not create a map for Arab Blogs and Bloggers? So here we go. I’ve just created an account for Arab Blogs and foreigners blogging from the Arab world. All you have to do to join is just select the name of the city you live in, write [...]

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Arabic Teachers Needs Arabic Teaching

by Haitham Sabbah October 29, 2005

I could not resist but blog this. Background: Nooreldin (my eldest son), is now in Grade II. He goes to a private English school, which obviously teaches everything in English, except Arabic and Islamic are in Arabic of course. Anyway, tonight he was studying for his tomorrow Arabic exam. He came across a word he [...]

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ArabiskBlog: Blogging Beyond Borders

by Haitham Sabbah October 17, 2005

Just came across a new Arabic ‘Blog-to-Media’ project, which is still on beta. It’s called ArabiskBlog. What they do is quite interesting. On weekly bases they publish a PDF Magazine called ‘Blogging Beyond Borders’ (already three issues), of selected Arabic language Blog posts. Although it looks so far to concentrate on Egyptian blogs, however we [...]

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MENA ‘ideal for solar power’

by Haitham Sabbah October 17, 2005

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could gain from a growing solar power industry if they provide financial and political frameworks to lure investment. The report says that in 20 years, solar power could provide the same amount of electricity as 72 coal-fired power stations. This is enough to supply 100 million people, or [...]

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Ramadan TV and Anti-terror Shows

by Haitham Sabbah October 16, 2005

Terrorism is the dominating theme in two major soap operas series during Ramadan this year and aired through Arab television venues, like the Middle East Broadcasting Company (MBC), Syria, Jordan, and Abu Dhabi television stations. During Ramadan, Arab families are accustomed during the time between iftar, the evening feast, and sohour, the pre-dawn meal to [...]

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SuperStar 3

by Haitham Sabbah October 15, 2005

Tomorrow will be the second roundup of Future SuperStar 3. A show that has broke records over the last two years, in spite of all the controversy that went around it. Some of it (if not all) was of political background, and very few of artistic. Anyway, I think the producers (Future TV) and the [...]

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