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The new race in the Arab World (to be particular, the Gulf region) is [...]
It’s time of the year for Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. With all my reservations regarding Reporters Without Borders neutrality (having doubt after knowing that France is their financial supporter, although they are an NGO!), yet, their report was always a good indicator, if not the closest to reality - at least from my experiences [...]
I admit I have missed the news when it was announced end of last July, but better late than never.
Honored to be Bahraini by soul for living in Bahrain for the last four years, I am very happy to know that Wafaa Ganahi, a 23-year-old teacher from the Law Faculty of Bahrain University, won the [...]
Following is a letter from a Bahraini friend working with a NGO providing emergency relief to newly displaced refugees from the Nahr el Bared refugee camp in the North of Lebanon:
Dear friends,
Hope this email finds you safe and well.
From the Shatila (Palestinian) refugee camp in Beirut, I am working at an NGO called the Children [...]
In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst.
Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst“:
Kuwait - 73
United Arab Emirates - 77
Mauritania - 77
Qatar - 80
Morocco - 97
Lebanon - 107
Jordan - 109
Bahrain - 111
Algeria - [...]
Update Nov 2nd: Mahmood’s Blog is back!
It’s official, Mahmood’s Blog (http://mahmood.tv) will be blocked effective immediately, by the orders of the Bahraini Ministry of Information.
Together with 6 other web sites (listed below), the official memo was delivered to all the ISP’s in Bahrain this afternoon.
Mahmood is a prominent Bahraini/Arab blogger. His blog is the most [...]
Bahraini citizens protest against Israel’s war crimes in Lebanon.
Bahrain has been one of the loudest Arab countries to speak out against the war and that’s something to take pride in. This is one of the biggest protests in the Gulf since the war began, Esra’a said.
Not only they don’t want to help in putting an end to the barbaric terrorist Israeli war on Lebanese… not only they provide a passage for the smart (doubtful) bombs to reach the Israel Terrorist State… but they want us to keep our mouth shut and not to show the world the atrocities committed by [...]
Yesterday, Bahraini families toke their children to protest the terrorist war on Lebanon and the coward massacre by the Israeli terrorist army in Qana.
The Bahraini children made their voice heard and did most of the talking during the protest.
God bless you, kids of Bahrain. You are braver than most of our official who didn’t even [...]
From last night event at National Democratic Action Society - Bahrain (in Arabic). [Hat tip: ES]
The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices…
The Blazing Middle East
Third day after the beginning of the never ending Middle East conflict; Israel/Lebanon war, the Arabic blogsphere speaks.
Ranging between anger, celebration, condemnation and support, on both sides of the conflict, the bloggers views vary [...]
It was pleasant to read a small news piece in al-Watan newspaper this morning, which states some figures about increasing numbers of visitors through King Fahd Causeway to the Kingdom of Bahrain during last June compared to the same period last month.
The newspaper report that 316,757 car carrying 625,552 passengers passed the bridge between Saudi [...]
The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices…
Summer holidays, women rights, war in Iraq and war in Palestine. These are some of the permanent scene in the Arabic language blogsphere these days. Here is some of what few bloggers said:
The daily life of a [...]
…Muharraq Girls’ School told their graduates that only female relatives could attend the end-of-year ceremony at the Education Hall. The decision was made to make the students and their families feel at ease, according to the school.
But columnists Sawsan Al Shair, Ali Saleh and Saeed Al Hamad quickly dismissed the unprecedented call as a consecration [...]
Few days ago, AFP interviewed me by email. Today, I was happy to find that the interview was published in few places.
First, here is Aljazeera version:
Weblogs soar in Gulf states
Internet blogs are giving rise to a new breed of Arab activist as ordinary residents increasingly use them to press for political rights and civil liberties [...]
Received an email requesting this:
Thanks to an amazing website I recently happened across, I have created a survey on internet trends in Bahrain. I am interested in documenting internet access and uses in Bahrain. I am asking that this survey only be taken by people actually living in Bahrain. Your participation in this study would [...]
Could not resist this anonymous email
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This one made up my day:
Reuters - Michael Jackson went shopping in Bahrain on Wednesday disguised as a traditional Arab woman, but if it was an attempt by the pop star to avoid attention, it failed.
A Reuters photographer saw him in a popular shopping mall in the center of the capital Manama all in black, [...]
Michael Jackson is negotiating a position as a consultant with a Bahrain-based company that plans to set up theme parks and music academies in the Middle East.
Bahraini businessman Ahmed Abu Bakr Janahi, said it wanted to hire the 47-year-old Jackson to give advice on setting up entertainment businesses. [Hat Tip: El-Oso]
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