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Highest is everything!
If you thought that Burj Dubai is the end of the "Arabian Dream", you are mistaken.
The new race in the Arab World (to be particular, the Gulf region) is building the highest towers.
Few years ago, Dubai announced that they are going to spend few "Billions" of Dollars to build the highest tower in the world, [...]
Arab in Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007
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 [...]
Tagged Arab, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, freedom-of-pressMiss Bahrain, Miss Arab World 2007 and Stereotypes
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 [...]
Appealing to brothers in Bahrain
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 [...]
Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006
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 – [...]
MAHMOOD'S BLOG TO BE BLOCKED
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 Protest
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.
Tagged Bahrain, Lebanon, Protest, vlog
