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, [...]
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-pressI 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 [...]
The results are out and I was not surprised to see that the images of the Zionist crimes are winning so many awards this year.
First of all, the grand prize was selected by the international jury of the 50th annual World Press Photo Contest and it went to a color image of the US photographer [...]
I don’t know how many of my friends around the Gulf received this alert from Greenpeace, however, here it is for the use of everyone:
From: Hussein Fakih [hfakih@diala.greenpeace.org]
Date: Feb 4, 2007 10:20 PM
Subject: Greenpeace: opinion poll
To: [haitham.sabbah@gmail.com]
Dear Mr Haitham Sabbah,
I am an activist in Greenpeace (the international environmental independent organization). Greenpeace have recently discovered that [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices!
This week in the Arabic Language blogsphere:
Let’s start with the hard stuff. Tara from Iraq, has some rare seen images:
Tara then writes:
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Tagged Arabic, Blogger, Democracy, Fatwa, Freedom of Speech, Iraq, Kuwait, Vote, War, World-CupThe following is an abbreviated translation from some Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices!
From Egypt… Malek who was scheduled to be free few days ago is now officially free. He just made his first post, titled: Free Morning. Malek writes:
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The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogsphere. It was initially published at Global Voices!
Music…
Amal, in her latest cartoon:
“See my Wawa, kiss my Wawa.” The Wawa is the little tiny hurt “ouch”..
In this cartoon; a poor bleeding Palestinian child is begging from a wealthy Arabian man who seems not giving attention [...]
Tagged Blog, Blogger, Democracy, Egypt, Haifa, Jordan, Kuwait, PalestineThis is a cross-posting. It was initially published at Global Voices!
The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogsphere.
It’s not only the English language bloggers from Middle East who are continuously trying to bridge the cultural gaps, but Arabic language bloggers are facing similar tough battle at home, within the Arabic blogsphere [...]
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Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died in his late 70s. May Allah grant him and the Kuwaiti people peace and tranquility.
Tagged Breaking News, KuwaitAccording to the annual report of the Arab Economic Unity Council, the Arab GDP is improving.
Her is the summery:
Arab gross domestic product reached $860 billion in 2004 compared to 746.1 billion the year before.
GDP growth ranged between 1.2 and 6.5 per cent while the GDP per capita rose to $2879 in 2004, compared to 2572 [...]
