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Arab in Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007

by Haitham Sabbah October 17, 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 [...]

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Greenpeace seeks help in Kuwait, Qatar and UAE

by Haitham Sabbah February 5, 2007

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 [...]

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by Haitham Sabbah December 1, 2006

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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 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 [...]

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by Haitham Sabbah March 27, 2006

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Kawalees: Backstage Blogging!

by Haitham Sabbah February 9, 2006

Tonight, Aljazeera will air a new episode of Kawalees (Backstage). I was told that it will review the activities of The 2nd Aljazeera Forum, including blogging and the ‘citizen media’. Among the guest whom I know were interviewed and probably clips will be aired; Ethan Zuckerman – Co-Fonder of Global Voices Online, Shaden Abdul Rahman [...]

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Blogging, Aljazeera and the Media (1st round)

by Haitham Sabbah February 4, 2006

This is the first post of few I’m going to write about The 2nd Aljazeera Forum – 2006. Now that I’m back from Doha after attending The 2nd Aljazeera Forum, and after swallowing all the sweet and the bitter of such a huge gathering, I can share with you some of my views and conclusion. [...]

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The New Media: Bloggers and Participatory Journalism

by Haitham Sabbah January 29, 2006

Moblogging (Photos) will fireup this blog again, starting from tomorrow. Blogging will be light for the next few days and this is due to my travel to Qatar to participate in the 2nd annual Aljazeera Forum (Arabic), which this year has the theme “Defending Freedom, Defining Responsibility.” I’ll be one of the panelists at the [...]

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Bloggers call for Al Jazeera memo publication

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2005

In the wake of Boris Johnson, Blairwatch and many other bloggers have put themselves down as being prepared to publish the ‘Bush-Blair Al Jazeera memo’ should it become available. To join the growing call for disclosure and internet publication visit Blairwatch here, and get “I�ll publish the al Jazeera memo” button from here. On the [...]

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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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Dropping ‘Freedom’ From Above

by Haitham Sabbah November 25, 2005

Al-Jazeera Managing Director, Waddah Khanfar, is on the way to London this weekend to find answers. Mr. Blair, will you grant Al-Jazeera Staff request for an urgent meeting? [Hat tip: Mohammed]

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It Could be Murder!

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2005

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Brussels, accuses US Over Killing of Al-Jazeera Journalist in Baghdad. IFJ calls for re-opening of investigation into 2003 US attack on Al-Jazeera; fears the media may have been deliberately targeted. (details here)

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Don’t Bomb Us – A blog by Al Jazeera Staffers

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2005

"Don’t Bomb Us – A Blog by Al Jazeera Staffer" Bookmark this http://dontbomb.blogspot.com/ Al Jazeera staff members decided to start a new blog to to give voice to a lot of concern around the office regarding what is going on – and will also serve as a tribute to fallen journalists. [Hat tip: Staff Member [...]

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Bin Laden Sought to Bomb Aljazeera

by Haitham Sabbah November 22, 2005

Opss… did I say Bin Laden? Correction: BUSH sought to bomb Aljazeera! ***More updates below*** Kevin Maguire And Andy Lines of the Daily Mirror from the UK broke this story today – apparently Bush planned to bomb the Al Jazeera HQ in Qatar: PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, [...]

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Qatar donates $6mn to Arab-Israeli town

by Haitham Sabbah October 15, 2005

Qatar has donated $6 million to build a soccer stadium in an Arab-Israeli town, the first time that a Gulf Arab state has donated money inside Israel. Ahmed Al Tibi -Arab Israeli MP- said that “It is the first Arab initiative on this scale in support of the Arabs of 1948 [Arab citizens of Israel] [...]

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