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6:05 PM, Marna house, Gaza city
An acrid smell of sulphur fills the air while the sky is shaken by earth-shattering rumbles. My ears are now deaf to [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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Also tagged Arabic, Blogger, Democracy, Fatwa, Freedom of Speech, Iraq, 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 [...]
Also tagged Blog, Blogger, Democracy, Egypt, Haifa, Jordan, 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 [...]
Also tagged Arabisc, Egypt, Saudi ArabiaSheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died in his late 70s. May Allah grant him and the Kuwaiti people peace and tranquility.
Also tagged Breaking NewsKuwait has found two cases of bird flu, the first in the Gulf Arab region, and has culled the diseased birds.
As if the Mideast needs more tragedies these days. Why God?!
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah will replace his ailing crown prince with Prime Minister Sabah Al Ahmed. They said that the current crown prince, Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah "is currently in London on convalescence following a health failure".
Also tagged Crown-Prince, NewsTwo Kuwaiti Shia Muslim lawmakers have called on the interior minister and security officials to protect a Shia mosque that came under attack by a mob of teenagers. The attack took place on the night of October 7 in Jahra, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Kuwait City, when at least 50 people, mostly teenagers, [...]
Also tagged Bleeding Edge, Islam, Mob, Religion, Shia
