Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Greeks, Persians, Europeans…the list goes on.
Who will control the Middle East today and in the near future? Time will tell! [Hat tip: sokari]
Tunisian Treasure Prison Map
The first project is the brave, superb Tunisian Prison Map by Sami Ben Gharbia.
Sami made a Tunisian Prison Map, which is madeup using a Google Maps API + GMapEZ + video YouTube + flash animations + the Yahoo Y !Q Beta. [Hat tip: Rachel]
Link to the map: http://www.kitab.nl/tunisianprisonersmap
Link to the related article [...]
London Times, 5 May 2006, titled, Truth in Mapping. [Hat tip: Norman Finkelstein]
Greetings!
Was playing with Frappr! and thought why not create a map for Arab Blogs and Bloggers?
So here we go. I’ve just created an account for Arab Blogs and foreigners blogging from the Arab world. All you have to do to join is just select the name of the city you live in, write on your [...]
Israeli teens don't like Russians
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