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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 [...]
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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 – [...]
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.
Three [...]
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 [...]
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]
Also tagged LondonInternational 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)
Also tagged Breaking News, Media, Terrorism, War"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 at Al [...]
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, a "Top Secret" [...]
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 [...]
Also tagged Asides, Good News, Israel, PalestineThe Arab Committee for the Defense of Journalists, received a large number of complaints from journalists and technicians working in Aljazeera TV station , saying that the Saudi Embassy in Doha-Qatar has been refusing to give them any kind of transit or entry visas , including entry visas for pilgrimage ; Haj and Umrra.
Despite embassy [...]
Egypt said that it would dispatch a legal delegation to Qatar to question a Qatari prince accused of causing the death of five Egyptians in a high-speed illegal car race accident. The Egyptian authorities accuse Suleiman Saud Al Thani, a member of Qatar's ruling family, of killing the five and injuring 14 others when his [...]
Also tagged Bleeding Edge, Car, Egypt, RaceKuwaiti Narcissism and Qatari Democracy.
Also tagged Democracy, Human Rights, Kuwait, NarcissismSorry, Israel, the clash of civilizations will not happen. Despite all your efforts and the Zionist money to pit Arab against Americans, Arabs Do Not Hate Americans. Contrary to that, Arabs Care About Americans. Have you heard of the donations from Arabs to Katrina victims?
From Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Libya, Egypt, Algeria, [...]
http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050608_eberstadtNBRreport.pdf (PDF File – 828KB)
This report from the US-based National Bureau of Asian Research takes an unusual look at the HIV/AIDS situation in the Muslim world, highlighting the poor surveillance and inadequate knowledge of the extent of HIV/AIDS.
Excerpt:
What is especially troubling to behold is the reluctance to admit that Muslims engage in exactly those same [...]
