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Greenpeace seeks help in Kuwait, Qatar and UAE

Monday, February 5th, 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 organization). Greenpeace [...]

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Friday, December 1st, 2006

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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

Thursday, November 2nd, 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 - 107
Jordan - 109
Bahrain - 111
Algeria - [...]

Blogging, Aljazeera and the Media (1st round)

Saturday, February 4th, 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.

Three [...]

Bloggers call for Al Jazeera memo publication

Wednesday, November 30th, 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 [...]

Dropping ‘Freedom’ From Above

Friday, November 25th, 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]

It Could be Murder!

Thursday, November 24th, 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)

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

Thursday, November 24th, 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 at Al [...]

Bin Laden Sought to Bomb Aljazeera

Tuesday, November 22nd, 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, a "Top Secret" [...]

Qatar donates $6mn to Arab-Israeli town

Saturday, October 15th, 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 [...]