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An Unbroken Agony

by sokari August 7, 2007

I have been invited to Haiti by “Haiti Solidarity” so am off there shortly. I will be staying and meeting with women activists from the Lavalas movement. I have a pretty good knowledge of Haitian history and contemporary politics but there is always more to learn and I needed to focus on details. So for [...]

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The myth of Muslim support for terror

by Haitham Sabbah February 24, 2007

The common enemy is violence and terrorism, not Muslims any more than Christians or Jews. By Kenneth Ballen Those who think that Muslim countries and pro-terrorist attitudes go hand-in-hand might be shocked by new polling research: Americans are more approving of terrorist attacks against civilians than any major Muslim country except for Nigeria. The survey, [...]

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Calling Middle East School Bloggers

by Haitham Sabbah February 19, 2007

Are you a school student and you having a blog? I know that many of my friends (bloggers) are collage or university students, but I don’t know of any school bloggers, do you? (And by school I mean students who are 18 years old or less). Why I’m asking is because of the following email [...]

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Riots by workers can rock Middle East?

by Haitham Sabbah November 8, 2005

Millions of expatriate workers facing maltreatment and injustice in the Middle East and the Gulf are a time bomb that could unleash riots like those rocking France!

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ArabiskBlog: Blogging Beyond Borders

by Haitham Sabbah October 17, 2005

Just came across a new Arabic ‘Blog-to-Media’ project, which is still on beta. It’s called ArabiskBlog. What they do is quite interesting. On weekly bases they publish a PDF Magazine called ‘Blogging Beyond Borders’ (already three issues), of selected Arabic language Blog posts. Although it looks so far to concentrate on Egyptian blogs, however we [...]

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MENA ‘ideal for solar power’

by Haitham Sabbah October 17, 2005

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could gain from a growing solar power industry if they provide financial and political frameworks to lure investment. The report says that in 20 years, solar power could provide the same amount of electricity as 72 coal-fired power stations. This is enough to supply 100 million people, or [...]

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Wiki Neo-Racism?

by Haitham Sabbah October 11, 2005

Ever noticed the US government practice of Neo-Racism? Instead of saying all people from the Middle-East should be treated differently, the US government says people from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and [...]

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Education in Arabia

by Haitham Sabbah October 10, 2005

2nd Conference on Planning of Education & Applied Research in the Arab Countries. Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Date: 13 November 2005.

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Hijab: a Must, OR a Choice?

by Haitham Sabbah June 26, 2005

One of the reasons I’m writing about this topic today, is this comment by Gladwyn, which clearly implies unclear understanding of Hijab in particular and Islam in general. Hijab has been the subject of much controversy and debate, especially since the French government decided to ban hijab and other religious “symbols” from public schools. Everyone [...]

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It’s the oil, stupid!

by Haitham Sabbah June 25, 2005

For years now, British Petroleum (BP) has published a fascinating annual report entitled Statistical Review of World Energy. Publicly available on their website, this report provides excellent insight into the sources and uses of fossil fuel energy around the world. Now what does this report have to do with the political issues canvassed on this blog? As it turns out, quite a bit.

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CORRECTED: Newsweek retracts story on Koran

by Haitham Sabbah May 17, 2005

Please read in second paragraph “had uncovered Koran abuse” instead of “had uncovered Korean abuse.” A corrected story follows.

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Palestine Costume

by Haitham Sabbah May 16, 2005

Update: I regret that I had to remove the photos from Flickr for copyright issues. You can still view the photos and more here: http://www.palestinecostumearchive.org/ A sample of Costumes from my homeland – Palestine. A photo collection I gathered from the net can be viewed here. Click on photo for a large view.   Palestinian [...]

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UPDATE: Captain ‘R’ is FREED

by Haitham Sabbah February 7, 2005

In a dramatic about-face, one of the soldiers who testified that he had seen Capt. R., the Givati company commander, shoot 13-year-old Iman al-Hams to death at point-blank range last October near the Girit outpost close to Rafah, admitted to the Southern Command Military Court on Sunday that he had lied. Following the developments, the [...]

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Sex Change – The Happiness Of The Individual? Or The Group?

by Haitham Sabbah December 2, 2004

“The story of a young Saudi man, Ahmad, who has become a woman has created a furor in the Kingdom � not only because he changed his sex but also because, as a man, he inherited a large sum of money from his millionaire father. He changed his sex only after inheriting; according to Islamic [...]

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Jordan Crwon Prince Hamza, Out

by Haitham Sabbah November 28, 2004

Few minutes ago, on Jordan TV – 8:00 pm news, it was announced that King Abdulla of Jordan removed his brother, Prince Hamza from the Crown Prince position! Prince Hamza is the elder son of Queen Noor, wife of late King Hussain.

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