Stories about Arabic from December, 2007
Egypt: YouTube Restores Account .. But
Egyptian blogger and human right's activist Wael Abbas‘s YouTube and Yahoo accounts are back after being suspended for posting videos showing victims being allegedly tortured by Egyptian police. Click the...
Kuwait: The Sky's Policy
Kuwaiti blogger Ma6goog (Ar) is looking for the grey areas in our perception of good and evil and the struggle between black and white. Is there an absolute good and evil? Or is it the fusion of both which makes people the way they are. Also, how are stories from our childhood shaping the ideologies of Kuwaitis today?
Egypt: The Story of the Flying Mouse
We all used to watch cartoons when we were children. In fact, many of us still like watching cartoon movies. And sometimes some of those movies stay there in our minds for a while and affect our lives. Captain L.J.Silver wrote here about a movie he watched 15 years ago, and still can't forget. Tarek Amr translates from Arabic.
Kuwait: Professional Emails
With technology effecting every facet of life, Arab governments are slowly waking up to the concept of e-services. Kuwaiti blogger Lamia The Dreamer (Ar) detects a glitch in the system and broadcasts it to the world in this post I am translating from Arabic today.
Egypt: Story of a Shop
Egyptian blogger Tak Hank comments on the ebb and flow of life in a shop which was jinxed after an elderly vendor scolded him and refused to sell him a plastic sword as a child. Eman Abd Al Rahman translates the post from Arabic.
UAE: The Importance of Prayer
UAE blogger Ben Kerishan, from the Land of Sands (Ar), writes about the importance of prayer in this post. Ben Kerishan's blog is blocked in most Arab countries because of...
Egypt: Feelings of a nation
With the world's sight focused on Annapolis, Egyptian students have another battle with the Israeli and American Ambassadors at home. Eman Abd Al Rahman translates from Arabic.
Egypt: Annapolis Adieu
"Annapolis, Annapolis, this name is haunting me everywhere I go - in newspapers and blogs and on TV. For me, Annapolis seems to be a Greek city near The Acropolis, or something. But the truth is, it is an American city where a peace conference was held between the Arabs, Israelis, and Americans," writes Tarek Amr, who gives us a new perspective on the peace talks.
