· January, 2008

Stories about West Asia & North Africa from January, 2008

Lebanon: Did the civil war really end?

French Eagle on the recent terrorist attack in Lebanon writes in a post entitled “Human Stupidity” [Fr]: “Civil war? Did it ever really end? Perhaps the Syrian occupation was a...

30 January 2008

Lebanon: Deconstructing Hassan Nasrallah

Heuristiques Libanaises muses over an image [Fr] of Hassan Nasrallah‘s raised finger and furrowed expression, wondering if Lebanon is at the sunset of Hezbollah's “divine victory” or merely its dawn.

30 January 2008

Yemen: Free Kareem Site Blocked

Yemeni blogger Sami Noman says that the Free Kareem site is blocked in his country. Free Kareem was set up by activists to call for the release of Egyptian blogger...

30 January 2008

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