· July, 2007

Stories about Bahrain from July, 2007

Arabeyes: Internet War Continues in Egypt

  26 July 2007

After harassing, questioning and detaining bloggers, the war on the Internet continues in Egypt, this time attacking where it hurts most - the pocket! This is how Egyptian bloggers react to the hike in prices, which will be introduced in September.

Bahrain: Does A PlayStation 2 Gun Count As A Weapon?

  21 July 2007

Bahrain's bloggers have moved on this week to comment on a protest held outside the Iranian Embassy in protest against an editorial by Iranian editor Hossein Shariatmadari, which started that Bahrain should become a part of Iran. Others talk about Embassy interviews for Visas, the release of a Guantanamo detainee, why Bahrain is vying to build the highest skyscraper and preparing for the new release of Harry Potter.

Bahrain: Free Harry Potter

  19 July 2007

Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif calls upon cinemas to admit people in costumes free to the new Harry Potter movie.

Bahrain: Banned MP

  18 July 2007

An MP in Bahrain has been banned from leading Friday prayers and giving public sermons, writes blogger emoodz.

Iran:Shi'tes in Bahrain in trouble!

  17 July 2007

Farzandan Iran says[Fa] stupid comments of Hossein Shariatmadari,ultra conservative editor who called Bahrain a province of Iran, will have negative effects for Shi'ites who live in that country and want...

Iran:What to do with Bahrain?

  17 July 2007

Z8tun says in a taxi she talked with a young man about Bahrain-Iran crisis. He said he hates ultra conservative editor, who called Bahrain a province of Iran, but concerning...

Arabeyes: A Protest for Every Citizen, Al Qaeda and Iranian Provocation

  17 July 2007

Locked doors at a university campus, daily demonstrations on busy main roads, an article attacking Bahrain in an Iranian newspaper, Al Qaeda's attacks in North Africa and the death of cultural magazines - on and off-line - are some of the topics being discussed by bloggers writing in Arabic in Bahrain, Algeria and Jordan.