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Stories about West Asia & North Africa from September, 2005

Algeria: Ramadan Cuisine

Since the fasting month of Ramadan is getting close, Chef Farid Zadi of Algerian Cuisine blog is going to start posting some Ramadan Recipes.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
26 September 2005

Saudi Arabia: Jews and Zionism

Rani (a German lady married to a Saudi) of Not without my cat blog writes about Saudi Arabia's negative approach to Jews but describes the reason for the hatred of...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
26 September 2005

Kuwait Blogosphere Roundup

Parenting in Kuwait is so mixed. Q discusses how parents can easily leave their children with maids when they are young, and is concerned on how this influences the young...

Written by Bader
25 September 2005

Egypt: Kefaya

Baheyya draws a quick portrait of Abdel Halim Qandil, a leader of the Kifaya movement (Arabic) and the editor-in-chief of Al Arabi, the mouthpiece of the Nasserist party and one...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
23 September 2005

Bahrain: Musical Missions

Zainab Alkhawaja praises the Musical Missions of Cameron and Kristina who have been around the Arab world. They have been to Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Iraq. They talked to...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
23 September 2005

Jordan: World Forum on Music

Hind Sabanekh is going to be among the only Arab Girls band to perform in the World Forum on Music, which is a global knowledge-building platform on music and society.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
22 September 2005

Israel: The Golden Calf

Is the modern State of Israel somehow a Golden Calf? Brad Brooks-Rubin's wonders whether some in the current Zionist movement actually “support” and “defend” Israel to the extent that they...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
22 September 2005

Iraq: American Policy in Iraq

Is the coalition against Iraq weakening? LB of Baghdad Dweller is saying that she could never imagine that the biggest American Allie in the M.E. (Saudi Arabia) could criticize the...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
22 September 2005

Egypt: Lowlights of Autumn

Autumn, the date harvest, summer flu, horse counting cows, all what you missed to see in the countryside of Egypt. Nice illustration by Maryanne, Living in Egypt.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
22 September 2005

Jordan: Popcorn Mania

A recent attempt to break yet another Guinness World Record. Ameen Malhas posts some photos of the event sponsored by Fastlink while trying to fill a box with 36 cubic...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
21 September 2005

South Africa: A Tale of Two Cities

Dialogue-South Africa posts a speech drawing parallels between the struggle against apartheid and the situation in Israel/Palestine, saying that “we South Africans have a unique perspective on this issue.”

Written by Luisetta Mudie
21 September 2005

Kuwait Roundup

Just a little introduction to the Kuwait Blogosphere, we have about 277 blogs listed on KuwaitBlogs.com and most of them are being aggregated on Safat.KuwaitBlogs.com. We have a mixed group...

Written by Bader
20 September 2005
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