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Stories about West Asia & North Africa from June, 2006

Syria: Authoritarianism

Syrian comment on the cultural inclination which was cited by a study that claims that there is no anti-democratic attitude within the Mideast cultures. Syrian said: “While its true that...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
27 June 2006

United Arab Emirates: Modhesh

Dubai Summer Surprises is back, and dubaiwalla has photos of its mascot, Modhesh, but Dubai Sunshine thinks that Modhesh-mania is going a teeny weeny little bit overboard.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
27 June 2006

Yemen: Presidency Next Seven Years

Omar Barsawad admire and respect his President, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yet, Omar felt both frustrated and relieved at Saleh's decision to run again for presidency. “Frustration, in that: by not...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
27 June 2006

Iran: A Weird Business with Belgium

Ship considers recent news about Belgium based Exmar company's deal with Iranian Sadra company very weird. The bloggers says Belgian company asked Sadra to build ten ships for this company...

Written by Fred Petrossian
27 June 2006

Iraq: Reconciliation initiative, born dead

LadyBird commenting on latest developments in Iraq said: Maliki’s initiative for dialogue and national reconciliation included many positive points such as the disarming militias, stop torture and the release of...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
26 June 2006

Iran: Death of Intellectualism

Andishe No, talks about that many university professors have been forced to be retired. The blogger writes the most important protest voice comes from universities and Iranian government's priority is...

Written by Fred Petrossian
25 June 2006

Syrian Blogsphere in a Week

To start off with a rather hot topic, it's politics, with Ammar Abdulhamid asking THE question… How Secure Is the Assads Regime, Really? To many observers of Syrian affairs, especially...

Written by Yazan Badran
25 June 2006

Turkey is Typing…

This week, we are going to visit Turkish bloggers in alphabetical order! Are you excited! Amerikan Turk talks about his racing (bicycle) this week. He spent Father's Day in a...

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley
25 June 2006

Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome

We have had enough. The fearsome nights are stifling us and we now have come to hate the Fall [of Baghdad]; we hate Liberation; we hate Sunnis; we hate Shiites;...

Written by Salam Adil
24 June 2006

Palestine: Roger Waters and The Wall!

Cultural icon and rock-god Roger Waters, co-founder and frontman of the legendary rock group Pink Floyd, spray painted “Tear Down The Wall” and “No Thought Control” on Israel’s Separation wall....

Written by Haitham Sabbah
23 June 2006

Syria: Who's an Arab?

Amr was asked by an American friend; who's an Arab? Amr could not find an easy answer, so he made a research, which you might find interesting to read.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
23 June 2006

To Be or Not to Be a Martyrdom Seeker

In Iran some people call themselves martyrdom seekers and demonstrate in cities to show their readiness to die for Islamic Republic. A couple of weeks ago Mohammad Masih, blogger and...

Written by Fred Petrossian
23 June 2006
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