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Stories about West Asia & North Africa from September, 2005
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
Adib writes (in French) about the solar eclipse that will be visible from Tunisia on October 3rd, which will be nearly a total eclipse with 98% of the sun covered....
Israel: Sharon's Re-election Campaign
Dave says that Sharon is now “campaigning” for re-election in the area of Israel that, Dave suppose, matters the most: the United States. Why? He says, because that’s how people...
Palestine: Home-made Landmines
International Solidarity Movement reports that on September 15th 2005, two International Human Rights Observers (IHROs) accompanying shepherds from the Palestinian shepherding village of Qawaweis (in the southern Hebron district) were...
Lebanon: Kuwait media office explosion
Ahmad reports that the explosion at Kuwaiti media office – Beirut was due to
Iran: Iran Mistakes
Farid Pouya writes that Iran made a mistake on 1982 when they rejected the Arab countries peace proposal, and now they are making the same mistake by rejecting the Europe...
Bahrain: Arabic Blogging
Haythoo just started a free Arabic blogging service for Bahrain (in Arabic). The new blog service (http://bahblog.com/) is based on the Arabic version of WordPress, and seems to catch a...
From the Jordanian Blogosphere
On International Affairs: With the Israeli withdrawal, there is a lot to say in the Jordanian blogosphere about Palestine, both in relation to the withdrawal and otherwise. Biesan describes the...
Egypt: Trust in Religion
Ritzy Mabrouk says that Egyptians are more likely to define themselves by religion than any other people in the world.
Bahrain: Aggregator is On
Mahmood just launched BahrainBlogs.com. It is simply an aggregation service to aggregate all the Bahraini blogs he knows of.
Qatar: Friends of Al-Jazeera Hacked
The Friends of Al-Jazeera website was defaced by Brazilian hackers. Instead of the familiar news stories, the site was replaced by a simple message – “SpyKids of Brazil”. As no...
United Arab Emirates: Census Time
Secret Dubai diary post a story, which shows that census can be scary too.
Yemen: North & South
Stacey is in Aden. She can identify the “border zone” between the former South and former North Yemen.
Iraq: Freedom of Speech
Sami of An Iraqi's Thoughts says that now Iraqis have freedom of speech, they are abusing it and sadly instead of pushing towards changing the country, they instead try and...
Jordan: The Power of Nothing
Mozzy talks about the power of nothing, we should first consider the mystery of nothing, is it unbearable, the word mystery?
Saudi Arabia: Google Tour
Emirati offers his readers a guide to tour Saudi Arabia major cities, using google earth.
Bahrain: Workplace Respect
Amira asks, what is it with people who have zero respect for their workplace?
Saudi Arabia: Kissing Hands
Alhamedi writes about the cultural differences between West and East, particularly with body language (kissing the King hands).
Kuwait: Blog Search
Good news for all bloggers! If you haven't heard of it yet, nibaq points to the new Blog Search by Google. One commented on his post and added that Blogger...
Oman: Art for Giving
The Muscatis recommends that everyone should attend ‘Dar Al Atta‘ (Art for Giving) Exhibition, which started in Muscat. 57 artists have contributed a total of 172 pieces for the exhibit....
Israel: Dangerous Pop Stars
Abu Aardvark writes that an official Israeli report denounced Nancy Ajram, Haifa Wehbi, Maria and other Lebanese popstars as posing a destructive and serious threat to the Israeli state because...
Welcome to the Kurdish Blogosphere
The subject of Kurdistan (be it in a political or idealist setting) has always been a controversial one. While no political entity of Kurdistan exists, the topic of establishing a...
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