Stories about Middle East & North Africa from August, 2006
Indonesia: Iranian President's Blog
Unspun discoves that Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad blogs too. The Iranian president was a recent guest in Indonesia and he was very well received there.
Global Food Blog Report #28
#1: From Tanzania, MiRecipe.com spices up the day with an incredible easy and delicious recipe to prepare "Chatini Ya Ukwaju" (Tamarind Chutney). It is great with bread, and a tasty addition to your salad, fish or chicken dishes. Recipe in EN and Swahili. Get the recipe now! #2: From Germany,...
Romania: Anatolian Carpets in Brasov
Carpetblog walks into a cathedral in the town of Brasov, Romania, and discovers one of the best European collections of Anatolian carpets of the 17th and 18th century.
This Week In Palestinian Blogs: Summer Rain
August 11th saw another weekly non-violent protest in Bil’in take a wrong turn as the Israeli army attacked protesters with rubber bullets and sound grenades as they marched toward the Separation Wall. International Solitary Movement reported fourteen people injured including an Israeli activist. Bethlehem Bloggers has a first hand account...
Iran: Religion & Modernity Seminar
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former Vice President reports that this Thursday a seminar on Religion and Modernity will be held in his Dialogue Between Religions Institute. The blogger says several Iranian scholars will participate in this one day seminar and several writings from some other Western or Iranian academics will be...
Iran: Steel Market
Pouyan writes about steel market in Iran. The blogger says last week the new government ended the free market in steel which was established a few years back. The free metal market had ended the rent of steel merchants in Bazar but finally they got the rent back through the...
Egypt: Hezbollah Won!
Find out why Zeinobia consider Hezbollah won the battle!
Israel: Assessment at 08:00
Will the ceasefire hold? Maybe, maybe not, but the more meaningful question is whether the other clauses in the latest UN Security Council Resolution 1701 will be implemented, David Lisbona said.
Israel: Embarrassed!
Batya is embarrassed. “It's bad enough that I know that the government is setting us up for disaster, but now I'm getting emails from people who are reporting that American talk shows are saying the same thing. Nobody can understand why Israel agreed to something that so totally endangers us!“
Israel: War Over – Lies Exposed
War is over. Olmert made his victory speech. Time to check what Olmert promissed few days into the war. Check it out from Sharvul!
Lebanon: Going home
Zeina went to the school and looked for Zainab but she and her family had left early this morning back to Tyre. They have lost their house in Maroun Ras but they're going farthest south they can drive and will wait for the Israelis to leave their town so they...
Lebanon: On Winning
Hizballah did NOT win this round, and neither did Israel. Gloating would be foolish at this time. This last war was not a zero sum game. Actually it was a very costly game for everyone. Let's not forget that. I would rather this not have happened at all, so I...
Lebanon: A comparison
It took thirty days before Israel admitted its military failure. It took less than 2 hours -after the cease fire- for the lebanese people to return to what remained of their villages. Welcome to LEBANON, Hilal Chouman said.
Iran: Copyright & newspapers
Kosoof, photo blogger says Shargh newspaper has published several photos without paying attention to copy right principle or even mentioning photographer's name. The photo blogger has published some of these photos on his blog.
Iran: Radio & Blogs
Dutch financed and Amsterdam based Radio Zamaneh has also launched a blog. We read on this blog that radio Zamaneh is a radio that learns from blogs [Fa].
Iran: Ahmadinejad is Blogging!
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President has started his own blog in four languages. In his first post he talks about his life. On his blog the following question is asked: Do you think that the US and Israeli intention and goal by attacking Lebanon is pulling the trigger for another world...
The Week That Was in Bahrain
Bahrain's Internet scene witnessed what could be described this week as ‘no step forward and 10 steps backwards!’ On Monday, newspapers reported that the Kingdom would ban Google Earth. ‘(T)he Ministry of DISinformation has instructed the Bahrain Internet Exchange to block Google Earth. Possibly because through Google Earth, the whole...
Breastfeeding Day and Indonesian Minister Blog on Middle-East Conflict
When citizen journalists or ‘ordinary’ bloggers are making political statements on current Middle East conflicts between Israel and Lebanon, they are usually talking with their hearts. They write whatever they want to write without any consideration of impacts. But when a minister of the largest Muslim country in the world...
Iran: Photos & Released syndicate leader
Kosoof, photoblogger and journalist has published several photos of Mansour Osanloo, leader of bus drivers’ syndicate after being released from jail. He had been arrested at the beginning of this year after leading a bus strike in Tehran.
Iran: USA deported Iranian Scientists
We read in Nikahang's blog that US deported visa-holding Iranian scientists on arrival. The blogger says US government funded Iran human rights documentation center can investigate this event [Fa].
Flying Over the Iraqi Blogodrome
I am holiday and in a flat with no Internet and no telephone. Yet I still get that urge that keeps drawing me back to the Internet café. My one-hour a day fix to feed my blogging habit. And the Iraqi bloggers are keeping me hooked. Hacked After an anonymous...
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