Arabisc: One Blogger Arrested..1000s More to Go! · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

There doesn't seem to be a week passing by without Egyptians and its bloggers rocking the boat and taking the virtual limelight in our part of the world.
This week the huge ripples in the Nile are being caused by no other than Egyptian Culture Minister Farooq Hosni, who has allegedly criticised the veil or Hijab (Muslim head scarf) in a newspaper interview.
Justice For All doesn't take the minister's comments lightly and accuses him of being a failure.
In another development, a second Egyptian blogger has been arrested in Egypt.
“Police in Cairo have detained a blogger whose posts have been critical of the Egyptian government.
Rami Siyam, who blogs under the name of Ayyoub, was detained along with three friends after leaving the house of a fellow blogger late at night.
No reasons have been given for Mr Siyam's detention. The other friends were released after being questioned,” said the BBC.
Meanwhile, Kareem Sulaiman is still in detention
 for articles he wrote in his blog.
Still in Egypt, Mostafa Hussein admits that he is blogging from his office to break important news.
وقع تحت يدي أحصاء بعدد الحالات المترددة على كل العيادات التابعة لمستشفى الباطنة و الجراحة التابعين لجامعة عين شمس. و المذهل أن عدد الحالات في شهر أكتوبر لمركز الطب النفسي 1445 حالة و أجمالي عدد الحالات لجميع تخصصات الباطنة و الجراحة 804 في شهر سبتمبر.
Meanwhile, London-based Somali blogger Mohammed Al Amin Al Hadi, who writes in Arabic, tells us how he has become addicted to the Internet, which takes up two-thirds of his day.
Al Hadi, who has stopped blogging for a while, thanks his readers from around the Arab world for inquiring about him during his absence.
Al Hadi says he tried to keep away from the www during the month of Ramadhan but had failed.
Sounds familiar?
This is not all. Our last stop today is at Bahraini Tawfeeq Al Rayyash's blog who wonders when men lie.
He said the question popped to his mind while visiting some campaigning centres for the Parliamentary and municipal council elections planned in Bahrain on November 25.