Arabisc: Imprisoned Egyptian Blogger Lost in Legal Wrangle! · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

In my last post, I translated excrepts from a post written by Egyptian blogger Abdulkareem Sulaiman, who is being held in custody for articles he wrote online, describing the unhealthy conditions he is being forced to adapt to behind bars.
Well, his saga seems to continue, in a legal tangle and a tug of war game with authorities, who are ensuring that Kareem is punished even before he goes on trial for the list of allegations against him – which extend from writing blasphemous articles against Islam to defaming the President of Egypt.
Fellow blogger Jar Al Qamar  reports a minute by minute breakdown of the eventful day he went to the Public Prosecutor, along with Kareem's lawyers and representatives from human rights groups, to hear what the judge had to say. Surprise, surprise..Kareem was no where to be seen!
With the lawyers, Al Jazeera television camera crew and a journalist and other activisits waiting in one court, Kareem seems to have been sent to another place for his hearing.
And you would think there would be some good news from this wild goose chase? Think again!
But Jar Al Qamar tries to keep a straight face in reporting this saga – which I cannot translate fully here for obvious reasons – and even attempts to end his post with what I could not so reluctantly call a disclaimer.
Still  in Egypt but moving on to another disgruntled blogger, Radwa Osama celebrates her 25th birthday by contemplating on political and personal dreams.
From Egypt, we move to Bahrain where Layal has an interesting post.
The list goes on and on but certainly shows how much she means to those around her and how they care for her.
Meanwhile, just like in every blogging community, there is always a site run by a computer geek, which offers the latest breakthroughs, information and tips in computer technology.
This position is held by Abdulla Al Mehairi, who runs Serdal, from Abu Dhabi, in the UAE. I am not sure whether he really is the supremo, but from what I had read in other blogs, Abdulla (born in 1979) seems to be very popular.
This week he comes down to Earth and shares with his readers the joy of having designed a page from scratch - without any mistakes from the first go!
بعد ساعتين من العمل أنجزت الموقع، قمت باختباره لكي أتأكد أن صفحاته لا تحوي أخطاء HTML أو CSS ولم أجد أي خطأ، قمت باختباره على متصفح إكسبلورر 6 و7 ولم أجد أي مشكلة، وبالتأكيد ليس هناك أي مشكلة في فايرفوكس لأنني طورت الموقع لكي يظهر بشكل صحيح في فايرفوكس.
قمت بكتابة كل شيء بنفسي، بمعنى آخر لم أستعن بأي برنامج يساعدني على كتابة الصفحات، المحرر النصي الذي استخدمته هو محرر نصي عادي، مثل Notepad الذي تجده في أي نسخة من ويندوز، لم أستخدم أداة غيره، مع ذلك استطعت أن أنجز الموقع بدون أية أخطاء أو مشاكل ومن أول مرة.
But if you think Abdulla was boasting when he wrote this, then think again.. for he had a more noble goal in mind.
ما أريد أن أصل إليه بهذا الموضوع هو قناعة لدي بأن من يريد تعلم أي شيء وممارسته سيفعل ذلك بدون إثارة الكثير من الضجة، قبل ثلاثة أعوام كان مجرد طرح فكرة تعلم تطوير المواقع بالمعايير القياسية تثير ضجة ويعترض البعض بشدة لا بل يحاربون الفكرة، والآن هناك الكثير من المواقع العربية التي تستخدم المعايير القياسية، وبعض المنتديات افتتحت أقساماً لمناقشة مواضيع استخدام المعايير القياسية وهناك عدة مواضيع تسأل عن كيفية ظهور الموقع بشكل صحيح في مختلف المتصفحات، هناك فرق كبير بين اليوم والماضي.