Arabisc: In Keeping with Fashion, Algerian Blogger Sued · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

An Algerian official has today filed a case against blogger Abdulsalam Baroudi, accusing him of libel for an article he posted on his blog. This will be the first time a blogger is sued for his online writings in this North African country.
Baroudi is unruffled and says he has nothing to worry about.
Baroudi  says journalists will be meeting tomorrow (Thursday) to discuss the case.
Meanwhile, in keeping with his plans, Moroccan blogger Mohammed Saeed Hjiouij
 who had earlier announced that he would dedicate the week from March 25 to 31 to highlighting his favourite Arabic blogs, has started detailing the blogs he likes.
Today he sheds light on two Egyptian blogger brothers – Ahmed and Amr Gharbeiya.
The site Sebona, which literally translates to Leave Us, has been launched to campaign against a lawsuit being brought by Egyptian Judge Abdel Fattah Mourad to block 21 blogs and websites in Egypt, which are deemed a danger to the country's national interests and insulting to its president Hosni Mubarak.
Moving on, another Egyptian Bobs award winning blogger Jar Al Qamar is back in Egypt after spending two weeks in the US, where he was bombarded with details about Anna Nicole Smith‘s death and the custody battle still going on.
And what does he say about all this?