Latest posts by Amira Al Hussaini from September, 2007
Bahrain: Happy Birthday Google
Al Dirazi from Bahrain wishes Google a happy ninth birthday.
Syria: Scenes from North Aleppo
Hovic from Syria shares with us scenes from North Aleppo.
Iraq: Seventeen Ministries without Ministers
“The NYT has a report on the troubled government of Nouri Al Maliki. The story says that 17 ministries now are without a minister and those ministers who are left...
Jordan: Letter to the Censor
Jordanian blogger Hareega writes an open post to the censor here, and sarcastically notes: “We need you here. Our Jordanian blogsphere is polluted with cracked, uneducated, totally rude, unpatriotic, anti-freedom...
Egypt: Committee to Defend Universities
A National Committee for the Defense of Universities has been formed in Egypt. Read more about it in Hatshepsut‘s post here.
Egypt: Demonstration Planned on Thursday
A demonstration will be held in Cairo, Egypt, at 9pm on Friday in protest against the jailing of journalists and in solidarity with the workers on strike, reports Abna Masr...
Egypt: Blogging Workers’ Strike
Freddy Deknatel takes a look at how a blogger is covering Egypt's workers strike in this post. Global Voices Online earlier reported the unrest here.
Egypt: Hunt-the-Editor Season!
It’s “hunt-the-editor” season! In two weeks 5 editors-in-chief and 3 journalists working for opposition newspapers have been arrested and sentenced to jail and/or a big fine, reports Hatshepsut from Egypt.
Bahrain: Top Notch Intelligence
“Our intelligence machine is the most sophisticated in the world, no expenses spared, the latest technology of smart cards and biometric identifying systems as well as the latest in surveillance...
Saudi Arabia: Pepper Spray for Religious Police
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif reports about two girls in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, who sprayed the notorious religious police with pepper spray.
Algeria: Skin Lightening Cream
Beauty is skin deep. Not so, argues Nouri the Moor from Algeria in this post, where he discusses the obsession of darker toned women with skin lightening cream.
Arabeyes: Ramadan Scenes
With the month of Ramadan halfway through, bloggers in the Middle East are still tapping away at their keyboards, reflecting on different aspects of the Islamic month of fasting. This week we make stops in Yemen, Palestine, Kuwait and Israel to see what bloggers have to say.
Libya: In Memory of a Father-in-Law
Khadija Teri from Libya remembers her late father-in-law in this post.
Egypt: Shhhsh..The Driver is Sleeping
Talasim, from Jordan, posts this picture, sent in by a contributor in Egypt.
Jordan: Online Forums Vs Blogs
Bakkouz from Jordan discusses online forums and blogs in this post.
Egypt: Workers Strike
Hossam Al Hamalawy from Egypt is writing about a workers strike. “After the first day of the strike and sit-in, the picture inside the factory is really amazing. 10,000 people...
Bahrain: Corruption No Longer Condoned
“Like everyone else in Bahrain, I was thrilled to read our Crown Prince’s unequivocal statement that corruption will no longer be condoned and that even if a minister was implicated...
Saudi Arabia: The Right to Drive
A group of Saudi women are campaigning for the right to drive in the only country in the world which bans women from driving, reports The Arabist.
Jordan: Sad Day for Online Community
“The Jordanian government is going on, what can best be described as, an anti-online free speech jihad. A decision has been made to monitor websites (most likely including the rising...
Bahrain: Soap Hanging from Trees?
Bahraini in Alaska Haitham Salman wonders why there are bars of soap hanging from the pear trees in the backyard of his new home.
Paypal in Bahrain
Bahraini blogger Abdulla discusses Paypal in Bahrain, saying users in Bahrain can only send but not receive money using the system.
