Amira Al Hussaini · December, 2008

Latest posts by Amira Al Hussaini from December, 2008

Kuwait: Off to Hajj

Kuwaiti blogger Marzouq is off to Hajj, the pilgrimage Muslims perform to Mecca, at least once in their life time, if they have the means and are able to do...

5 December 2008

Kabobfest: On Opposing Symbols

Writing at American-Palestinian Kabobfest, Will notes: “A facebook group opposing the new Apple Store in New York city is growing…They are peeved it strongly resembles the kaaba, the cloth-covered, cubic...

3 December 2008

Mideast Youth: MEFaith is Ours

Bahrain-based Mideast Youth‘s Esra'a is fuming that a US-based organisation is claiming ownership of a website, MEFaith.com, which is “created, designed, developed and continues to be maintained by the Mideast...

3 December 2008

The Saudi Patient

Dubai Consumer Mirror pleads with Saudi bloggers to come to the aid of a Saudi girl, who was injured in an accident. Read more about her here.

3 December 2008

Libya: Thanksgiving away from home

From Libya, American Khadija Teri celebrates Thanksgiving away from home saying: “I wish I was back home… eating turkey with my family…. relaxing in front of the TV….. and of...

3 December 2008

Iraq: “Let us live in peace”

Baghdad Dentist, from Iraq, fills us in on the situation at work and in Iraq, ending his post with: “i just like to forget and not hear or read explosions,bombs,terrorists,devastation...

3 December 2008

Middle East: Saddened by Mumbai Attacks

Amid the sadness and shock at the Mumbai attacks, bloggers across the Arab world are posing many questions. Amira Al Hussaini takes a closer look at blogs and online forums from Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and the UAE for reactions.

2 December 2008