Latest posts by Haitham Sabbah from January, 2006
Palestine: Hamas Won!
A lot of reactions to Hamas winning elections in Palestine. Nas summaries some of these, then talks about after-shock. Shaden says, “that’s what Palestinians inside want, you either support them...
Syria: Blog Censorship in Syria
The Syrian Domari (Arabic) yesterday became the first blog to be censored in Syria. Syria Mirror reported today that the Syrian Computer Society, one of two government-owned internet service providers...
Libya: Ghadames
Highlander says that the Libyan city of Ghadames is renowned for its unique style of architecture, traditions and culture. Amongst these interesting traditions is the one found in a typical...
Bahrain: A culture of hate is invading Bahrain
We now have a novel site whose author would like us to think that he is doing us Bahrainis a huge favour by “exposing” activists with an agenda. Activists which...
Yemen: Al Mukalla
A new blogger from Yemen, in fact one of the very few. Omar Barsawad started Moments in Words from Hadhramout blog (more about Hadhramout here). If you haven't seen/heard anything...
Iran: Hoder in Israel
The Iranian blogger, and GVO member, Hoder, is going to Israel in a peaceful mission which he describes as breaking a major taboo. Luckily, another GVO member, Lisa, will be...
United Arab Emirates: Please do, please don't
An open letter to the new telco in UAE. Drafted by Moryarti of Dubai Consumer Mirror blog, it just shows how desperate this country is for a new and telecom...
Iraq: Bush should apology
Raed Jarrar jotted a sample email and asked his reader to send it to White House, which should be quick to apologize for its mistakes, such as bombing of civilians...
United Arab Emirates: Accuracy and libel
Iqbal Al Tamimi, a TV journalist and one of Sharjah slasher’s victims, has asserted that she was quoted without her knowledge or consent by the local daily Gulf News. Secret...
Kuwait: Roll Back
In my humble opinion.. the far more worrying aspect about the current Al-Sabah family feud is not who will finally be named Emir of Kuwait, but that the reforms that...
Kuwait: Kuwaiti leadership on the brink
After the sad passing of the Kuwait Emir earlier this week, everything was supposed to be figured out within the week or so to clear the view for us as...
Egypt: Visit Nefertari
A special fund raising tour for Theban Mapping Project will cost you $5,000 not including flights plus a donation of $500, Tour Egypt said. The tour promise to take you...
Iran: Blogger gets three-year suspended sentence
Journalist and blogger Ahmad Reza Shiri (Persian) will have a permanent threat hanging over him as a result of the suspended sentence (used to silence journalists who bother the authorities)...
Jordan: Jews tourists
Jordan Turns Israelis Away For Being Too Jewish? The answer is of course they don’t want Jordanians to identify them as Israeli tourists and “religious” Jews come with symbols; the...
Lebanon: Lebanese can't manage own affairs
A day after organizing a protest against alleged foreign meddling in Lebanese affairs, Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah told al-Hayat that the cabinet crisis he created proves that it is difficult...
Jordan: Human Rights Teaching
Inaccurate ‘human rights’ teaching in Jordan's national schools textbooks was reported by a Jordanian National Centre for Human Rights, Sabbah said.
Israel: Tel Aviv sandwich shop explosion
Over the last two weeks the Israeli government and media had been doing their best to cover the news of the Jewish families living in Hevron. Today a Palestinian bomber...
United Arab Emirates: Dubai looks like?
What can you do in Dubai? It's all desert? The black feline suggest the Big Bus tour..all of Dubai within a day on a double decker bus with an open...
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Women at Football Stadium?
Something interesting might happen tonight in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia is going to play an international football match against Sweden, which pressured Saudis to allow women to attend the match. Sweden...
Syria: Khaddam chances are?
For Khaddam, chances are he is simply too corrupt for other people in the opposition to approach. Should he drastically temper and revise his expectations, he might have a chance...
Saudi Arabia: Why No Cinemas?
Why No Cinemas? Some people in Saudi Arabia love to bane things for no reason. The majority of Saudi people here showing that they want a solution for this issue,...
