Latest posts by Haitham Sabbah from September, 2005
Qatar: Tayseer Allouni verdict in – 7 years in jail
Friends of Aljazeera says that journalist Tayseer Allouni has been sentenced to seven years in a Spanish prison and describe this as a blow to Arab media. It is speculated...
Iran: Iranian Thanksgiving
Do you know the relation between Jashen Mehregan and the Christians Thanksgiving? This is what Ali Mostofi talks about here.
Egypt: Kefaya
Baheyya draws a quick portrait of Abdel Halim Qandil, a leader of the Kifaya movement (Arabic) and the editor-in-chief of Al Arabi, the mouthpiece of the Nasserist party and one...
Bahrain: Musical Missions
Zainab Alkhawaja praises the Musical Missions of Cameron and Kristina who have been around the Arab world. They have been to Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Iraq. They talked to...
Jordan: Amman Nightlife
Dr. Marcy now in Amman says that unlike what Beirutis told her, there's night life in Amman.
Jordan: World Forum on Music
Hind Sabanekh is going to be among the only Arab Girls band to perform in the World Forum on Music, which is a global knowledge-building platform on music and society.
Palestine: Miss Seamiline Beauty Queen
Sabbah post some links to photos of ‘Miss Seamiline’ Beauty Queen contest, which toke place in the Israeli town of Gilo, near the West Bank town of Bethlehem. An event...
Israel: The Golden Calf
Is the modern State of Israel somehow a Golden Calf? Brad Brooks-Rubin's wonders whether some in the current Zionist movement actually “support” and “defend” Israel to the extent that they...
Iraq: American Policy in Iraq
Is the coalition against Iraq weakening? LB of Baghdad Dweller is saying that she could never imagine that the biggest American Allie in the M.E. (Saudi Arabia) could criticize the...
Iran: 25th Anniversary of the Iraqi-Iran war
Iranian Truth posts a flashback to the dark history of the Iraq/Iran war, which started on September 22, 1980 and ended on August 20, 1988 leaving behind est. 1,000,000-2,000,000 casualties
Egypt: Lowlights of Autumn
Autumn, the date harvest, summer flu, horse counting cows, all what you missed to see in the countryside of Egypt. Nice illustration by Maryanne, Living in Egypt.
Jordan: Popcorn Mania
A recent attempt to break yet another Guinness World Record. Ameen Malhas posts some photos of the event sponsored by Fastlink while trying to fill a box with 36 cubic...
Bahrain: Reading Newspaper
Amira tells you one more reason why you should not read newspaper over breakfast!
Israel: Sharon's Re-election Campaign
Dave says that Sharon is now “campaigning” for re-election in the area of Israel that, Dave suppose, matters the most: the United States. Why? He says, because that’s how people...
Palestine: Home-made Landmines
International Solidarity Movement reports that on September 15th 2005, two International Human Rights Observers (IHROs) accompanying shepherds from the Palestinian shepherding village of Qawaweis (in the southern Hebron district) were...
Lebanon: Kuwait media office explosion
Ahmad reports that the explosion at Kuwaiti media office – Beirut was due to
Iran: Iran Mistakes
Farid Pouya writes that Iran made a mistake on 1982 when they rejected the Arab countries peace proposal, and now they are making the same mistake by rejecting the Europe...
Bahrain: Arabic Blogging
Haythoo just started a free Arabic blogging service for Bahrain (in Arabic). The new blog service (http://bahblog.com/) is based on the Arabic version of WordPress, and seems to catch a...
Egypt: Trust in Religion
Ritzy Mabrouk says that Egyptians are more likely to define themselves by religion than any other people in the world.
Bahrain: Aggregator is On
Mahmood just launched BahrainBlogs.com. It is simply an aggregation service to aggregate all the Bahraini blogs he knows of.
Qatar: Friends of Al-Jazeera Hacked
The Friends of Al-Jazeera website was defaced by Brazilian hackers. Instead of the familiar news stories, the site was replaced by a simple message – “SpyKids of Brazil”. As no...
