Latest posts by Haitham Sabbah from November, 2005
Don’t Bomb Us – A blog by Al Jazeera Staffers
I've just got a tip from a staff member at Al Jazeera that they have just started a blog. Don’t Bomb Us – A blog by Al Jazeera Staffers is...
United Arab Emirates: On Air
Secretdubai sees that there is an explosion with number of English speaking, Arabic owned TV stations that are going to be soon On Air.
Syria: Mock Interview
Mock Interview! Find out where Ammar stand these days on the issue of regime change in Syria.
Saudi Arabia: Lash, Right Away
Saudi Jeans writes that the latest of Saudi religious police's creations is to lash boys who harass girls in public in the same place of the harassment, right away.
Political Freedom
Abdulhadi Khalaf (in Arabic) and Sabbah (in English) writes about political freedom in the Middle East, as ranked by Economist research and published by BBC Arabic (in Arabic).
United Arab Emirates: Flickr blocked, again!
Apparently, some bloggers from UAE are reporting that the dominant telecommunication company has blocked Flickr, again!
Jordan: HIV Status in Jordan
Jameed says that the efforts of the Health Communications division should be applauded; they barely have any financial resources, they don't have many volunteers, and they just recently hired a...
Jordan: New government
Khalaf is feeling depressed today because he sences that a new government is in the making. What is bothering him is that he feels that these changes don't seem to...
Israel: Ariel Sharon leave the Likud
So, Ariel Sharon decided to leave the Likud and form a new political party. How does this sound in the Israeli blogsphere? Well, Lisa participated in the BBC radio programme...
Iraq: Cairo conference
Mohammed thinks that the Iraqi parties had originally joined the meeting to show that they’re not against a national reconciliation or against what can solve the crisis in Iraq. However,...
Iraq: When Should US Army leave?
Hassan explains why he believes that Iraqis are not interested to discuss ‘When US Army is leaving Iraq’. Instead, he says that Iraqis are more interested in the coming elections...
Egypt: HIV+
Mostafa says that probably people reading this already know that the moral stigma of HIV is getting more people infected. The ignoramuses fearing that people would be promiscuous because of...
Bush threatend to bomb Al Jazeera
The Daily Mirror from the UK broke this story today – apparently Bush planned to bomb the Al Jazeera HQ in Qatar, a “Top Secret” No. 10 memo reveals.
Jordan: How to cope with a disaster?
Arrabi recommends reading “I Lived In The Garden Of Allah” (By R.V.C. Bodley), which Arrabi says it's very inspiring in how to cope with disaster, especially in light of the...
Jordan: Visit Finland
Rami, the MA student in Global Journalism at Örebro University, Sweden has an outstanding piece describing his visit to Finland. He says, “It is no wonder that J.R.R. Tolkien found...
Oman: The Omani Blog Awards 2005
The Omani Blog Awards 2005 (aka OBA2005), nomination stage has begun. Good luck everyone!
Morocco: Moroccan King Pardons 10,000
Samir of The View From Fès reports that King Mohammed VI of Morocco has pardoned or reduced the prison sentences of 10,000 people to mark the 50th anniversary of independence....
Bahrain: Proud Bahraini
SillyBahrainiGirl says: “How are the football players faring? I doubt that all of them are enjoying the perks of life, if they had to play under the threat of getting...
United Arab Emirates: Stone Age
secretdubai describe Sharjah as the “Stone Age” emirate. Why? Two women were abducted and raped by fake taxi drivers and complain to police. What did Sharjah police do? Charge the...
Jordan: Terror in the digital domain
Zeid Nasser calls to unite to denounce the actions of terror groups, also to be vigilante on the Internet, keeping an eye open to subversive and suspicious activities. “It's the...
Jordan: Jordanians Disapprove Al-Qaida
Natasha says that almost two thirds of Jordanians have changed their views of Al-Qaida for the worse following suicide bombings against Amman hotels. She feels very sad and extremely frustrating...
