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July 5th, 2008

Western Sahara: A new Sahrawi satellite TV station

Yazan Badran · 20:46

lingua → ar · mk · pt · it

This will be our first attempt to cover the Sahrawi blogsphere. I, alongside Jillian York and Renata Avila will try to shed light on what the Sahrawi bloggers are saying each week, in Arabic, English and Spanish. The topic of Western Sahara is one of a very complex background, and emotions tend to run high whenever it is under discussion. We will try to cover the Sahrawi side with as much objectivity as it is humanly possible. 11 comments · »»

June 28th, 2008

Kuwait: Video Games, Newspapers and Female Bloggers

Abdullatif AlOmar · 08:18

lingua → pt

Who should regulate the video gaming scene in Kuwait? This and many other questions are on the minds of Kuwaiti bloggers in this round up. Forzaq8 speaks of laws dealing with video games and who he thinks should regulate them. He writes: Politics shouldn’t interfere in games , i ... 0 comments · »»

June 17th, 2008

Morocco: Websites and Newspapers

Amira Al Hussaini · 17:18

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With the world going digital, many newspapers are meeting the challenge by making their news pages accessible online. The Arab world is no different. Moroccan blogger M S Hjiouij [Ar] complains about the standard of a popular newspaper's website in this post. 1 comment · »»

Jordan: A New Lease of Life for Dwwen

Amira Al Hussaini · 02:17

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Arab bloggers held their breath waiting for an announcement on the fate of popular Arab blog aggregator Dwwen. After a bit of uncertainty, the all clear was given and it is business as usual for the site which brings together Arab bloggers, writing posts in Arabic and English, under one roof. 0 comments · »»

June 6th, 2008

Egypt: Doctors shoot video of hospital blackout emergency

Juliana Rincón Parra · 05:03

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With more frequency now, hospitals are being managed as big businesses with clients instead of health facilities with patients. Doctors who wish to honor their Hippocratic Oath have to hope that their hospital management has the same ideal of keeping the good of the patient as the highest priority. This was the case last week in the Al Matrya teaching hospital in Egypt, where 4 babies and 2 adults on life support lost their lives due to a 2 hour blackout in the early morning hours and generators failed to kick in once again. 6 comments · »»

June 4th, 2008

Egypt: Great Firewall of China Coming Soon

Amira Al Hussaini · 19:58

lingua → mk · ar · es

Egyptian bloggers have one hand on their keyboard and another on their hearts. Following a recent crackdown on bloggers and online activists following the April 6 unrest, some are now predicting the worse is yet to come. 1 comment · »»

June 2nd, 2008

Kuwait: Shaikh Saad Remembered

Abdullatif AlOmar · 20:54

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Kuwaitis are still mourning the death of their former ruler Shaikh Saad Al Abdulla Al Sabah. Abdullatif AlOmar brings us the reactions of Kuwait's bloggers in this post. 0 comments · »»

Bahrain: In the Land of Law

Amira Al Hussaini · 19:11

lingua → bn · zht · zhs · es

Bahraini blogger Khalid is surprised with the knee jerk reactions taken by the government - after the Minister of Interior issued an order to ban issuing work permits for workers from Bangladesh - in a country which prides itself of being a democracy with laws and a constitution in place. 0 comments · »»

Links about Arabic

June 24th, 2008

Jordanian ASKAdenia [Ar] is back home for a visit and notes several changes in his country. Among them is the skyrocket prices of fuel and other commodities, as well as the presence of large numbers of Iraqis.

Mideast Youth publishes a comic strip here about the rights of the Bahai religuious group here.

June 14th, 2008

“Lately, I have discovered that my life is a long journey of waiting,” writes Saudi blogger Female [Ar].

June 11th, 2008

Bahraini blogger Ali Abdulemam [Ar] has received a letter from jailed fellow blogger Abdulla Mohsen. Mohsen has been in prison since the end of last year - on charges which include “the theft of a weapon and burning a police jeep.”

Tunisian Annaqued [Ar] republishes a human rights communique protesting the death of a demonstrator during a stand off with police in the Rudayef protests, which have been going on since the beginning of the year.

June 9th, 2008

Kuwaiti blogger Frankom [Ar] questions the source of information of an Arabic news site which reported that half of Kuwait's 1 million-strong population lives below the poverty line.

Egyptian Triple M shares videos of his favourite songs from the 90s in this post.

Jordanian blogger Qwaider [Ar] ridicules some ideas by Arab inventors, which he says are “stupid.”