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May 21st, 2008

Saudi Arabia: Dhahran Under Siege

Amira Al Hussaini · 22:13

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Saudi Arabia hosted the Gulf Cooperation Council's Summit in its Eastern province, bringing the leaders of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and the UAE under one roof - and holding the residents of Dhahran and Dammam hostage for the duration of their meeting as all the main highways leading to and from the city were shut. 1 comment · »»

April 15th, 2008

UAE: Thousands of Sites Blocked in New Crackdown

Amira Al Hussaini · 18:39

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The UAE blogging community is slowly absorbing a new clampdown on the Internet, following the blocking of thousands of websites en masse after objections on their content. While some bloggers are welcoming the move to filter sexually explicit and "unacceptable" material, others are not so happy with the crackdown. 1 comment · »»

April 2nd, 2008

Arabeyes: April Fool's Day

Amira Al Hussaini · 23:23

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Pranks were in the air across the Arab world this April Fool's Day. Ranging from an Israeli withdrawal from Palestine, to the sale of Mars to Dubai and the construction of a pipeline to supply the red planet with water from the Arabian Gulf, to the plight of a baby camel in Cairo, readers were left scratching their heads in disbelief. 1 comment · »»

March 19th, 2008

UAE: Death and Destruction in 200-Car Crash

Amira Al Hussaini · 18:31

Driving standards in the Middle East have come under the scrutiny of bloggers after several people were killed and 350 injured in a 200-car pile up in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. While one blogger compared the carnage to what we see in the news about Iraq, others said that it was inevitable. 3 comments · »»

February 15th, 2008

Middle East: Protesting Love

Amira Al Hussaini · 21:56

Valentine's Day has come and gone, but in the Middle East, the debate still continues on whether it is an occasion which should be celebrated or shunned. With both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait warning against Valentine's Day celebrations, bloggers had a lot to talk about. 2 comments · »»

February 12th, 2008

National Sports: unique expressions of countrywide pride.

Juliana Rincón Parra · 21:27

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Whether by government decree or by popularity, national sports are part of the cultural makeup of every country. People from many walks of life come together to participate, watch or root for their favorite athletes or teams. Check out which unique national sports Colombia, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates have. 2 comments · »»

February 1st, 2008

Middle East: Internet Outage Enrages Bloggers

Amira Al Hussaini · 17:07

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What is a blogger without access to the Internet? This was the dilemma facing tens of thousands of bloggers in parts of the Middle East and Asia, after an optical cable in the Mediterranean was damaged, crippling millions of Internet users. No surprise, some of the region's bloggers were fuming especially when they realised that it could take up to two weeks to fix the damage. 5 comments · »»

January 3rd, 2008

Arabeyes: Have a Spectacular New Year!

Amira Al Hussaini · 21:36

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New Year's is the time to reflect on the past and make new resolutions for the future. What are bloggers from the Arab world saying as the world bids 2007 farewell and welcomes 2008? 1 comment · »»

Links about United Arab Emirates

June 17th, 2008

Jordanian blogger Hareega asks how come the UK is able to warn of terrorist attacks in the UAE — but not when they happen on its own turf. “Do they just warn us from the attacks that will not happen?” he asks.

June 2nd, 2008

Seabee's internet line was disconnected. Read how fast the Dubai resident got his connection back.

May 27th, 2008

UAE blogger Fahad looks at what internet surfers in the United Arab Emirates are Googling and shares his findings in this post.

May 20th, 2008

Syrian blogger Kinan, who lives in the UAE, got urgent home made food supplies from his grandmother - sent to him all the way from Damascus.

Kinan Jarjous, who lives in the UAE, writes about an elderly colleague with him in his office and says: “She's soooooooooooooo adoooooorablllllllllleeeeeeeeeee I want to gobble her all up!”

May 12th, 2008

Jordanian blogger Sha3teely is in Dubai for a few days and shares his feelings and some photographs in this post. “This trip simply showed me how much poor, unimportant, dispensable and small creature I am… it showed me how big is the world and how far are we. It showed me that there are whales and planktons… I am no more than a tiny plankton..” he writes.

April 30th, 2008

Tribun Azad says[Fa] that about 500 Iranians on Tuesday gathered in front of the United Arab Emirates embassy in Tehran and protested against renaming of the Persain Gulf by several Arab states.The blogger has published several photos of this event. He adds that security forces arrested several people.

April 24th, 2008

Qatar Cat, who lives in Dubai, discusses driving standards in the Emirate.