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Gaza: Picking up the pieces © Eman Mohammed
by Menassat Added January 22, 2009 at 2:16pm
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by Alexandra Sandels Added January 4, 2009 at 7:04pm
Beit Hanoun: The Hamdan family © Eman Mohammed
by Menassat Added January 3, 2009 at 5:25pm
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by Menassat Added December 29, 2008 at 5:46pm
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What Actually Happened in the Iranian Presidential Election?- ESAM AL-AMIN
from counterpunch by: ESAM AL-AMIN Since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections, Iran "experts” have mushroomed like bacteria in a Petri dish. So here is a quiz for all those instant experts....
Tagged: demos, elections, iran
Started by Menassat in Columns Jun 25.
Iranian election's results and following demos
what do you think about what's happening in Iran? are the elections rigged? or did Ahmadinejad really win? and was fraud to the point of canceling the results? what about the demonstrations and the...
Tagged: demos, elections, iran
Started by Menassat in Arab Media Talk Jun 25.
Are Obama's calls for change heard in the Middle East?
In light of Obama’s visit to the Middle East, especially to the traditional allies of the US in the region, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, how do you see American policy changing in the region, if at all?...
Started by Menassat in Arab Media Talk Jun 15.
The Torture Memos - Noam Chomsky
chomsky.info, May 24, 2009 (earlier version published on Tom Dispatch, May 21, 2009) The torture memos released by the White House elicited shock, indignation, and surprise. The shock and indignat...
Tagged: Obama
Started by Menassat in Columns Jun 15.
Pre-empting the Satellite TV Revolution - Joel Campagna
From cpj.org Uneasy about satellite television coverage of civil strife and economic hardship, Arab governments are trying to reassert control over the medium. Will a new regional agreement halt t...
Started by Menassat in Columns Feb 10.
Blog Posts
احتجاز المدون وائل عباس بمطار القاهرة
احتجاز المدون وائل عباس بمطار القاهرة
الوعي المصري
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وائل يقول
ماذا حدث لي في مطار القاهرة
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احتجاز المدون وائل عباس بمطار القاهرة
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مكتب امن الدولة في مطار القاهرة قد احتجز
المدون و الناشط وائل عباس
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الظباط حولوا لابتوب وائل عباس للمصنفات الفنية
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احتجاز المدون وائل… Continue
Posted by alkoga on July 2, 2009 at 6:50pm
تاريخ وجغرافيا فلسطين المتحوّلة-قيس صفدي
تواصل «مخيمات» استطلاعها لما يدرسه الطلاب الفلسطينيون عن بلادهم، وما هي عيوب مناهجهم التربوية، وخصوصاً في كتب التاريخ والجغرافيا والتربية المدنية، في ظل راهنية هذا التاريخ وتعرّض جغرافيا فلسطين لتغييرات جسيمة ومستمرة توجب مرونة في وضع مناهجها. وبعدما تناولنا طلاب لبنان، هنا تقرير من غزة
غزة ــ قيس صفدي
أن يتضمن درس في منهاج الصف الثاني الابتدائي للطلاب الفلسطينيين رحلة لطلاب من غزة إلى القدس يتعرّفون فيها على المعالم الأثرية والتاريخية، ويجولون في أسواق المدينة المقدسة، ويؤدون ا… Continue
Posted by Menassat on June 29, 2009 at 4:58pm
BBC anti-Israel bias is a myth
Originally published in the Guardian.
I am always baffled at the ferocity and frequency of accusations that the BBC's Middle East coverage is anti-Israel. I have yet to see convincing, thorough, statistical evidence that this is the case.
When it comes to the secret report on Middle East coverage by the BBC's Malcolm Balen, just about every article I have read in the main… Continue
Posted by tania tabar on June 29, 2009 at 11:40am
Key Iranian Writers Behind Bars
The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) vigorously
protests the arrest and detention of the filmmaker and journalist Maziar
Bahari and the reformist intellectual Saeed Hajjarian by authorities of
the Islamic Republic of Iran. Both men have been taken into custody amidst
the mass civil disobedience following the transparently stolen Iranian presidential election on June 12, the "result" of which Supreme Leader… Continue
Posted by Menassat on June 25, 2009 at 12:30pm
Consumer Confidence is up in the UAE for first time in a year
44% of total respondents also believe business conditions will improve in a year’s time, while 28% believe more jobs will be available
UAE consumers feel the region’s economic pressures may be lifting, with the first recorded upward shift in consumer confidence in a year. These are the UAE results from the latest Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) - which has moved up by 15.9 index points… Continue
Posted by monak82 on June 22, 2009 at 11:30am
More than half of the region’s professionals have changed working behaviour
Posted by monak82 on June 4, 2009 at 10:14am
العدالة الانتقالية : مفهومها ، مناهجها وآلياتها
قراءة في مشروع برنامج الحزب الشيوعي السوداني المقدم للمؤتمر العام الخامس
عبدالقادر محمد عبدالقادر
بدءاً لا بد لي أن احيي شهداء الحزب الشيوعي السوداني ،ومن بعد التحية لأعضاء الحزب وقياداته وهم ينجزون مشروع برنامج حزبهم ويطرحونه في وسائط الإعلام كخطوة في طريق إنجاز مؤتمرهم الخامس.
احتوي مشروع البرنامج علي مقدمة وتسعة فصول تناولت بالترتيب :الديمقراطية،الاقتصاد، البيئة،السياسة الصحية،التعليم والبحث العلمي،الثقافة الوطنية،المرأة والشباب والرياضة،قدسية… Continue
Posted by عبد القادر محمد عبدالقادر on June 3, 2009 at 5:13pm
إزَالة المَسَاكِنْ .. العَدوى تَنْتَقِل جَنُوباً !
يبدو إن المشهد المأساوي في جنوب البلاد لايريد أن يبلغ حداًً يجعل مواطن الجنوب يتعرف علي طعم الأمن والسلم والعيش الرغيد.. فلا تكاد الحرب تضع أوزارها إلا وتشتعل النزاعات القبلية ، ولا تخمد هذه إلا وتطل إلي الوجود مناة الثالثة الاخري : إزالة المساكن ، والتكسير! ..
تبرر حكومة الجنوب مسألة إقدامها علي إزالة مساكن المواطنين التي تمت في مدينة جوبا خلال الأسابيع الماضية ، بأنها تهدف الي ازالة التشوهات عن وجه عاصمة الجنوب، وذلك بالعمل علي تخطيط المدينة وإزالة المساكن غير… Continue
Posted by عبد القادر محمد عبدالقادر on June 3, 2009 at 5:10pm
Bayt.com wins “Company of the Year” Award at TECOM Pearl Awards
Satisfying the judges’ criteria of innovation, adaptation to the UAE market, overall performance, investment in people and contributions to the UAE economy, Bayt.com staved off competition from a number of other lo… Continue
Posted by monak82 on May 28, 2009 at 10:26am
الكوتا النسائية لا تكفي!
حينها، خاضت الأحزاب النقاش بذكاء. أغلبها رفض هذه «البدعة» باعتبارها ضد منطق الديموقراطية. وآخرون قالوا إنّه على المرأة أن تناضل من أجل الحصول على حصّتها، فيما رأى المؤيّدون أنّ الكوتا هي مدخل للإصلاح، وهي مجرّد خطوة مرحليّة.
هذا النقاش، الذي اختفى كأيّ مسألة أخرى تطرح في فضاء «العلك» اللبناني، ط… Continue
Posted by Hanibaael on May 24, 2009 at 3:12am
Come celebrate IDAHO 2009 in Beirut on May 16
Time: 12 pm to 5 pm
Where: Babel theater and Zico House, Hamra
How: Just come as you are
… Continue
Posted by Menassat on May 12, 2009 at 3:01pm
Journalists wounded in Mogadishu
The journalists Abdinasdir Nor Gedi, Mohamed Abdi Nahar, and Bashir Qalif Gani were injured in Ifka Halane area where al-Shabab officials were holding a press conference after they sized Stadium Mogadishu from government soldiers on Sunday.
The sound of gunfire and mortars can be still heard in Mogadishu where heavy fighting is ongoing.
Separately, more c… Continue
Posted by mohamed on May 10, 2009 at 4:00pm
Head of Hiiran journalists wounded in gun fire
www.wariyaha.com
Nur Muse Hussien, a well-known journalist and a reporter to Wariyaha.com, is now recovering from a gun-shot; he received during a fighting in Baladweyn, a city in central Somalia.
Nur, who is the editor of Horn-Afirk Radio Station in that city and a reporter to I.Q.K Radio in Mogadishu, was wounded by stray bullet fired by Islamist militias fighting for the control of the city on 20th April 2009. He is now in Hospital and doctors… Continue
Posted by mohamed on May 8, 2009 at 4:14pm
Temporary contracts best response to current economic crisis state 59% of professionals
Posted by monak82 on May 7, 2009 at 10:51am
What does the word freedom of speech mean to Somalis?
Every year the third of May is allotted to be commemorated the day of freedom of press or the world free press day; This year's World Press Freedom Day, Sunday 3rd May 2009, marks the 18th anniversary of the 1991 Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of principles calling for a free, independent and pluralistic media throughout the world, adopted at UNESCO seminar. The Declaration affirms that a free press is essential to the existence of democracy and a fundamental hum… Continue
Personal account: Protesting Turkish Cultural week- demanding recognition of the Armenian Genocide
74% of UAE’s professionals worried about current job situation
Posted by monak82 on April 27, 2009 at 12:40pm
Bloggers slug it out over the Hezbollah affair
First Published: April 17, 2009 on Daily News Egypt
CAIRO: The uncovering of a Hezbollah cell in Egypt last week has created a battlefront within the Egyptian blogging community’s pro and anti Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah camps.
The Egyptian media’s outrage over the Lebanese group’s alleged transgression of Egyptian sovereignty is mirrored in the position adopted by blogger Wael Abbas, a particularly… Continue
Posted by tania tabar on April 21, 2009 at 12:07pm
Bayt.com welcomes over 14,000 visitors to first ever pan-regional Virtual Job Fair as part of Middle East recruitment drive
Posted by monak82 on April 19, 2009 at 1:46pm
Seven Ways to Stay Motivated at Work
Posted by monak82 on April 19, 2009 at 1:44pm
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