Two Months of Solitude, written 1 month ago, What is unique about Thursday nights in my new career setting is that they are the only occasions when I can set time aside for myself. After 45 days of my new job I have been driving back home at 7:00 p.m and really wondering about the need to assess my...

Khalid al-Qishtini خالد القشطيني, written 3 weeks ago, Khalid al-Kishtini, a prominent Iraqi writer in the al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper, has recently started a blog. It seems he is keeping this blog to publish the naughty bits that can't make the cut. I would've published this entirely in...

As to how "hopeful" I am for Lebanon or the region is debatable, but I think there is room for insight and constructive debate...and a little bit of sarcastic humor.

THEY DID IT!!, written 2 weeks ago, In celebration of Obama's win.. and in response to this positive air of change which proves that dreams are indeed possible to achieve.. and in expressing hope that one day nations will rise above all kinds of discrimination, to finally co-exist in harmony and dec...

Maha Taki's Blogging Questionnaire, written 3 weeks ago, The following message is from Ms Maha Taki. Kindly read and fill the questionnaire, if you are a blogger, to help with Maha's research on blogging in Lebanon and Syria. Thank you for your time. Hello bloggers I'm currently doing exploratory...

News and updates from Israel and about Israel. Current events, medical news, good news about the country, and a healthy debate in the comments welcoming anyone with any view to post - minus the hate, cursing, and death threats.

Participate in Saudi Student Research Project, written 2 days ago, Nasaibah is a Saudi University student.  One of the current research projects is an assignment about perceptions and experiences of expats in Saudi Arabia.  If you are an expat in Saudi Arabia and wish to participate, please email ...

Aoun: Integrate Lebanon into Hizballah, written 2 weeks ago, Naharnet reports: Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun has proposed a defense strategy blueprint suggesting changing the whole of Lebanon into a resisting community… …The daily al-Akhbar said Aoun's blueprint focuses on two main...

Belgium - Anti-Semitic Attacks in 2008, written 6 days ago, This page is part of a section on "2008 List of Anti-Semitic Attacks" maintained by PaulaSays. This is only a partial list. If you know of an attack not reported on these pages, please send a note to . In September: A youth ...

Nuclear hypocrisy, written 3 days ago, A written submission (Sep. 29) to the Foreign Affairs Committee by the respected Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy discussing the contradictions and hypocrisy evident in British nuclear policy: “The Security Strategy emphasises rule-based multilater...

Balance is key in the Middle East, written 4 days ago, My article published on Australia's Online Opinion: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8181&page=1 Going offline I'm also currently in the process of changing ISP, which means that I will be offline for anything between two ...

Yemen Journey and beyond…….my country is the Sunnah, written 1 month ago, “We travel like other people, but we return to nowhere. As if travelling Is the way of the clouds… We have a country of words. Speak speak so I can put my road on the stone of a stone. We have a country of words. Speak...

Buying Hats at Fujairah's Friday Market, written 3 days ago, You are thinking with that hat (pictured), this guy is from the Black Stump in Australia or from the boondocks of Texas? Wrong! This guy is from Pakistan and he is a salesman at Fujairah’s Friday Market. If you’ve forgotten to pack ...

Human Rights Film Festival in Umm ad Dunya, written 1 day ago, As you all know , the 32nd Cairo International Film Festival is taking place in Cairo , this week, but a much more interesting development is The first Cairo Human Rights Film Festival, that begins today, as part of the 60th anniversary...

Reflections, written 23 hours ago,

Axis Residences Phase 3 launched at Silicon Oasis, written 2 weeks ago, Axis Residences 3 is part of the prestigious Axis Residences property development in the heart of Dubai Silicon Oasis Free Zone. Comprising buildings 10 to 21, Axis Residences 3 offers an enticing selection of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom...

No Eviction - for now, written 3 days ago, According to the Jerusalem Post the IDF has decided this would not be an opportune time (owing to the many who are expected to arrive to spend Shabbat in Hebron) to evict the families from Beit HaShalom in Hebron. Although the JPost article does all suggest...

Large Hadron Collider repairs cost $21 Million, written 5 days ago, World’s most ambitious scientific project, the Large Hadron Collider, will take over six months and $21 million to repair, after a faulty electrical connection between the accelerator’s magnets on September 19 caused a helium le...

Israelisms Podcast #193, written 1 week ago, THE 64 CRAYOLA CRAYON QUESTION? If Meretz is the new Labor Party then is Labor the new Likud? Where will the madness end? Another member of Shas gets the Go Directly to Jail card for fraud. Hope remains eternal in Jerusalem. Nir Barkat wins the ...

The outcome of the elections, written 2 weeks ago, Via The Daily Kos.