Amman Institute, written 1 week ago, Toward building the excellence of leadership and development, the Mayor Omar Maani signed an agreement with one of the World’s leading transportation research organizations, the Institute of... A blog focusing on Amman, Jordan Urban Environment, and the Ne...

More Space for Women at Prophet's Mosque, written 6 days ago, Fatima Sidiya, Arab News JEDDAH, 17 November 2007 — Madinah officials are gearing up for the forthcoming Haj, where pilgrims visit the Prophet’s Mosque on their way to the pilgrimage. Abdul Wahid Hattab, spokesman at the Pres...

An eyewitness account of the Palestinian people.

Random Snippets of Life, written 1 week ago, I started writing computer programs back in 1993. My cousin Houssam had just come back from Germany with a Ph.D, and took on himself to start an information revolution in our sleepy Latakia. I was his first and most personal student. I remember those firs...

Navy and Grey - Skirt Option, written 2 days ago, I love the combination of navy and grey for workwear. I did a trouser-based outfit previously here, so here is a skirt version. The drape cardigan is warm and cosy, and I'd wear it loosely open around the ruffles of the shirt: Hijab £4.99, Islam Or...

*Beelti Precedentzia (Unprecedented)....And There's a 30% Chance That's Actually How You Say It, written 3 days ago, Something I forgot to ask when I wrote this whole thing: Am I the first oleh in recorded history to make aliyah to Tel Aviv and then move to Jerusalem? I know someone who did Jerusa...

Lebanon and Syria Coordinate on Counter-Terrorism, written 1 week ago, It is an ironic headline indeed to hear about a country, Syria, who is normally drunk on state sponsored terrorism discussing ways to combat terror with its puppet neighbour, Lebanon. Following August's establishment of diplomati...

No Laughing Matters, written 6 days ago, The reason I am so attracted to Laughter Yoga is that you laugh at everyone and everything, no matter how terrible the situation. The exercises we do are, for example, to open up a Visa bill or a phone bill, look at it and laugh hysterically. I also learned...

Economic Downturn in Dubai, written 3 days ago,

Quite frankly, written 1 week ago, ….life here is slowly wearing me down. The last nine months have really taken a toll on my attitude, my strength, my patience, my beliefs and my personality. Being a single mother of three children with no support close to you is hard as it is without having peop...

Expat Hell, written 1 week ago, I know I haven't been posting much and when I do it's a stretch to find something nice to say.  I guess I've gotten past that euphoric stage where all is right with the Egyptian world and have to now start dealing with the everyday reality of all that is Egypt.  If ...

links for 2008-11-20, written 2 days ago, ارشفة ارسع وباك لنك اكثر و 23 رابط مبأشر يؤدي الى موقعك - سوالف سوفت Tags: Links Related posts New Links (0) links for 2008-11-19 (0) links for 2008-11-17 (0) links for 2008-11-16 (0) ...

Dutch student and journalism/freelance journalist writes from Beirut.

Real News: Palestinians dismantle road blockade, written 1 month ago, As Palestinian villagers decide to take dismantling the Israeli occupation into their own hands, the Real News Network’s Lia Tarachansky speaks to Jesse Rosenfeld on segregation and the West Bank. Checkpoints and roadblocks play...

Alfabetic: Universal Translator For Blogs And Websites? (Israel), written 6 days ago, For those of you who read TechCrunch, you may remember Alfabetic from the TechCrunch50 event two months ago. Originating from Israel, Alfabetic's goal is to make it easier for blogs and websites to have their ...

A blacksmith jade analysis warehouse.

Tragic Tale of the Tomato Plant, written 1 week ago, One of the rarest books in Dubai is not Robin Moore's notorious bonkbuster but a tome known best among Jumeirah Janes of the Golden Era, when British expat wives could actually afford to live in spacious seaside villas, do nothing but shop and bea...

Whats going on in my Arabian mind, articles about my country Yemen,and stuff about the Arab world.

More Media Manipulation (the 3 M's), written 4 days ago, In a dispatch from the Israeli mission at the UN, they express shock to read the High Commissioner's utterly shortsighted press release regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Most disturbing is the way she casually refers to Palestinian...

Shoes! (for a day), written 1 week ago, Today I bought Rimonit her first shoes. As you may have guessed by the previous sentence, in the loooooong time since my last post, she has started walking - and she is really getting the hang of it, if I do say so myself. On erev Rosh Hashana (end of Septemb...