Poor show by Arab world at Olympics, says one Blog-man

A little harsh and a negative reading for Arab pride, given that 'entries' to the competition were very low from the Arab world - regardless of population figures. So perhaps the question we should be asking is what chance did the Arabs stand in the first place? It's not medals but participants that is problematic. 2 medals between how many "players", not counting those that stayed home or in the malls...

"The 22 countries of the Arab League – whose population stood at 349,558,392 – only have two medals between them!"

Something to celebrate for Lebanon and Arabs more widely:

"Lebanese filmmaker Niam Itani will be competing at the Venice film festival with her short film “Super.Full.” in a competition announced by YouTube earlier this year.

The prize, aside from a trip to Italy, is a $500,000 grant to work with Ridley Scott’s production company Scott Free."

Since then, we're hearing that the FSA has been making inroads on Aleppo.

"Since [yesterday] 'the weekend' the communications were cut in Aleppo, internet and mobile communications have been reportedly blocked in the city that witnesses huge battles between El Assad forces and the FSA troops."

LONDON 2012: ARAB OLYMPIC ROUND-UP - DAY 4
Keep on track and up to speed on Arabs in the Olympics.

In case you're behind on the Arab progress and scores, here's Sport 360's roundup from last week.

"Arab athletes collected their first medals of the London 2012 Olympic Games on Tuesday, but it was not all good news as the Tunisian basketball team found themselves on the wrong end of a rout by the much vaunted American ‘Dream Team’.