Like she never left: Oum Kalthoum fills concert halls once again

Oum Kalthoum: She's back and live in a concert hall near you!
LINKS 6-12 JANUARY 2013
Above, a recent performance by an Umm Kulthoum hologram in front of a live audience. Quite remarkable. I'd go if they did this with the historical concerts.
Source: The Arabist
In light of the French Crusader Campaign in Mali: Jihadi Hackers Bring Down the Website of the French Defense Ministry
Islamist hackers don't like France in Mali so they hacked their website.
Source: Arab Crunch
No end in sight for Syrian battleground
Short on weapons and tired of waiting the west deliver military aid, Syrian rebels say they will take their destiny into their own hands.
But that means a protracted conflict with more casualties and more destruction.
But that means a protracted conflict with more casualties and more destruction.
Source: Al Jazeera Blogs
Saudi Arabia: Have the Regulations REALLY Changed for a Saudi Student to Marry a Foreigner?
Not all Saudi students are bad guys. However, a foreign woman really needs to search deep within her heart AND logic on what is the right action for her. She may be confident that she knows her Saudi but most of the Saudi students are different in their actions and lifestyle when they are in Saudi Arabia as compared to elsewhere.
Source: American Bedu
Beirut on Ice
If you don’t want to go skiing, you can go ice-skating in Beirut.
Source: Sietske in Beirut


















