Blogs Roundup

December 15, 2010

The Islamic-Action front no longer have a place in the Jordanian Parliament.
Jordan - a place of "apostasy?"
11:50 GMT
The Islamic Action front accuses Jordan of Apostasy, Lebanon celebrates a famous architect, archive footage from Kuwait, make-believe, and a video that has to be seen to be believed...

December 14, 2010

Iraq's youngest certified photographer was born the same year the USA invaded the country.
Child prodigy, born in a time of war
13:01 GMT
Iraq's youngest certified photographer was born the same year the USA invaded the country.

December 13, 2010

According to KABOBfest, both Benjamin Netanyahu and Colonel Gaddafi of Libya are also Wikileaks supporters.
Wikileaks - something Netanyahu and Gaddafi have in common?
08:33 GMT
Today's blogs: exploring polygamy, geopolitics in the Maghreb, the importance of friends, and why are Netanyahu and Gaddafi fans of wikileaks?

December 12, 2010

Jordanians carry a football fan injured during clashes following the Jordanian professional league football match between Al-Wihdat and Al-Faisali in east Amman on December 10, 2010
Football, feminism and Palestine
08:59 GMT
Jordanians fight Jordanians at a football match, Yara sings of Palestine and Baghdad, Egypt suffers severe storms and the Sabbah report proves a history of the Palestine particularity to date.

December 10, 2010

Desperate Housewives has failed to seduce Saudi laws, according to one blogger.
Desperate in Saudi
21:12 GMT
Lucrative TV licensing and freedom of expression are two quite different things according to one blogger.... as well as pictures from Syria, straight hair in Beirut, and a hidden form of slavery...

December 9, 2010

It's lonely at the top... but one blogger asks who's really in control?
Who controls the Oval Office?
09:31 GMT
Life on the compound in Saudi, a faux paux by President Sarkozy in Rabat, absurd advertising in Beirut, and who really controls the Oval Office? This and more in todays blog roundup.

December 8, 2010

American Bedu shares some melancholy memories of Christmas past.
Is thinking 'positively' bad for you?
09:06 GMT
Blogs today: The 15 year old blogger, spelling problems in Jordan, the Qatar world cup and memories of Christmas past.

December 7, 2010

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, in 1998. Recently, the monarch's health has been in decline.
Law Professor arrested in his home in Saudi Arabia
13:48 GMT
A law professor in Suadi Arabia is detained for writing about the royal succession and possible power struggles.
A Jordanian project called "ObjecDefy" hopes to make men more respectful towards women.
On the objectification of women and a shark in Sharm El Sheikh
10:26 GMT
Jordanian blogger Roba Assi writes about the street harassment of women in Jordan, and a program called “ObjecDefy,” which is hoping to air documentaries on the issue and change attitudes.
According to Palordina you can tell a lot about a country by its parking systems.
Why the USA lost the World Cup bid, and Parking in the Middle East.
07:48 GMT
In this blog Palordina writes about something that’s different in every country: Parking. Meanwhile KABOBfest explains why the US lost the World Cup bid in a few simple pictures.

December 6, 2010

A picture taken 17 March 2006 shows a general view of the Syrian city of Aleppo, 350 kms north of Damascus, with satellite dishes dominating the roofs of its houses and buildings.
Humor in Lebanon and a Bike ride in Aleppo
08:48 GMT
Maya's Amalgam compares adult humor in Lebanon to the schoolyard, a normal daily bike ride turns into an odyssey around "a rural highway in the midst of Aleppo's highways.

December 5, 2010

The temple of Luxor: no place for Naomi Campbell.
Eqyptian Department of Antiquities says "No" to Naomi Campbell
13:30 GMT
Naomi Campbell has been forbidden by the Eqyptian Antiquities Organization from holding her wedding ceremony in the ancient pharaonic temple of Luxor next Tuesday.
Birds fly away from flames in the village of Ussafiya in Haifa's Carmel Forest on December 4, 2010
Israel Burning
10:22 GMT
Israeli fire officials say they hope to stop the worst wildfire in the country's history by today, three days after the blaze began in a forest in Israel's north.
The organizers of the poll suggested that Germans may have this lower rate due to less contact with Muslims.
Are Germans the most negative Europeans towards Muslims?
06:51 GMT
A poll published yesterday said that only third of German people has a positive opinion toward Muslims. This percentage is far below other west European nations

December 3, 2010

Jordan's Prime Minister Samir Rifai (R) shaking hands with Jordan's King Abdullah after taking the oath of office in Amman on November 24, 2010. King Abdullah once described Jordan as between "Iraq and a hard place."
Jordan and Diplomacy
18:31 GMT
How has a small nation, like Jordan, survived in the face of so many obstacles?