Google's Nexus 4 Phone and Nexus 10 Tablet premiere

With the price, speed and look of the new phone and tablet by Google, it seems that bulky, high priced gadgets are soon to be obsolete; Hamas' disappointment with Egypt; how to bypass spending in American Foreign Policy; and persecuted Muslims from Myanmar still make it to Mecca.

Nexus 4 and 10 look like the new standard for affordable smartphones and tablets.

Z District [3]

Nexus 4 & Nexus 10 @ Google HQ

Now this is really cool, the new Nexus 4 turned out to be better then I expected and the release date is set for November 13th and I honestly can’t wait to get my hands on it. Even though my Galaxy Nexus is still running strong, I love the Nexus line from Google. All my worries about it being from LG has been set aside by this interview by The Verge.

Arabist [4]

More on Hamas' disappointment with Egypt

Egypt remains the missing piece in Hamas’s regional jigsaw puzzle. With the triumph of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas’s ideological twin, the Gazan leadership anticipated a rapprochement, but things have not turned out as planned.

Mahir Zeynalov [5]

How to bypass spending in FP: Make others do your job

Only days left to the key U.S. presidential race and one wonders if the U.S. foreign policy will make a significant shift in case either candidates get to the White House. This is hardly the choice the U.S. president will make in the middle of painful economic recovery.

Blogs Al Jazeera [6]

From Myanmar to Mecca

Among the latter are pilgrims from Myanmar. Specifically from the province of Arakan, an area that has witnessed ethnic violence for decades. Imagine then how a Muslim from Rohingya, who survived the violence, escaped the conflict, and made it all the way to Islam's holiest site, feels?