Kuwait is liberal and free? Not if you're a blogger

At least 25 bloggers have been charged with “insulting” the Kuwaiti Emir since October 2012, and several of them have been convicted this year; Iran, the U.S. and Saudi; banned movie in Lebanon offers pleasure; and Port Said starts civil disobedience in Egypt.

While this city may look modern, the laws of free speech in Kuwait are still very archaic.

Informed Comment [3]

Formerly Liberal Kuwait has started Jailing Dissident Bloggers (Kinninmont)

At least 25 people have been charged with “insulting” the Emir since October 2012, and several of them, including three former MPs, have been convicted this year.

Arab Saga [4]

A propos Iran, the U.S. and Saudi foreign policy

Saudi foreign policy needs to update its perceptions and tools to match up with America’s strategic rebalancing, Iran’s agenda and the current winds thrashing the Arab world, not to mention the sea changes in Saudi society, the region and the world order.

Plus 961 [5]

I offered you pleasure – Another banned movie in Lebanon

The movie seems to have been banned in Lebanon due to the fact that it tackles a sensitive subject after trying to submit it to two local film festivals and getting rejected.

Egyptian Chronicles [6]

#PortSaid starts civil disobedinece in #Egypt

The entire city dropped everything and protested on Sunday; from bus drivers to shop owners, Port Said wants 'the blame for the murder of Port Said protesters on the hands of the ministry of interior'.

Blog Baladi [7]

British, Italians, Greeks and Lebanese kidnapped in Nigeria

Adamu Aliyu, the chairman of the local government area that encompasses Jama’are, stated there are four Lebanese among the kidnapped.

Syria Comment [8]

10 Anti-tank Missiles Supplied to Military Council for Aleppo Fight

It is said that these weapons may have come from Libya and have been sitting in Turkey for some time but approval “may not have been” given for them to be released.