Men of Arabia make Breast Cancer in Sisters & Mothers their Problem

When Saudi men feature in a drive to combat breast cancer in their female compatriots, the Arab world welcomes this approach, though met with some reservation on ultra conservative Arab street; Questioning the departure from 1948; The baddest Apple in the bunch? Convo with a taxi driver in Amman; And three myths of Israeli history from the horse's mouth.

The traditionally pink and very woman-led approach to the breast cancer awareness world struggle, is taking on a
new unorthodox male face in ultra-patriarchal Saudi Arabia.

Jazarah [4]

Saudi Arabia for Breast Cancer

An Arab-Spring-borne Saudi-male-speared appeal? While this campaign has aroused (no puns intended) considerable controversy in the Arab world where 'some' conservative thinking by the men in the community deems breast-scanning as an unwelcome practice, and certainly not a welcome move for their 'wives, daughter or mothers'....it is great to see such pro-active appeals coming from the male arena of the Kingdom. "It’s really good to such initiatives coming from Saudi Arabia, the idea is raise awareness about breast cancer through social media, Istathmir, Arabic for invest, is running a competition to encourage the youth to create a marketing campaign for breast cancer awareness in Saudi Arabia, according to this video 1 in 8 women in Saudi has breast cancer, they mentioned it’s the number one killer for women in the Kingdom, I’m not sure if that is true, I mean I never knew it could cause death,[check your facts!- Editor] but it’s a serious matter and all women should examine themselves periodically to avoid breast cancer."

The Arab Observer [5]

Where is the wisdom of abandoning Arab-48?

"Sometimes I feel doubtful of the wisdom of Arabs in relation to the way we have been dealing the Arab-Israeli conflict. In one hand, we raise our voices everywhere demanding more rights and protection for the Palestinians while on the other hand we abandon, ignore and neglect what we call Arab 48."

Socialist Worker [6]

The baddest Apple in a rotten bunch

[And just to reflect the other side of the Jobs Fence (maybe a little Google-leaning but still credible as a counter-opinion] "Jason Farbman looks behind the hype about the world's most valuable tech company. August 17, 2010 Apple CEO Steve Jobs "This don't-be-evil mantra. It's bullshit." -- Steve Jobs, on Google's informal slogan"

Kinzi Blogs: My Treasure [7]

Convo With a Taxi Driver

When Western Pop Music is not OK with 'westerners': "It was The Hub’s turn for the car, so I brought Lil Kinz and her little buddy home from an event in a taxi yesterday. I memorized the license plate number as he pulled over, as is my custom – since another driver told me asking to see his registration was too insulting to his honor."

Truth Dig [8]

‘Three Myths’ of Israeli History

"Miko Peled, peace activist and son of a well-known Israeli general, talks about his new book, “The General’s Son,” and what he calls the “three myths” of Israeli history."

PCHR [9]

NEW LEGISLATION FAILS TO GIVE TZIPI LIVNI PROTECTION FROM ARREST

"[Today, 6 October 2011], former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni visited the United Kingdom. Ms. Livni was Foreign Minister during Israel’s 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip (Operation Cast Lead. OCL). Significant evidence was collected indicating her individual criminal responsibility for war crimes and other international crimes committed during this period."

TedXYouth@Amman [10]

Educativity : First Point Of Change!

"As we all know the theme that TEDxYouth@Amman decided to adopt is the expression “Educativity”. As I guess most of us have read or came to the conclusion that this structure is built out of two words “Education” + “Creativity”, but what is the logic behind this combination? Is this a newly created concept or not? What would we expect from this theme? And what is our role as youth in forming such concept within our societies? All of this and more will be discussed in this post."