Those who Blog and Those who Don't

We live in a world divided into Bloggers and the Rest of the non-blogging masses where rights are conferred to those who Blog; Young moderate Salafism takes the 'tradition' out of the Puritanical religious tradition- the next craze?; TedXBeirut; Yemen deaths are the result of more than just 'clashes'; And calligraphic wonders in Arabia.

Crazy Yet Wise [2]

What If You Weren’t A Blogger?

"Now, let’s be honest for a while here. We as bloggers (some & some) get to be treated as Kings & Queens. Almost everybody makes sure our needs are being fulfilled, getting invited to events & such. If we are angry from something & we post about, we get contacted immediately (not all the time, Baking Tray Totally neglected me, whatever)."

The Arabist [3]

WHERE'S MY COUNTRY?

Post-modern Salafism? A Post OBL strain of Salafist thought? "The Salafyo Costa (young, "moderate" Salafists, which seems a bit of a contradiction in terms, since Salafists are religious fundamentalists, aspiring to live as much as possible as the Prophet's companions) have put together a funny and popular online video."

Note Connection 3.0 [4]

TEDxBeirut: From Limitation to Inspiration

"Thank you Dian! Without you, I would have probably missed out on the wonderful experience that was TEDxBeirut. The first time I’ve heard of TED in general, was in the summer of 2008 in Istanbul (where I’ve met Dian during a pre-Masters summer program that helped us prepare our journey to the UK)."

Angry Arab [5]

"clashes" in Yemen: killing in Syria

"Western Saudi and Qatari press have now settled on this: they refer to Yemeni regime's killing of people as "clashes," while they never refer to Syrian regime's killing of people as "clashes". "

And Far and Away [6]

Alphabets of the Arab World

And don’t think that the creativity is only influencing music. Check out this brilliant work by artist Dia Batal: