Published on Al Bawaba (http://www.albawaba.com)

The end of white people?

Published January 5th, 2011 - 13:20 GMT

Murder in Pakistan, food-scarcity in Gaza, blogging in Bahrain, pet shops in the Kuwait, penions in Qatar, rumors in Egypt and wave good bye to Belgian chocolate... and tanning oil...
Jaraad quotes the National Geographic to suggest that white people... are in decline.
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JARAAD [2]
Why Tanning, Barbie and God Forbid Belgian Chocolate may Disappear in the Future?
JARAAD asks why ‘tanning, barbie’ and even ‘belgian chocolate’ could all disappear in the future. According to his statistics, the answer is because ‘white people will soon account for less than 5% of population growth’. The post provides two maps comparing population growth in the developed and developing worlds, and asks why Europeans have less children even though they are among the wealthiest people in the world?
KABOBFEST [3]
The Challenge of Feeding a Family in Gaza
KABOBFEST gives a detailed and matter-of-fact analysis of food-scarcity in Gaza, and what it means for families and mothers like Randa forced to survive from day-to-day. He asks: “With no or very little resources, how often can a mother buy a kilo of potatoes at $1.50? Or, a kilo of tomatoes, at $1.50, triple what it cost last summer. A kilo of rice now runs about $2.50. It was only $2 six months ago. A kilo of meat would cost at least $15 – a rare luxury that some families might be able to enjoy every four months or so.”
MY TREASURE [4]
Assassinated for condemning blasphemy laws
After the influential governor of Pakistan's punjab province (Salam Taseer) was shot by his own bodyguard MY TREASURE asks if there will be ‘any Christians left’ in Pakistan. According to the post Mr. Taseer made headlines by appealing for the life of Asia Bibi, a Christian women sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. In a tweet shortly before he died the governor wrote: “I was under huge pressure 2 cow b4 rightist pressure on blasphemy. Refused. Even if I’m the last man standing.”
EGYPTIAN CHRONICLES [5]
Stop These Rumors Now
Rumors about bombs sent over SMS, BBM and Facebook wreak havoc in Egypt, while a billionaire offers LE 1 million to anyone with information about the act on the Copt Church in Alexandria on New Year's day.
TWOFORTYEIGHTAM [6]
In Focus: Pet Zone
TWOFORTYEIGHTAM goes to check out a soon-to-be-opened pet shop in Kuwait. The shop is on two floors, with aquariums, a pet grooming area, as well as displays for guinea pigs and rabbits. They even have room for a python or ‘pet snake’.
THE GULF BLOG [7]
Qataris ‘can retire at 40′
THEGULFBLOG writes of how a proposed pension law in Qatar might allow Qataris with 15 years of government service to retire at 40… in what he calls the ‘perfect example of the rentier state’.
MAHMOOD’S DEN [8]
Another site blocked in Bahrain
First it was ‘silly Bahraini girl’ and now it’s ‘Mahmood’s Den’… one blogger writes about getting blocked in Bahrain.
CHOCOLATE MINTS IN A JAR [9]
2010 in review
Yes, it’s yet another year in review post… CHOCOLATEMINTS avoids introspection, and simply lists how he felt about the year, and how he changed.
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Links:
[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://jaraad.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/why-tanning-barbie-and-god-forbid-belgian-chocolate-may-disappear-in-the-future/
[3] http://www.kabobfest.com/2011/01/the-challenge-of-feeding-a-family-in-gaza.html
[4] http://kinziblogs.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/assasinated-for-movement-toward-amending-blasphemy-laws/
[5] http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/01/stop-these-rumors-now.html
[6] http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/in-focus-pet-zone/
[7] http://thegulfblog.com/2011/01/05/qataris-can-retire-at-40/
[8] http://mahmood.tv/2011/01/04/another-site-blocked-in-bahrain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MahmoodsDen+(Mahmood's+Den)
[9] http://www.chocolatemintsinajar.com/blog/2011/01/2010-in-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ChocolateMintsInAJar+(Chocolate+Mints+In+a+Jar)