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Have you ever tasted a Black Man before?

Published February 10th, 2011 - 16:07 GMT

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This is Beirut [2]
Have you ever tasted a Black Man before?
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Jordan Mafia [3]
Pictures of Masdar Institute (taken by students)
Masdar city is a zero carbon city that operates fully on solar energy, so an ecological paradise in UAE. These pictures document it coming to life.
TNW Middle East [4]
Syria's Facebook Awakening.
We report Syria's recent dawn of Facebooking. Obviously there are now other sites that require complicated proxy access measure... Welcome to the 'Arab Facebook' already heavily-subscribed-to-world! In what appears to be an act of confidence, today (Feb 8 2011) marks the first day in 5 years that YouTube and Facebook will be publicly accessible to the Syrian people. We’ve received confirmation from sources inside Syria that Blogspot, YouTube, and Facebook are now unblocked in Syria by some ISPs inside Syria while others are expected to follow suit [tomorrow] Wednesday Feb 9th.
Palordinia [5]
Why Are Arab Youth Dreaming Of A Foreign Passport?
A cover of a magazine draws a blogger to ask a (rhetorical) question. Try these reasons for a start: You won’t be lingering for hours in airports as you are “randomly” selected for extra screening. You won’t be treated with disrespect in the airport of your own country....
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[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://thisisbeirut.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/have-you-ever-tasted-a-black-man/
[3] http://jordanmafia.com/blog/2011/02/pictures-of-masdar-institute-taken-by-students/
[4] http://thenextweb.com/me/2011/02/08/facebook-and-youtube-to-be-unblocked-in-syria-today/?awesm=tnw.to_17Q6x
[5] http://www.palordinia.com/?p=368