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Out with Arab Spring; in with Arab Summer!

Published July 10th, 2011 - 15:30 GMT

Moving on from that Arab Spring, we greet the Arab Summer; Websites, portals, blogs and the thin but significant lines between these new-age content forms; How dictators profit from the internet and manipulate it to stamp out democracy; Trends in business ventures in Jordan; and remembering Mubarak's torture crimes.
Mud-bathing in the Dead Sea, Jordan. Closing the chapter of the much bandied about Arab Spring, we now usher in the Arab Summer.
© 2011 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com [1])
See video [2]
Land and People [3]
The Arab Summer
Translated from Al-Akhbar: "Spring is over in the Arab World and summer is upon us, bringing with it its blazing sun, blight and hardship. It is harvest season, when the farmer discovers the true value of his harvest."
New Media Plus Me [4]
I blog in morning but work 24/7!
The new age of un-official media content and the liberal dissemination of information: "There is a significant difference between a “Website” and a “Blog”; a website can be a page or more for presenting a company or offering a service or information and news etc… in that case known as a “Portal”."
NJ 180 degree [5]
How the Internet strengthens dictatorships
The correlative inverse relationship between the internet and democracy: Ideas worth spreading on how the Internet boosts dictatorships, by a Soviet man.
Rare [6]
Latest Trends of Business Projects in Jordan
"In my humble opinion, latest worn projects in Jordan are: 1) Review websites for restaurants We’ve got three local sites."
iq baltamimi, Maktoob blog. [7]
Mubarak Tortured Journalist for Revealing Connection Between Boutros-Ghali and Shimon Peres
It's easy to forget as we hone in on the torture in Syria that the Egyptian regime was equally notorious for applying atrocious acts on citizens and journalists. "Controlling the press and torturing journalists during Mubarak’s Presidency revealed: a journalist was arrested for revealing the relationship between Boutros-Ghali, and Shimon Peres."
Source URL: http://www.albawaba.com/out-arab-spring-arab-summer-382518

Links:
[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hFk6FDrZBc
[3] http://landandpeople.blogspot.com/2011/07/arab-summer.html
[4] http://www.newmediaplusme.com/index.php/i-blog-in-morning-but-work-247/
[5] http://nj180degree.com/2011/07/07/evgeny-morozov-how-the-internet-strengthens-dictatorships/
[6] http://rarer1.blogspot.com/2011/07/latest-trends-of-business-projects-in.html
[7] http://iqbaltamimi.maktoobblog.com/1515095/mubarak-tortured-journalist-for-revealing-connection-between-boutros-ghali-and-shimon-peres/