This is the end of Gaddafi dynasty's reign of oppression since the other troupe of the clan were not politically inclined. Aisha Gaddafi represents no threat-- unless she strips off to match Egypt's post revolution antics.
This month a report came in that Ariel Sharon had stirred from his 5-year slumber. Apparently, he has been flinching and giving signs of life in response to stimulus such as pinching and sound. He has moved his fingers. While this digital reflex is enough to render hope to his son, it is not enough to declare an 'Israeli Awakening' at all comparable to the Arab predecessor or 'Spring'.
Why is the holiest site of Islam, Mecca, being compared, disparagingly to Las Vegas? Still this scornful comparison is offset by national pride in the Kingdom's rennovation and unashamed investment in Islam's holiest sites, the pride and joy of the King of Saudi Arabia, the Custodian of the Two Mosques.
Zamzam -- the Muslim faith's miracle Mekka Valley holy water is the Islamic answer to the Jordan Valley's Blessed Babtism water. This 'Muslim' water has had a long and more recently checkered story. It is associated with a special thirst-quenching experience, said to satisfy hunger appetite as well as to cure illness. Though more recently people are alleging that it might cause harm to the human body.
Curious about the Hajj season, 2011, and wondering what the whole journey to Hajj entails (not to mention attainment of a new status, becoming the esteemed title holder - 'Hajji'- or one who has completed the journey of a life time)? Albawaba offers an overview of what is involved in the process and ultimate journey of pilgramage to Mecca.
Love stories and tales of Palestinian prisoners released in the last fortnight, whose stories have been somewhat buried by the tale of one Israeli soldier made hero by his Gazan kidnapping. Updates on this headline-making story, and new prisoner-swap deals that have come out of this initiative. Albawaba redresses the balance with some Palestinian names and stories behind the prisoner-swap Shalit-Deal.
Free and new Libya last night ushered in a new era of post-Gaddafi political and social life. In a series of celebratory speeches in which new leaders declared liberation for Libya, any regret by Mahmoud Jibril for the brutal death of their cruel lingering tyrant, was muted by jubiliation and optimism for a new Islamic path that included a lift on the polygamy ban and a return to Islamic banking.
In pictures, a short tale of a bloody demise for the Libyan ousted, now dead, Leader Colonel Gaddafi. Also, a look at his scattered and, finally, it would seem, crushed family empire.
Nov 24th, 2011 - 11:18 GMT
Nov 14th, 2011 - 14:22 GMT
