Archive for May, 2008

“The Online Arabian Star”

26 May 2008

[Via: StartUpArabia]
The Online Arabian Star is a new online contest that’s been launched by Waleg and Ikbis, targeting Arab talents, basically Arabs over 15 who can sing.
Contestants are to upload a video of themselves singing a song in Arabic, for the whole world to watch online and then vote for each contestant. The top 20 […]

Commemorating Nakba, Part 2: Expressions Of Nakba

15 May 2008

I came across this great website: Expressions of Nakba ,which is an online gallery, an international competition and exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba: the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948. The competition strives to present the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed […]

Commemorating Nakba, Part 1: “celebrating” the deletion of Palestine

15 May 2008

Today marks a day that has turned life upside down to everyone who was peacefully living in a land called Palestine. Haven’t heard of it? I don’t blame you, “Palestine? What Palestine? Palestine is a word made up by a bunch of violent barbarians who “think” this land is theirs”, they’d tell you. They worked […]