Archive for January, 2009

MMM & StartUpArabia On Al-Hurra Tv

14 January 2009

I’m proud to share with you an interview with my husband on Al-Hurra TV about his efforts launching StartUpArabia,  as well as his goals and plans for it. The interview is in Arabic, with my husband speaking perfect Middle Eastern accent Way to go MMM…

“We Will Not Go Down” A Song For Gaza; by Michael Heart

13 January 2009

UPDATE: for all those who can’t access YouTube, you can check out the song here and here. [Thanks to Tafatefo and Rime for the tip.] This is a very moving song by the extremely talented Michael Heart, I found here few days ago, but was trying to find a way to get readers in Tunisia [...]

Frédéric Kanouté: Supporting Palestine… and fined for it!

12 January 2009

The famous Malian footballer Frédéric Oumar Kanouté revealed a T-Shirt expressing his support for Palestine during a match. As a reaction, the disciplinary committee of the Spanish football federation announced on January 9th a fine of 3,000 euros (4,093 dollars) on the veteran Sevilla striker for displaying this shirt, considering it an offense ( since [...]

Facts About Gaza

11 January 2009

Facts relating to the situation in Gaza: Number of Palestinians killed so far: 870;  number of Palestinians injured so far: 3661 [Source:Al Jazeera] and needless to say that these numbers are on the rise as I’m writing. Among the killed are women, elderly people and A LOT OF CHILDREN. Humanitarian supplies: food and medical aid [...]

Gaza War Updates

10 January 2009

To follow up on the latest updates on the disgusting war on Gaza, go to: Sabbah’s Blog Gaza Today Qwaider Planet: Gaza Special.

وشرّ البليّة… ما يُضحِك

10 January 2009

UPDATE: The Jewish Voice For Peace thanks Jon Stewart for his fair stand. The Daily Show: Missile Tov! [Via: Too Much Cookies]

Offener Brief an Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Merkel

09 January 2009

Heuete habe ich diesen offenen Brief eines Chirurgen an die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel bei Too Much Cookies gefunden. Ich fand den Brief lesenswert: “Bitte erlauben Sie mir Ihnen in Ihrer Eigenschaft als höchste Vertreterin unserer Bundesregierung und Ihrem Kabinett mit klaren Worten zu widersprechen, im Interesse der Bundesrepublik, wie auch im Interesse der Menschen, von [...]

Mustafa Barghouthi On The Myths Of Israeli Victimhood

04 January 2009

No one can imagine how irritating it is for me to still hear the Israeli government justifying their ongoing massacres in Gaza, trying to win the world’s sympathy and support by convincing them that they’re doing this in the name of self-defense, and that they NEVER mean to hurt civilians. Actually there are many silly [...]

When A Child Sends A Wake-Up Call To Grownups

04 January 2009

I just wonder what would it take for people of authority and power to see how big and terribly awful the situation in Gaza is. Armless civilians and innocent children are dying by the day while the world is watching and wasting their time to figure whom to blame! I’ll just share with you these [...]

فلسطين تبوح بسرّها

03 January 2009

هذه الكلمات المؤثّرة تعكس حال فلسطين التعيسة، وحال أهل فلسطين الذين يحتضرون ويستغيثون بأمّةٍ “لا حول لها ولا قوة” ومو شاطرة إلّا بالولولة والنواح والشجب والاستنكار ولبس آخر صيحات الأزياء السوداء للتعبير عن “الحداد العام والمؤازرة المعنوية” بطريقة “كوول”، معذورين مو طالع بإيدنا شي، مساكين إحنا شو مغلوب على أمرنا (هذا طبعا باستثناء الجهود المشكورة [...]