Posts filed under 'Tunisia'

WSIS Feedback (2): Jordan’s Participation

24 November 2005

I thought we’d have the time to look around the exposition hall as much as we like, but taking part in activities and conferences during the summit left us only little time to visit all stands. Every time I’d reach Jordan’s pavilion it’d be already too late and they’ve packed their stuff to leave. So [...]

8th Tunisian Bloggers Meetup

21 November 2005

So last Friday was the 8th Tunisian Bloggers Meetup. What made this meetup particularly special was the presence of Rebecca, Jeff , Mite Nishio, and Isam. The lovely Rebecca; a very smart, friendly and impressive lady, full of ideas that if implemented, will make a revolution in the blogosphere, specifically the Arabic one! One of [...]

WSIS Feedback (1)

19 November 2005

Where do I start!I have so many things I’d love to share you with, but they can’t be said all at once, so I guess I’ll be posting about this experience bit by bit.Let me start by how I actually got to the summit! As I mentioned in my last post, I was selected by [...]

Representing Jordan In WSIS

16 November 2005

This is a quick post from inside the World Summit On Information Society (WSIS)in Tunis. I was selected by the British Council as a representative of Jordan in their section in the summit. What can I say! Lovely experience, met so many people from so many countries, will be writing about that soon. Now I’ve [...]

The Meetup In Kelibia

20 August 2005

Ok I know it’s a whole week late but well, what can I say, life can get us really busy! So the last meetup of the Tunisian Bloggers was in Kelibia, one of my favourite places in Tunisia besides the beautiful Bizerte and Djerba. To be honest I only went twice to Kelibia, and it [...]

Mahmoud Darwish In Tunisia

11 August 2005

The great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish arrived to Tunis yesterday and met the Minister of Education as well as the Palestinian Ambassador in Tunis. Mahmoud Darwish will be participating in the Carthage Festival by reading some of his amazing poems tonight. [Source:Assahafa (AR)]. I’ve always been a fan of Mahmoud Darwish, and I’ve always admired [...]

The Plane Crash

07 August 2005

My depest condolences to the families of those who died in the TunInter Plane Crash…

4th Tunisian Bloggers Meetup

01 August 2005

As expected, it was wonderful. More bloggers are showing up and the feminine participation is becoming only better with the sweet Troubadour, Blogeuse, Infinity, and IjjaBilCaviar, yep we were 5 ladies this time As for other male bloggers,they were Evil Drako, Tom, Zizou from Djerba,Yamen, Marouen, 7ammadi, La Guilde, and last but not least: Subzero [...]

Caravan Update

26 July 2005

This is a quick update concerning Caravan for Palestine. Israeli soldiers forcefully deported 120 supporters of the Caravan from the Allenby Bridge and forced them to return back to Jordan. Soldiers beat, dragged, and pushed many of the Caravaners and confiscated one of their cameras as they were forcing them onto the busses. Israel brought [...]

3rd Tunisian Blogger Meetup

28 June 2005

Ok, where do I start! The meetup was FANTASTIC! I loved it, loved it, loved it.You know, it doesn’t feel like meeting bloggers, no, it’s more like meeting friends you’ve known for a long time, friends who blog Even the new ones felt comfortable and we had great time and very interesting discussions. So who [...]