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FOSSFactory: Social Collaborative Open Source Development & Funding Community

There is no doubt that open source movement is taking over the world, 72% web sites run on open source server Apache, wordpress the open source blogging platform based on PHP/MYSQL is the #1 blogging platform...

Posted Aug 31 2010, 08:34 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, startup, USA, Open Source, Social Media, Canada, Startups, Tech, SaaS, FOSS, Startups Review, Startup Review, collaborative innovation, FOSSFACTORY, Social Innovation, Canadian Startups, Open Source Innovation, Open Source Community, FOSS Startup

Facebook Population: Arabic The Fastest Growing, English Falls from The Majority Leadership

Inside Facebook released few days ago its Inside Facebook Gold report, with data about membership and usage across the number 1 social networking site in the world Facebook. The report reveals the shift...

Posted Aug 30 2010, 02:25 PM by ArabCrunch

New Aljazeera English Website Goes Live, What Do you Think?

Aljazeera English is the first english news network to be headquartered in the Arab world (Doha, Qatar) the 24-hour News TV network which is a division from the famous Aljazeera Arabic news channel has...

Posted Aug 29 2010, 03:19 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, aljazeera, new media, Aljazeera English, Regions, New Aljazeera, News channel, Relaunch, Middle East News TV, NEW UI

iPhoneIslam Launches Arabic Keyboard for the iPad: Arabtaller iPad

If you can not wait for Apple’s official iPad Arabic keyboard you might try jailbreak your iPad and use Arabtaller. iPhoneIslam the site behind the first Arabic version of jailbroken iPhone OS released...

Posted Aug 28 2010, 08:42 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Apple, Startup News, Tech, Arabic apps, iPhoneIslam, iPad, Arabic keyboard, Arabic Keyboard for iPad, Arabic iPad, Arabic iPad apps

Iraqi Official Sells School Computers, US Army Asks for an Investigation!

The US occupation forces of Iraq asked for investigation for what it said an Iraqi official selling computers assigned for Iraq school kids. According to Aljazeera the US army said that an Iraqi official...

Posted Aug 28 2010, 07:13 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Iraq, Corruption, Tech, Iraq War, US army, Death Toll In Iraq

AdobeAir.me: A Directory for Adobe Air Applications

If you are not familiar with AdobeAir it is a cross platform runtime environment developed by adobe for building and running rich Internet applications using Adobe flash, Flex, HTMl and Ajax and can run...

Posted Aug 27 2010, 04:44 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, Internet, startup, Air, Lists, Startups Review, Adobe Air Applications, Adobe Air

Paragon Software Launches The Famous Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Dictionary For iPhone & Windows Mobile

Paragon Software Group, has launched the voice enabled Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Arabic-English and English-Arabic Dictionary Mobile app from the oldest and largest publishing house of Arabic books and educational...

Posted Aug 26 2010, 01:57 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Europe, iPhone, Mobile 2.0, Windows Mobile, mobile devices, iPhone app, Arabic Mobile Apps, iPad, Windows Mobile apps, English-Arabic Dictionary, Arabic Dictionary for iPhone, Arabic-English and English-Arabic Dictionary, Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Arabic-English and English-Arabic Dictionary

Google Forms Now in Arabic

Google forms is part of google free web-based business suite Google apps, which offers anyone with easy tool to create questionnaire without any coding. You can send the send questionnaire via email and...

Posted Aug 25 2010, 05:27 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Arab, Google, SaaS, Google Arabia, feedback, Google Forms, Arabic web, Google forms Arabic, Google Apps Arabic

AVG: Turkey and Russia Top Risky Places For Internet Surfers, Sierra Leone & Japan The Safest

Internet security company AVG just released a study that looks at the safest and most dangerous places to be hit hit by a malicious computer attack or virus. According to the study the most dangerous countries...

Posted Aug 23 2010, 04:17 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, africa, Europe, USA, Security, Research, Latin America, Regions, Safest Internet Countries, Most Risky For Internet Countries, Most Risky Internet Arab Countries, AVG, Internet Threats

At The Time of Facebook Location’s Launch, Jeeran Ventures Into the Location Game But with No Check-in

The launch of facebook locations has taken lots of buzz, the service allows users to check in using their touch phones into different location, know where their friends are and get information about places...

Posted Aug 23 2010, 09:11 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Internet, USA, Facebook, iPhone, mobile, Social Media, Portals, Mobile 2.0, Startup News, Reviews, Where 2.0, LBS, jeeran, Qaym, Foursquare, Gowalla, Amman Local, Local Arab Portals, Facebook Places, Jeeran Local, Location based services, Jeeran Places, Foursqoure, Amman Places

At The Time of Facebook Location’s Launch, Jeeran Ventures Into the Location Game But with No Check-in

The launch of facebook locations has taken lots of buzz, the service allows users to check in using their touch phones into different location, know where their friends are and get information about places...

Posted Aug 23 2010, 09:11 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Internet, USA, Facebook, iPhone, mobile, Social Media, Portals, Mobile 2.0, Startup News, Reviews, Where 2.0, LBS, jeeran, Qaym, Foursquare, Gowalla, Amman Local, Local Arab Portals, Facebook Places, Jeeran Local, Location based services, Jeeran Places, Foursqoure, Amman Places

Update: N2V First Investment is with UAE Based Web Wedding Startup Yebab

Updated. There is no doubt at least to me that for any person wedding and getting married is one of the greatest blessing’s in life. Yebab help brides in United Arab Emirates (UAE) find various suppliers...

Posted Aug 23 2010, 05:08 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, UAE, wedding, Portals, e-commerce, e-marketing, VC & Capital, First Round, Regions, Startups Review, N2V, Yebab, UAE wedding, Investemnt, Arabic Wedding

Video- WikiLeaks: US Intelligence Planned to Destroy Us as Far Back as 2008, Smear Rape Allegations Dropped

2 allegations hit Whistleblower website Wikileaks‘ founder Julian Assange in Sweden, the first one involves rape but was dropped only after 6 hours. Wikileaks got famous after leaking 90,000 documents...

Posted Aug 22 2010, 01:30 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Europe, USA, Iraq, Videos, Social Media, Security, Asia, twitter, Afghanistan, aljazeera, new media, CIA, rape, Wikileaks, Plot, Rape Allegations, BlackMail

AqarMap.com Launches a New Version

AqarMap.com a real estate startup which was launched in April, has launched a new version. The Yemeni startup differentiate it self from other players in the market by focusing in location and linking...

Posted Aug 22 2010, 07:42 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Yemen, Startup News, e-commerce, Yeman, AqarMap.com, Real Estate Arabia, Aqar Estate, RealEstate, Real Estate Startup

Souq.com Launches Its Marketplace in Kuwait, Any Kuwaiti Can Become a Seller

Souq.com was launched in 2005 from Maktoob group (Now Jabbar Group) as an auction site, it initially covered Jordan, then expanded into UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The site is not anymore just an auction...

Posted Aug 21 2010, 06:17 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Arab, Arabic, Kuwait, e-commerce, marketplace, Jabbar, Souq.com, Regions

Clarifying ArabCrunch Sharing Policy On Twitter & Facebook

There have been some confusion among some our followers on Twitter and facebook about our tweets since we recently started to share our readers’ comments on ArabCrunch English and Arabic. Yes, we...

Posted Aug 19 2010, 03:33 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, Internet, africa, Europe, USA, Facebook, Social Media, Asia, Startups, twitter, arabcrunch, Sharing, ArabCrunch News, DDoS, Hillary clinton, Latin America, Advice &Tips, Regions, ArabCrunch Twitter

Yahoo! Promotes Pakistan Relief On Its Homepage, Google Doesn’t

We wrote 2 times before about the floods in Pakistan that killed an estimated 1,600 people, made 4 millions homeless and affected about 20 million human-beings. Yahoo! has joined the effort and added a...

Posted Aug 19 2010, 08:34 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Google, yahoo, Asia, Portals, Relief Efforts Pakistan, Pakistan floods, Yahoo Pakistan, Google Pakistan, Help Pakistan

Quran Links User Generated Classification of The Holy Quran Related Sites

As we enter the 9th day of the holly month of Ramadan, Quran Links pops up as a new site in English and Arabic for Muslims and interested non-muslims offerring classified guide to Islamic and Quran related...

Posted Aug 19 2010, 07:48 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Islam, Internet, Arab, Gaza, Social Media, ramadan, Quran, new media, Startups Review, Ramadan 2010, Guide to Islam, Quran sites, Islamic sites

Updated: Dushare: Cloud Based P2P File Sharing App

Update: this site might be of a security risk, the site marketing personnel refused to provide us with his full name or send us more details related to security. They finally responded and here is the...

Posted Aug 18 2010, 01:06 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Arab, UAE, Dubai, startup, Web 2.0, Startups, SaaS, Dubai Silicon Oasis, P2P, File Sharing, Startups Review, Unlimited File Sharing, Startup Review, UAE Startup, Arab startup, MidEast startups, Dubai Startup

The Youngest Arab Entrepreneur:14 Years Old Kuwaiti Achieves 800,000 Downloads for His iPhone App

His name is Abdulrahman AlZanki and Yes he is 14 and Yes he is Kuwaiti and Yes he is a teenager and Yes he rides BMX bikes and Yes he develops iPhone apps and Yes he learned it alone and Yes his iPhone...

Posted Aug 17 2010, 04:30 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, iPhone, Startups, Entrepreneurship, gaming, iPhone Apps, Startups Review, iPhone games, 14 Years Old Kuwaiti iPhone developer, Doodle Destory, iPhone developer, Youngest Arab Entrepreneur

Welcome to Lebanon: Graveyard of the Arrogant

PATRICK COCKBURN Why has Lebanon ended up as the graveyard of so many invaders? Israelis used to say in the 1960s that one of their military bands would be enough to conquer the country.Within a few years...

Posted Aug 17 2010, 07:13 AM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, Arab World, middle east, Israel, Islam, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, opinion, Palestinians, Featured, Israeli occupation, Somalia, Afghanistan, Hassan Nasrallah, PLO, YASSER ARAFAT, 911, oslo accords, Saddam Hussein, U.S. foreign policy, Maronites, World News, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ottoman Empire, British, U.S.A, News/Politics, Hizbullah, US Government, Patrick Cockburn, US intervention in Somalia, Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Christian militiamen, e Israeli war in Lebanon in 2006, Lebanon’s Maronite Christian, al-Qa’ida, Welcome to Lebanon: Graveyard of the Arrogant, Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, Islamic fundamentalists, David Hirst, Battleground of the Middle East, Israeli invasion of Lebanon 1982, Israel’s Christian allies, Arab nationalism, Hizbullah guerrillas, Counterpunch, Druze . French

An “Israeli Soldier” Posts on Her Facebook Photos with Palestinian Prisoners

An “Israeli” female solider Eden Aberjil of the southern “Israeli” port town of Ashdod published in her Facebook profile a picture of her pausing in-front of humiliated Palestinian...

Posted Aug 16 2010, 04:24 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Internet, Gaza, Facebook, Humiliation, Social Media, Security, twitter, Clinton, israeli army, Palestinian prisoners

eKayf: The Arabic eHow that We Need

eHow is an online guide with more than 1 million articles and videos about how to do things. The site is owned by Demand Media a US company that is set to hit NASDAQ, as it filled for an IPO early this...

Posted Aug 16 2010, 05:08 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, Internet, Arabic, Social Media, Startups, Arabic Content, Search Engines, Vortals, new media, Regions, Startups Review, Arabic web, Arabic Internet, eHow, Demand Media

The Charity Problem: Creating A Culture Of Dependence

For myself, Ramadan has always been one of those months that reminds me of the fact that there people who are worse off. Charity has always been an interesting concept and one that I’ve been involved...

Posted Aug 15 2010, 04:35 AM by The Black Iris of Jordan

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, society, Commentary

Aramex Releases its iPhone App

Aramex the Jordanian based international delivery company has been always been in the forefront when it comes to utilizing technology and the web to add more value to its customers. The company which was...

Posted Aug 14 2010, 01:38 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Arab, iPhone, mobile, arabcrunch, Aramex, delivery, iPhone app, iPad

خرابيش تساهم في تعزيز الورم الدرامي في رمضان، ولكن على الانترنت!!

من خلال إنتاج مسلسلي كرتون جديدين، تحاول شركة خرابيش إعادة تعريف مفهوم توزيع المحتوى العربي وإعادة صياغة تجربة مشاهدة المسلسلات ووذلك ليس من خلال شاشة الفضائيات ووسائل الإعلام التقليدية، بل من خلال شبكة...

Posted Aug 14 2010, 05:39 AM by Sha3teely

Filed under: Arab World, Technology, Events, web, Cartoon

Ramadan Kareem (2010) Video: “Ramadan Entrepreneurship and Clinton”

Yesterday was the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in some Muslims countries, and today it is the first day of Ramadan for the rest of the world. In this month all Muslims are obliged to fast from...

Posted Aug 12 2010, 01:01 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Islam, Internet, USA, YouTube, Videos, arabcrunch, ramadan, Fasting, ArabCrunch Video, Ramadan 2010, Ramadan Kareem, Ramadan Video, Hillary clinton Ramadan

Ramadan Kareem!

To all the readers of the Black Iris, a Ramadan Mubarak inshallah, and may your prayers and fasting be accepted! If you’re in the giving mood, as well you should be, please take some time to head...

Posted Aug 10 2010, 11:59 AM by The Black Iris of Jordan

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, society, Islam, Religion, Activism, Me, Myself and I

Iran and the nuclear race

From The Race for Iran: As Iran’s nuclear program moves ahead and international agitation about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities intensifies, Arab states on the other side of the Persian Gulf...

Posted Aug 10 2010, 06:30 AM by Filasteen

Filed under: Arab World, Israel, Iran, Middle-East, Nuclear proliferation, World Order

Book Review | “If I Were Another” By Mahmoud Darwish

I read “If I Were Another”, a collection of beautiful poems by Darwish some time ago. The collection was released in 2009, and having purchased it in Beirut back in December, I thought today...

Posted Aug 08 2010, 08:30 PM by The Black Iris of Jordan

Filed under: books, Palestine, Arab World, Culture, Poetry

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Photography and words by Jeff Kaiser. Last night I decided to play photographer and talk a walk through Jabal Natheef just before sunset. I bought myself some sunflower seeds and wandered about as slowly...

Posted Aug 02 2010, 08:28 PM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Amman, Dailies, Photo and Video, Not All Who Wander Are Lost, eat amman

Bullying Abbas into Talks

Khalid Amayreh The Palestine Authority and Israel have been talking face to face for close to 20 years but to no avail, the main reason being Israel's unwillingness to concede anything. In fact, it...

Posted Jul 30 2010, 09:36 AM by Intifada Palestine

The Tribunal Conspiracy

Sami Moubayad deputy Israeli chief of staff, Gaby Ashkenazi said that an earthquake was in store for Lebanon later this year, when the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) names Hezbollah figures in connection...

Posted Jul 30 2010, 09:10 AM by Intifada Palestine

Lady of Lettuce

Just after 1PM today PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists stationed at the first circle and a large crowd that had gathered around were broken up by police for apparently not obtaining...

Posted Jul 25 2010, 01:15 PM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Amman, Peta, Dailies, Picture of the Day, lettuce lady

Bishop Donald Corder: A Theory of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel

Bishop Donald Corder Clear, radical and out of the zone vibrations must inspire the creativity that will be necessary to sufficiently wound the beast of Zion through BDS financial confrontations sufficient...

Posted Jul 17 2010, 09:14 PM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, middle east, Uncategorized, Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, Featured, Israeli occupation, Zionists, boycott, Gaza Strip, Zionisim, TURKISH PRIME MINISTER, Palestinian resistance, Israeli economy, Jewish nation, Palestinian People, BDS, Arab Nations, Bishop Donald Corder, Nation of Palestine, US hegemony, Donald R. Corder, Zionist ruination of the Gaza economy, Disinvestments and Sanctions (BDS), high seas murder of Turkish citizens by the Israeli military, Islamic Nation, Political apparatus of the BDS initiatives, parasitic infestation of the Zionist into our world’s revenue streams, global society, Bretton Woods system, Zion, Financial warfare, Middle Eastern oil reserves, Palestinian aspirations, Global Exchange., domination of a capital intense ruling class, global imperialism, erroneous profitability forecast, Europe’s economic and political systems, “National Liberation and Culture” by Amilcar Cabral, piranha terrorism

في مقابلة الكومبارس الصاعد شعتيلي على قناة الجزيرة

استضافة قناة الجزيرة الكومبارس الصاعد والخبير في الشؤون النووية معلّم الفلافل شعتيلي.. وقد قام شعتيلي بالرد على أكثر الاسئلة إحراجاً وتعقيداً.. “بس جوّا عقله فقط” لأنه ما صحّله يبرطم بشلن لخلل...

Posted Jul 17 2010, 03:53 AM by Sha3teely

Filed under: Arab World, media, opinion

The National Interest Has Gone Missing – An Analysis

Prof. Lawrence Davidson “Israel does not want peace with Syria. Period. It prefers the Golan over peace with one of its biggest and most dangerous enemies. It prefers real estate….” Read More...

Posted Jul 14 2010, 12:46 PM by Intifada Palestine

كله صابون

حقيقة: الإنسان بعيش وبتعلم. وكل يوم بنشوف أشياء جديدة وبنكتشف إنه كانت عنا مفاهيم خطأ عن أشياء معينة وعادي، مش مشكلة، بس المشكلة الواحد يحصر حاله في زاوية معينة وعالم معين وما يحاول يعرف أكتر عن الناس...

Posted Jul 13 2010, 02:28 PM by Cinnamon Zone

Filed under: Arab World, بالعربي

New Tensions Test Old Allies

By Lamis Andoni A number of prominent Republican and Democrat congressmen slammed Turkey's "disgraceful conduct," warning that there would be "payback" if Ankara continued to pursue...

Posted Jul 09 2010, 11:36 PM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, middle east, Israel, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, opinion, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Featured, Nato, European Union, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, war on terror, U.S. foreign policy, muslim world, World News, Israeli war on gaza, U.S.A, News/Politics, pro-Israel lobby, Pro- Israeli Lobbies, United Nations Security Council, Lamis Andoni, Turkish parliament, Turkish government, neo-conservatives, Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)"., Development Party (AKP), pro-Islamic Arab axis., Islamist Justice Party, Turkey's vote against imposing further sanctions on Iran at the United Nations Security Council., Turkey's Islamic identity, post-Cold War neo-conservative agenda, post-9 /11 'war on terror', Europe and the United States, Israeli attack on a Turkish Gaza-bound aid flotilla, New Tensions Test Old Allies, US assistant secretary of European and Eurasian affairs Philip Gordon, Israeli security, Muslim and Arab countries

Bishop Donald Corder: Cost of Being a Turkish Samurai

Bishop Donald Corder The CIA death squads and kindred units from the military killed many, many people and most certainly there was extensive 'collateral damage' - meaning innocent people being...

Posted Jul 08 2010, 07:49 PM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Islam, ARAB MEDIA, United Nations, Iran, Turkey, opinion, war, Shah of Iran, Featured, CIA, U.S. foreign policy, Israeli government, Soviet Union, World News, Sami Moubayed, Bishop Donald Corder, World Bank, U.S.A, News/Politics, pro-Israel lobby, Pro- Israeli Lobbies, psychological warfare, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, US hegemony, Turkish Samurai, Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, United Arab Republic, Patriot Act, President Theodore Roosevelt, Bishop Donald Corder: Cost of Being a Turkish Samurai, British Petroleum, Cost of Being a Turkish Samurai, International Monetary Fund, Blackstone, Turkey's governing Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), political tsunami, Israeli complicity, black African slaves, CIA agent Kermit Roosevelt, Arab and Muslim worlds, Mohammad Reza Shah, Samura, neo-conservatives, subjugation and Israeli terrorism, Egyptian scholar Samir Amin, CIA death squads, nuclear holocaus

Bishop Donald Corder: The Sun Tzu of a Turkish Samurai

Bishop Donald R. Corder Such as is eminently personified in 1980 when General Sharon signed an oath with his blood along with very many senior IDF officers who aligned themselves with the same blood oath...

Posted Jun 28 2010, 09:30 PM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Gaza, Iran, opinion, Palestinians, Featured, Israeli occupation, war crimes, Gaza Strip, Israeli war crimes, Israeli Defense force, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, Zionisim, Benjamin Franklin, operation Cast Lead, Ariel Sharon, Menachem Begin, Judea and samaria, Palestinian People, Israeli Blockade of Gaza, Jeff Gates, Israeli siege of gaza, people of Gaza, Goldstone report, Donald Corder, News/Politics, Jewish Holocaust, Flotilla, Free Gaza flotilla, Gaza aid flotilla, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Israeli Flotilla Raid, Zionist place in global domination., American media blitz waged against Iran, Zionist agenda, Palestinian peoples under Zionist occupation, IDF officers, Nation of Palestine, Egyptain Author Samir Amin, Gaza Holocaust, Zionist threats of bombing, Bishop Donald R. Corder, The Moral Law, Turkish martyrs aboard the MV Mavi Marmara, collective global imperialism, Murder of Turkish citizens, UN’s Goldstone Report, How Israel is Destabilizing Pakistan., US hegemony, Turkish Samurai, The Sun Tzu of a Turkish Samurai, Middle Eastern oil boom

It Just Got Political…

It just got political as The Franco/Arab Film Festival censors ‘Son of Babylon’ director’s letter and petition to audience By Kathryn Wilson Iraq’s Missing Campaign The day before award-winning Iraqi...

Posted Jun 21 2010, 04:20 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Human Rights, Jordan, Arab World, Iraq, Cinema, Dailies, Arts&Culture | فنون وثقافة, Franco-Arab

أصوات أردنية حرة : تربية و تعليم… أحلام نووية …و كوابيس حكومة

رصد: حبر “النظام التعليمي الفاشل، كان لازم وجد حل من البداية بتحويل هيك طلاب لمختصين بدل من نقلها من مدرسة لمدرسة، لأنه هالشي ما زادها غير اصرار وعدوانية.”.كان ما تركه أحد المعلقين ليحلل قصة...

Posted Jun 18 2010, 01:18 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, education, Blogs, الأردن, اسرائيل, Blogroll, العنف, كأس العالم, Roundups, التربية, ضرائب, الطاقة النووية, التعلبم, nuclear power

But What About the “Average” Jordanians?

It was recently announced that the average wage in Jordan is 300 JD per month. Ever since hearing that figure I have been awed trying to imagine anyone who could support themselves on such a salary, let...

Posted Jun 13 2010, 02:33 AM by Emigrant? Immigrant? World Citizen.

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, politics, Rants

Verbatim | Queen Rania Criticizes Israel

“The attack stunned the world because of its blatant and absurd disregard for anything resembling international law, human rights, and diplomatic norms. Its glaring outrageousness stunned, but didn’t...

Posted Jun 07 2010, 03:26 AM by The Black Iris of Jordan

Filed under: News, Palestine, Jordan, Arab World, Israel, politics, Commentary

In The Absence Of Arab Leadership, The Arab World Shows Erdogan The Love

It’s rather fascinating - sprinkled lightly with some historic irony - that the Arab world has immersed itself in another infatuation: Turkish leader Erdogan. His stance on Israel’s war on...

Posted Jun 05 2010, 07:08 PM by The Black Iris of Jordan

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Israel, Interestingness, Commentary

أصوات أردنية حرة : غزة …ما بعد الغضب و الإحباط

رصد: حبر ما زالت “غزة” من أكثر المواضيع تداولا على ألسنة المدونات الأردنية بعد مداهمة إسرائيل لأسطول الحرية في بداية الأسبوع الحالي. في حين عبرت معظم المدونات عن غضبها للمجزرة التي ارتكبت و...

Posted Jun 04 2010, 10:23 PM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, مدونات, Blogs, Gaza, غزة, مظاهرات, Blogroll, Roundups, قانون دولي

A Nation’s Freedom Fleet

By Farah Mehdawi The recent military attacks on the Freedom Flotilla seem to have gotten parts of the world wonder about the Israeli madness, as one would expect. But this time I thought I should just...

Posted Jun 01 2010, 10:40 PM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Gaza, Dailies, Opinions | أراء, FreedomFlotilla

بالصور: اعتصام في عمّان تضامنا مع أسطول الحرية

تجمع نحو مئتي مواطن أمام مجمع النقابات المهنية في الشميساني في اعتصام دعت إليه النقابات المهنية وأحزاب المعرضة احتجاجا على الاعتداء الإسرائيلي على أسطول الحرية المحمل بالمساعدات لقطاع غزة. وتوجه المتظاهرون...

Posted May 31 2010, 03:32 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Palestine, Jordan, Arab World, Amman, politics, protest, Gaza, Dailies, Flotilla

The Flotilla Massacre: Israel Attacks Boats Delivering Aid To Gaza

AP PHOTO: Pro-Palestinian Turks shout slogans “death to Israel” as they protest against Israel, at the entrance of Israeli ambassador’s residence in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, May 31, 2010...

Posted May 31 2010, 02:29 AM by The Black Iris of Jordan

Filed under: News, Palestine, Arab World, Israel, politics

أصوات أردنية حرة : الإضطهاد الجنسي….و ما اّل اليه شارع الرينبو

رصد: حبر “نتحدث هنا عن حالات مفرطة قدر لها أن تظهر على السطح, و لكن ماذا عن الحالات الأخرى التي تبقى في الخفاء, أنا متأكد أن هناك أيضا من الأولاد من يتعرض للإغتصاب” كان رأي هيثم بالنسبة لحالات...

Posted May 28 2010, 11:00 PM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Arab World, مدونات, Blogs, Blogroll, 7iber, حبر, Roundups, الشباب, sexual harrasment, عنف الأسري, شارع الرينبو

Why Women Accept Abuse

Why a woman could accept abuse as a part of her life could be beyond some people. It’s understandable that anyone who enjoys the independence and free will to pose that question wouldn’t be...

Posted May 22 2010, 08:10 AM by Cinnamon Zone

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Women

أصوات أردنية حرة : صدمات :الخدمة السياحية …ينابيع عفرا…و الدعارة في الأردن

رصد: حبر “هذ المدونة تخط نقاط ضعفنا و قوتنا…فنعم..لدى الناس في الأردن عزة نفس ولكنا نفتقد التدريب في مجال الخدمات خصوصا الضيافة” كان تعليق قارئ على مدونة خالد الذي سرد فيها حواره مع سائق...

Posted May 21 2010, 03:31 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, مدونات, Blogs, الأردن, Blogroll, Roundups, عفرا, طفيلة, نووي, الدعارة, السياحة

مين أختك؟

عم بقرأ حالياً رواية بتدور أحداثها في فلسطين في بدايات وأواسط القرن الماضي، واللي لفت انتباهي في القصة هو إنها بتظهر جانب قليل ما بسمع عنه عن العادات الفلسطينية، وخاصة إنه الأحداث مستوحاة من الواقع يعني...

Posted May 19 2010, 12:04 AM by Cinnamon Zone

Filed under: Arab World, Women

مغامرات الانطربرونور الصغير The Adventure of a Little Entrepreneur

قامت خرابيش بانتاج هذا الفيلم الكرتوني القصير والذي يتحدث عن القصص التي يتعرض لها أصحاب الشركات الناشئة باسلوب كوميدي فكاهي. وقد تم عرض هذا الفيلم في افتتاح ميدان التي تعنى باحتضان الأفكار الابداعية للشباب...

Posted May 16 2010, 04:22 AM by Sha3teely

Filed under: Arab World, media, Technology, Events, Sarcasm, web, Cartoon

Israeli Arab MK: Israel’s actions in Jerusalem are a second Nakba

By Fadi Eyadat and Reuters Israeli Arab MK Jamal Zahalka, marking the Palestinian "day of catastrophe" or Nakba, said Saturday that if Israel's government were to go ahead with its construction...

Posted May 15 2010, 02:09 PM by Intifada Palestine

Interview with Dr. Sari Nusseiba

Dr. Sari Nusseiba Our problem is this overwhelming Israeli occupation which is making our life a an unending nightmare. Indeed, Israel is already waging a protracted war of terror and killing against our...

Posted May 13 2010, 10:28 PM by Intifada Palestine

Another Day, Another Dinar

Yesterday, Rand posted about some problems she is having at work. I urged her in a comment not to settle for a job that does not satisfy her, whether it be the work or the people (in her case, apparently...

Posted May 12 2010, 03:20 AM by Emigrant? Immigrant? World Citizen.

Filed under: work, Arab World, Rants

Diluting the National Identity?

While browsing Ammon News, I stumbled across a piece entitled “Jordanians Fear Refugee Influx.” Intrigued, I read the article. In the opinion of the author, Mr. Osama Al Sharif, Jordanians fear that another...

Posted May 10 2010, 04:59 AM by Emigrant? Immigrant? World Citizen.

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, politics, Rants

“God Willing”

One can’t live in Jordan long without realizing that everyone is saying “Insha Allah” all the time. Will I see you tomorrow? “Insha Allah.” Will that report be on my desk...

Posted May 10 2010, 12:03 AM by Emigrant? Immigrant? World Citizen.

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World

“أصوات أردنية حرة: حركات معتمة و مضيئة …و “التمثيل الإختياري

رصد: حبر “لأن الصمت أمام هذا البيان الخطيئة هو مشاركة في الجريمة” كان رد خالد تعليقا على بيان المتقاعدين العسكريين. يستغرب خالد فهناك مفارقة كبيرة بين ما كتب في البيان و ما يمثلة المتقاعدون...

Posted May 07 2010, 11:57 PM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, مدونات, Blogs, الأردن, تكنولوجيا, انتخابات, Blogroll, Roundups, متقاعدين عسكريين

أصوات أردنية حرة: فيضانات مباشرة…تمييز بين الذكر و الأنثى …وحال الحاسوب في الاردن

رصد: حبر على الرغم من وجوده في عمان, تمكن علي من متابعة أحداث فيضانات الرياض عن قرب من خلال موقع التشبيك الإجتماعي “تويتر” الذي فاض أيضا بالصور, الفيديو و الرسائل من شهود عيان في الرياض. ”وجدت...

Posted May 07 2010, 04:08 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, مدونات, Blogs, الأردن, حاسوب, انترنت, Blogroll, Roundups, فيضانات

Freedom Flotilla to Gaza

Freedom Flotilla to Gaza by Rifat Audeh I have always marveled at the human spirit. How some people persevere, overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles against all odds, elevate themselves to new heights...

Posted May 03 2010, 05:18 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Palestine, Jordan, Arab World, Amman, politics, Gaza, Justice, viva palestina

A Surgical Strike on Israel’s Wallet Could End the Occupation

by Matthew A. Taylor If more American college campuses and local agencies pass divestment measures, eventually members of U.S. Congress may come to see that they must listen to their pro-justice, pro-peace...

Posted May 03 2010, 12:41 AM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Zionism, Gaza, West Bank, opinion, Palestinians, Activism, Jews, Featured, Israeli occupation, Gaza Strip, Israeli war crimes, middle east conflict, Israeli settlements, U.S. foreign policy, israeli Apartheid, Apartheid Israel, Israeli government, World News, Israeli Colonies, Occupied territories, Hedy Epstein, Goldstone report, Boycott Divestment & Sanctions, Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, Boycott Israeli products, U.S.A, News/Politics, Media Information, Palestinian refugee crisis, University of California at Berkeley, Israeli apartheid state, Boycott Divestments and Sanctions (BDS), American college students, General Electric, Christians and Muslims; Israelis, Zionist leaders, Israel's violations of Palestinian Human rights, Israel's occupation of Palestinian land, United Technologies, Berkeley student government, Arab Peace Initiative, Ofra Ben Artzi, Mathew A. Taylor, A Surgical Strike on Israel's wallet could End the Occupation

The Ketermaya Village Story: How To Document A Lynching

In the regional headlines lately is Ketermaya village in Lebanon, where a 38 year old Egyptian worker was apparently lynched by an angry mob: Mohammed Muslem, a 38-year-old Egyptian reportedly working...

Posted May 02 2010, 08:30 PM by The Black Iris of Jordan

Filed under: Arab World, society, Technology, Commentary

تحرير المناهج التعليمية!

مازالت لدي القناعة والثقة الكبيرة بأن معظم مشاكلنا التي نعانيها في وقتنا الحاضر بدءاً من البطالة والفقر والفساد وانتهاءاً بمشاكل المجتمع الاخلاقية والسلوكية، وغيرها العديد العديد من المشاكل، يمكن حلّها...

Posted Apr 25 2010, 08:20 AM by Sha3teely

Filed under: Arab World, society, opinion, local

Have Your Say: Books and Reading in the Arab World

In the 1,000 years since the reign of the Caliph Mamoun as many books have translated into Arabic as Spain translates in one year, according to the 2002 Arab Human Development Report. In recent years there...

Posted Apr 24 2010, 04:27 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Arab World, Arts&Culture | فنون وثقافة, Featured | قصص مختارة, Headline | المقال الرئيسي, Have Your Say

أصوات أردنية حرة: مواقع على الإنترنت و مواقع ألغام

رصد: حبر يلقي موقع عرب كرنش بالظل على برنامج جديد يدعم اللغة العربية الذي يسمح لمستخدمي تويتر بطرح استفتاءات عن كل المواضيع ,حيث يمكنهم الإدلاء بأصواتهم وإضافة تعليقاتهم في 140 حرفا. اسم البرنامج “تويت...

Posted Apr 24 2010, 01:06 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Arab World, Blogroll, Opinions | أراء, Society | اجتماعيات, Roundups

Nawal El Saadawi: Rebel with a Cause

I just read the most wonderful interview with Nawal El Saadawi. Her work for the rights of women is outstanding. Especially heart-wrenching is her mention of enduring female circumcision. This world needs...

Posted Apr 20 2010, 05:17 AM by Emigrant? Immigrant? World Citizen.

Filed under: Arab World, Women

اصوات اردنية حرة :خصوصية حقوق إنسان و عطوة شرف

رصد: حبر “لم تبادر الحكومة لدحض مثل هذه التقارير بأدلة واضحة، برغم أننا نستخدم مثل هذه التقارير في الحالات التي تخدم المصلحة العامة!! وننفيها ونستنكر ما جاء فيها إذا كانت ذات صورة سلبية” كان...

Posted Apr 19 2010, 10:00 PM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Arab World, مدونات, Blogroll, حقوق إنسان, Society | اجتماعيات, Roundups, أردن, جرائم شرف

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