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• من دخل مداخل السوء اتُّهِم

  إحضروا الفيديو أوّلاً. بدّي أركبّ قرون خاروف وألبس طاقيّة ال "dummy" وأفترض حسن النيّة لحد العبط وأقول إنو كاسة عبّود فيها ميّ أو عصير تفّاح أو يمكن فيمتو ولاّ ريدبولل, ماشي.. بسّ شو بالنسبة... Posted Nov 18 2008, 12:39 AM by Adoosh Filed under: Arab World, KSA, Hypocrisy

• Mohammad bin Rashid Foundation signs MoU with Syrian Computer Society’s ICT Incubator

  The Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation , today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Syrian Computer Society’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT... Posted Nov 17 2008, 09:00 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Syria, Dubai, Damascus, Press Release, VC & Capital, Capital, entrepreneurial, Society's Information and Communication Technology (ICT, Incubators, Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, exhibit

• Onkosh.com Yamli’s Competitor, Distributed Prizes to Sudoko Competition Winners

  Last week, search engine Onkosh distributed prizes to the winners of the Soduko competition held during Ramadan on www.onkosh.com. Sudoko Winners: Soduko relies on logical mathematical analysis and has... Posted Nov 17 2008, 07:59 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, middle east, yahoo, Web 2.0, Startups, Press Release, Orascom Telecom, Ayna, Search Engines, maktoob, isp, Araby, Yamli, MSN Arabia, Transliteration, Online Games, Vortals, MSN, Ta3reeb, Sudoko, Onkush, causal games, Live.com, search engin

• Communications for Technology Professionals -Thurs. Nov. 20, ‘08

  TechWadi the organization of Arab technology professionals in Silicon Valley and around the world, will be hosting its next networking event on Thursday Nov. 20, 2008. you can join the event to network... Posted Nov 13 2008, 11:05 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Events, USA, event, TechWadi, San Jose, CA

• تفكير سلبي

  أحياناً نتخذ من الفكر الديني غطاءً حتى لا نفكر بمشاكلنا الحقيقية قرأت اليوم في العربية الخبر التالي: أدينا بتعذيبها بالكي والجلد حتى لفظت أنفاسها محكمة جدة تقضي بإعدام والد الطفلة “أريج” وسجن... Posted Nov 12 2008, 05:46 AM by The Sugar cubes Filed under: Arab World, society

• A New Jordanian Tribe: Where Are You From?

  Wael, who is, in my humble opinion, one of the most creative minds in Jordan today, created something I just found brilliant. If a picture can speak a thousand words, the following is an ethos. And I post... Posted Nov 11 2008, 03:28 PM by The Black Iris of Jordan Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, society, Portraits

• مصير أبي الحروف

  أقوى من الشدّة، أطول من المدّة، أحد من السين، أهدأ من السكون، أسرع من لمح العين، إنّه الرجل الطائر، إنه… أبو الحروف. تنهد أبو الحروف وهو يتذكر تلك الكلمات الرنّانه عندما كان يرددها الأطفال في كل... Posted Nov 11 2008, 12:04 AM by Sha3teely Filed under: Arab World, Stories

• Mrrha: Pass Your Files to Multiple Uploading Sites at the Same Time

  Do you upload your files to many file uploading websites? If so this manual process takes allot of your time and your effort, in uploading each file to each website alone. Well, you do not have to do that... Posted Nov 06 2008, 06:20 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, Arabic, Web 2.0, Startups, forums, Mrrha, File uploading, Mohammad Elmasoudy, Mirroring

• Google Launches Google Calendar in Arabic

  Google Launch of its Arabic version of its SaaS calendar is part of its plan to continue serve the Arabic market, by Arabaizing all its products, and launch other apps that caters to the Arabic speakers... Posted Nov 05 2008, 11:52 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, UAE, Google, Google Calendar, Web 2.0, Husni Khuffash, Gmail, SaaS

• ArabCrunch Partners with Mashable’s 2nd Annual Open Web Awards: NOMINATIONS OPEN!

  ArabCrunch is proud to announce its partnership with Mashable , in its 2nd Annual Open Web Awards. Mashable is one of the top visited blogs worldwide, its choice to include ArabCrunch as one of the 100... Posted Nov 05 2008, 10:48 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, international, Events, Europe, Blogs, USA, Social Media, Web 2.0, Asia, Startups, Mobile 2.0, e-commerce, e-marketing, Social Networking, arabcrunch, Mashable, Telecom, Search Engines, Where 2.0, SaaS, ArabCrunch News, VC & Capital, Nomination, 2nd Annual Web Awards, Vortals, Web Awards, Voting

• تهنئة وتبريك

  تتقدّم عشائر المفاعلة والفعيلات والفعول وعامّة بني يعرب بأخلص مشاعر التهنئة والتبريك للأسمر أبو عيون جريئة باراك أوباما وسائر عشائر الأباومة الكرام في أمريكا وأفريقيا والمهجر بمناسبة نجاحه في الإمتحانات... Posted Nov 05 2008, 03:23 AM by Adoosh Filed under: Arab World, politics, Obama

• Is Youth Inclusion In The Region Underrated?

  Yesterday I got to attend a small meeting for the Arab Sustainability Leadership Group, which was formed by HM Queen Rania for the purpose of creating sustainable solutions for the region. The session... Posted Nov 03 2008, 01:21 AM by The Black Iris of Jordan Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Ranting, Rambling, Raving

• العبقرية العربية

  الرئيس الجزائري عبد العزيز بوتفليقة يعلن عن إجراء تعديل دستوري، على مستوى البرلمان، يعتقد أنه يتضمن بنداً يسمح له بالترشح لولاية ثالثة العام المقبل، يمنعها الدستور الحالي. عاش الزعيم الحلو الجدع أبو عيون... Posted Nov 01 2008, 02:29 PM by Cinnamon Zone Filed under: Arab World

• Muslim Business Club to Rebrands to SALAMBC–Screenshots

  muslimbc whose CEO Rias A. Sherzad I interviewed back in April 08, is in few days time –next Tuesday- to rebrand to SALAMBC short for Salam Business Club. (Screen shots at the end of this post.) MuslimBC... Posted Oct 31 2008, 06:24 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Islam, international, Europe, Web 2.0, muslim, Asia, Startups, Social Networking, Germany, Business social networking, Salam Business Club, xing, linkedin, SALAMBC, Muslimbc, islamcrunch

• Yamli Launches iGoogle Gadget

  Yamli ’s the Arabic transliteration technology now available on iGoogle custom homepage .Yamli’s gadget now allows users to type in English and get Arabic letters right from their Google homepage... Posted Oct 31 2008, 08:58 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Arabic, Web 2.0, Startups, Translation, iGoogle, Yamli, Transliteration, iGoogle Gadget

• OpenX Launches a SaaS Version of the Popular Open Source Ad Server

  If you are a blogger or a med size website who wants to monetize your website and manage your ads at easily with less hassle, the free open source company OpenX today’s announced OpenX Hosted is... Posted Oct 30 2008, 01:34 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, international, Arabic, Europe, USA, Web 2.0, Asia, Startups, online advertising, e-marketing, emarketing, Adsense, Arabic version, OpenX, OpenX Hosted

• Intel and Dubai Silicon Oasis Invests in Dubai Based Software Developer Sphere Networks

  Joining forces with Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) , Intel announced its investment in Dubai-based Sphere Networks , an emerging Arab based software development firm specialized in enterprise management. Intel... Posted Oct 29 2008, 06:50 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, international, UAE, 2007, Dubai, USA, 2008, Networking, Startups, Press Release, Telecom, Orascom Telecom, WiMAX, VC & Capital, investment, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Intel Capital, Sphere Networks, funding, Inetl, DSO, Capital, 2005, enterprise network management, Joint Venture, Arena

• SouqElArab.com Partners with LebanonPath.com, to Serve the Arab communities Across the Globe, Directly from the Heart of Lebanon

  Press Release: The Arab social Web shopping portal, SouqElArab.com , partners with LebanonPath.com to better serve Arab communities across the globe with the finest Lebanese and Arab products. LebanonPath... Posted Oct 25 2008, 06:34 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Lebanon, Shopping, Beirut, Web 2.0, Startups, e-commerce, e-marketing, Social Networking, Press Release, social shopping, Partnership, Socialnetworking, SouqElArab.com SouqElArab e-commerce

• More Details About Wikeez

  I have received from Delphine Eddé the founder of Wikeez an email answering my questions and giving more insight into Wikeez: Who are we ? An online community for fans ! As you said it in your article... Posted Oct 23 2008, 05:38 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, Arab, Lebanon, Arabic, people, Facebook, Social Media, Web 2.0, Startups, Social Networking, beta, digg, VC & Capital, Wikeez, Kuv Capital, Socialmedia, Luanch, alpha, Business Model, Socail Networking

• Wikeez Received Seed Funding of USD $250,000 from Kuv Capital.

  Wikeez a Lebanon based new social entertainment web site has received USD $250,000 from Kuv Capita l, the funding will be used for development and attracting market adoption. Wikeez allow people to publish... Posted Oct 22 2008, 06:54 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, international, Lebanon, Europe, Dubai, startup, USA, Social Media, Beirut, Web 2.0, Asia, Startups, Portals, Social Networking, France, VC & Capital, Venture Capital, Paris, Entertainmen

• Do you know who's Abdullah Al-Barghouthi?

  Today as I was listening to the radio on my way to work, I switched to Hayat FM and they were dedicating that morning to the subject of the Jordanians prisoners in the Israeli jails, since today, 20/10... Posted Oct 20 2008, 03:48 AM by Cinnamon Zone Filed under: Palestine, Jordan, Arab World, politics

• سيّد الأختام

  ختم ليس كأي ختم، لا يحمله أي شخص ولا تختم به أية معاملة.. ختم تنحني له كل الأختام في كل الدوائر الحكومية.. ختم لم ولن تجربه أبداً ما دمت مواطناً عادياً… ختم يذلل كل العقبات ويمحي كل الرشاوي و الواسطات... Posted Oct 15 2008, 09:40 AM by Sha3teely Filed under: Arab World, society, Life, Culture, Mas7'ara

• سيّد الأختام

  ختم ليس كأي ختم، لا يحمله أي شخص ولا تختم به أية معاملة.. ختم تنحني له كل الأختام في كل الدوائر الحكومية.. ختم لم ولن تجربه أبداً ما دمت مواطناً عادياً… ختم يذلل كل العقبات ويمحي كل الرشاوي و الواسطات... Posted Oct 15 2008, 09:40 AM by Sha3teely Filed under: Arab World, society, Life, Culture, Mas7'ara

• Linked Development Enables Social Media CRM: Connects Microsoft Dynamics CRM to Facebook

  Founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of the Egyptian company LINKdotNET , LINK Development‘s Facebook Dynamics CRM Connector , is a new application to enable companies to communicate with and handle queries... Posted Oct 15 2008, 09:10 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, international, Europe, USA, microsoft, CRM, Facebook, Social Media, Web 2.0, Asia, Social Networking, Telecom, Orascom Telecom, SaaS, Linked Development, SAP CRM, Oracle CRM, MSN Arabia, Enterprise 2.0, SugerCRM, Business social networking, LINKdotNET

• No more Twitter SMS! BrightKite has Free International In-Bound SMS and, It Also Redesigned and Added New Features -30 Invites-

  If you are outside USA, Canada and UK, you no longer can get your twitter friends update via SMS, yhough a number of starups came along to offer you twitter SMS but with hefty charge per SM S . Well that... Posted Oct 11 2008, 01:31 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, international, Europe, startup, USA, Social Media, Web 2.0, sms, Asia, Startups, twitter, Social Networking, API, social network, beta, Where 2.0, LBS, Brightkite, Internationla SMS, BK, Denvor, Location Based Socialnetwork

• October is the Domestic Violence Month

  Every 15 seconds a woman is a target of violence around the world. One in every five wives is regularly physically abused by her husband. According to new study 61 percent of Jordanian women are targets... Posted Oct 11 2008, 03:47 AM by The Sugar cubes Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Women

• Missing In Lebanon!

  I was shocked to discover that two journalists at the Jordan Times went missing during the Eid holiday while in Lebanon. AMMAN - The search continued on Wednesday for The Jordan Times editor and reporter... Posted Oct 08 2008, 11:44 PM by The Black Iris of Jordan Filed under: News, Jordan, Arab World

• Movie Review | Under The Bombs

  The film that began shooting only 10 days after the 2006 July War between Israel and Lebanon, has made its rounds this past year through the various film festivals. Nevertheless, it has yet to reach its... Posted Oct 08 2008, 05:18 AM by The Black Iris of Jordan Filed under: Movies, Arab World

• Consumer spending on mobile broadcast TV to reach $2.7 billion by 2013, but revenues to be hit by free to air services, according to Juniper Research

  HAMPSHIRE, UK — The increasing availability of mobile handsets capable of receiving free-to-air analogue and digital terrestrial TV signals will adversely impact the prospects for dedicated mobile... Posted Oct 07 2008, 01:27 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, international, Europe, Us, UK, USA, china, mobile, tv, Asia, Mobile 2.0, Japan, Research, Press Release, Juniper Research, Germany, 3G, 2013, South Korea, mobile TV, streamed video-on-demand, DVB-T, mobile users, DVB-H

• Araby Adds New Arabic Search Features

  Araby (Arabic Link) the Arabic search engine from Jordan based Maktoob Group- which attracts more than 13 million unique users- has added new features. The first new feature is categorized search, where... Posted Oct 07 2008, 08:46 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Arabic, Google, search, Web 2.0, Portals, Ayna, Search Engines, maktoob, Araby, Maktoob Groop

• Living to Al–Kindi’s Heritage, KindiSoft : Securing Your Rich Internet Application & Protecting Your IP

  Do you Al-Kindi (also known as Alkindus) (Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب إبن إسحاق الكندي )? most probably not. He was a 9th century pioneer in cryptanalysis and cryptology, he also devised new methods of breaking... Posted Oct 06 2008, 07:48 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Amman, Arab, international, Europe, startup, USA, Air, PSUT, Asia, Telecom, ASTF, Intel, KindiSoft, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, JCipher, kindi, SWF