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  Nakba: 65 years on...

  Visit https://www.facebook.com/eyeonpalestine2011 for more pictures Palestinian man carrying an ownership documents for his property .. Palestine Government in 1948 #Palestin4Palestians . رجل فلسطيني ما... Posted May 15 2013, 04:08 AM by Salam SuSu... Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Arab, Zionism, Nakba, war, Death, Murder, Genocide, 2013, Jew, Martyr, Catastrophe, Jaffa, illegal, 65 years, displacement, britain.

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  #Syria : This is more than Alarming

  Moaz Al-Khatib , the ex-president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition was interviewed by Al Jazeera international. His interview was quite alarming and I believe the National... Posted May 11 2013, 10:00 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: media, Arab, politics, Video, Syria, war, National Security, Arabic faces

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  When do Americans read newspapers?

  An Arab friend of mine delivers one of the local daily newspapers. Here is a conversation that took a place one day around 5:30 pm after he was done with his route. Me: I still don’t understand your... Posted Apr 25 2013, 06:27 AM by Jaraad Filed under: Culture, Arab, Arabs, Newspapers, USA, americans, labor day, May Day, International Workers' Day

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  #Aleppo : The Minaret is gone

  This is just sad , extremely sad in a way you can not ever imagine. Yes the human souls are precious but seeing the famous Umayyad Mosque without its famous minaret today was a huge shock. The minaret... Posted Apr 24 2013, 06:01 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: citizen Journalism, Photos, Islam, history, Arab, politics, Syria, war

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  My Two Cents about #Femen and Their #Jihad !!

  This twitter message summarizes what I want to say about Femen and their Topless Jihad. #Femen #muslimahpride #toplessjihadday "I do not need patriarchal states or eurocentric feminists to dictate... Posted Apr 05 2013, 12:51 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: society, Women, citizen Journalism, Photos, Islam, Arab, Religion, Europe, Just Opinion

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  Arresting Qaddaf El Dam , a big noise like his late cousin

  Early Tuesday the Egyptian police arrested by the orders of the INTERPOL 3 top wanted Ex-Qaddafi regime’s officials above them Ahmed Qaddaf El Dam , the top Qaddafi’s aide and his cousin in a very big... Posted Mar 19 2013, 07:35 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, regional, Follow Up, Economy, Arabic faces, trials, maghreb

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  #Libya and #Egypt : The Silent Crisis

  The famous silent man from Tahrir spoke about it We are facing hard times when it comes to the Egyptian Libyan relations unlike what we have imagined especially in the past two weeks. The Egyptians especially... Posted Mar 15 2013, 06:54 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Economy, MB, National Security, Minorities, Presidency, maghreb, Post revolution

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  Balls vs Eggs

  In America, they say “she/he got balls” when referring to a person as being bold or brave. In some Arab countries they refer to these same balls as eggs. Although, it used to mean the same... Posted Feb 28 2013, 09:10 AM by Jaraad Filed under: middle east, Arab, politics, Arabs, USA, american, September 11

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  Science Fictitious: Cosmonauta vs. Anna Karenina & Solaris

  This is in a way a twisted Valentine greeting with Cosmonauta 13. I know I haven’t been blogging much, and I apologize for that, but I’ve been posting a lot of pieces, writings and illustrations... Posted Feb 14 2013, 04:07 AM by Brick in the Head Filed under: Jordan, Blogging, Amman, Arab, Writing, Russia, Comics, fiction, Science Fiction, sardine, Russian, armenian, Russian literature, Mike V. Derderian, Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga and Anime, and yeah ... Art!, Brick in the head, Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Andrey Tarkovskiy, solaris

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  #Tunisia : Protests , strikes and testimonies

  First all I will start with this video from Nawaat. An interview with Nadia Dawood who is the eye witness of Chokri Belaid's assassination. Nadia Dawood , who is a journalist , is the neighbour of... Posted Feb 07 2013, 03:36 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Video, maghreb

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  #Belaid , the first in #Tunisia , who will be next !!

  Earlier this morning the leader of left Democratic patriots movement party in Tunisia , Chokri Belaid has been killed outside his house. The man was shot four times in his head and chest in front of his... Posted Feb 05 2013, 08:05 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Video, Terrorism, maghreb, Post revolution

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  Who is supposed to give the Dowry?

  One of my lab mates is going back to his country in Africa to get married. Me and him are the only non Americans in the group. Our all male group members were shocked to know that the dowry system works... Posted Feb 02 2013, 11:37 AM by Jaraad Filed under: middle east, Culture, Arab, Religion, africa, USA, wedding, Asia, Christians, islamic tradition, American Christians, islam and christianity, dowry system, dowry

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  My thin line between Sam Maloof and Mary Shirley

  One of my favorite humans of all time is Sam Maloof, the woodworker. I personally would favor calling Sam an artist, but he hated that word. Even when he received the MacArthur Fellowship award, he said... Posted Jan 30 2013, 01:31 PM by A Crafty Arab Filed under: Arab, Family, origin

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  الذكرى الـ 95 لميلاد جمال عبد الناصر

  Read More... Posted Jan 19 2013, 02:54 AM by Samanyat فدادين عبط عربية سخنة طازة بنار الفرن Filed under: Egypt, Arab, poem, free education, revolution, Arabism, Gamal Abdel Nasser, High Dam, poor people, Abnoudi, Nasserism, Agriculture Reform, Canal Suez Nationalizing, Industrialisation

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  Arab Women #25: Feet pictures on Instagram

  Not food, not natural scenery, not even boobs: It’s feet. That’s right. That’s what Instagram is used for by Arab women in the Middle East.   Not sure if it is a fetish or is it... Posted Jan 10 2013, 12:50 AM by Stuff Arabs Like Filed under: Arab, pictures, Photography, Facebook, Arab Women, weird, Beauty, Pop Culture, Arab Men, feet, Witchcraft, instagram

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  **Handcrafting a vibrant Arab world**

  There it is. Five simple words that make up my tagline. What is a tagline, you ask? Taglines are probably the second most noticeable element of a business identity (after a logo). With just a couple of... Posted Jan 06 2013, 07:57 AM by A Crafty Arab Filed under: Arab, Social Media, handmade

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  Two Shot Comics: Nippon Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

  The bellow illustrations were published in Issue 5 of Daftar, a great design and illustration magazine that features the works of Arab creatives, launched by graphic designer, illustrator and artist Omar... Posted Jan 06 2013, 03:19 AM by Brick in the Head Filed under: Jordan, Uncategorized, Arab, art, Arabic, sheep, Japan, jordanian, Illustration, Comics, sardine, armenian, Mike V. Derderian, Graphic Novels, Omar Al-Zo'bi, geishas, geisha, illustrator, seppuku, daftar

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  My Love to Pamela Geller...no, really!

  I've become a little scared lately at what is happening to America. This is not the Americathat I remember when my folks came here in the 70s to get away from a brute dictator that was systematically... Posted Jan 04 2013, 03:03 PM by A Crafty Arab Filed under: Arab, crafts

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  From two years ago #SidiBouzid

  From two years ago , on that particular day a street vegetables vendor was slapped by a policewoman “she denies” in the City of Sidi Bou Zid on December 17,2010. That slap did not change that vendor’s... Posted Dec 17 2012, 05:12 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: history, Arab, politics, Democracy, Arabic faces, African Faces, maghreb, #Jan25

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  Q&A about Arab and American culture

  Someone sent me a long list of questions about Arab culture. It is difficult to answer all of them in one post. So, I will try to answer a few in different posts. How has the US changed since you first... Posted Dec 07 2012, 08:18 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Culture, Arab, USA, American culture, arabs culture, cross-cultural marriage

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  Why many Americans want to learn Arabic?

  Today, while I was at Starbucks a Saudi student came by and we had a quick chat about what each is doing over the Christams holiday. After he left the smart looking senior American man who was sitting... Posted Nov 27 2012, 09:54 AM by Jaraad Filed under: Arab, Arabic, USA, Learning Arabic

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  Click. Click. Click!

  Click. Click. Click! His fingers hit the keys. Pause! The clicks silently died. Some *** piece of *** lied! They always do with sick minds that they hide under a well coiffed hairdo! Click. Click... Posted Nov 20 2012, 12:56 AM by Brick in the Head Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, Life, Arab, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Gulf, government, evil, IDF, dolls, Silence, Mike V. Derderian, beTwixt & beTween, israek, fuck you, olivetti

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  #Gaza : The Palestinians are coming the Palestinians are coming !!

  There are unconfirmed as well contradicting reports that refugees camps are being set up in Rafah and Al Arish in the past few hours. An Egyptian military source denied these reports but organizations... Posted Nov 18 2012, 06:43 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, National Security, Sinai

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  To the Children in #Assuit, #Gaza and #Syria

  This is a famous Palestinian lullaby sang by Palestinian Rima El Banna , “Ya Sitti” lullaby { oh My grandma} ه I dedicate to the children of Assuit , Gaza and Syria. The popular version of that lullaby... Posted Nov 17 2012, 03:10 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, citizen Journalism, Culture, Arab, Arts

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  The future of Islam in Arabia I

  Some would argue that the reason behind Europe’s “Dark Ages” is the ruling of the Church. Scientists were jailed and books were burned. Saying that the earth is not the center of the... Posted Nov 17 2012, 08:45 AM by Jaraad Filed under: Islam, Arab

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  #Gaza : Was Jaabari thinking of long term truce ??

  Haartez published yesterday an interview with Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin who claimed that Hamas late leader Ahmed Jaabari received a draft of long truce between Hamas and Israel. Unfortunately... Posted Nov 16 2012, 02:40 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, Arab, politics, mideast, Follow Up, Terrorism, Gaza, Hamas, war, National Security, Ahmed Yassin, Ahmed Jaabari, Gershon Baskin

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  #ReformJO : It is a message to #Egypt , #Morsi and #MB

  Jordan witnessed last night huge protests across the country after the decision of the government to raise the prices of fuel. Schools and universities have been closed today by the orders of the government... Posted Nov 13 2012, 09:14 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Jordan, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, Economy

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  The numbers of Tweeps from #Egypt on #Twitter

  These are the numbers of active tweeps in the Middle East region according to a study from Dubai school of government’s Arabic Social Media report about the active twitter users in the Arab world in March... Posted Nov 05 2012, 04:00 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, society, citizen Journalism, Arab, regional, Geek, Egyptian Life, Gulf

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  About #IAF raids on #Sudan

  The talk and gossip have not stopped yet in Cairo since the Israeli raid on Sudan’s Yarmouk military factory last and that training of EAF today’s morning was like a new fuel for that rumor mill that does... Posted Oct 29 2012, 04:21 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, National Security, Egyptian Army, Sudan

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  Trust and Customer Service in America

  Unlike America, trades in the Middle East do not involve fine prints chosen carefully by a group of lawyers. In the Middles East, a transaction between a merchant and a customer is so simple. Shops have... Posted Oct 28 2012, 05:15 PM by Jaraad Filed under: middle east, Islam, Culture, Arab, Economy, Business, USA, Customer Service, ethics, Columbia, Behavior

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  Trust and Customer Service in America

  Unlike America, trades in the Middle East do not involve fine prints chosen carefully by a group of lawyers. In the Middles East, a transaction between a merchant and a customer is so simple. Shops have... Posted Oct 28 2012, 05:15 PM by Jaraad Filed under: middle east, Islam, Culture, Arab, Economy, Business, USA, Customer Service, ethics, Columbia, Behavior

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  #Sudan : It is beyond a factory in #Khartoum

  on Tuesday the people of Khartoum woke up late night after hearing a huge explosion in a factory owned by the Sudanese army. The explosion took place in Yarmouk military industrial complex. A photo for... Posted Oct 24 2012, 11:09 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, Arab, politics, Video, National Security, Egyptian Army, Sudan, Khartoum, Yarmouk Factory, Factory

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  #Kuwait : This is big change in the #Gulf "Updated"

  There is a huge change taking place in the Gulf , after Bahrain , we got Kuwait and actually it is something expected. At iconic Kuwait towers by @Al Rai Media Hundreds of thousands Kuwaitis took the streets... Posted Oct 21 2012, 08:13 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, Elections, Gulf

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  Al-Kindi and Deciphering Messages

  Egyptians used encryption as a way to communicate messages in obscure form. Julies Caesar wrote his strategic letters in cipher, that is, by so changing the order of the letters of the alphabet. He replaced... Posted Oct 20 2012, 03:14 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Islam, Arab, Science

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  Al-Kindi and Deciphering Messages

  Egyptians used encryption as a way to communicate messages in obscure form. Julies Caesar wrote his strategic letters in cipher, that is, by so changing the order of the letters of the alphabet. He replaced... Posted Oct 20 2012, 03:14 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Islam, Arab, Science

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  #Syria : And history is being destroyed now

  The people of Aleppo are not asking the world to save them anyone , they lost hope in the people but they are asking the world to save their history. The fight now between the Free Syrian Army and Syrian... Posted Sep 29 2012, 10:51 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, citizen Journalism, Photos, history, Arab, politics, Video, Syria

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  Gamal Abdel Nasser: The Legend never dies

  * * * * Let them kill Nasser! What is Nasser but one among many? I am alive, and even if I die, all of you are Gamal Abdul Nasser! T o his followers during the assassination attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood... Posted Sep 28 2012, 05:54 PM by أفندينا Filed under: Egypt, middle east, Arab, mideast, revolution, President Nasser, Gamal Abdel Nasser, United Arab Republic, Suez Crisis, Six-Day War, colonel Nasser, The Muslim Brotherhood, Non-Aligned Movement, Free Officers

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  You Do not hear about them in the media

  You will not find this news whether in Arab or International mainstream media , you will not find this news in most of the Pro-Syrian revolution Facebook Pages. Not less 20 young men and women from Alwite... Posted Sep 23 2012, 08:31 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Syria

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  Food #Striking4Syria #Sept22 : Anyone interested in their #SOS call !??

  Be with us on September 21,2012 The great strike day for Syria Since the beginning of September 2012 a small group of Syrian ladies , starting with 4 amazing ladies “Louisa, Lena , Laila and Rola” began... Posted Sep 22 2012, 01:49 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, Women, citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Video, Syria

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  what is happening in Tunisia ?? Who is threatening Nawaat ?

  I am so consumed with what is happening in Egypt and Syria that I do not pay enough attention anymore to what is happening in other countries in the Arab world especially our beloved soul mate Tunisia... Posted Sep 21 2012, 01:02 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, africa, maghreb, Post revolution

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  Why Arabs are nosy?

  The fact of the matter is that we should always judge individuals and not generalize or stereotype. The truth also is that a culture identifies itself from others by its distinctive culture’s customs and... Posted Sep 20 2012, 06:17 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Jordan, middle east, Culture, Arab, Arabs, USA, Tourism, americans, Behavior

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  How can we forget #Sabra and #Shatila Massacre “+18 Graphic” Via Zeinobia

  * * * * Please click h e re to read more ... * * Technorati Tags: History , Citizen Journalism , Arab , Human rights , Media , Video , Lebabon , Israel , Palestine , Sabra and Shatila , Massacres , Samir... Posted Sep 17 2012, 05:09 PM by أفندينا Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, Arab, Video, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israeli crimes, Massacres, Sabra and Shatila, Samir Gaegae, Lebabon

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  #Syria Revolts : A horror That #YouTube Could not tolerate !!

  This is a scene you can imagine only in horror films , sadistic horror films you can see headless corpses of children and you think it does not happen that someone will cut a child in two half in real... Posted Sep 16 2012, 08:20 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Video, Syria, Follow Up, war, Children, war crimes, Idlib, Harasata

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  How can we forget #Sabra and #Shatila Massacre “+18 Graphic”

  Today marks the 30th anniversary one of the most horrific massacres or rather genocides in the history of the Arab world in the 20th century, the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon. Not less than 3000... Posted Sep 16 2012, 05:51 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, history, Arab, politics, Video, Lebanon, Massacres, Sabra and Shatila, Samir Gaegae, Lebabon

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  #USEmbassy : Another Mad Day in #Tunis, #Yemen , Lebanon and Sudan , search for politics before religion

  And after Cairo , US embassies in Tunis , Yemen ,Lebanon and Sudan are being attacked and stormed by angry protesters who allegedly are objecting the offensive film that no one would have heard if it were... Posted Sep 14 2012, 04:57 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: citizen Journalism, Islam, Arab, politics, Democracy, America, africa, Sudan, Gulf, maghreb, Happy Yemen

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  #Syria : 4 Ladies , the #Strikers4Syria At #LAS “Part 2”

  Here is the second part of my posts about those 4 Syrian ladies who continue in their hunger strike for the 5th day in row amazingly . Louisa did not change her clothes up till now since I had met her... Posted Sep 08 2012, 09:46 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, Women, citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, Syria, Follow Up

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  Syrian women are Refugees and Not your Captives

  Among the huge challenges and problems facing hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees are in the Arab countries especially in Jordan and Gulf , a very nasty problem : Rich old men from Gulf offer to marry... Posted Sep 01 2012, 08:35 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Women, citizen Journalism, Arab, Syria, regional, war

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  Regarding Morsi and the conquest of Tehran 2012 !!

  Morsi and Ahamedinajed The speech of Mohamed Morsi in the NAM summit meeting in Tehran yesterday is still echoing and causing controversy among Egyptians and the Arabs. Most people in Egypt find it reasonable... Posted Sep 01 2012, 06:37 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Islam, Arab, politics, Religion, regional, Iran, Presidency

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  When humans lose their humanity !!

  I do not know what kind of title I can use but this is the simplest thing popped in to my mind when I saw this news report Pro-El Assad Al Donia TV channel aired after Darya’s massacre in the doomed city... Posted Sep 01 2012, 12:09 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, Syria, Terrorism, war

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  Who wrote the NAM Speech ??

  Some think it was sectarian , some think it was the best, few like think it was balanced and well written to the level I wonder who wrote it !?? I am speaking about Mohamed Morsi’s speech in Tehran at... Posted Aug 30 2012, 01:59 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, Religion, Syria, National, Iran

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  Rachel Corrie , it is your damn fault to stand in front of military bulldozers after all !!!

  Now the Egyptian judiciary got a competition when it comes to politicized verdicts regionally : The Israeli judiciary !! Today an Israeli court ruled out that Israeli government is not responsible for... Posted Aug 28 2012, 06:04 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, America, trials

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  Arab Woman #21: Marriage

  My first post here.. thanks to h3m1ny3w who invited me to post here… So what is the most important thing to more than i believe 90% of girls. straight girls.. oh wait ,even gay girls now want it... Posted Aug 27 2012, 01:13 PM by Stuff Arabs Like Filed under: Arab, Pregnancy, Love, Kids, Arab Women, Relationships, Marriage, Arab Men, Proposal, Arab Marriage, Arab relationships, mating, bride, groom

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  Save the Sultan from that ugly Metal thing !!

  I think I spoke about this before , may be on twitter anyhow I think the ministry of Culture and Cairo Governorate should do something about that ugly metal structure called “Ayman Taha Mall” beside the... Posted Aug 26 2012, 07:09 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Islam, history, Culture, Arab, Grand Cairo

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  #Daraya : Another massacre , the biggest so far !!

  The town of Daraya in Reef Dimshaq was associated in my mind before the revolution with fruits and jams ; the best jams in the world , the best cherry in the world , the best canned apricots but now it... Posted Aug 25 2012, 09:00 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Video, Syria, Terrorism, war

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  #Ramadan Arabian Nights #2012 : Hagar, Sahar and Egrama-30 “The Finale”

  And Scheherazade tell you happy Eid to all our dear readers who listened and waited on a daily basis her to complete the tale of Ramadan 2012 , the tale of Hagar and Sahar. This is the first time I publish... Posted Aug 18 2012, 06:17 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Culture, Arab, Audio, Arts, Nostalgia, 1001

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  #Ramadan Arabian Nights #2012 : Hagar, Sahar and Egrama-28&29

  First I apology for not posting the 28th Night of 1001 radio nights , you have to blame Cairo’s crazy traffic last Thursday as I returned home with no power what so ever to do anything. Now we are coming... Posted Aug 17 2012, 01:03 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Culture, Arab, Audio, Arts, Nostalgia, 1001

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  Only in the Middle East , it is all about the Family !!

  At the time we are busy in our internal issues in Egypt and trying to keep up with Syria , the unexpected “somehow” happens in Lebanon in the most craziest way ever !! Today millions of Arabs were introduced... Posted Aug 15 2012, 10:22 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Video, Syria, Lebanon, Gulf

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  #Ramadan Arabian Nights #2012 : Hagar, Sahar and Egrama-27

  Here is our 27th night from our tale in Ramadan 2012 , the tale of Hagar and Sahar If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element The Old Sesek busted the dirty trick... Posted Aug 15 2012, 07:25 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Culture, Arab, Audio, Arts, Nostalgia, 1001

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  #Ramadan Arabian Nights #2012 : Hagar, Sahar and Egrama-26

  It is our 26th night from our tale in Ramadan 2012 , the tale of Hagar and Sahar If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element The Old Seksek goes to Sahar telling... Posted Aug 14 2012, 10:15 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Culture, Arab, Audio, Arts, Nostalgia, 1001

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  B&W photos from the streets of Amman in Ramadan – Fuji X-Pro 1

  As promised here is the continuation of yesterday’s blog post, but this time the photos posted are in black and white, which tends to be my preference for this type of photography, yet the X-Pro... Posted Aug 09 2012, 01:42 PM by The Blog of Laith Al-Majali Filed under: Jordan, Amman, Arab, people, Documentary, Photography, jordanian, street, digital photography, photographers, BW, black and white, street photography, Fuji X-Pro 1, laith al-majali, human condition

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  #Ramadan Arabian Nights #2012 : Hagar, Sahar and Egrama-17,18,19 and 20

  And Scheherazade is back from her mourning on the fallen soldiers on the borders to complete her tale , the tale of Hagar , Sahar and Egrama. First things first , you need to refresh your memory to know... Posted Aug 09 2012, 10:16 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Culture, Arab, Audio, Arts, Nostalgia, 1001

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  First post in Ramadan: Color photographs from the streets of Amman with the X-Pro 1

  I’ve been taking my Fuji X-Pro 1 everywhere I go, and I can’t stress enough how much better my shoulders feel already. It’s a pleasure to shoot with this camera and although I’m... Posted Aug 08 2012, 03:48 PM by The Blog of Laith Al-Majali Filed under: Jordan, Amman, Arab, Photography, downtown, jordanian, ramadan, street, photographer, july, august, street photography, Fuji X-Pro 1, laith al-majali, nightime

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  START-UP NATION

  Book: Start-up nation: The story of Israel’s economics miracle, Dan Senor and Saul Singer, 2009. I have been waiting to read this book for a long time. Today, I checked it out from our public library... Posted Aug 08 2012, 11:47 AM by Anonymous Filed under: Jordan, middle east, Israel, Arab, politics, Europe, Economy, Middle-East, British, israeli scientists

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  My designs are now on T-shirts, iPod & iPad covers and more!

  Yes, you can buy all these lovely designs of mine now from my Society6 profile. Read More... Posted Aug 05 2012, 09:21 AM by Moey's // unusual observations, art, and existence. Filed under: Design, Arab, Funny, Advertising, iPhone, iPod, iPad, t-shirt

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  My designs are now on T-shirts, iPod & iPad covers and more!

  Yes, you can buy all these lovely designs of mine now from my Society6 profile. Read More... Posted Aug 05 2012, 09:21 AM by Moey's // unusual observations, art, and existence. Filed under: Arab, Funny, iPhone, Featured, iPod, iPad, t-shirt

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  #Syria Revolts : Rebels from Space !!

  From me this is the most interesting defection I have heard from the Syrian Arab Army since the defection of superstar Manaf Tlass : Syria’s cosmonaut Mohamed Firas announces his defection and his escape... Posted Aug 04 2012, 05:06 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Photos, history, Arab, politics, Syria, Geek, Arabic faces

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  #Syria : When No news becomes bad news !!

  Since yesterday the communications were cut in Aleppo ,internet and mobile communications have been reportedly blocked in the city that witnesses huge battles between El Assad forces and the FSA troops... Posted Aug 02 2012, 10:19 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Syria, Follow Up

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  #Sudan Revolts : Does anyone pay attention anymore !?

  For three days now Sudanese protesters have been killed and traced by helicopters mercilessly in the city of Nyala , Darfur and yet the world is acting as if there is nothing at all. Since Monday Sudanese... Posted Aug 01 2012, 06:58 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Video, africa, Follow Up, Sudan, Darfur, Nyala

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  #Homs ; The warzone in photos

  If someone from outer space came to earth and landed in the city of Homs , that E.T will not believe that there was a revolution in the country. That E.T would believe that there is war in Homs between... Posted Aug 01 2012, 04:33 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Syria, Facebook, war, Arts, revolution, Homs, El Assad, Lens Young Homsi

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  Jordan’s Culture according to Lonely Planet

  Jordanian people are extremely hospitable, with initial conversation inevitable leading to a heartfelt ‘welcome’. This traditional sense of hospitality is mixed with an easygoing modernity... Posted Jul 31 2012, 05:20 PM by Anonymous Filed under: books, Jordan, middle east, Israel, Culture, Arab, politics, USA, Middle-East, middle east conflict, lonely planet series, capital of jordan, republican presidential candidate mitt romney