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  Picture America: Freedom of Speech

  In America, the president of the country is a government employee. Citizens can freely criticize him. Neither the government nor citizens who support the president can harm anyone who speaks against the... Posted Apr 25 2013, 07:16 PM by Jaraad Filed under: politics, Freedom of Speech, USA, Obama, President, Picture America, car sticker

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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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  Several CBS Twitter Accounts Hijacked by Pro Syrian Regime Hackers

  Several CBS twitter accounts has been hacked by pro Syrian regime hackers. These accounts are @60minutes @48hours, and @CBSDenver. Some of these accounts has been suspended by Twitter, until things get... Posted Apr 21 2013, 09:23 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Syria, USA, Social Media, Security, twitter, Hackers, social media news, Tech & Politics, Hacktivist, Twitter hack

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  Updated: Al Qaeda Electronic Army Plans #opBlackSummer a Massive Cyber Attacks Against US government and Companies in Collaboration with the Tunisian Cyber Army

  Al Qaeda Electronic Army in collaboration with Tunisian Cyber Army has announced #opBlackSummer a planed massive cyber attacks against US companies and government in order to put “limits “ to US crimes... Posted Apr 04 2013, 10:30 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, USA, Security, Alqaeda, Tunis, Secuirty, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Cyber Attacks, AlQaeda Cyber Army, Tunisian Cyber Army

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  Picture America: Rest Area

  A rest area is a public facility, located next to a highway, expressway, or freeway at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or use relatively a clean public toilet. In this rest area in Arkansas... Posted Apr 01 2013, 09:07 PM by Jaraad Filed under: USA, Life in the US, Rest area

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  A war within a war – the most shocking coverup in the US Military

  Last week, I watched a very disturbing documentary but was a mind opening about what is going on within “the most powerful institution in the world”. ”The Invisible War,” nominated... Posted Mar 25 2013, 02:06 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Women, USA, rape, U.S. military

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  PayPal is launching in Lebanon and Egypt

  PayPal will finally launch in Lebanon and Egypt in 2013, the general manager of the online payment gateway, Elias Ghanem, announced Thursday at the ArabNet conference. Paypal is fully enabled – meaning... Posted Mar 24 2013, 11:46 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, Internet, Lebanon, USA, e-commerce, PayPal, Paypal Arabia

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  Guess who’s back? Back again… Hiba’s back…Tell a Friend

  Link to Video of the week:   Read More... Posted Mar 12 2013, 03:32 PM by Wellapparently's Blog Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Video, Travel, Chavez, Entertainment, USA, Iran, Death, Obama, Palestinian, www youtube, Controversy, building, segregation, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, settlers, View, bus, visit, Serious-Comical, Netenyahu, Passing away, Iranian cleric, Discremination

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  Arkami launches industry’s first voice-activated, fingerprint-secure Bluetooth/USB Drive in the Arab world

  Arab-American serial entrepreneur Tareq Risheq introduces myIDkey to Middle East consumers following record breaking crowd funding campaign in USA Arkami, a leading specialist in biometrics, personalized... Posted Mar 12 2013, 04:09 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, startup, USA, Security, Tech, gadget, Startups Review, Secuirty, Arab American, myidkey, Arkami

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  Largest e-commerce exit in the Arab world, Daily deal site Cobone.com Acquired by Tiger Global Management

  Cobone.com, the largest daily deal company in the Middle East, has been acquired by international investment firm Tiger Global Management, leaving the startup firm with additional capital to further its... Posted Mar 10 2013, 05:52 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, USA, Startup News, e-commerce, private Equity, acquisition, VC & Capital, Jabbar, Cobone, Tiger Global Managemen

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  Woopra Partners with SalesForce.com bringing behavioral customer data to the CRM

  RealTime web stats analytics platform Woopra has announced recently forming a partnership with CRM leader slaesforce.com. This partnership integrates Woopra with sales force bringing behavioral customer... Posted Mar 01 2013, 07:13 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, Internet, Lebanon, USA, e-commerce, e-marketing, Analytics, Woopra

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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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  AlQassam Threatens of New Cyber Attacks Against US Banks if the Other Editions of the Anti-Islam Film aren’t Removed

  The Izz-Al din Al-qassam cyber fighters warned in a statement if those other editions of the offensive film to Prophet of Islam(PBUH) aren’t removed, the attacks to banks’ websites will be restarted... Posted Feb 21 2013, 05:39 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Google, USA, Security, Hackers, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Group, Hacktivist

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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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  Algerian Hacker Who Hacked 217 Banks Arrested in Thailand To be Extradited to the U.S.

  Thai police has arrested late Sunday Hamza Bendelladj, a 24 year old hacker wanted by the FBI for hacking into 217 banks and stealing 10 of millions of US dollars. Bendelladj was arrested while attempting... Posted Jan 11 2013, 08:10 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, Security

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  Israel-ly all about Israel…. get it?

  Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49YQhTLoGuA     Read More... Posted Jan 07 2013, 03:50 PM by Wellapparently's Blog Filed under: middle east, Israel, Video, Syria, USA, Yemen, vlog, speech, paelstine, Al-Qaeda, Bashar Al Assad, Israeli policy

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  Aljazeera Acquires US Current TV Close to $500 million, will Launch Aljazeera America

  Qatar based Arab TV network Al Jazeera has acquired US base cable TV station Current TV . It plans to launch new news channel under the name “Aljazeera America to be head headquartered in New York. Aljazeera... Posted Jan 03 2013, 08:03 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, USA, new media, VC & Capital, Tech & Politics

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  Too many fools, too many many fools.

  Link to video:     Read More... Posted Jan 01 2013, 01:45 PM by Wellapparently's Blog Filed under: Palestine, middle east, media, Israel, Video, Syria, USA, Elections, Mitt Romney, government, Tweet, Bashar Al Assad, Twiiter, Defections

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  Egyptian Hacker Found Loophole In Facebook’s Camera App Allowed Hackers To Hijack Accounts Over WiFi 

  Mohamed Ramadan, an Egypt-based security researcher and trainer with Attack-Secure discovered a security loophole in facebook Camera iOS app. The older version of the app, pre-1.1.2 and released before... Posted Dec 26 2012, 07:54 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, Facebook, Social Media, Security, Tech, Hackers, Secuirty, Mohamed Ramdan, Scoail Media, SSL, White Hacker

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  Including Wells Fargo, US Banks Websites Hammered By Al-Qassam Cyber Fighters in Retaliation for the Offensive Anti Islam Film

  A number of U.S Banks websites were made inaccessible by a new Muslim hacktivist group called Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Group. Though the group seems not affiliated with Hamas military wing Izz... Posted Dec 22 2012, 11:45 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, Security, Hackers, Tech & Politics, Hactivists, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Group, US Banks

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  Dubai Based Cloud Service Provider Game Minion Acquired by Silicon Valley Based Corona Labs

  Based in Dubai Game Minion provides backend as a service or BaaS solution for games has been acquired last week by Silicon Valley based . Corona has one of the most popular software development kits for... Posted Dec 20 2012, 08:23 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Dubai, USA, android, iPhone, mobile, Startups, Mobile 2.0, gaming, VC & Capital, BlackBerry, Regions, Startups Review, Gaming SDK, Acqusition, Corona Labs, Game Minion

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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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  The Thirteenth Amendment

  It was only recently during a discussion with my colleagues and our adviser, during the presidential election, I learned that President Lincoln was a Republican. And last week after watching the movie... Posted Nov 25 2012, 07:26 PM by Jaraad Filed under: history, politics, USA, slavery, American Civil War, The Thirteenth Amendment, Liconln

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  NYC

  Read More... Posted Nov 19 2012, 01:10 AM by Khobbeizeh Filed under: Music, society, Life, art, USA, Photography, alQaq القاق

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  Anonymous launches #opIsrael bringing down more than 40 “Israeli” sites warn against cutting the Internet in Gaza

  IF you are following the news you probably heard about the Israeli barbaric and terrorist attack against Gaza which killed 15 people so far including Hamas’ military leader Ahmed Al-Jaabari. Hamas and... Posted Nov 15 2012, 12:46 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Internet, Gaza, USA, Security, Tech & Politics, Anonymous, tech and politics

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  Election Day in America

  Here are some interesting pictures of the election day in America, 2012. All pictures are from bigpicture. Some people went very early in the morning to cast their vote. Others were very excited and full... Posted Nov 12 2012, 10:09 PM by Jaraad Filed under: USA, Election

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  Advice for the Advisor

  Like many of my fellow Americans, over the years I have come to rely on the services of a Financial Advisor. This has helped me immensely, not just in terms of acquiring and developing my savings, but... Posted Nov 10 2012, 11:05 AM by MY Life Thinking Filed under: Life, Business, USA, money, investment, financial, Advisor, financial advisor, investment portfolio

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  The obligatory US election blurb

  Just before the witching hour the world will change. A grand statement perhaps, and one written with more than a little cynicism and wonder. Wonder, for the global excitement and stake in the US elections... Posted Nov 06 2012, 05:00 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: politics, USA, Pakistan, Americas, US elections 2012

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  Sandy and Arab Americans

  I’m overwhelmed. I wide smile was drawn on my face when i saw this picture on Humans of New York which is a photography page on Facebook that posts pictures of random people in New York doing whatever... Posted Nov 05 2012, 11:08 AM by LEE BLOG Filed under: Islam, USA, Arab American, Hurricane Sandy

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  Sandy and Arab Americans

  I’m overwhelmed. I wide smile was drawn on my face when i saw this picture on Humans of New York which is a photography page on Facebook that posts pictures of random people in New York doing whatever... Posted Nov 05 2012, 11:08 AM by LEE BLOG Filed under: Islam, USA, Arab American, Hurricane Sandy

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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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  Argo

  I like movies that are based on true stories. Yesterday, I watched one called Argo which is another good movie by director Ben Affleck. I very much enjoyed his directing job in his previous two movies;... Posted Oct 14 2012, 09:41 AM by Jaraad Filed under: Movies, middle east, politics, Arabs, USA, Iran, Hollywood, CIA, Israeli Intelligence, Argo, Iran hostage crisis, gone baby gone, savak, canadian ambassador

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  Argo

  I like movies that are based on true stories. Yesterday, I watched one called Argo which is another good movie by director Ben Affleck. I very much enjoyed his directing job in his previous two movies;... Posted Oct 14 2012, 09:41 AM by Jaraad Filed under: Movies, middle east, politics, Arabs, USA, Iran, Hollywood, CIA, Israeli Intelligence, Argo, Iran hostage crisis, gone baby gone

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  Picture America: Bibles in hotel rooms

  So far, I haven’t been in any hotel or motel room in the U.S. that doesn’t have a copy of the Bible placed near the bed. Gideons International is an evangelical Christian organization dedicated... Posted Oct 08 2012, 09:47 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Culture, Religion, USA, Life in the US, Picture America, hotel-room Bibles

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  Picture America: Bibles in hotel rooms

  So far, I haven’t been in any hotel or motel room in the U.S. that doesn’t have a copy of the Bible placed near the bed. Gideons International is an evangelical Christian organization dedicated... Posted Oct 08 2012, 09:47 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Culture, Religion, USA, Life in the US, Picture America, hotel-room Bibles

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  The Insolence of some Muslims

  With news circulating that Iran has pulled the film ‘A Cube of Sugar’ from consideration at the Oscars over the anti-Islam film I can’t help but let out a large sigh. I have tried to avoid writing anything... Posted Sep 29 2012, 10:44 AM by Wellapparently's Blog Filed under: middle east, media, Syria, Oscars, USA, Iran, Muslims, UN, serious, extremists, Innocence of Muslims, Violent Protest, Anti-Islam film

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  Picture America: Open Campuses

  Unlike universities in the Middle East and Malaysia, U.S. colleges and universities are not guarded by walls, gates or security. In Jordan for example, only students, staffs and faculties are allowed entrance... Posted Sep 29 2012, 06:45 AM by Jaraad Filed under: education, Academic, USA, University, campus, Columbia, Life in the US, Picture America

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  Picture America: Tree Grates

  Very practical and useful but maybe not the best way to beautify a tree. Filed under: Downtown, Environment, Picture America, USA Tagged: Downtown, Tree grates, USA Read More... Posted Sep 21 2012, 07:46 PM by Jaraad Filed under: USA, environment, downtown, Picture America, Tree grates

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  Picture America: House of Representatives Elections

  Elections for the office of Missouri House of Representatives will be held in Missouri on November 6, 201 [source]. Filed under: Picture America, Politics, USA Read More... Posted Sep 21 2012, 07:18 PM by Jaraad Filed under: politics, USA, Picture America

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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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  Website for the Christan Media group Behind Anti-Mohammad Movie Down Along with New York Stock Exchange By Saudi Anonymous

  The website for the Christan group behind the disrespectful movie “Muslim innocent” which insults the messenger of God Mohammad peace be upon him and accuse him of false accusation has been downed by Saudi... Posted Sep 19 2012, 08:26 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Islam, USA, Security, Hackers, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Anonymous, Saudi Anonymous

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  Serious Arab and Goofy American

  This post is only about the culture of classroom in Jordan and USA. The following story happened back in the days when I was an undergraduate in Jordan: While our professor was busy lecturing, a colleague... Posted Sep 16 2012, 06:49 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Jordan, Culture, education, Academic, USA, teaching, Classroom, Professor

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  Picture America: Concealed Weapons Sign

  Since in USA (I am not sure if this includes all states) it is not illegal to carry a concealed weapon, most banks and all government buildings in the US have similar to the sign below at their entrance... Posted Sep 16 2012, 09:01 AM by Jaraad Filed under: Culture, USA, Weapons, Columbia, Picture America, Concealed Weapons, Government buildings

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  Picture America: Anti-Graffiti Traffic Control Box

  Filed under: Cities, Columbia, Downtown, Picture America, USA Read More... Posted Sep 16 2012, 08:35 AM by Jaraad Filed under: USA, Cities, downtown, Columbia, Picture America

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  Those who kill…

  Two days ago i was walking down a crowded street on my way to my therapist…like always i couldn’t find a place to park and i had to park far and walk back to the clinic…i was walking... Posted Sep 12 2012, 04:01 PM by Breath notes Filed under: USA, Justice, crimes, evil, Killing, I breathe..., pure

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  An Anecdote from Southern Indiana

  This is a humorous tale from the book Three Minute Tales-Stories from around the world to tell or read when time is short by Margaret Read MacDonald. There was a young feller went courtin’his girlfriend... Posted Sep 04 2012, 07:50 PM by Anonymous Filed under: Culture, USA, short story

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  I got 99 problems and Iran is all of them

  Today an Israeli newspaper reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjimin Netenyahu and his Defense minister would like to attack Iran’s nuclear sites before the November U.S elections. Despite their strident... Posted Aug 10 2012, 11:17 AM by Wellapparently's Blog Filed under: Egypt, middle east, Israel, US, USA, Iran, war, Nuclear weapons, Benjamin Netanyahu, Attack, Serious-Comical

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  Part III – I will not buy a Barbie for my daughter

  Those who teach college students are noticing a surge in number of female students. In my current university in the US, there are 34,000 students 55% of these students are females. In 2000 and 2001, I... Posted Aug 05 2012, 06:10 PM by Anonymous Filed under: Jordan, Women, education, Academic, USA, Jordanian universities, high school diploma, secondary education certificate

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  Tomatoes

  Love this – a cold summer warmer: Read More... Posted Aug 01 2012, 07:11 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: USA, Frivolities & Miscellaeny

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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

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  Picture America: Public Libraries

  The public library building The public library’s parking lot is full (This is on a weekday at about 4:30 pm) New arrivals have easy access before they are shelved with other old books First floor... Posted Jul 24 2012, 11:46 PM by Anonymous Filed under: books, Culture, education, USA, Life in the US, Picture America

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  Picture America: Reading while in break

  During their lunch/breakfast break some Americans do something they enjoy the most; reading. I wish to see as many people in Jordan read as I see it here. People in my country want to live the American... Posted Jul 17 2012, 08:56 AM by Anonymous Filed under: Culture, USA, starbucks, Life in the US, Picture America, american dream, reading a book

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  The Flag, Bill of Rights and 4th of July

  Last week, Americans celebrated their, 4th of July, independence day. They treat this day with joy and pride. The 4th of July is a day Americans stop their common hard working ethics to celebrate their... Posted Jul 14 2012, 09:50 AM by Anonymous Filed under: Jordan, middle east, Culture, Arab, USA, Reform, Columbia, Life in the US, Picture America

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  The right to refuse service

  Although customer service in America is the best in the world they have their limit when it comes to serving irrational customers. Yesterday, I went to renew my driving license, which now became my yearly... Posted Jul 10 2012, 09:32 AM by Anonymous Filed under: USA, Life in the US, Picture America, government agents, irrational behavior

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  Four Fabulous Looks for Men this Summer

  Most American cities have a record high temperature that lasted for days and in some cities lasted for weeks. I have been wearing shorts almost everyday since Jeans would be uncomfortable in this extreme... Posted Jul 08 2012, 06:57 AM by Anonymous Filed under: Culture, Arab, Europe, Men, USA, fashion, Asia, clothing, style, dishdasha, baggy pants, hot weather

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  In America you should know whom you smile to

  I promised to write this post long time ago in my previous post: Do you know how to treat a Muslim to Pizza? I grow up in Kuwait, a place where the average temperature during the summer is 120 F (48 …... Posted Jun 27 2012, 06:32 PM by Anonymous Filed under: Culture, USA, Behavior, Life in the US, act of kindness

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  ICANN names Lebanese descent Fadi Chehade as new CEO

  The organization that oversees Internet domain names has appointed Lebanese descent Fadi Chehade as new CEO. Fadi will start his new job at ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers... Posted Jun 23 2012, 04:18 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, people, USA

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  Bike repair station

  This bike repair station is installed recently on our campus. Filed under: Life in the US, Outdoor, Picture America, USA Read More... Posted Jun 18 2012, 08:49 PM by Anonymous Filed under: USA, Outdoor, Life in the US, Picture America

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  Floating on the river

  Last Saturday, I and other six guys drove for three hours south of Columbia to Eminence, MO to float at Jacks Fork River. We rented three canoes and one kayak for me. Floating on the river is one of the... Posted Jun 18 2012, 12:13 PM by Anonymous Filed under: Travel, nature, USA, Sport, Vacation, Tourism, Outdoor, Life in the US, Picture America, kayak, eminence mo, canoes

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  The culture of ordering food

  The Soup Nazi is a very mean but the best soup cook character that appeared in Seinfeld TV Show. If you don’t know this character then watch this clip before continue reading: For those who don’t... Posted Jun 05 2012, 10:10 AM by Anonymous Filed under: Jordan, middle east, Culture, Arab, food, Business, USA, Restaurants, Life in the US, soup nazi

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  Yamli Sells Licensing Deal to Yahoo!

  We covered Yamil since our first days about 4 years ago, the service allows users to type in Latin characters to get their equivalent Arabic terms. Yamli was founded by Lebanese entrepreneur Habib Haddad... Posted May 28 2012, 01:31 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, yahoo

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  Do you know how to treat a Muslim to Pizza?

  Last week, my new American adviser ordered Pizza for his students during our meeting with a new faculty candidate. He told me that he ordered vegetarian and turkey pizza in addition to the common pepperoni... Posted May 19 2012, 10:31 AM by Anonymous Filed under: society, Islam, Culture, Arab, Religion, USA, Muslims, Life in the US

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  Fair and maybe lovely?

  The latest news around here in the United States is about the woman who has been accused of taking her five-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, burning the girl’s skin. But soon enough the focus... Posted May 08 2012, 09:27 AM by Jaraad Filed under: Women, Culture, Arab, africa, USA, Beauty, Asia, Commercial

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  A note about behavior and attitude

  In U.S. each state has its laws. One reason is because not all Americans have the same attitude, behavior or belief. In her book “Ten Interesting Things About Human Behavior“, Suzanne L. Davis... Posted May 02 2012, 03:57 PM by Jaraad Filed under: Culture, USA, Behavior, attitude behavior

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  The problem with Eltahawy’s argument

  A good Muslim is the one who is moderate in his belief and practice. I do agree with this statement. Moderation is actually a key teaching in Islam. But the definition of moderate is different according... Posted Apr 29 2012, 01:56 PM by Jaraad Filed under: middle east, media, Women, Islam, Culture, Arab, Religion, Men, RACISM, USA, Muslims, Middle-East, MENA, anti-Muslim, human-rights

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  Breaking: Bashar Al Asad’s Syrian Electronic Army Hack Linkedin Blog

  Syrian Electronic Army a hacker group affiliated with Bashar Al Asad regime has claimed responsibility for taking down Linkedin Blog http://blog.linkedin.com/. As of writing this post Linkedin in blog... Posted Apr 25 2012, 01:11 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Syria, USA, Social Media, Security, Hack, linkedin, Hackers

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  Crackin’ Down

  So yesterday Obama announced that he had signed an executive order targeting people and entities who use technology to help authoritarian governments crack-down on dissidents. Obama stated in his speech... Posted Apr 24 2012, 08:23 AM by Wellapparently's Blog Filed under: Egypt, middle east, Technology, Syria, USA, Iran, Bahrain, Obama, government, Sanctions, Serious-Comical, Weaponry, Speech Holocaust Memorial, Authoritarian Governments

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  Trial: Country vs. Detainees

  On April 4th 2012 the Pentagon finally approved the charges brought forth against 5 Guantanamo bay prisoners accused of playing a part in the terrorist attacks that rocked America on September 11th. Amongst... Posted Apr 09 2012, 09:03 AM by Wellapparently's Blog Filed under: middle east, USA, war, U.S., government, Afghanistan, 9/11, Guantanamo Bay, serious, detainees, troops, Hamid Karzai