Qwaider Planet : Arab

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : Hassan The Bassorite {25}

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:01 GMT

Tonight we will continue the tale of Hassan El-Bassery or Hassan the Bassorite with the strange Persian man who knows the secrets of Chemistry or rather Alchemy and can turn copper in to Gold. Tonight...(read more)

What About Chinese And Hindi !!?? What About Hebrew ??

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:16:05 GMT

The genius scientists in Israel have reached out that Arabic language is hard to learn because it is hard for the brain . I do not know why I have the feeling that the same thing was said about Yiddis...(read more)

Free Ali Abdulemam

lebanese nightS — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:16:11 GMT

Ali is a blogger, Global Voices Advocacy author, BahrainOnline(it’s down now!) founder and a very determined activist against censorship from Bahrain. He was arrested by the Bahraini authorities...(read more)

What is Happening in Bahrain ???

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:54:02 GMT

What is exactly happening in Bahrain ?? Does anyone understand anything from what is happening currently in this country !!?? For weeks now human rights activists and bloggers are being arrested and accused...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : Hassan The Bassorite {24}

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:47:00 GMT

Here we are in a new night and a new tale , tonight Scheherazade will start a new tale : the tale of Hassan the Bassorite. The name of this tale varies from one translated version to another version The...(read more)

Free Tal

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:34:04 GMT

Tal Tal Mallohi , a name of a Syrian blogger who did not break any law or expose dangerous secrets or criticize anyone in the Syrian regime , she blogs mainly about the Palestinian cause and Jerusalem...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : Ma’aruf The Cobbler {23}

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:44:00 GMT

Here we are in the 23rd night of our old and beautiful Arabian nights where we know the final destiny of Ma’aruf , today is the final and sixth chapter of his tale and his adventure in the kingdom of Kheytan...(read more)

Arabic X-Files : RIP Hend El-Fassi

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:45:00 GMT

Late Hend ‘ Hend El-Fassi has passed away’ a strange surprising news no one expected to find in the newspaper from two weeks , how and when were the two questions many Egyptians asked and I believe they...(read more)

Just A Question : Where is Arafat ??

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:20:05 GMT

Did anyone notice that Obama forgot to mention Yasser Arafat in his speech last Tuesday !!?? Was not Arafat a peace maker that the world recognized and honored with a Nobel peace prize !!?? Was not Arafat...(read more)

Dubai Chief Police: BlackBerry Ban is Due to “Israeli” & US Spying On The Country

ArabCrunch — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:10:30 GMT

In a meeting at the house of Dr. Saed Salamn head of Ajamn network Dhahi Khalfan Tamim Dubai Police chief said that United States of America is the first beneficiary from absence of BlackBerry surveillance...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : Ma’aruf The Cobbler {22}

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:47:02 GMT

Here we are in the 22nd night of our old and beautiful Arabian nights where the Egyptian Cobbler Ma’aruf meets unexpected challenge in the 5th chapter of his tale. There is something I wish you have noticed...(read more)

More Than A Presidential Pardon

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:33:00 GMT

Saudi activists are having this campaign “ Obama free Homaidan ” which has attracted many prominent figures in the Saudi society including religious personalities from both Sunni and Shiite sect “yes Shiite...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : Ma’aruf The Cobbler {21}

Egyptian Chronicles — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:12:05 GMT

We are in the 21st night of our old radio Arabian nights , we are still following the strange adventure of Ma’aruf the cobbler who escaped from his awful wife in Egypt to the unknown. Last night we knew...(read more)

Hello, My Name is…

Shalabieh's World — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:59:44 GMT

I have a every English sounding name and coupled with the whiteness of my skin, the blondness of my hair and Americanized accent I have always had a hard time asserting my Arabhood. This has been something...(read more)

The old Man of The Middle East !!

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:19:03 GMT

These photos show a kind soft side of Obama who is listening carefully to an old Middle Eastern man visiting him at the White House . That photo shows the concern of Abbas, Abdullah and Obama. Mubarak...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : Ma’aruf The Cobbler {20}

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:56:02 GMT

Here we are in the 19th night of our Arabian nights my dear readers and the second part of Ma’aruf the cobbler’s tale. Do you know Ma’aruf the cobbler’s tale was presented in the Egyptian cinema as a film...(read more)

The politically incorrect necktie: on boycotts and secular coercion

Arabdemocracy — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:06:00 GMT

Republished with permission from karlremarks.blogspot . Click on the link for the original article. Karl Sharro A Lebanese friend recently revealed on a social networking website that he had bought a tie...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : Ma’aruf The Cobbler {19}

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:50:03 GMT

Here is the 19th night of our Arabian nights my dear readers and the second part of Ma’aruf the cobbler’s tale. You can check the first part of the tale at the related post section in the post page. Ma...(read more)

Qatar To buy Omar Effendi !!

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:53:03 GMT

Qatar bought Harrods and it seems that its eye is now on Omar Effendi. There are rumors that Saudi Anwal is having negotiating with Qatar holding that wants to buy the famous department store that suffered...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : Ma’aruf The Cobbler {18}

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:17:01 GMT

Here is the 18th night of our Arabian nights my dear readers , tonight we have got a new tale with new adventure , the famous adventure of Ma’aruf the cobbler. Ma’aruf the cobbler is from the very famous...(read more)

The photos of The Week : An Invention Called Luggage !!

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:27:00 GMT

Qaddafi is visiting Rome and any good photographer should stalk him like a good paparazzo because honestly you will get interesting shots in a way or another , Qaddafi is against boredom The king of kings...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : The Barber of Baghdad {17}

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:29:02 GMT

Here is the 17th night of our Arabian nights , technically we finish the tale of Barber of Baghdad and his brothers tonight. You can check the first parts of the Barber of Baghdad tale at the related posts...(read more)

Mubarak’s BBF Friend in Israel Wants Palestinians To Perish

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:09:01 GMT

Hosni Mubarak ‘s BBF friend in Israel Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef wishes that God would strike Abbas and the Palestinians with plague !! Now I am sure that Yosef is not sick as I thought , this...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : The Barber of Baghdad {16}

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:51:01 GMT

Here is the 16th night from our Arabian nights You can check the first parts of the Barber of Baghdad tale at the related posts section. Technorati Tags: Culture , Arabian Nights , 1001 , Books , Audio...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : The Barber of Baghdad {15}

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:37:05 GMT

I think I will be the worst Scheherazade ever , the Scheherazade that forgets to complete the tale next night !! I apologize as usual for not posting the 15th night of our radio Arabian nights at its correct...(read more)

The Aggression is Ongoing: Their Maps and our Destinies

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:03:46 GMT

The story of mass-destruction weapons was fabricated; and here are the facts today which show that terrorism did not exist in Iraq before the war. It was the invaders who opened the doors wide open for...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : The Barber of Baghdad {14}

Egyptian Chronicles — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:52:03 GMT

Here We are in the 14th night of the Arabian nights with Scheherazade at the Chinese emperor's court listening to the strange story of the barber of Baghdad’s brothers. Do you know that there...(read more)

Google Forms Now in Arabic

ArabCrunch — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:27:12 GMT

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...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : The Barber of Baghdad {13}

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:29:05 GMT

Here is the 13th night of our Ramadan’s Arabian nights and the third part of the barber of Baghdad. In the original Arabian nights the Barber of Baghdad had six brothers where as in our tale he got only...(read more)

Qatar Jails Two Egyptians For Life For Spying

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:53:05 GMT

There is not much about this in our local media except Al Masry Al Youm yesterday : Qatar jails two Egyptians for life for spying . Qatar from its side imposed a news blackout where as Egyptian officials...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : The Barber Of Baghdad {12}

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:57:00 GMT

Here is the 12th night of our Ramadan’s Arabian nights and the second part of the First of all I apologize that the recording quality this time is not great in the first part. This tale in the original...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : The Barber of Baghdad {11}

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:56:01 GMT

Here is the 11th night from our Ramadan’s Arabian nights , today we will know more about the Barber of Baghdad. We are now in China with new set of strange characters. You can check the first parts of...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : King Luqman And Salama’s Tale {10}

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:34:01 GMT

Here is the 10th night from our Arabian nights or to be accurate our 12th night. Tonight is the last part of King Luqman and Salama’s tale and the beginning of the Barber of Baghdad tale. Some of you will...(read more)

Ramadan’s Arabian Nights : King Luqman And Salama’s Tale {9}

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:19:02 GMT

Here is the 9th night from our Arabian nights or to be accurate our 11th night. I apologize again for the belated posting , there was wrong in the internet connection that made me upload the file several...(read more)

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

ArabCrunch — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:17:41 GMT

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...(read more)

تجار الدين أو ما شابه

Kingdom of thoughts — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:54:00 GMT

- إذا كنت من جماعة اللي ربو اللحية وبتطلع عكل قناة تلفزيون وبتفتي بكل صغيرة وكبيرة عالسريع وتنسى ما كان يفعله مالك بن أنس عندما كان يقول "لا أدري" و بتقبض مبلغ وقدره على "الدعوة" فاعرف...(read more)

Ramdan’s Arabian Nights : King Luqman And Salama’s Tale {8}

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:10:00 GMT

Here is the 8th night from our Arabian nights or to be accurate our 10th night. We are still with Salama for the 7th night in role By the way as you can see in this tale the Moroccan brothers form Fes...(read more)

Eden , Eden Down with Eden and Her brothers in Arms

Egyptian Chronicles — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:56:00 GMT

Our dear Eden is angry from all that attack on her , especially she did not do anything wrong , in fact she will be glad to kill Arabs , in fact to slaughter them The IDF should hire a good PR company...(read more)

Quran Links User Generated Classification of The Holy Quran Related Sites

ArabCrunch — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:48:43 GMT

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...(read more)

20 Things I would Like to Stop Hearing About

The Blog of the Ugly Duckling — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:54:00 GMT

(Or reading for that matter) 1. Why Apple is better than Microsoft and why Microsoft beats Apple. 2. How a Hijab restrains women’s freedom and the ban Hijab/allow Hijab war. 3. The heat: it’s summer, what...(read more)

Updated: Dushare: Cloud Based P2P File Sharing App

ArabCrunch — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:06:31 GMT

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...(read more)

The Best Days of Her Life

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Eden Abergil thinks the best days of her life were the days she was in the IDF serving her country , believe me as an Arab I do not think that there is not anything wrong in this but what I think is wrong...(read more)

Ramadan's Arabian Nights : King Luqman And Salama's Tale {4}

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:55:02 GMT

Here is the fifth night of our Arabian nights and also our fourth night with Salama's tale. I am sorry for the delay but today was a busy day full of news from here and there. We will continue our...(read more)

Welcome Back Tariq

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:18:01 GMT

I am not sure form the news but I read through twitter that Syrian blogger Tariq Biassi has been released at last after three years in jail for a simple comment he left online criticizing the treatment...(read more)

Ramadan's Arabian Nights : King Luqman and Salama's Tale {3}

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:17:04 GMT

Here is the fourth night of our Arabian nights. Salama met this time with a strange Moroccan man and even more stranger Jewish merchant in the city. You can check the first and second parts of the tale...(read more)

Onislam : From Those Who Gave Us IOL

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:41:00 GMT

From the same fantastic team that presented to the world IOL comes its latest Islamic portal : Onislam . Just like IOL but without the Qatari administration OnIslam covers a wide set of topics combining...(read more)

Ramadan's Arabian Nights : The Tale of King Luqman {2}

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:19:01 GMT

Here is the third night of our Arabian nights Now you can notice that Scheherazade is using her famous story inside story method , we were at King Luqman's court when we found ourselves moving to the...(read more)

The Language of Numbers : Ramadan's Production

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:20:02 GMT

There are 150 TV series produced in Egypt this Ramadan 2010 season. These 150 TV series are produced by not less than LE 750 million. There are 70 TV shows aired this Ramadan mostly from talk shows ...(read more)

Aramex Releases its iPhone App

ArabCrunch — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:38:23 GMT

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...(read more)

Donate To The Lebanese Army

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:14:00 GMT

Because the Lebanese army is doing its job and is defending its territories against another country which officially the Lebanese state considers an enemy not to mention that country occupies Lebanese...(read more)

Ramadan's Arabian Night : The First Night " The Tale of King Luqman "{1}

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 06:28:05 GMT

As I promised today there is a little surprise for those who follow the Arabian nights in Egyptian Chronicles , ladies and gentlemen I am honored to present you the first night of the Arabian nights Some...(read more)

Arab Crunch Vs. State Department !!

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:26:01 GMT

Knowing how careful Arab Crunch with its English and Arabic websites are careful to stay away from politics in the Middle East makes me surprised with all the buzz about their clash or competition...(read more)

Ramadan Arabian Nights : Aladdin And The Magic Lamp "3"

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:36:05 GMT

Here is the third and last part of the Aladdin and the magic lamp. By the way did you notice that the poison Aladdin and princess Tut used against the sorcerer was the infamous poison from Socotra .Here...(read more)

Ramadan's Arabian Nights : Aladdin And The Magic Lamp "2"

Egyptian Chronicles — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:44:02 GMT

Here we are my dear readers with the second part of the Aladdin and the magic lamp, there is a lot of action and expense here folks By the way you can hear the voice of Baba Sharo aka Mahmoud Shabaan...(read more)

Ramadan's Arabian Nights : Aladdin And The Magic Lamp "1"

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:03:04 GMT

I was from the last generation that knew One thousands and one night aka Arabian nights from Ramadan , I was from the last generation that watched episodes based upon the famous book in Ramadan nights...(read more)

Are US-Israel Intelligence Agencies Blocking Palestinian Civil Rights to Weaken Hezbollah?

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:07:28 GMT

Dr. Franklin Lamb US Intelligence Community Israel have been working longer hours than most members of Lebanon’s Parliament, carefully analyzing the language of the main draft proposals concerning elementary...(read more)

Hassan Nasrallah And His Evidence : It Depends on Where You Stand

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:30:04 GMT

Hassan Nasrallah spoke yesterday in that press conference , he revealed what he considered as a circumstantial evidence on Israel's involvement in Al Hariri's murder or to be accurate not only...(read more)

شهر رمضان - كان و أصبح

Kingdom of thoughts — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:07:00 GMT

في كل عام يحل علينا ضيف من ضيوف الرحمن إسمه رمضان كان في ما مضى شهرا للعبادات، شهرا للأحساس في معاناة الفقراء، شهرا تنزل فيه القرأن، وتصفد فيه الشياطين ، شهرا للقربى والتألف ، شهرا حقق المسلمون فيه أعظم...(read more)

Dr. Lawrence Davidson: Iran, Israel and the Holocaust

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:06:03 GMT

Dr. Lawrence Davidson Despite the fact that modern Zionism predates the Holocaust by half a century, that disaster has been consistently used by the Zionists to justify the need for the Israeli state....(read more)

In Case You Didn’t Know

The Blog of the Ugly Duckling — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:55:00 GMT

At work, we placed an ad in the newspaper last week announcing a job vacancy for a position, let’s just say that this position requires excellent communication skills (verbal and written) more than any...(read more)

Golan Heights : Blame The Syrian Regime Before Israel

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:06:02 GMT

Haatrez published a report about Golan Heights and it is worth to be read despite if you are an Arab , you will feel sad and angry while reading it. Of course as Arabs we are not surprised from that revelation...(read more)

A Scream In A Void

Egyptian Chronicles — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:22:05 GMT

In the past two days there is a 5 years old Palestinian child who screamed and cried the arrest of his father by the IDF , this Palestinian child's scream was heard so strong because unfortunately...(read more)

Crossing the Line

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:21:04 GMT

And so the tree turned to be in the Israeli territories according the UNIFIL , Israel is happy that it did not break the international laws as usual apparently. Of course it is too easy to blame the LAF...(read more)

Nasrallah's Smoking Gun

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:10:05 GMT

Yesterday was a big day in Lebanon , tensions in the South in the morning and a big surprise at the southern suburb in Beirut at night . Many people were waiting for what Sheikh Nasrallah was going to...(read more)

War Drums in Lebanese Borders

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:53:05 GMT

Since the morning there are growing clashes between the Lebanese army and the Israeli army in what can do be considered the first clash between the two armies at Adaisseh We do not know who started for...(read more)

Breaking News : Rockets Hit Eilat and Akaba

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:06:03 GMT

Eilat in Israel and Akaba have been hit by rockets in the morning and currently all the accusations fingers are pointing to Egypt , to Sinai to be specific. There are no causalities in reported in Israel...(read more)

لكل امرئ من اسمه نصيب

Things I Like To Whisper About — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:13:00 GMT

UAE to suspend Blackberry service on security fears

Ralphtips Tech Buzz! — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:46:00 GMT

The United Arab Emirates Will suspend the use of the Blackberry Services in October, due to security risks, this ban will affect an estimated half a million users in the country. As mentioned by the "Mr...(read more)

History Remaking !!

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:24:04 GMT

Shimon Perez is going to visit Mubarak soon to hold talks this week , the situation in Gaza is escalating in the past 24 hours , shall we expect another war on Gaza next week !!?? If you remember last...(read more)

Lebanon Is At The heart of The Arab World And Egypt Is No Where near it

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:09:05 GMT

Have you been watching the news today !!?? Did you see the historical Arab summit held in Beirut currently that is forcing the wonderful people of Beirut to stay at their homes because of the security...(read more)