Qwaider Planet : Europe

What Germany Needs to Learn from America?

Jaraad — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:26:58 GMT

While 1.5 Billion Muslims are preparing for their Eid festivity German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to ignore the feelings of Muslims and insult them by honoring Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard...(read more)

Eid Mubarak!

Caledoniyya — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:17:09 GMT

After much hmmming and hawing over the actual date of this year’s Eid, I have decided to enter the celebratory fray midway and wish one and all a might, hearty, blessed… EID MUBARAK! Enjoy...(read more)

The Beauty of Red

Caledoniyya — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:42:51 GMT

I have a confession to make. I covet red hair with a startling degree of desire; it is gorgeous and the curlier the better. Which is why I was more than a little disappointed last week when my latest colouring...(read more)

The Truth About Flying

Caledoniyya — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:54:01 GMT

Many moons ago, when the Gutenberg was just a twinkle in Johannes’ eye, I thought travel was exciting, exotic and glamourous. Now that I fly roughly every few weeks and have survived Paris CDG on...(read more)

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

ArabCrunch — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:25:25 GMT

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

Nice Idea For Al Tahrir Square Dilemma

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:05:00 GMT

For the past 20 years we have been waiting for the Al Tahrir square underground parking project losing hope and getting used to the ugly chaotic scene of the square. An email from dear friends in Europe...(read more)

Bishop Donald Corder: Gaza, Zionism and World Domination: The Fall of Zionism

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:01:07 GMT

Bishop Donald R.Corder Now we are faced with reports of Zionist participation in blowing up the World Trade Center on 9/11. Articles are circulated throughout the Internet and alternative media channels...(read more)

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

ArabCrunch — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:57:52 GMT

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

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

ArabCrunch — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:17:38 GMT

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

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

ArabCrunch — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:30:51 GMT

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

Clarifying ArabCrunch Sharing Policy On Twitter & Facebook

ArabCrunch — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:33:38 GMT

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

Swedish Pirate Party Will Host Several New Wikileaks Servers

ArabCrunch — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:09:12 GMT

Whistleblower site wikileaks that got famous after releasing 90,000 documents about the war in afghanistan (Afghanistan War Log) last month, but before that, the site has been under fire and threats from...(read more)

The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Crème Caramel

Caledoniyya — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:54:05 GMT

Cruel? Perhaps. Wickedly funny? Oh, yes: Read More......(read more)

Once again, is the West’s Frankenstein out of control?

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:08:16 GMT

Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban While Israel demolishes Palestinian homes and expropriates the properties of absent Palestinians by forcibly expelling them from their homes, it demands that Arab countries return...(read more)

I Have Heard This But It was in French

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:11:02 GMT

Jon Stewart spoke about the Ground Zero mosque in his show in a segment I recommend you to watch. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Municipal Land-Use Hearing Update www.thedailyshow...(read more)

Police Brutality And Racism in France

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:15:00 GMT

The outrage of the video is something natural but it is not enough , you do not expect people to admire grown men regardless of who they are and what they do when they drag pregnant women in the street...(read more)

“Balancing” or Censorship?

Caledoniyya — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:42:49 GMT

It has not taken long for PM David Cameron’s likening of Gaza to a prison camp to draw ire: Foreign Office sources suggested Downing Street had been remiss in omitting from Cameron’s speech...(read more)

Cameron On Gaza

Caledoniyya — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:51:21 GMT

As much as it pains me to break with tradition and agree with a Tory, David Cameron is (ahem) right on the mark: The situation in Gaza has to change. Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions...(read more)

O, Barcelona

Caledoniyya — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:27:31 GMT

Let me be frank: the conference was a squib. The combination of upper thirties humidity, limited to no ventilation and the prospect of too much choice resulted in a distinct after taste of bathos. Barcelona...(read more)

On Sabadell

Caledoniyya — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:47:36 GMT

It’s 18:18 and Kim and Aggie are speaking rapid Spanish as a browbeaten man looks on his stove, crusted in grime. The mopeds are coming to life after a soporific afternoon that made the intersections...(read more)

He : spies , The Season With No Finale Ep.2

Egyptian Chronicles — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:21:05 GMT

As expected the Westminster corner's court did not add anything new in the Ashraf Marwan case , it ruled out that it was not a murder nor it was a suicide , it is unexplained. Despite the court did...(read more)

Follow Up : Khaled's Stand , A Nation's Stand

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:05:05 GMT

After one month of his murder and for the third week in role , the weekly Friday stand against torture across the country hit the nerves of the regime which means that it succeeded. Last Friday Egyptians...(read more)

Obama’s New Iran Sanctions: An Act of War

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:13:49 GMT

by Shamus Cooke “The Obama administration is accelerating the deployment of new defenses against possible Iranian missile attacks in the Persian Gulf, placing special ships [war ships] off the Iranian...(read more)

Summer Days

Caledoniyya — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:53:23 GMT

Contrary to the images below, the past few months (and those to come) have been a whirlwind of conferences and deadlines: I could do with a hell of a lot more days like these. Read More......(read more)

Khaled Said Case Follow Up : Important Developments in Important Case

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:34:00 GMT

There are many developments in the Khaled Said' case , right after the protests , the international angry reactions and the provoking leaks about the second autopsy we found the official coroner changing...(read more)

Diplomatic Disgrace !!

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:50:02 GMT

This is dedicated to our foreign minister Ahmed Abu El-Gait : One member of the Egyptian embassy in London was accused of shoplifting in 2005. Of course this is only accusation , we do not know if that...(read more)

Italy, Over and Out

Caledoniyya — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:38:05 GMT

In many respects, yesterday’s result should not have been a surprise. When the competition opened, I predicted that Italy would most likely flunk out a la France 2002. And it’s not only pessimism...(read more)

ElBaradei Speaks To El Pais And Ibrahim Eissa

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:16:02 GMT

Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei spoke to Spanish El Pais about Egypt and his quest to Democracy. Here is the English translation of the interview . He also sat with Ibrahim Eissa and had a very long interview that...(read more)

Spies are Falling Down

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:48:00 GMT

I think you have heard that Poland arrested one of the suspects in the Mabhouh's murder in another big flop for the Mossad and Israel in general right after the Gaza flotilla attack scandal. ...(read more)

If You Do One Good Thing Today…

Caledoniyya — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:42:24 GMT

… Let it be this. The following is a first on this site, and a rather lovely one: a call for donations towards an immensely worthy organization via a rather remarkable woman: My name is Zainab Balousha...(read more)

Some Music, Via Sweden

Caledoniyya — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:06:42 GMT

Though not wholly originating from Sweden, the following seeped through my presentation-terrorised consciousness via Sveriges Radio P2 Musik’s Kalejdoskop: The second to last clip is taken from the...(read more)

Israel Launches ‘Free Cyprus’ Flotilla

Caledoniyya — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:25:28 GMT

You couldn’t make it up: In response to Turkey’s lead role in sponsoring the hostile ‘Free Gaza’ flotilla this week, a former Knesset member and a Left-wing activist are joining a group of Israeli...(read more)

They Were All Arabs

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:33:04 GMT

A question was raised that why all the witnesses from the Gaza flotilla mentioned so far in the blog were all Arabs and thus they can't be considered unbiased witnesses who will not lie about what...(read more)

Racism in Britain: Alive, Kicking and Social Climbing

Caledoniyya — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:28:52 GMT

The following account just arrived from a friend on Facebook. It is chilling by all means, but his intelligent, constructive and dignified response is inspiring: On Wednesday, 26 May 2010, at around 8...(read more)

Why Hijab? Why Not?

Caledoniyya — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:19:35 GMT

Building on this debate (which is still raging), the following clip debates why (or not) women should don the hijab: There are good arguments for, but ultimately it is the woman’s choice. When a...(read more)

Now You Know That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:58:00 GMT

Now the world has known that Israel got a Nuclear weapons arsenal from long time that in 1970s Israel offered to sell nuke arms to South Africa according to declassified secret Southern African documents...(read more)

Our Channel For Change

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:01:00 GMT

Mohamed ElBaradei made interview with France 24 which You can watch it here . A wonderful to the point interview and honestly I liked the questions he was asked in that short time. He spoke about Egypt...(read more)

Italians Return to Tunisia

Caledoniyya — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:16:07 GMT

Because I really should be cracking on with this paper, and even though this topic is fascinating me out of my chair, I shall merely post a smidgeon, translated: In Khaznadar palace in the heart of the...(read more)

What Was He doing In Greece ??

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:10:04 GMT

So President Mubarak suddenly decided to visit Greece with no earlier notice that even the Greeks were surprised and their PM had to alert his schedule and to return from Beirut to meet him , can we know...(read more)

A Matter of Faith

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:01:02 GMT

Mubarak is in Italy for a 48 hours visit and during a press conference with Berlusconi he answered a question about the succession in Egypt with the correct answer for the first time : ...(read more)

Clothilde Reiss Freed

Caledoniyya — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:04:07 GMT

After almost one year, the French teacher is returning from Iran: Reiss, a French teacher at Isfahan university in central Iran, was arrested on 1st July 2009 when she was about to leave the country. She...(read more)

Observance, Not Fundamentalism

Caledoniyya — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:46:03 GMT

The following article brings enough dismality without the added slur of the author: BRUSSELS – Since she started wearing a full Islamic veil six weeks ago, Selma said, she has been stared at, frowned...(read more)

Another View To Iceland Volcano

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 16 May 2010 10:53:01 GMT

The travelers hate it , the journalists can’t its name and the rest of us stand from the photos and footage coming from that Volcano with our mouths open in fear and puzzlement but there are some who find...(read more)

Something Expected

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:55:01 GMT

It was something expected and logic to find conspiracy theories surrounding the Polish president plane crash in Russia , it is logic when all the state's men die in a crash like this to have doubts...(read more)

Miracle Child

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:30:05 GMT

This Dutch boy who survived that terrible jet crash is the talk of the world now and he has too , not so many people survive jet crashes like he did. 103 passenger and crew were not lucky as him including...(read more)

Right In Time Monsieur ElBaradei !!

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 08 May 2010 01:22:00 GMT

Mubarak has launched another attack on Mohamed ElBaradei specifically in his labor day speech when he warned "those with the slogans" from manipulating with the people in that critical time Read...(read more)

Italy Enforces Burqa Fine

Caledoniyya — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:55:50 GMT

It was going to happen sooner rather than later, but somehow Belgium and France seemed much likelier contenders in the Burqa Ban race. Yet Italy has pipped them to the post, albeit not strictly with a...(read more)

And Now For Some Politics

Caledoniyya — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:39:13 GMT

May 6. This week. Who will you be voting for? This time next week Britain will hopefully be under a new regime. Or perhaps just the same regime, but in a different coloured tie. Either way, it’s...(read more)

On Ane Brun

Caledoniyya — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:28:11 GMT

It’s not often that I stumble across artists who prompt a sudden grasping of the roots in a haze of shocked “How could I not have found you sooner?”s, but the Norwegian singer Ane Brun...(read more)

The Big 3: Muslim Schools, Prostitution and Expenses

Caledoniyya — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:04:52 GMT

And so we made it back from Tunisia – but only after a gruelling thirteen hour journey comprising two coaches, a plane and an extended taxi ride. For the first time in years I am filled with utter...(read more)

Egyptian X-File : The Bribe Of Corrupted MR. X

Egyptian Chronicles — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:06:00 GMT

There is a public demand now that the Egyptian government should reveal the name of that governmental official who took bribes from Daimler , it is a normal demand especially that other countries...(read more)

Schengen Disagreement

Maya's Amalgam — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:46:46 GMT

There, I said it. I’m so sick of all the Schengen procedures, when I’m only going to participate to a round table on blogging [more details on that soon] and not to blow up the country, really...(read more)

Iceland Volcano Ashes To Nile Valley

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:03:04 GMT

Experts are expecting that the Ashes of Iceland Volcano or as it is official known but can't be read Eyjafjallajökul to reach the Egyptian skies by tomorrow !! According to them we should expect Now...(read more)

How Sick Mubarak Is !!??

Egyptian Chronicles — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:26:02 GMT

Last Thursday President Hosni Mubarak had his first public meetings with a couple of ministers in Sharm El-Sheikh , which officially has not replaced Alexandria only but also Cairo. A very short clip showed...(read more)

Just Start: ArabCrunchStart: ArabCrunch WorldWide Ambassador Program

ArabCrunch — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:19:17 GMT

At ArabCrunch we have a mission to drive entrepreneurship and innovation, something we started implementing around 2 years ago with this blog. Gradually we’ve been adding initiatives toward achieving our...(read more)

And I Thought It Was The Egyptian Mercedes Complexity

Egyptian Chronicles — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:04:00 GMT

Egyptians love German automobiles since the invention of cars and German cars means in the Egyptian psychology : Luxury and force. You are an “A” Class , a real “A” Class when you have a black Mercedes...(read more)

6 Essential Online Guides for Halal Restaurants, Muslim Friendly Hotels, Masjeds, e-Commerce & Media

ArabCrunch — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:18:21 GMT

As Many Muslims strive to live according to Islam in their life and in their daily commercial dealings in the west and in non Muslim countries, a number of Muslim entrepreneurs provided the needed services...(read more)

A Kiss To Remember

Egyptian Chronicles — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:27:00 GMT

I do not know why no one has spoken yet about Berlusconi's kiss in the last Arab summit , for God sake it is the only thing I can remember from this lame summit besides of course the duet between Qaddafi...(read more)

iDescribe Used by 2 Million Facebookers to Describe their Facebook Friends in 5 Words

ArabCrunch — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:48:47 GMT

Facebook is now #1 most visited site in USA ahead of Google. The social network has over 400 million people and most probably you are one of them. The major traction facebook offers to all of us, is keeping...(read more)

Of Gay Soldiers and Srebrenica

Caledoniyya — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:23:03 GMT

Where do you go with this? Gays in the military ‘led to Srebrenica massacre’ claims U.S. General Gay soldiers were to blame for Dutch troops being overrun during the Srebrenica massacre, a...(read more)

Breaking News : President Mubarak appoint Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyib as The New Grand Emam of Al Azhar

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:33:01 GMT

President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak has issued his 62nd presidential decree for year 2010 from Heidelberg hospital to appoint Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyib as the new Grand Emam of Al Azhar Al Sharif. He also made...(read more)

Regarding ElBaradei’s Thank You Film

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:07:01 GMT

There is a Swedish short film circulating online in Egypt , you can watch it here. Now I would like to clarify something , this very short film is produced in order to thank the Swedish citizens who pay...(read more)

Supping with Tolstoy and Chekhov

Caledoniyya — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:45:38 GMT

There is an oft-used question – usually to determine one’s degree of culture and taste – that runs along the lines of who one would invite to dinner, drawing from individuals of any period...(read more)

For Women In Science : Professor Rashika El Ridi

Egyptian Chronicles — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:54:00 GMT

Ladies and Gentlemen please meet the 2010 Laureate for Africa and Arab states : Dr. Rashika El Ridi Professor Rashika El Ridi, from the Faculty of Sciences at the Cairo University in Egypt, has been awarded...(read more)

Mohamed Mubarak II !!??

Egyptian Chronicles — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:47:04 GMT

Youm 7 claims that Khadija Al Gamal , the wife of Gamal Mubarak has just given birth to Mohamed Mubarak from couple hours ago at Heidelberg I suppose . There is no confirmation , of course you have heard...(read more)

The "Firanj" and the "Saracen" - still at it.

Maysaloon - ميسلون — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:07:00 GMT

I'm not sure I agree with a lot of Usama Hassan's article in the Guardian today, " East is not always best ". But I do sympathise with it. What did strike me is the level of anti-Islamic...(read more)

The Dahi’s Ultimatum

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:44:02 GMT

Those spies that are currently present in the Gulf must leave the region within one week — if not, then we will cross that bridge when we come to it Dubai Police Chief Lt. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim Gulf...(read more)

Breaking News : What If It Was Not Benign??

Egyptian Chronicles — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:49:00 GMT

And so all the people in Egypt who did not buy president Mubarak’s gallbladder operation story were right , after all you do not stay that long in the hospital not to mention it is one of the best hospitals...(read more)

Junaio 2.0 First Indoor Social Augmented Reality App at SXSW With Developers API

ArabCrunch — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:22:41 GMT

0 Call it web 3.0 or Augmented reality (AR), the technology that overlays digital content such as text, graphics, or 3D models on real objects through any video output. A Technology that is changing the...(read more)