Qwaider Planet : USA

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)

Apple’s Ping Censoring the Name Osama?

ArabCrunch — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:35:48 GMT

We received a tip from one of our readers saying that Apple has censored the word Osama adding *** after the “O” and before the “a” in its new music social network Ping with iTunes...(read more)

BREAKING: Facebook Beats Google Social Circle, Now Shows Search Results Ranked By Users Like

ArabCrunch — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:23:41 GMT

The future of search is here and it is based on social graph. Facebook has officially entered into Google territory, it is now showing search results from around the web ranked by likes from users’...(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)

FOSSFactory: Social Collaborative Open Source Development & Funding Community

ArabCrunch — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:34:45 GMT

There is no doubt that open source movement is taking over the world, 72% web sites run on open source server Apache, wordpress the open source blogging platform based on PHP/MYSQL is the #1 blogging platform...(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)

@clickabit Trending Links/Posts Shared Using Bit.ly?

ArabCrunch — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:51:55 GMT

Bit.ly the popular link shortening service have posted a blog post about @clickabit saying that “Clickabit is a curated list of some of the surprising and delightful things that are trending in the...(read more)

One Democratic State in Palestine

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:24:02 GMT

Editors Note Intifada Palestine supports One Democratic State in Palestine where Moslems, Christians and Jews enjoy equal rights without discrimination -Editor Read More......(read more)

Quote of the day

Filasteen — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:09:00 GMT

[W]hen intellectuals abandon liberal principles, disengage from politics, and generally abdicate their role as “truth-tellers” for society at large, it is easy for demagogues to play upon human...(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)

At The Time of Facebook Location’s Launch, Jeeran Ventures Into the Location Game But with No Check-in

ArabCrunch — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:11:14 GMT

The launch of facebook locations has taken lots of buzz, the service allows users to check in using their touch phones into different location, know where their friends are and get information about places...(read more)

At The Time of Facebook Location’s Launch, Jeeran Ventures Into the Location Game But with No Check-in

ArabCrunch — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:11:14 GMT

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)

#LOL : Americans identify #Obama as #Muslim

Sarya's wire — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:09:03 GMT

hhhhhh I think an immediate phone call to my US citizen uncle , will answer all the questions . Since the papers published the results of the latest OBAMATIC polls , a question keeps reciting in my mind...(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)

أكبر نافورة في العالم

مدونة ندوش - عالم الترفيه والمتعة — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:25:45 GMT

اكبر نافورة في العالم مقرها في دبي في بحيرة برج خليفة ، وقد صممت من قبل شركة “WET ” للتصميم والشركة مقرها في كاليفورنيا في الولايات المتحدة الامريكية ، وقد صممت الشركة من قبل نوافير فندق بيلاجيو...(read more)

A Mosque, Why Not?

JanMania — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:18:20 GMT

What could be so bad about building a mosque? Near ground zero or anywhere else? what could be wrong about peaceful and spiritual energy around the place? with prayers all around for the good and bad....(read more)

July Stats: Google Leads the US Search Market at 66.2% Yahoo Second Growing at 8%

ArabCrunch — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:39:51 GMT

ComScore the leading company for measuring web stats released today its July 2010 qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Americans conducted more than 16.6 billion total core search queries in...(read more)

Twitter Rolls-Out New “Social Context” Features, Such as: We Both Follow

ArabCrunch — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:32:15 GMT

WE are big fans of Twitter at ArabCrunch.NET that is one of the reasons that we enabled users to login to ArabCrunch.NET via their Twitter account. We’ve been using it since may day one of its launch...(read more)

Facebook Upgrades Facebook Notes, More Like a Blog

ArabCrunch — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:01:14 GMT

Seems Facebook is not stopping in being the number 1 destination of all things social. As blogs are considered part of the social media universe, looks like Facebook wants to have a strong stand in that...(read more)

Ramadan Kareem (2010) Video: “Ramadan Entrepreneurship and Clinton”

ArabCrunch — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:01:56 GMT

Yesterday was the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in some Muslims countries, and today it is the first day of Ramadan for the rest of the world. In this month all Muslims are obliged to fast from...(read more)

Neocons and the Tea Party movement

Filasteen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:36:17 GMT

There may be more than meets the eye with the Tea-Partiers [via Open Left]. Will such movement in the political landscape have any impact on the likes of Hagee and Christian Zionism in particular? Read...(read more)

my name is asher lev

bint battuta in bahrain — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:44:00 GMT

Sometimes fate places a book in your way that perfectly satisfies your cravings. A few weeks ago I came across a book in Khalid's (my favourite place for second-hand books in Bahrain), one that a friend...(read more)

Taking the PC, Too Far

Caledoniyya — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:08:16 GMT

The following account is deplorable in the extreme – that the final conclusion was made by a female judge baffles belief. Just for the record, the urge to respect perceived Islamic teachings can...(read more)

Church Convenes “International Burn A Quran Day”

Caledoniyya — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:17:08 GMT

Yes, that’s right: for one church in Gainsville, Fla. it is not enough to commemorate the ninth anniversary of 9/11 with prayers and remembrance: rather, it will burn Qurans on Eid el-Fitr: “We...(read more)

Quote of the day

Filasteen — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:14:02 GMT

“The war on Gaza, which President-elect Obama watched in silence, showed not merely the brutality that Israel is willing to use under America’s political protection, but the extent to which Israel...(read more)

Thousands of Orthodox Jews Protest Netanyahu and the State of Israel

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:30:42 GMT

Masses of Anti Zionist Orthodox Jews demonstrate outside the White House in protest against the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is directly involved with the decision to desecrate the...(read more)

« Gillard reassures the Jews that she loves Israel to death The people of Gaza are too fat and healthy by Antony Loewenstein

Israa El-sakka — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:17:49 GMT

Published on 29 June 2010 Zionist lobbyists, get a grip: A pro-Israeli advocacy organization is throwing a cocktail party in New York Monday night to discuss a phenomenon it says is a crisis in Gaza: Palestinians...(read more)

Yvonne Ridley: US Fear Factory Kills Free Speech

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:12:16 GMT

Yvonne Ridley There are some politicians who want to see the heroic Americans who took part in the Viva Palestina convoys and the recent Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla prosecuted as terrorists. Read More...(read more)

هيلين توماس ..كلمة تثير عليك كل هذه العاصفة

كشفٌ Kashf — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:05:00 GMT

اهتمت تعليقات في السابع والعشرين من الشهر الفائت بسؤال من صحافية أمريكية مخضرمة فاجئت به أوباما: لماذا...(read more)

Quote of the day

Filasteen — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:59:05 GMT

“If it was all about oil, we’d have boots on the ground in Venezuela …” Read More......(read more)

Quote of the day

Filasteen — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:21:26 GMT

“His greatest concern, [Saban] says, is to protect Israel, by strengthening the United States-Israel relationship. At a conference last fall in Israel, Saban described his formula. His ‘three...(read more)

Rashid Khalidi on the I/P conflict

Filasteen — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:07:15 GMT

Interview with Israeli Occupation Archive Ultimately, this is now a different kind of conflict, and it will not be won by killing people. It will be won when enough of the Israeli and American peoples...(read more)

“What’s Jordan?” Because of “Sandra’s new adopted son”

Kermit the Blog — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:34:19 GMT

In her video accepting the visionary award of YouTube (November 2008), Queen Rania spoofed David Letterman with 10 reasons of why she launched her channel against stereotypes on YouTube, 9 of those reasons...(read more)

“The Christian Zionist’s Bible”

Filasteen — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:02:15 GMT

From Jews On First: Evangelical Christians are often socially and politically active Americans who play a crucial role in our modern world. Christian Zionists, in particular, have emerged as a potent force...(read more)

Techcrunch and the Jordanian connection!

mab3oos — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT

I really don't know what to make of it. I frequent techcrunch's website and I just can't help noticing their "techcrunch on facebook" widget showing their friends/fans. the things...(read more)

من برة رخام و من جوة…

Kermit the Blog — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:02:29 GMT

عشان بدي اكتب هاد العنوان قررت إنو رح اكتب بالعربي هل مرة. وصلت على أميركا قبل اسبوعين و بلشت من العاصمه واشنطن و بعدين على هيوستن، طبعاً هدول مدينتين معروفين. بعدين اكتشفت اني رايح على مدينه اسمها سينت...(read more)

This is how the youth are engaged!

Kermit the Blog — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:45:11 GMT

As co-founder of Nakhweh.com I arrived to the United States on the 9th of April to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program by the Department of the State under the title of “Volunteerism...(read more)

Stand With the Eleven protest Israeli Ambassador at UCI

Israa El-sakka — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:19:35 GMT

On February 8th, Micheal Oren spoke at UCI. During his speech Oren was interrupted by 11 protesters who had every right to speak out. Now they are charged with disrupting the peace and being targeted by...(read more)

Quote of the day

Filasteen — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:51:06 GMT

“[T]he battle lines are being drawn. On one side is the administration and friends of Israel who understand that the Jewish State can only be secured by an Israeli-Palestinian agreement that implements...(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)

The OK Terrorism

G. Yonis — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:22:13 GMT

At all times, when civilians are killed by groups of anti-America militant, it is called terrorism. My question is, how can you choose a different term to describe this? It is an isolated “accident”;...(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)

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)

The Netanyahu government: It’s all about “maneuvers”!

Filasteen — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:23:23 GMT

Peace Now and the American administration are applying pressure and the Netanyahu government is “maneuvering.” – MORE Read More......(read more)

1,500 Members and Counting: ArabCrunch.NET Opens its Beta to the Public with a New UI, Facebook and Twitter Integration

ArabCrunch — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:37:27 GMT

Over the past few months, we’ve been working in a new and streamlined design for ArabCrunch.NET that enables us to take the largest technology community in the Arab and emerging world into Public Beta...(read more)

A conversation with Chas Freeman

Filasteen — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:40:03 GMT

From SUSRIS: “Something new” and “significant” is how Ambassador Charles Freeman, Jr., described some of the recent developments in the Middle East affecting the United States and its relationships in...(read more)

Arab League chief wants to engage Iran directly

Filasteen — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:29:49 GMT

It could well be that in fact THIS – and not the US military – is what got the Obama administration scurrying towards a policy of less bias in the Palestine/Israel conflict, to the utter chagrin...(read more)

Yamli Launches RealTime Translator Project Via Google Translator API

ArabCrunch — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:11:16 GMT

Yamli the Boston based startup launched about 2 years ago with a transliteration tool, has extended its offerings recently with its new Dynamic Translator Project, which allows users to translate from...(read more)

So that’s how it works!

Filasteen — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:10:50 GMT

War in Context on Clinton’s speech at AIPAC: But the most important tie is the one Clinton left off the list: weaponry. Weaponry paid for by US taxpayers and sold by the US defense industry, through...(read more)

Dad, Mom Not on Twitter? TweetToEmail App Can Send Your Tweets to Anyone Not using Twitter!

ArabCrunch — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:28:10 GMT

If you are a Twitter user, there is a high chance that there are a lot of people you care about who are not using Twitter yet, at least in my case mom and dad! But, almost everyone uses email, if you wanted...(read more)

Quotes of the day

Filasteen — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:38:49 GMT

“And if tensions boil over and lead to further armed conflict, it has a deep impact on America’s national security interests, on troops in the region, on its security, economic interests. So, we...(read more)

Wind of change

Filasteen — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:15:11 GMT

[You Tube Link] [via Shalom Rav] Read More......(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)

Obama’s Mideast burden

Filasteen — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:54:50 GMT

Dire warnings from The Daily Dish: The evangelicals see permanent Israeli colonization of the West Bank as critical to End-times theology; and they are helping fund it with millions. The neocon gamble...(read more)

US Dept of Justice asked to regulate AIPAC as a foreign agent

Filasteen — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:42:47 GMT

“The US Department of Justice has been formally asked to begin regulating the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as the foreign agent of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”...(read more)

Live Blogging From Global Technology Forum 2010 in Silicon Valley

ArabCrunch — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:55:36 GMT

#This the first by Amir Kabbara he is an entrepreneur and ArabCrunch Ambassador in USA, Amir is originally from Lebanon and now working with Microsoft in Seattle. Amir tried to live stream the event but...(read more)

A line is crossed

Filasteen — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:21:21 GMT

Support Our Troops: Boycott the Israeli Occupation says the lede: The fact that our top military commanders believe that Israel’s actions towards the Palestinians are putting our troops in danger...(read more)

Bassel Ojjeh and Former Yahoo & SAS Data Executives Join Forces To Create nPario, a Startup That Helps Organizations Understand and Market Consumer Intent

ArabCrunch — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:56:11 GMT

nPario Inc., a provider of data products and services that enable companies to understand and market consumer commercial intent, opened its business operations today. Led by former Yahoo executives Bassel...(read more)

Israel’s tangled web

Filasteen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:46:02 GMT

In the US, it would appear linkages have been woven between Iran, Settlements, Health Care & Israel. And it seems also that a turning point may have been reached … or not. Indeed, a couple of...(read more)

Klip}collective – video projection meets everything else

melicieuse — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:28:04 GMT

when a group of artists (Klipcollective) decide to use something else but the traditional white screen for video projection, it creates a whole new form of sensory expression (I say sensory because it...(read more)

Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Silicon Valley Companies Have big Interest in MENA as a Fast Growing Region #adms

ArabCrunch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:28:24 GMT

Eric Schmidt CEO of Google (the only company than managed to compete with Microsoft in all fronts and lead) is now in Dubai for Abu Dhabi Media Summit an event ArabCcrunch was not invited to! ( I was invited...(read more)

Israel is running out of time

Filasteen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:59:20 GMT

Complementing the previous quote of the day, here’s yet another warning. “We have no time — time works against us. The conflict can be transferred from a national conflict to a religious...(read more)

Confirmed: Google Gmail Free SMS Chat is Also Enabled to Ghana and “Israel”

ArabCrunch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:10:05 GMT

As we update our last post about Google Enabling free SMS chat via gmail from a trusted source that Google also offers this feature to the African country Ghana and “Israel”, Google spokesman...(read more)

Google‘s Special Treatment to Palestine: The Only Country in the World that has Free Gmail SMS After USA!

ArabCrunch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:10 GMT

Google has a neat gmail feature that lets user to send free text messages (SMS) to their friends directly from your Gmail account that works the same way gtalk works. Gmail SMS service was originally launched...(read more)

Quote of the day

Filasteen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:48:08 GMT

“The Israel-Palestine standoff is a globally consequential fault line that will blow sooner rather than later if the problems and pressures there are not seriously addressed.” - Steve Clemons...(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)

Oscar winner ... The Hurt Locker ... For the Invaders glory flame, for homeland defenders the shame

Samanyat فدادين عبط عربية سخنة طازة بنار الفرن — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:49:00 GMT

“Can the US afford to ignore the JDL?”

Filasteen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:09:35 GMT

From Coteret: On February 14 2010, Israel Hayom published an article by Efrat Porsher suggesting that the Jewish Defense League (JDL) is reorganizing to defend Israeli speakers on campuses in the US and...(read more)

The Case for Islam Awareness

Caledoniyya — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:47:33 GMT

In my previous post I outlined the argument of one of the delegates for enhanced awareness of Islam in the US – demystifying the unknown, you might say. Undoubtedly, this should be a global movement...(read more)