A few months ago (august 2007) I wrote here about a ban against Egypt actor Amr Waked. A similar story is now surfacing in Bahrain with the provocative singer Haifa Wehbe.
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…”Politicians attempt to ban Arab sex symbol
Lebanese model and singer Haifa Wehbe, known in the Arab world for her raunchy, sex symbol persona, has succeeded where many others [...]
The text is quoted from the Israeli “haaretz” newspaper.
…”Lebanese army moves into W. Beirut after Hezbollah takeover 17:38 09/05/2008 Lebanese troops began taking up positions in some Sunni neighborhoods abandoned by the pro-government groups and taken over by Hezbollah and its allies. The army, though, did not intervene in the clashes, which had largely tapered [...]
Latest news from Ahmadinejad on Israel’s 60 anniversary. I quote:
…”Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called Israel a ’stinking corpse’ which is doomed dissappear, as the state celebrated 60 years of independence. “Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously [...]
An Opinion.
Is there any way to answer why people act the way they act? Yes, there are as many answers as there are people.
Yesterday a story old 20 years surfaced about Ben-Ami Kadish, a former US Army engineer I quote, ..”Kadish was accused of taking home classified documents several times and letting the Israeli government worker [...]
This a short video clip showing Amr Waked, the Egyptian film actor, talking about artist in Arab culture.
Artists, actors, poets, musicians - very rarely are they taken seriously or appreciated in society, and it takes very much for your average Arab to actually make a profession out of what is commonly referred to as “just useless [...]
Some Middle East Arab countries, despite being in a most censored region of the world, try to join by all means, the cohorts of bloggers, social nets and now, Citizen Journalism, I quote,..
..”Citizen journalism initiative launched in Lebanon.” (10.04.2008)
The first alternative online publication in the Arab world has been launched in Lebanon, according to the [...]
One of the latest Iranian statement, I quote, ..”Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday,”…(see here), did not dissuade neutral Switzerland to make a natural gas deal worth $28 billion to $42 billion, funding in a direct way the military nuclear ambitions of [...]
A turmoil of movies, literature, theater, actors, police and religious Islamic beliefs:
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After..” dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders released a film (Fitna) criticizing Islam and its holy book the Koran on Thursday, posting it on a Web site.”…, see here, Muslims are again upset at Satanic Verses play in German, I quote,…”A forthcoming stage play in German to [...]
