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Amira AlTahawi

‭BBC Arabic‬ - ‮عرض الصحف‬ - ‮الرهينة البريطاني بيتر مور: "كل ما أريده الآن ه... - 0 views

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shared by Amira AlTahawi on 26 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Amira AlTahawi on 26 Jan 10
     
    "الرهينة البريطاني بيتر مور: "كل ما أريده الآن هو البكاء""
Amira AlTahawi

كيف تجاهر الاهرام بالدفاع عن البعثية- المستبعدون في العراق - 0 views

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shared by Amira AlTahawi on 26 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Amira AlTahawi on 26 Jan 10
     
    "وهذا القرار يعد خطأ فادحا لأنه يضر العملية السياسية برمتها‏,‏ ويهدد العراق في وحدته‏,‏ ويهمش العرب السنة‏,‏ ويلهب الساحة العراقية لكون هذه الكيانات المستبعدة ذات امتداد شعبي‏,‏ وتمثل قوي اجتماعية مؤثرة في الشارع العراقي‏,‏ ويبدو أن المحاولات الرامية الي تطبيق مايعرف باجتثاث البعث‏,‏ أصبحت موجهة الي تصفية كل الأصوات والرموز الوطنية‏,‏ \n وخصوصا تلك الرافضة للتدخل والهيمنة الايرانية علي الشأن العراقي"\nهو مين بيكتب الدرر دي؟ يعني ايه تحددوا لدولة تانية قانون تنظيم العملية الانتخابية والترشيحات؟ ويعني ايه تنهوا الكلمة بتهديد ان القوى اياها ستقاطع العملية السياية (ايه ها تتجه للعنف يعني ما هي اصلا متورطة فيه بدرجة او باخرى) امركوا عدجيب والله ..ايه يا دكتور عبدالمنعم ده انا باقول عليك يميني بس بتفهم ومتعلم ! وها تضبط العك شوية
Amira AlTahawi

جريدة الصباح - 11 قناة أرضية وفضائية تعمل من دون ترخيص - 0 views

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iraq Internet media

shared by Amira AlTahawi on 26 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Amira AlTahawi on 26 Jan 10
     
    كشفت هيئة الاعلام والاتصالات وجود 11 قناة غير مرخصة في محافظتي النجف والديوانية.وقال نائب رئيس مجلس الامناء في الهيئة الدكتور علي ناصر الخويلدي في تصريح خص به (الصباح): ان\nجولة قام بها مؤخراً فريق من الهيئة الى محافظتي النجف والديوانية كشف خلالها جملة من الخروقات من بينها وجود قنوات أرضية تعمل من دون تراخيص، واخرى مرخصة الا انها تبث بقوة عالية بشكل يؤثر في عمل وسائل الاعلام المسموعة والمرئية، فضلاً عن جود ابراج عالية تعمل بترددات غير مسموح باستعمالها.
Amira AlTahawi

"مطران اللاتين في بغداد: كسر حاجز الصمت حول قتل المسيحيين " - 0 views

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shared by Amira AlTahawi on 26 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Amira AlTahawi on 26 Jan 10
     
    "مطران اللاتين في بغداد: كسر حاجز الصمت حول قتل المسيحيين "
Ed Webb

Press release archive: About NPG - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Nature Middle East launches today at www.nature.com/naturemiddleeast. The new website from Nature Publishing Group (NPG) showcases scientific and medical research from the Arabic-speaking Middle East region and is continuously updated with articles in English and Arabic. The King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Saudi Arabia, is sponsoring Nature Middle East.
  • "We are proud to be launching Nature Middle East, which reflects our growing commitment to a region with a proud scientific history and a promising future," comments David Swinbanks, Publishing Director for NPG. "We believe this launch is particularly timely, as nations from across the region increase their investment in science and medical research facilities and programmes. Nature Middle East will be the place to keep in touch with these exciting new developments."
  • Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
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  • Nature Middle East Editor Mohammed Yahia has been actively promoting science in the Middle East region for a number of years. Prior to joining Nature Middle East, Mohammed was the MENA region coordinator for the website SciDev.Net and has worked as a reporter, editor, and consultant.
  • following the launch of Nature India in February 2008 and Nature China in 2007
Terri Soifer

Israel's options after Mubarak - Opinion - Al Jazeera English - 2 views

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shared by Terri Soifer on 15 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Some have suggested that Israeli concern is focused on avoiding a revocation of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. It is not. Insisting on Egyptian adherence to the peace treaty with Israel is a legitimate position, has international support, and also accords with both Israeli and Egyptian interests.
  • There were a set of regional policies pursued by the Mubarak regime which lacked popular legitimacy. These included the closure imposed on Gaza, support for the Iraq war and for heightened bellicosity toward Iran, and playing ceremonial chaperone to an Israeli-Palestinian peace process that became farcical and discredited.
  • he second approach advocates an urgent return to the peace process. Neither will work. The first will exacerbate Israel's predicament, and the second is too little too late.
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  • t would be perhaps Israel's best and last chance for a two-state solution. While it would involve cutting Israel’s losses, it would also have the potential of unleashing huge benefits - economic, security and more, for an Israel accepted as part of the tapestry of a democratic Middle East.
  • Taryn Abbassian on 17 Feb 11
     
    Thanks for sharing this Terri! I really liked the article. Though the third option would require a lot of optimism, I think it seems like the most promising hope for future peace in the country.
Ed Webb

Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 06 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Ed Webb on 06 Mar 11
     
    Samia was my contemporary in Cairo.
Ed Webb

Saudi Troops Enter Bahrain to Put Down Unrest - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...15bahrain.html

Bahrain KSA US protests democratization

shared by Ed Webb on 15 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Saudi Arabia has been watching uneasily as Bahrain’s Shiite majority has staged weeks of protests against a Sunni monarchy, fearing that if the protesters prevailed, Iran, Saudi Arabia’s bitter regional rival, could expand its influence and inspire unrest elsewhere.
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 15 Mar 11
       
      NB that much western coverage has framed the Bahrain uprising (and indeed the Saudi protests) in terms that fit this Saudi interpretation of events: Sunni v Shi'ite, and by proxy Saudi v Iran. A more persuasive framing would be in class terms in both cases, exploited versus ruling class; or in more straightforwardly political terms, democrats versus tyrants. Consider whose interests the sectarian framing serves.
  • This is an occupation
  • This may prolong the conflict rather than put an end to it, and make it an international event rather than a local uprising
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  • The Gulf Cooperation Council was clearly alarmed at the prospect of a Shiite political victory in Bahrain, fearing that it would inspire restive Shiite populations in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to protest as well. The majority of the population in Saudi Arabia’s eastern provinces, where the oil is found, is Shiite, and there have already been small protests there.
  • Political analysts said that it was likely that the United States did not object to the deployment in part because it, too, saw a weakened monarchy as a net benefit to Iran at a time when the United States wants to move troops out of Iraq, where Iran has already established an influence.
  • Bahrain’s opposition groups issued a statement: “We consider the entry of any soldier or military machinery into the Kingdom of Bahrain’s air, sea or land territories a blatant occupation.”
Ed Webb

Rioters battle UK police after anti-cuts rally | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...-protest-idUSTRE72P0YN20110326

shared by Ed Webb on 27 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • over 250,000 people joined the biggest demonstration in the capital since protests against war in Iraq in 2003
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 27 Mar 11
       
      Let's see if it has any more effect than that demo did...
Ed Webb

ONI Releases 2009 Middle East & North Africa Research | OpenNet Initiative - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 12 Aug 09 - Cached
  • While not all countries in the Middle East and North Africa filter the Internet, censorship across the region is on the rise, and the scope and depth of filtering are increasing. Testing has revealed political filtering to be the common denominator across the region; however, social filtering is on the rise.
  • Based on ONI testing results, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and the West Bank do not currently filter any material; however, none of those are without regulations.
  • Bahrain, Iran, Syria and Tunisia have the strictest political filtering practices in the region.
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  • Although increased filtering is the rule and unblocking the exception, there are a few instances of the latter since our last report. Syria has restored access to Arabic-language Wikipedia, Morocco has lifted a ban on a number of pro-Western Sahara independence Web sites, and Libya has begun to allow access to previously banned political sites. Additionally, Sudanese filtering of sites containing LGBT, dating, and health-related content has lessened since the last round of ONI testing.
  • Iran is among the strictest filtering regimes in the world, pervasively filtering political and social content, as well as Internet tools and proxies, and substantially filtering content related to conflict and security.
  • In the Middle East and North Africa, the filtering of social media and social networking sites has become relatively commonplace. For example, YouTube and Facebook are currently filtered Syria and Tunisia, and Orkut and Flickr are blocked in Iran and the UAE. Iran also filters a local social networking site, Balatarin.com, and the UAE and Saudi Arabia filter certain YouTube videos, though not the entire site.
  • Blocking Web sites in a local language is approximately twice as likely as blocking sites only available in English or other international languages.
Ed Webb

With video games, public diplomacy by mobile phone - SmartPlanet - 0 views

www.smartplanet.com/...387

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shared by Ed Webb on 26 Aug 09 - Cached
  • MetroStar Systems, a 75-employee tech start-up contracted by the State Department to bring a better understanding of the United States to the countries with which it has less-than-amicable relations. The company plans to do so with X-Life Games, an initiative that effectively wraps a U.S. history lesson inside a downloadable video game for a mobile phone.
  • The products of this initiative — so far, “Driven,” a car-racing trivia game, and “Babangar Blues,” a music-based role-playing game — are intended to “demystify” the U.S. to foreign audiences, starting with the Middle East.
  • Ironically, the trivia very much resembles the test administered to new citizens. I asked Manouchehri if it was really fair to expect an Iranian to know who Patrick Henry was. “The hope is that they’ll look them up,” he said.
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  • the State Department gathers and receives behavioral data that helps it track “macro behavioral trends,” particularly among the Generation Y demographic MetroStar is targeting, born between 1981 and 2000.
  • Manouchehri is looking at deploying his mobile games in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, as well as in nations with more mature telecom networks, such as Egypt, Indonesia and Lebanon.
Ed Webb

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq's academy of peace and politeness - 0 views

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Iraq music beauty aesthetics education

shared by Ed Webb on 03 Sep 09 - Cached
  • the Academy of Peace through Art, a school created under the umbrella of Iraq's national Symphony Orchestra.
  • dozens of teenagers with different backgrounds learn that boys should open doors for girls and the art of dinner party conversation.
  • "To some people it may seem irrelevant now, because there are so many problems - but we need people who care about beauty, and I am convinced that the day will come when everyone will realise it,"
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  • Their next class is civil interaction, in other words, how to have a conversation without turning it into a confrontation.
Jared Bernhardt

Journalism.co.uk :: Danger of 'knowledge gap' in the Middle East, warns International M... - 0 views

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Knowledge Gap Iraq Iran Blogs

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  • Despite a recent increase in citizen-generated content and wider spread internet access, there is the danger of a 'knowledge gap' in the Middle East, the chairman of the NCF International Media Council has warned.
  • Morris said the difficulties of digital engagement in the Middle East were compounded by the fact that only 0.4 per cent of the web's content is written in Arabic.
  • Blogger Potkin Azarmehr, who created his website because he was 'fed up with the nonsense given to English speaking media about Iran', also warned that blogs and online communities can become 'elitist' in parts of the world where broadband access is restricted by the government.
  • Jared Bernhardt on 13 May 09
     
    Interesting article about possible knowledge cap in Middle East
Ed Webb

Al Jazeera English - Europe - Protests greet Obama on Turkey trip - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 05 Apr 09 - No Cached
  • the protests had been "small and quite specific". "The protesters suspicions are that Obama has come here with a secret agenda, to pressurise the Turkish government to put combat troops into Afghanistan in an effort to help control the situation there," she said.
  • While Turkey has been long regarded as a close US ally in the Muslim world, some analysts believe there has been a cooling of ties during the former US administration of George Bush. Washington and Ankara had been sharply at odds in recent years over such issues as how to deal with Iran's nuclear programme, the rise to power of Hamas in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, and political developments in Sudan.
Ed Webb

Annals of National Security: Syria Calling: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker - 0 views

www.newyorker.com/...090406fa_fact_hersh

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  • Assad said in an e-mail to me that although Israel was “doing everything possible to undermine the prospects for peace,” he was still very interested in closing the deal. “We have to wait a little while to see how things will evolve and how the situation will change,” Assad said. “We still believe that we need to conclude a serious dialogue to lead us to peace.”
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 01 Apr 09
       
      Back-channel diplomacy, one of the occasional functions of journalists.
  • “Syria is eager to engage with the West,” he said, “an eagerness that was never perceived by the Bush White House. Anything is possible, as long as peace is being pursued.”
  • Iran is a crucial factor motivating each side.
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  • “Of course, Syria will not suddenly move against Iran,” Kerry said. “But the Syrians will act in their best interest, as they did in their indirect negotiations with Israel with Turkey’s assistance—and over the objections of Iran.”
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 01 Apr 09
       
      For what it's worth, I concur with Sen Kerry's judgment here - the Syrian regime is very pragmatic.
  • In his e-mail after the Gaza war, Assad emphasized that it was more than ever “essential that the United States play a prominent and active role in the peace process.” What he needed, Assad said, was direct contact with Obama. A conference would not be enough: “It is most natural to want a meeting with President Obama.”
  • “Barak’s appointment does not change the fundamental dynamics of the coalition, but it means that Bibi [Netanyahu] has a Defense Minister who will be on board for dealing with Syria, who wants to deal with Syria—and who also will be on board for doing it in secret.”
  • “The key point is that the signing of an agreement is just the beginning—and third parties are needed to reinforce the agreement.”
  • In mid-November, David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, distressed the White House by flying to Damascus for a meeting with Assad. They agreed that Britain and Syria would establish a high-level exchange of intelligence. Vice-President Dick Cheney viewed the move by Britain—“perfidious Albion,” as he put it—as “a stab in the back,” according to a former senior intelligence official.
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 01 Apr 09
       
      Jeez, Dick, grow up.
  • Cheney, who worked closely with the Israeli leadership in the lead-up to the Gaza war, portrayed Obama to the Israelis as a “pro-Palestinian,” who would not support their efforts (and, in private, disparaged Obama, referring to him at one point as someone who would “never make it in the major leagues”).
  • The senior Syrian official said that an opening to the West would bring the country increased tourism, trade, and investment, and a higher standard of living—progress that would eventually make it less reliant on Iran. If Israel then attacked Iran, he asked, “what will Syria do?” His answer was that Syria wouldn’t do more than condemn the attack. “What else could we do?”
  • the new Administration should not assume that Bashar Assad could be separated easily from Iran, or persuaded to give up support for Hamas and Hezbollah. “Bashar now has enormous standing in the Arab world, and it comes from these pillars—he was among the first to oppose the American war in Iraq and his continued support for Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas,” Crooke said. “He cannot trade the Golan Heights for peace with Israel, and cut off his allies. What Syria can do is offer its good standing and credentials to lead a comprehensive regional settlement.”
  • “They also believe their relationship with Iran could be of help to the Obama Administration. They believe they could be a bridge between Washington and Tehran.”
  • the Assad family does not believe in taking chances—they’re very hard bargainers.
Amira AlTahawi

Unknown group burn a Kurdish journalist's car - 1 views

www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx

iraq kurdistan puk journalists

shared by Amira AlTahawi on 04 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Amira AlTahawi on 04 Oct 09
     
    به ختياري سه عيد Bakhtiyar Sa'id the owner of the car, one of the prominent journalists in Kurdistan, told KurdishMedia.com that his car was burnt on the midday of 2 October in front of his sister's house, where he visiting his ill sister.
Amira AlTahawi

المرصد الإعلامي العراقي بالقاهرة: كردستان العراق: رسالة من صحفي يتعرض لتهديدات - 0 views

iraqegypt.blogspot.com/...blog-post.html

iraq kurdistan journalists

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  • Amira AlTahawi on 17 Oct 09
     
    عن المرصد الإعلامي العراقي وصل المرصد هذه الرسالة من الصحفي بختيار سعيد يفصِّل فيها التهديدات التي يتعرض لها والحادث الذي استهدف سيارته في وقت سابق من هذا الشهر؛ بعد انتقادات وجهها لمسئولي الحزبين الأكبر بإقليم كردستان العراق.ومرفق صورتان لسيارة الصحفي واضحا عليها آثار الحرق المتعمد. يليه نص الرسالة بالإنجليزية."
Ed Webb

NSFW: After Fort Hood, another example of how 'citizen journalists' can't handle the truth - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
  • For all of our talk about “the world watching”, what good did social media actually do for the people of Iran? Did the footage out of the country actually change the outcome of the elections? No. Despite a slew of YouTube videos and a couple of thousand foreign Twitter users turning their avatar green and pretending to be in Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still in power. It’s astonishing, really. Despite how successful ten million actual voters marching through Washington, London and other major cities in 2003 were in stopping the invasion of Iraq, a bit of entirely virtual cyber-posturing by foreigners didn’t lead to real change in Iran.
  • Ed Webb on 09 Nov 09
     
    Mostly not about Iran, but about citizen journalism. I think Carr is all kinds of wrong here, but it's an interesting and probably important debate.
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