"Ajami" has been nominated for an Oscar dohatribeca.jpg 
Posted on 04/02/2010 - 22:53
Ajami, written, directed and edited by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, has been nominated for the Oscar of "Best Foreign Language Film".
Egypt: Bloggers arrested over Naga Hammady Visit egyptian bloggers.jpg 
Posted on 18/01/2010 - 17:35
More than 20 Egyptian bloggers were arrested when their train arrived in the village of Naga Hammady in Upper Egypt.
Impunity, war and elections behind journalists killed in 2009 Killed-Arab-Journalists.jpg 
Posted on 11/01/2010 - 11:13
In a worldwide analysis of journalists killed in 2009, IFEX members report that most are murdered in their own country. Local journalists pay the highest price for informing the world about wars, elections, corruption and censorship, or the destruction of the environment. In their year-end reports, IFEX members highlight how journalists are targeted as a result of war, impunity and elections.
Art galleries expect equal or higher sales from Art Dubai 2010 compared to last year Art Dubai 2010. Khaled Ben Slimane and Behdad Lahooti. 
Posted on 07/01/2010 - 18:50
A recent gallery survey conducted for Art Dubai 2010 indicates that a majority of respondents believe sales will either remain the same or improve compared to 2009.
“Lebanon’s Madoff” in the media Ezzedine-Madoff.jpg 
Posted on 23/12/2009 - 03:53
After Lebanese Shiite financier and businessman Salah Ezzedine declared bankruptcy in late August, hundreds of small investors from Lebanon’s Shia population lost their life savings. 
Morocco: Jail sentences for blogger and Internet café owner morocco-internet-cafe.jpg 
Posted on 18/12/2009 - 18:18
A court in Guelmim imposed jail sentences on a blogger and an Internet café owner for circulating information about a heavy-handed crackdown on student protests in the nearby village of Taghjijt (200 km south of Agadir) on 1 December.
Human Rights in the Arab World: Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform Amjad Rasmi:Arab News.jpg 
Posted on 14/12/2009 - 15:01
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies released its second annual report on the state of human rights in the Arab world for the year 2009. The report, entitled Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform, concludes that the human rights situation in the Arab region has deteriorated throughout the region over the last year.
Syria: Lift Blackout on Prisoners’ Fate View from the sky on Sednaya prison in Syria. (Extracted from Google Earth) 
Posted on 11/12/2009 - 01:53
Syrian authorities should make public without further delay the fate of all prisoners whose whereabouts and well-being remain a mystery almost 18 months after security forces put down a riot at the Sednaya prison in July 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch released a partial list today of Sednaya detainees whose families have not been able to get any information about them.
EU backs down over controversial Palestinian proposal EU Parliament Brussels 
Posted on 08/12/2009 - 21:01
A controversial European proposal over a future Palestinian state has been wiped off the table after a deep split emerged among EU countries.
DIFF 2009 unveiled a glittering lineup of movies diff09.jpg 
Posted on 04/12/2009 - 00:39
The Dubai International Film Festival plans to stage its sixth edition this year despite the emirate being in financial meltdown and stock markets across the globe plummeting amid exposure to its debt crisis.
Swiss xenophobia reflected in the vote to ban minarets image-23345-panoV9free-sucr.jpg 
Posted on 01/12/2009 - 04:37
The Swiss ban on the construction of new minarets has angered Muslims and human rights groups.
The desperately defeated seek victory in football The Algerian Fennecs take on the Egyptian Pharaohs for a place in the 2010 World Cup on November 14.  
Posted on 25/11/2009 - 17:25
When football erupted into violence between Egyptian and Algerian fans over the World Cup qualifiers in Cairo and Khartoum last week, alarmed commentators asked what Arab fraternity had come to.
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