Arab Diaspora: Shall I Marry a Non-Arab?
Region: MoroccoArab women living in diaspora have hard questions to answer. Should they marry non-Arabs, non-Muslims or converts to Islam? Palestinian blogger Mona, who lives in Canada and blogs at Rebellious Arab Girl, opens a can of wo... more
Views: 3942Syria's Language Move Irks Businesses
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicShop owners say requirement for Arabic signs called costly, unfair and pointless. By an IWPR-trained reporter (SB No. 71, 10-Aug-09) Twelve years after opening an electronics shop in Damascus, Khaled has been forced to c... more
Views: 1427China - Arab ties tightened
Region: ChinaLast week, Ben Simpfendorfer, the Hong Kong-based chief China Economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland and the writer of the new book "The New Silk Road" had an interview with the New Yorker magazine, talking about the lon... more
Views: 1435Vancouver - Racial Problems at UBC Highlight Tensions between Jews and Arabs
Region: CanadaJust in case you believed that Vancouver is Lotusland, Shangri La, or even ‘The Best Place on Earth’ then the events of the last few days will surely disabuse you of those notions. Ethnic tensions have surface... more
Views: 1903Single Arab Women Face Taboo of Living Alone
Region: United Arab Emirates
Posted by Ayesha Saldanha to Global Voices Online For many single Arab women, to live and work or study away from their family is not a choice made easily, because of fear of ‘what people will say'. A number of bl... more
Views: 3888UN Proposal Provokes Iraqi Anger
Region: Iraq
Kurds, Turkomans and Arabs criticise recommendations on how to resolve territorial disputes in north. By Zaineb Naji in Baghdad Rival political factions have slammed a United Nations proposal to settle disputes over cont... more
Views: 1360Saudi Arab to Quell Oil Fire
Region: IndiaSince the start of the millennium, the oil prices have soared five folds and have been hovering between $130-$140 this month, derailing many developing economies like India apart from hurting US where the oil consu... more
Views: 1152Arabeyes: Looming Food Crisis
Region: Kuwait
by Amira Al Hussaini Inflation and rising food and oil prices are a reality around the world, and Arab bloggers are not only feeling the pinch, but writing about it too. Here is a snapshot of reactions from Lebanon, Syria... more
Views: 1358The Arabic Channels puncture cultural isolation: Aljazeera, a major source of news
Region: IsraelPalestinian Arabs that live in Israel are not different from other Arab societies in their interest in watching TV in large numbers.They do differ in the type and manner of their TV consumption, which reveal the complicate... more
Views: 3188Syrian opposition call for an urgent meeting with the UN
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicThe Syrian opposition National Council (CNS) wants to treat "massacre" in the Syrian provinces of Homs, Idleb and other areas that have left 250 dead. They ask the UN to declare the locations attacked as "safe areas... more
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