Arab Students In India Support Pro-democracy Struggle
Region: India
The wave of pro-democracy movement in the Arab world reaches India, raises hopes of the Arab students community. Ali Qasem Ahmed is a post-doctoral student from Yemen currently residing in Hyderabad city of ... more
Views: 2468Yemen Blasts Kills 15 and Injures 55
Region: Yemen
A blast rocked the entrance to a mosque in the Yemeni city of Saada on friday. The bomb targeted an Imam and exploded as followers were leaving prayer. Although reports differ, the death toll is of 15 and 55 hu... more
Views: 1742Maghreb Netizens Respond to 8 year-old Yemeni Girl's Petition for Divorce
Region: Yemen
by Lydia Beyoud Tunisian blogger Stupeur!! Un nouveu depart!! (Stupor!! A New Beginning!!) responds to a Yemen Times article about an 8 year-old girl who is trying to file for divorce from a 30 year-old man she says her ... more
Views: 2730Yemen: The Dubai of Ancient Times
Region: YemenDam and Skyscraper Construction in the Past Was ahead of its Time Yemen – A brief history North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI and became a republic in 1962. In 19... more
Views: 2301Al-Awlaki sibling claims Anwar is still alive
Region: YemenA man who said he is Ahmed al-Awlaki, the brother of the most-wanted U.S.-born terrorist in the world -- al- Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Anwar al-Awlaki -- telephoned the Chinese ne... more
Views: 2735US New Alliance with Care Press Release
Region: IndiaUSAID Provides $3.7 Million in New Alliance with CARE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2008 Press Office: 202-712-4320 Public Information: 202-712-4810 www.usaid.gov WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Agency for Interna... more
Views: 1253Susan Elbaneh: American Killed in Yemen Bombing
Region: Yemen
Susan Elbaneh, an 18 year-old from Lackawanna, New York, was the only American out of 16 people killed in a bombing attack of the U.S. Embassy in Sanna, Yemen on Wednesday. Susan Elbaneh was in Yemen to get married to a Y... more
Views: 4111Free Speech Roundup: Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen
Region: Saudi Arabia
by Sami Ben Gharbia In this roundup: (1) Indonesia blocks YouTube over “Fitna” the movie. (2) Saudi Arabia: Fouad Alfarhan's blog and Freefouad blocked. (3) Slide blocked in Turkey. (4) Yemen blocks Makto... more
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