Archive for the 'Arab world' Category
This video of Dhiyaa Al Musawi really viralled, this is the third time I receive this video, and feel it’s about time I share it with the circle, with the least fear of being critised.
Filed under: Arab world | 2 Comments
Tags: Arab, Art, Dhiyaa Al-Musawi, Ghandi, Islam, Jesus, Music, religion, youth
Update: After An-Nahar, LBC, MTV & Studio Vision lays off more of their staff.
Elias Khoury, Georges Nassif, Jean Karam (who headed the training center), Nazih Khater, May Yaacoub (editor of the last page), Khalil Nahas (editor of the sports page), Bahjat Khater (editor of the judiciary section), and Walid Abboud (responsible for the Nahar al-Shabab supplement) [...]
Filed under: Aggregated, Arab world, Strictly Lebanese | 3 Comments
Tags: 50, Al Nahar, An-Nahar, Booz Allen, editors, Elias Khoury, employees, fire, fires, Georges Nassif, Jean Karam, lay offs, layoff, lays off, Lebanese Media, May Yaacoub, Nazih Khater
Lebanon and the Arab countries have all so far but neglected the issue of climate change but must now actively cooperate in negotiations during a key upcoming summit in Copenhagen, Lebanese environmental activists said on Monday. The demand was made by the throngs of people gathered in Beyrouth’s Ain al-Mreisseh neighborhood who erected a “Climate Change Countdown [...]
Filed under: Arab world, Lebanon Green Party | 1 Comment
Tags: Climate Change, IndyAct, Wael Hmaidan
General Manager of Comtrax Solutions Jihad Bitar raised the alarm concerning an article published in Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal on a potential deal between Walid Ben Talal and Murdoch himself; and I quote…
The Wall Street Journal reported today that Rupert Murdoch – the Australian media mogul (owner amongst other things of the Fox channels and [...]
Filed under: Arab world, World Affairs | 1 Comment
Tags: LBC SAT, Lebanese Media, Rotana Channels, Rupert Murdoch
This news relates to two post we’ve released; One is about Yahoo!’s purshase of Maktoob (a Jordanian company) and the other on Google exploring the Mideast markets while in Beyrouth. The CEO of Abraaj Capital got the leap of the sum, he sold 40 percent of its stake in the Maktoob Group in 2007. The [...]
Filed under: Arab world, Middle East | 2 Comments
Tags: Google, Maktoub, Market, Middle East, Yahoo!
LBC SAT’s office in Jeddah has been closed by the Saudi Ministry of Information and Culture. This happened after LBC’s “Ahmar Bil Khat Al Arid” showed the “confession” of a Saudi man, recalling how he had numerous sexual encounters with many Saudi women. The witness, explained how to pick up Saudi women using Bluetooth.
The [...]
Filed under: Arab world | 2 Comments
Tags: Ahmar Bil Khat Al Arid, LBC, Lebanese Media, Saudi, Walid Bin Talal
