First Published: 2010-05-03 The first of Maktoob’s sites that should have been shut down first is ‘Helwa’. I have been monitoring the website for academic research for a long time, one thing I am sure of; there is hardly any education of women... Read more
Palestinian journalists are injured, kicked, punched, dragged, beaten up or left to bleed until death? Some journalists reporting from conflict zones employed by ginormous media establishments, yet they are not even provided with a crash... Read more
Poetry & Literature
By Iqbal Tamimi Written for the memory of my Iraqi colleague Atwar Bahjat who was killed while reporting from Iraq. The bed of defeat has always been feminine. Ever since the sky was within reach a woman fluffing a wombless vanilla pillow... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi The Libyan television has aired an interview with one of the top magicians aiding Gaddafi. He warns that the ‘Jinn’, who are supposedly a supernatural creatures occupying a parallel world to that of mankind, and who are claimed... Read more
Opinion
First Published: 2010-04-27 The new news channel would borrow from the business model used at Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Sky News channels while broadcasting different content in the Middle East. This is bad news for the Arab audience, since... Read more
Exhibition showcases 1400 paintings symbolising Palestinian victims of Israeli war on Gaza. By Iqbal Tamimi ‘White Phosphorus on the birth anniversary of Ailia’a’ As many Palestinian artists who were deeply in love... Read more
From ‘The Lorry Driver’ to ‘Kingdom of Tunnels’, Taja highlights the misery of the oppressed. By Iqbal Tamimi ‘The Father of Ants’, coming to you from the tunnel next to you The 70 years old Syrian... Read more
Fujairah Media Group (FMG), a Fujairah-based broadcasting organization formed as a joint venture between the Fujairah Cultural Authority and Arab International Media Services, has announced the recent signing of a protocol with Central... Read more
The Egyptian American Medical Society is having a fund raising dinner on May 7th in New York. The proceeds will be directed to support medical assistance for the needy, especially the injured as a result of the revolution
Read moreThe use of the ‘olive branch’ is one of many words that are used as mental blinders. One would think that newspapers care a great deal about the olive branch and all the meanings that comes with it, says Iqbal Tamimi
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