By Iqbal Tamimi ARTSPACE in Dubai is opening an exhibition of “Egyptian Tales. An innovative selection of works by various Egyptian artists. The reception opening will be on Monday February 13th 2012, from 7.00pm-9.30pm at ARTSPACE... Read more
Our colleague Mike Jempson, Director of the media ethics charity MediaWise and lecturer at the University of the West of England, department of journalism as well as a great trade unionist, has requested circulating this link among... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi Stand-up comedian Jack Whitehall, who hosted the BBC1 comedy show ‘Live at Apollo’ on 21 January 2012, apparently thinks it is funny to make fun of people suffering mental problems. He made a joke about starting a relationship... Read more
Tweet Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s personal email account has reportedly been hacked into, according to news channel Al-Arabiya, with the individual responsible threatening to disclose classified information on the country’s... Read more
Tweet Micro-blogging site unveils plan to launch plan for languages that operate from right to left
Read moreTweet by Iqbal Tamimi It was interesting to notice that the three women, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2011; the Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni human rights campaigner... Read more
Tweet One of many upcoming events celebrating 200 years since the birth of Dickens entitled ‘The Amusement of the People’: Dickens, Birmingham and the Theatre will include a Talk by Dr Tony Williams, Associate Editor of The Dickensian... Read more
Tweet During the Iraq War, the US took aim at AlJazeera. Now, as the information wars heat up between the West and Iran, British regulators have ordered Iran’s Press TV off the air, a move that Danny Schechter says further limits public... Read more
Tweet Imagine a twenty-foot-high wall between Frome and Warminster. Now imagine that wall snaking through Frome itself, cutting you off from your home or your office. That’s life in the Palestinian West Bank
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