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Wael account reopened, not “restored”

Posted in Activism, Blogs, Egypt, Human Rights, IT, Media on Sunday, 9 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’d heard late last week that Wael Abbas’ shut-down YouTube account had been reactivated. Apparently, according to Wael, that’s all that has been done – as opposed to “restored”, as they claim in their statement. Everything on the account has, it seems, disappeared. If that’s the case, then what a lame, meaningless, empty, face-saving gesture!

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YouTube bans torture videos, closes Wael’s account

Posted in Activism, Blogs, Egypt, Human Rights, Media on Tuesday, 27 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Yep.

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Human Rights discourse in Arabic electronic media

Posted in Arab, Human Rights, IT, Media on Tuesday, 2 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »

HR Info has issued a report [look here; press release], that i havent really read, on the use of human rights in online arabic media. The claim to use qualitative and quantitative analysis of 8 outlets over the year 2006. The report is supposed to also include a section on the links between HR organizations [...]

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Mahalla Strike Falsehoods

Posted in Activism, Egypt, Human Rights, Labor, Media on Sunday, 30 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I received this update from journalist Jano Charbel on the Mahalla textile strikes. Apparently there are falsehoods in the Reuters and government lines.

A Reply to the Blatant Falsehoods Announced by the Labor Ministry, the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, and their Sensationalist Mouthpieces

Officials from the Labor Ministry and the state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation [...]

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veil accolade

Posted in Egypt, Islam, Media, Society on Monday, 16 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »

argh!
umm.. err.. uhhh.. umm.. sigh..
argh!
It’s a recent music video called: “You’ve taken on the veil; bravo!”
Do i have to elaborate? i’m sorry, am at a loss.

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Degrees of Lebanon

Posted in Active Islam, Lebanon, Media, Middle East, Terrorism on Wednesday, 23 May 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s Fisk’s article on the events is Lebanon. It’s nothing special but it illustrates something i’ve been complaining about.
Let me take a step back for a second. But first, i would like to assert that like just about every other commentator, i am extremely qualified to spew bullshit about Lebanon. Anyway, on Monday, when I [...]

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US DoD blocks websites

Posted in Media, Military, United States on Sunday, 20 May 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Apparently the DoD just blocked access to MySpace and YouTube for “bandwidth” reasons. I’m not so sure it’d be crossing that fine line between skepticism and conspiracy theory to say: “My ass it’s for bandwidth!”

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Loose Change

Posted in Media, Terrorism, United States on Monday, 30 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I just watched, Loose Change: 2nd Edition, a documentary that laid out the most compelling case i’ve seen yet for at the very least US government complicity if not outright orchestration of 9/11. Yes, conspiracy theories have abounded since day one. And, yes, as a friend watching with me pointed out, you have to be [...]

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