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Arabic calligraphy is perhaps one of the most beautiful five things in the world. It’s amazing how something so ancient can easily look so gorgeous modern. I thought you might enjoy opening your week with some shots of one of  my favorite call [read more] [get feed]

Link MSI is calling this dual 10-inch screen device an e-reader, it’s really a netbook with two screens since it’s got an Atom Z Series processor and Windows 7 Home Premium. But it’s how the two screens work together that we can&#821 [read more] [get feed]

    Just bought street fighter IV on iPhone. It’s so amazing. If you are a street fighter fan don’t miss it graphics are wonderful, controls are easy and feels like you have a PSP in your hands not an iPhone [Watch Metacafe] [read more] [get feed]

Above-image is an independent and unofficial rendering. Drawings of a 4-door convertible version of the Panamera have surfaced. The drawings show that the Panamera will retain its 4-seater configuration and interior space if produced. What do you think [read more] [get feed]

I should’ve wrote about this TV Show earlier but I was working my way through the list and well alphabetically and the day that this show airs puts it near the end, therefore it took me ages including the weeks and months I used to procrastinate.  A [read more] [get feed]

When it comes to marriage to a Saudi, how many women, whether Saudi or non-Saudi pay a lot of attention to or read what is in the marriage contract?  I got to thinking about marriage contracts on reading this article in slate.com which indicates that the [read more] [get feed]

This is a photo essay taken on a typical “service” bus one Saturday morning in Amman; from Ras Al-Ain to 8th circle. The traffic was light and commuters were few. Photography by Nadjib Aktouf. [read more] [get feed]

Took this really interesting and clashing shot this morning at the BIC on the second day is the F1 weekend. Click here to see the picture. Sorry iPhone app doesn’t upload pictures into wp yet: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mahmood/4428293423/ An Isla [read more] [get feed]

الجزء الاخير من أجزاء شريك Via Up Till One Link: YouTube [read more] [get feed]

قَوْسُ قُزَحْ شعر: أسامة فرحات (إليهِ . . عساهُ لا يبارحُ سماءَنا) بُعيدَ المطرْ لدى غفوةٍ من شُخوصِ القدرْ وقبلَ اكتمالِ صعودِ النجومِ تلُمُّ النثارَ فلولُ الغيومِ يُطلُّ هنالكَ قوسُ قُزحْ .  .  .  .  . وزُغبُ الطيورِ تحُجُّ إليهِ قُبيلَ المغيبِ تُناج [read more] [get feed]

The latest round of false US indignation over continued Jewish-only settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank masks another criminal Israeli policy that has the full support of the Obama administration: the illegal siege and mass imprisonment of Gaza [read more] [get feed]

Suddenly with introduction Egyptian journalist /blogger/activist Wael Abbas has found himself in front of another new case that can send him to jail for 6 months , no I am not speaking of the case that http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/20 [read more] [get feed]

My FP colleague Tom Ricks has been arguing for quite some time not only that the U.S. should keep significant numbers of combat forces [read more] [get feed]

أسعد ذبيـان اقترحك الجنون.. وهندسكِ عقلي.. وأنت امرأةُ عاريةٌ عن الصحّة.. أجمل ما فيك أنّكِ وهمٌ.. وحبّكِ خدعة.. ووجودكِ زيف! فيا سيّدة اعتليتِ عرشَكِ على جثثِ من سبقوكِ ويا حاكمةً حكمتِ بالبطشِ والسيف آن أوان الثورة.. جبنا العالم، وما افترقنا.. عبرن [read more] [get feed]

Funny commercial TV ad Softer Is Better. Blancox Now With Softener Link: YouTube [read more] [get feed]

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7iber | Mar 15 - 03:49 GMT

What’s All The Buzz About?

Superhighway: March 2010 Where technology, media and culture meet. This month: What’s Al... [read more] [get feed]

7iber | Mar 15 - 03:25 GMT

أصوات أردنية حرة: معارك إعلام بين المواقع الإلكترونية والصحافة اليومية

بقلم: حبر ليس جديدا استشراء الفساد والابتزاز في الوسط الصحفي المحلي، وليس حكرا على بعض المواقع..... [read more] [get feed]

The Lebanese Inner Circle | Mar 15 - 01:17 GMT

Marcel Ghanem’s Kalam el Nass interviews Lebanese Australians at the University of Sydney

Marcel Ghanem’s Kalam el Nass traveled all the way accross the globe to shed light on the b... [read more] [get feed]

This Limerick Called Life | Mar 15 - 00:43 GMT

Why, Don’t You Look Like A Spring Chicken?

I spent a lot of time growing up just hanging around at my grandparent’s house. They lived... [read more] [get feed]

بلا فرنسية! | Mar 15 - 00:27 GMT

أسبوع للغة العربية في موريتانيا

قال رئيس الوزراء الموريتاني مولاي ولد محمد الأغظف إن موريتانيا ستبقى منقوصة السيادة والهوية ما لم... [read more] [get feed]

American Bedu | Mar 15 - 00:07 GMT

Jeddah and the Hidden Treasures of the Red Sea

Yasmin is among one of my dearest friends in Saudi.  Jeddah has been her home for many years.  I ... [read more] [get feed]

Frankom | Mar 14 - 22:24 GMT

50% for the first 50

خصم 50% لاول 50 متصل لزراعة الاسنان من عيادة الميدان [read more] [get feed]

Frankom | Mar 14 - 22:18 GMT

BMW iDrive Speaks Arabic !

الان .. الـ آي درايف من بي ام دبليو يتحدث اللغة العربية [read more] [get feed]

Frankom | Mar 14 - 22:10 GMT

50% Off from KEMS

خصم 50% على الاشتراكات السنوية من شركة كيمز لاصحاب خطوط الالياف الضوئية [read more] [get feed]

Frankom | Mar 14 - 22:09 GMT

Blackberry Curve for KD80

يبدو أن هذا أفضل سعر حتى الان لجهاز بلاك بيري كيرف من يوريكا [read more] [get feed]

Egyptian Chronicles | Mar 14 - 21:55 GMT

Mubarak Daily Health Report : He Is Alive

So Reuters was just like us yesterday confused about Mubarak's health and thus its reporters went... [read more] [get feed]

Waleg | Mar 14 - 21:50 GMT

Last Week Articles Links [215]

- What do You Think of Diana Haddad? - Sabah Forever! - American Idol 9, The Girls Step It Up - W... [read more] [get feed]

Sabbah\'s Blog | Mar 14 - 21:40 GMT

Anti-Semitism: Silencing The Messenger Of Truth With Canada's "Hate Provisions"

By William A. Cook* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz As an American living under Bush... [read more] [get feed]

Sabbah\'s Blog | Mar 14 - 21:22 GMT

Anti-Semitism: Zionism's Indispensable Alibi

Although Zionism typically represents itself as the solution to anti-Semitism, the truth is les... [read more] [get feed]

+961 | Mar 14 - 21:12 GMT

Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2010/03/14)

7 New links for this week. Episode 03 – Michelle Keserwany The Banadoura Podcast حرس جديد لهيكل ... [read more] [get feed]

PALORDINIA | Mar 14 - 21:05 GMT

Messi 3 Valencia 0

This is to let you know, in case you didn't already, that Messi played against Valencia today... [read more] [get feed]

4th Ring Road | Mar 14 - 21:01 GMT

Kuwaiti New Wide License Plate

Finally in Kuwait car owners can enjoy the option of choosing the recently launched wide licens... [read more] [get feed]

4th Ring Road | Mar 14 - 21:00 GMT

Classic

This is one of the guys grandfather [read more] [get feed]

Saudiwoman’s Weblog | Mar 14 - 20:55 GMT

ِA clarification on the previous post

I originally posted this as a comment on the previous post “Drisciminated against by a fore... [read more] [get feed]

HERE | Mar 14 - 20:46 GMT

_and his wife

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Frankom | Mar 14 - 20:14 GMT

Interview: Frankom in Alqabas

يبدو أن جريدة القبس الكويتية نشرت مقال طويل عن المدونات الكويتية وتحداد عن حرية التعبير ومقص الرق... [read more] [get feed]

The Lebanese Inner Circle | Mar 14 - 20:02 GMT

Lebanon’s Real Estate Boom

While keeping a close watch on Lebanon’s Real Estate, the number of real-estate sales opera... [read more] [get feed]

Egyptian Chronicles | Mar 14 - 19:43 GMT

Egypt To blocks Skype!!!??

I do not know if this news is tru [read more] [get feed]

Couch Avenue | Mar 14 - 19:27 GMT

First Day Back At Work = First Day Sick

Seriously I was off for a few days these past weeks relaxing and chillaxing at home and I was fin... [read more] [get feed]

Mona Eltahawy | Mar 14 - 19:15 GMT

Tea With Omar Sharif

The Jerusalem Report March 29, 2010 When I read that Egypt’s Journalist Union had punished two se... [read more] [get feed]

2:48 AM [The B-Sides] | Mar 14 - 19:08 GMT

New Wide License Plates

I heard rumors ages ago that they would be introducing wide license plates and it seems the rum... [read more] [get feed]

Sabbah\'s Blog | Mar 14 - 18:11 GMT

Bashing Islam is Freedom of Speech Criticizing Israel is a Hate Crime

By Mohamed Khodr* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz "We sent thee not, O! Muhamma... [read more] [get feed]

Ad Blog Arabia | Mar 14 - 18:00 GMT

A slice of nature

Click Image To Enlarge Advertising Agency: DDB, Egypt Creative: Muhammad Wasfy Artwork: Ahmed Ha... [read more] [get feed]

Egyptian Chronicles | Mar 14 - 17:32 GMT

Wanna To Volunteer ??

 Vodafone Egypt foundation gives an opportunity to all those boys and girls who really want ... [read more] [get feed]

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New Blogs Added to toot!

After weeks of sifting through the internet, asking for our existing bloggers’ opinions, and making lists, we finally have a new list of toot blog addition.

Ladies and gentlemen, we’d like to present to you more of the best Arab blogs out there:

Foodie
Well, I have good news, we have a fantastic Arabic food blog that will make you salivate. Check out Syrian Foodie.

Pop-culture
Well, it’s your lucky day. We have TONS of great blogs in this category. There’s Plus 961 and Baba Ghannouj et la Zeitoune from Lebanon. There’s 360dewan, Fourth Ring Road, and Buzzberry from Kuwait.

Life in the Arab world
Of course, we already have several blogs on toot that portray the experience, but our new additions include: American Bedu, Susie’s Big Adventure, and Muscat Confidential.

Architecture and urban planning
re:Kuwait and Interruptions will please your mind.

Art, Design and Fashion
You will LOVE this list. Check out:
Beirut Drive-by Shooting.
Identity Chef
Interface Fix
Beirut NTSC
Marketing 3.0
Shezshe in Beirut and everywhere…
Maya Zankoul

Politics.
Don’t worry, we didn’t forget about that either. Not exactly political, but this lawyer is very interesting: Abdulrahman Allahem. There’s also Qunfuz, Under My Olive Tree, and Maysaloon, among others.

Technology.
I love the geeky blogs :) Check out: Anas Online, Arab Crunch, and Freeware Genius.

O
pinion/journal.
From the opinion side: Saudi Woman, Beirutiyat, Dhofari Gucci, House of Curiousity, Palordinia.
From the journal side: This Limerick Called Life, Living in KSA, Maram Meccawy, Quest For the Right One, Chocolate Mints in a Jar.

Okay, I can’t list the entire blogs there, so here’s a complete listing of the new blogs on toot:

Saudi Woman
Living in KSA
Saudi Alchemist
Qusay
My World and More
Maram Meccawy
Abdulrahman Allahem
Susie’s Big Adventure
Hning
American Bedu
Plus 961
Beirut Drive-by Shooting
Beirut NTSC
Identity Chef
Baba Ghannouj et la Zeitoune
Beirutiyat
Shezshe in Beirut and everywhere…
Maya Zankoul
The Inner Circle
Anas Online
Maysaloon
Quest For the Right One
Syrian Foodie
Qunfuz
Under My Olive Tree
Maysaloon
Quest For the Right One
Syrian Foodie
Eatbees
Here
360dewan
Fourth Ring Road
Buzzberry
Dhofari Gucci
Other Oman
Muscat Confidential
House of Curiousity
Interruptions
Arab Crunch
Freeware Genius
Cinnamon Zone
Interface Fix
Godot Basha
Palordinia
Godot Basha
سيناء حيث أنا
Marketing 3.0
Smoke Blows
re:Kuwait
Bu Youesf
Brake Banzeen
Chocolate Mints in a Jar

Thanks to everyone who submitted their blogs. You can still submit yours, but I’m afraid we can’t have any more additions for this phase. We will have another phase of additions sometimes later this year, so if your blog rocks, please sumbit it.