Archive for June, 2006

Media war: As-Sabeel newspaper confiscated from newsstands?

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

On the way home today I was listening to AmmanNet radio (who are doing an amazing job being a community radio station). On the air was the editor chief of the Islamist As-Sabeel weekly newspaper [Arabic link], who said that all copies of his paper where “confiscated by way of mass-buying” from newsstands in Amman, [...]

Will mobile email kill the SMS business?

Friday, June 16th, 2006

MOBILE | Phone companies are making millions with SMS. Ahmad Humeid wonders how long they will be able to milk that business.
Think about the differences between email and sms. Email is free, SMS is not. Email can be as long as you want, SMS messages are only 160 letters short. But while SMS is truly [...]

360east blackout: conspiracy or just a case of unpaid hosting bills?

Friday, June 16th, 2006

The answer: case of unpaid hosting bills.

Sorry for the blackout..

Coca Cola changing colors?

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

It’s mind boggling. Did you see the colors on some of the Coca Cola stadium banners? More questions than answers on AdBlogArabia!

toot tabat is looking good!

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

The toot tabat blog is looking really good! One of the things that has prompted the team to change the look so quickly is the fact that the tabat group on Flickr already has 106 members who posted a whopping 819 photos to date!!

The world cup is still in its early day and you still [...]

Arrest of IAF deputies and the demo in front of parliament: the right response?

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

I didn’t have the chance to write about the demonstration held on monday in front of parliament because work, and football at night, caught up with me (BTW: I have only watched 3 games so far).
In a number of ways, the demonstration was disappointing. Although I found myself agreeing with a lot of the banners [...]

Sit-in to support of the Amman bombing victims TODAY, MONDAY 11 AM in front of parliament

Monday, June 12th, 2006

I have just read on Batir’s blog, that a-sit in will be held by the relatives of Amman bombing victims will be held today Monday at 11 am, to protest the ‘pro Zarqawi’ behavior of the four Islamic Action Front deputies.

Be there..