CBS news reports that “The government of Syria has already reassigned hundreds of niqab-wearing school-teachers to administrative offices where they would not have contact with students.” AP’s Edward Yeranian writes that the recent ban “follows a decision last month to dismiss 1200 Syrian school teachers who wear the face veil in class. Education officials, at the time, stressed that Syria was a “secular society,” and

Syria Comment Readers: 13   Votes 1

the Syrian blogsphere recently followed the publication of news and reports about the alleged dialogue between a group of Syrian and Israeli bloggers, through (http://www.onemideast.org/) site, news agencies reported that there has been talks taking place for quite some time  between a group of Syrian and Israeli bloggers, in order to bring their views together and open the door of normalization, which the Israelis are looking for with all Arab

ندوة المدوّن Readers: 47   Votes 1

An opinion piece written for Newsweek suggesting George W. Bush make an excellent complement to U.S. President Obama as Middle East envoy has made waves in the blogosphere. The article, penned by Gregory Levey, the author of a book called Shut Up I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government–A Memoir and former speechwriter for the Israeli government, advocates for Bush and Obama to play

Global Voices Online - Syria Readers: 302   Votes 3

Although the definition of the term 'revolution' does not imply a specific time-frame to accomplish a specific type of change in a drastic manner, however, one would assume that the term 'revolution' should be used when a drastic changes is happening in a short period of time.Many revolutions have occurred in the past that resulted in drastic changes in short periods of time. For example the French revolution (1789-1799), Spanish

Arabian Camel Readers: 296   Votes 3

More than a year has passed since the riot in Sednaya Military prison, tens of prisoners died and the authorities has not provided the families of detainees or the public about the fate of all detainees at the prison, and has not released any information about the action its forces took against the prisoners. NO investigation have begun about the violence at the prison. The authority’s strategy about Sednaya massacre has

رايح ومش راجع Readers: 318   Votes 2

Arabic Font Specimen Book is a great guide and resource which help the designer, scholar and searcher to know what Arabic calligraphy has?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LogosGuide/~4/F9Bz9aPuffA" height="1" width="1"/

LogosGuide Readers: 352   Votes 1

pCan we just pause a little and get to business on line?br /Don't be considerate not to disturb people with facts... What's happening in Gaza are facts, death toll is still rising, and it will keep rising... we're not seeking sympathy, we are seeking justice, keep this in your mind.br /Send to CNN, BBC, Haaretz, the Guardian, the independent, ynetnews, israelnationalnews, the Jerusalem Post… Use the simplest media available, yahoo,

My Chaos Readers: 419   Votes 2

“I mean the present-day Nazis that are shelling an entire population in Gaza. Who knew that the heirs to the ethnic genocidal policies of the Holocaust would be the Jews themselves? And have they perfected those policies!” Says Syrian blogger Lujayn, about the latest bombing of Gaza.

Global Voices Online - Syria Readers: 471   Votes 1

Dear Readers, I won’t be updating my story until the death and destruction stops in Gaza. I would feel callous writing a romance when such horrible events are happening near by. I hope you will stay with me until I return. Inshallah peace will happen soon. Sincerely, Mariyah       

Mariyah's Blog Readers: 450   Votes 1

The Arab world is somber today. The feeling of shock and disgust at the events of yesterday can be felt at every blog. As the Israeli Defense Forces bombed and wrecked havoc in besieged Gaza the blogosphere had a sense of disbelief at what is happening and the international reaction to it. The IDF launched on Saturday, December 27, 2008, Operation Cast Lead, in response to local Qassam rockets being fired

Global Voices Online - Syria Readers: 501   Votes 1