by Natasha Tynes | Mar 17, 2005 | Books, Weblogs
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I have been following a really cool book blog entitled Moorish Girl for a while now and it got its hooks in me. This morning I was checking it when I found that the blog’s author, Leila, was giving away one of her favorite novels, Le Pain Nu by Mohamed Choukri, to the first person that e-mailed her asking for the book. So I got right in there. To my surprise, I was the lucky winner.
She just e-mailed me asking for my address. Isn’t this so cool! I just love the blogosphere. It keeps getting better and better by the day.
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by Natasha Tynes | Mar 14, 2005 | La Revolutione, Weblogs
Lebanese blogger Raja, writes passionately about Nasr Allah shattering the Lebanese dream of unity. His post is worth highlighting:
My impulse tells me that Nasrallah is responsible for this division. He is responsible because he made the decision to not join the opposition’s ranks. Thus far, all we can do is speculate what his rationale behind that decision was. I hope it was a good one though … because he is responsible for shattering the illusion of unity. For although it was an illusion, it had strength; and in the future, when we all look back to this moment in time we’re going to say: "oh that was a frightening stage in our history… a stage where sectarian animosity spilled out into the streets."
Had Nasrallah made a different choice, we might have looked back on these past few weeks and said: "those were the glorious days… the days when Lebanese forgot about their sectarian animosities and united behind a single message." Nasrallah … why??? was it worth it??? You shattered our dream!
I don’t think I have the right to rant about the politics of Hizb Allah, as I’m just a Jordanian voyeur. But if I was Lebanese I probably would have felt the same as Raja. Watching from afar, I think Nasr Allah is making a huge mistake opposing the "people power" that took to the streets. I’m a believer in the school of thought that says Hizb Allah should be disarmed. They don’t need arms after liberating the south. Well, I’m just a voyeur. I’ll leave the punditry on this to folks like Raja.
by Natasha Tynes | Mar 7, 2005 | Weblogs
I’m about to hit the sack but before I do, I thought I’d post a quick round-up of what grabbed my attention in the blogosphere today. I keep discovering new blogs with lots of fascinating material. I have to admit, I’m overwhelmed. I really can’t keep up any more. There is so much interesting stuff out there. Here is today’s roundup:
by Natasha Tynes | Feb 28, 2005 | Weblogs
As usual, the blogosphere is jammed with fascinating ideas, new information and some engaging discussions. Here are some snippets on developments being discussed in the world of Middle Eastern bloggers:
by Natasha Tynes | Feb 28, 2005 | La Revolutione, Weblogs
In light of the political revolution currently taking place in Lebanon, I’m really surprised to discover that the Lebanese blogging scene is extremely mediocre. I have been looking for impressive Lebanese bloggers for some time now but I haven’t found anything worthwhile.
Am I really such a bad researcher or is it possible that the Lebanese blogosphere is practically non-existent? That would be surprising considering that the Lebanese are among the most educated, articulate and techno-savvy in the Arab world (of course, that’s if they consider themselves Arabs).
I would be really happy to be proven wrong. I would love to find a vibrant Lebanese blogging community. Can anyone out there recommend any high-quality Lebanese blogs? You would make my day.
UPDATE: I stand corrected. Many readers drew my attention to a number of good Lebanese blogs. Here are some worth highlighting:
by Natasha Tynes | Feb 21, 2005 | Political mayhem, Weblogs
The global web blog community is being called into action to lend support to two imprisoned Iranian bloggers. The month-old Committee to Protect Bloggers’ is asking those with blogs to dedicate their sites on 22 February to the "Free Mojtaba and Arash Day." Arash Sigarchi and Mojtaba Saminejad are both in prison in Iran.
Source: [BBC]
I would like to add my voice to those concerned and demand the immediate release of Arash and Motjaba. For more information read this and this.
