“Combatting Sectarianism Is Far Too Serious An Issue To Leave To The Secularists”
Hazem Saghiyeh gets to the bottom of it:
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 8, 2011
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Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
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The Rise And Rise Of Iran
You know all those nice articles people like Karim Sadjadpour keep on writing in western newspapers, about how eventually Iran is going to follow the Arabs in revolt because the regime in Tehran is terrible? Well keep dreaming! Argues today’s Daily Star editorial:
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 8, 2011
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Naomi Wolf On How Facebook Empowered Arab Women
Wolf liked what she saw in Egypt and Tunisia and concluded:
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 8, 2011
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What Annoys Arab Women Most
Yahoo/Maktoob did the research and found out that the biggest annoyance of Arab women was denial of promotion at work (25%), followed by household work (17%) and then pressure to look good (8%)
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 8, 2011
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The Tunisians Are Standing Tall
Marching, decisively towards a Liberal democracy:
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 8, 2011
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Amazing Aljazeera Live Dashboard For Events In The Region
It’s like having a real time reading of the region’s vitals..
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 7, 2011
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Facebook Comments And Online Anonymity [Update: Forget About It]
As I’m trying to make up my mind about whether or not to make Facebook comments the exclusive commenting system in Beirut Spring, I’ve been doing some reading. Robert Scoble wrote a very good post today (which is part of a larger discussion about comments in blogs) arguing that anonymous commenting should be history, and that the person writing comments is as important (if not more important) than the comment itself:
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 7, 2011
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March 8’s Creative Push Against Hariri’s New Slogans
Well, not really:
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 7, 2011
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How To Organize Protests Like The Egyptians
This is a bit old but I figured it could be useful to Lebanon’s budding Facebook demonstrators: (source)
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 7, 2011
