Government restrictions and censorship are among the leading reasons behind the slow growth of the Internet in the Middle East, according to a new survey released by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRINFO). “Arab governments perceived this newly emergent means of communication, with its promise of freedom from government dominion, as constituting a …

Source: UPI Islamist terrorists targeting Westerners in Saudi Arabia continues to raise security concerns despite assurances from authorities that the situation has not reached “crisis levels,” as the kingdom’s Islamic Affairs minister claims. But just how many deaths does it take to reach a crisis level? One American was shot dead in Riyadh and another …

a blog about the global war on jihad, including the Saudi Revolution Watch, the Dirty Bomb Update, and rants on French anti-Semitism, Iranian nukes, the War in Iraq, Palestinianism as an ideology, resisting dhimmitude, Big Media Weasels, and so much more

I make artwork about Arab women lives and choices. I explore religious and social taboos seeking to reconstruct a positive self-image as an Arab woman. My work is an expression of my continuous bridging of values, ideas and way of living between the Arab culture and the American culture. I use images of the women …

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