and he shall be henceforth called: He Who Must Not Be Named [HWMNBN or BOO! for short], as dictated by our completely partial judicial system, further entrenching the age-old custom and tradition of sweeping problems under a carpet and deem them summarily resolved! PUBLISHING NEWS ON AL BANDER CASE NO LONGER ALLOWED date: 04 10, …
The next meeting is almost upon us, note the 7th of September in your diaries please and don’t forget to take out two hours of your time for this get-together. More than ever, it’s going to be worth it for you all as we will have some special visitors joining us, pioneers of blogging from …
This time, it’s welcome to my good friend and neighbour: President Mahmood Ahmadi Nejad. He’s only got the standard “Hello World” post at the moment which naturally enough is a biography of his good self, and in which he prays: “Oh Almighty God, please, we beg you to send us our Guardian- who You have …
Thank you all very much for nominating Mahmood’s Den for the Best African or Middle Eastern Blog. The nominations for the 2006 bloggies is out and Mahmood’s Den is one of them. Woohooo! I would like to extend my congratulations to my fellow nominees in this category: Haitham Sabbah, Sleepless in Sudan, Baghdad Burning and …
Although this is not a particular trait of Arabs in general, it is however prevalent within our world; even so called respected journalists make it a norm. Simply because they disagree with ideas proposed, or even more dangerously because those ideas ARE correct but seek to disregard and discredit them as conspiratorial. I wonder if …