12 days ago by John Hawbaker

On December 4 we traveled by land from Jordan to Israel. Our friend Hank and his family met us on the Israel side, to take us to Jerusalem. But first, we stopped at the town of Jericho, situated along the Jordan river. A fountain there is reputed to be the spring that was once bitter, or poisonous, ...

Wind Blowing - windblowing.wordpress.com · 1 reference

13 days ago by Stephanie Rogers

Imagine crossing the country on bicycles with your kids… on a bicycle built for five. It might sound sort of crazy, but that’s exactly what the Harrison family, a.k.a. “The Pedouins” (a mashup of pedals & bedouins) are doing right now. Bill, Aramins & three young daughers, aged 3, 4 and 7 are making ...

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24 days ago by James

When traveling to Dubai with your family, you might consider one of the tours of the desert dunes. There’s a variety of packages and companies available, and the price range is roughly about $65 for an afternoon cruising in the deserts. The day after we checked into our 4 star hotel Dubai, we contac ...

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29 days ago by Andrew

Blogger Amr Salama was denied admission to Sinai University and was interrogated about his political writings when he applied to the Canadian University in Cairo, according to statements he gave to Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, or ANHRI. His blog " Lesa 3aish" touches politically sens ...

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35 days ago by gjermundgranlund

Last year at the University of Oslo, I attended the course “Culture and Society in the Middle East.” Even though it had a social anthropological approach, and I am more fund of sociology, it was very interesting. One of the things I learned was that the Bedouins make up about one percent of the popu ...

Gjermund in Palestine - gjermundgranlund.wordpress.com · 1 reference

39 days ago by Signs of the Times

Israel drastically fails to meet all requirements of a tolerant pluralistic society, according to a US State Department report issued on Saturday. The report, written by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, indicates that Israel is discriminating against Muslims, Jehovah's Witnesses, Chr ...

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58 days ago by Maya Norton

Source: Flickr, Just.Luc The air is popping, molecules are dancing, you can practically feel the crackle in the air– alive with energy in the world of Jewish philanthropy and innovation. The New Jew is here to bring you the news that can’t be missed. Israel Israel President’s Conference– Today is th ...

The New Jew: Blogging ... - thenewjew.wordpress.com · 56 references

60 days ago by antigerman

// Israel/Palestine: Palestine-Israel, The joint struggle of the direct actions of the AAtW and Palestinians escalate. Uri Gordon’s Anarchy Alive on video. (Plus ZMag review.) Another friend for the Palestinian cause: Hungary’s fascist Jobbik party. The first “anti-Zionist” anti-war movement. // Boy ...

Anti-German Translation - antigerman.wordpress.com · Rank: 134,946 · 7 references

70 days ago by Frequency New York

As if minimal record sales weren’t enough to effect the status of the reformed Guns N’ Roses, the band now faces a $1 million copyright lawsuit for samples on a track off of last year's Chinese Democracy bomb. The suit claims that the GNR song, “Raid N’ The Bedouins,” illegally sampled two songs fro ...

Miami & The Beaches Photo Blog - miamiandthebeaches.com/b · 1 reference

71 days ago by cathryn

T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) wrote: "...so you will never know what Petra is like, unless you come out here. Only be assured that till you have seen it you have not had the glimmering of an idea how beautiful a place can be." We arrived at the Lost City of Petra early in the morning. And even ...

From the Mixed Up Files of ... - amazingidiotgirl.blogspot.com · Rank: 152,756 · 5 references