Indian History

by | Feb 22, 2011 | Archive

Supposedly written by a schoolboy; with all original spellings:  The original inhabitants of ancient India were called Adidases, who lived in two cities called Hariappa and Mujhe-na-Daro. These cities had the best drain system in the world and so there was no brain...

Female Syrian blogger jailed for 5 years for espionage

by | Feb 15, 2011 | Archive

Damascus – A 19-year-old Syrian blogger, Tal El-Melouhy, was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday after being found guilty of disclosing information to a foreign country. Her sentencing came just days after Washington called for her immediate release....

Mark Makhoul, 2:48 AM, Benihana and blogs!

by | Feb 14, 2011 | Archive

Mark Makhoul, a blogger living in the Middle East, is now the subject of a US$18,000 lawsuit filed by the Kuwaiti franchisee of global Japanese restaurant chain Benihana. Mark’s crime? Posting a mildly critical restaurant review on his blog, 2:48AM (judge for...

Have you been “Benihana” ‘d yet?? #BenihanaKUW

by | Feb 14, 2011 | Archive

So I am part of the Middle East bloggers community now – not very famous (hell not famous at all) but I am part of it. When a person of this community gets attacked for no reason at all, that is an attack on all the bloggers in the community!That is why, when...