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le 27 avril 2008

Il y a six mois aujourd’hui que j’apprenais à l’aéroport de Damas que je ne rentrerais plus jamais en Syrie.

Je viens de publier mon témoignage en anglais sur mon blog anglophone : http://dimashq.blogspot.com

Il y a six mois que je suis à Bruxelles. Je suis allée pour une courte visite à Tunis, [...]

I had written all the details of my ban on my French speaking blog but Rime Allaf suggested I write the story in English. She wrote an introduction which you will find hereHere is my report :"Six months ago, on October 27, 2007, in the bleak hours of the morning I was about to board a flight to Brussels at the Damascus international airport. I was leaving for a holiday, or so I thought.I

From CounterPunchApril 25, 2008Why the Bush Administration Wants to Negotiate Now with HezbollahBy FRANKLIN LAMBNote: This is the second installment in Franklin Lamb’s extraordinary three-part series, which we are publishing across Thursday, Friday and the weekend. Editors. "These fools do not learn from their past mistakes. When they withdrew from Lebanon, they continued to occupy

A very interesting videoFormer U.N. weapons expert David Kay talks about allegations Syria built a nuclear reactor.Source: CNNAdded On April 26, 2008

L’ambassadeur de Syrie accuse les Etats-Unis d’avoir fabriqué les photos d’un supposé réacteur nucléaire clandestinAP | 26.04.2008 | 03:30L’ambassadeur de Syrie aux Etats-Unis a affirmé vendredi que la CIA avait fabriqué les clichés présentés par les services de renseignement américains comme ayant été pris à l’intérieur d’un réacteur nucléaire clandestin en Syrie.” Les photos qui [...]

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is scoffing at U.S. claims it was building a nuclear reactor at a site attacked by Israel warplanes seven months ago.Syria's ambassador to the United States said Friday the CIA fabricated pictures allegedly taken inside the secret reactor.Ambassador Imad Mostapha also predicted that in the coming weeks the U.S. story about the site will "implode from within."He said

I don't think any of the candidates is very desirable but he is probably the lesser evil.Source

Aujourd’hui, je vous invite à découvrir quelques toiles de Kamal Labwani.

Leonardo da Vinci, fils d’une esclave arabe : c’est la thèse stupéfiante (mais très sérieuse) que défend l’historien italien Francesco Cianchi dans un ouvrage présenté en grande pompe la semaine dernière à Florence.

Selon ces travaux, le peintre de “La Joconde” aurait été le rejeton illégitime d’un banquier florentin et d’une esclave arabe prénommée Caterina.La [...]

Here is an interesting interview of Kamel Labwani by Joe Pace

The above is only the blurb."Occupied Minds is the story of two journalists, Jamal Dajani, a Palestinian-American, and David Michaelis, an Israeli citizen, who journey to Jerusalem, their mutual birthplace, to explore new solutions and offer unique insights into the divisive Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The film takes viewers on an emotional and intensely personal odyssey through the streets

Le vendredi 25 avril à partir de 19h30 au

Centre Culturel Arabe2 rue de l’Alliance-1210 Bruxelles

Soirée syrienne L’accueil commence à 19h30.D’entrée, un petit salon syrien, juste à côté, un buffet …. syrien évidemment, et les douceurs de renommée.

A 20h30, et pendant 75 minutes, rencontre avec notre maître de musique Elias Bachoura et Bassem [...]

Un tango voilé

par Samir Aïta, rédacteur en chef du Monde diplomatique - éditions arabes

Des femmes voilées en Syrie, il y en a de plus en plus. Surtout dans la jeunesse. On les voit attablées dans les cafés-trottoirs, qui se sont eux aussi multipliés ces deux dernières années. Des bandes de jeunes, garçons et filles, voilées [...]

"It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power -- and duty -- to bring a resolution." - IfAmericansKnew.orgThe Israeli government's Foreign Ministry is involved in efforts to influence public opinion on the Internet. Israel's Foreign Ministry orders Internet propagandists, so called "trainee diplomats," to skew online

EI exclusive: a pro-Israel group's plan to rewrite history on WikipediaReport, The Electronic Intifada, 21 April 2008A pro-Israel pressure group is orchestrating a secret, long-term campaign to infiltrate the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia to rewrite Palestinian history, pass off crude propaganda as fact, and take over Wikipedia administrative structures to ensure these changes go

"NOT So Cool Facts About IsraelThis is in response to a propaganda video I have seen called "Cool Facts About Israel", which is nothing but a bunch of B.S. Here are the real facts about the Zionist terror state. The truth they don't want you to see. (NOTE: This video has been changed slightly from the original version.)A person filed a copyright violation against all people showing the original

par Giulietto Chiesa*Giulietto Chiesa à la conférence « Axis for Peace 2005 »

De gauche à droite : Jhannett Madriz Sotil, Ahmed Tibi, Issa El Ayoubi, Giulietto Chiesa, Antonio Alberto Vulcano, Mateusz Piskorski.A propos du 11 septembre : qui est le comploteur ? Celui qui accepte la version officielle, selon laquelle 19 inadaptés, guidés par un [...]

This video was referred by Josh Landis at syriacommentSource

Beitar Illit settlers release sewage on Palestinian Wadi Fuqeen village farmlandsBy Redress Information & Analysis19 April 2008The authorities in the illegal Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit, which is built on stolen Palestinian land, regularly open their sewage tanks on to the farmlands of the Palestinian village of Wadi Fuqeen, ruining crops, contaminating the water table and posing a

Written by The Media Line News Agency StaffPublished Thursday, April 17, 2008The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Corporation (IRIB) has begun a training course for war journalists, who will be sent to Syria and Lebanon in case these countries engage in war with Israel, the Iranian news agency 'A'sr Iran reported.The course, titled "Training Reporters in Crisis," will be taken by 20