The Israeli Army has added an arsenal of Eland antelopes on the border with Lebanon: In addition to infantry, armor and intelligence units, the Israel Defense Forces has also deployed eight Eland antelope to further secure Israel’s tense northern border against Hezbollah. The antelope have been stationed in the zone between the security fence and …
Jan 27 2009
Gay Prize
Helem, Arabic acronym for “Lebanese Protection for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders, has been awarded the 2009 Felipa de Souza Award: The Award recognizes the courage and effectiveness of groups or leaders dedicated to improving the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenders, intersex (LGBTI) and other individuals stigmatized and abused because of their sexuality …
Jan 26 2009
The Palm is Going to Get You
Just when I thought we couldn’t have enough of the Palm Jumeriah, Palm Jebel Ali, and Palm Deira, here comes the Cedar Island! This is clearly a “if-Dubai-can-have-it-why-cant-we” situation. I, for one, completely oppose such a hideous development. Really, do we need something like this lingering off our coast? Is our 225km coastline insufficient that …
Jan 26 2009
World, Here I Am
After experimenting with blogging over the past couple of months, I decided that I need a focus. What do I enjoy talking about? Living in Dubai, I thought that it would be great to comment about life in the UAE. That really didn’t go so well. I was not happy and I ended up discussing …
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