Egyptian policemen distributed chocolate in some Cairo's neighbourhood to improve the image of the Interior Ministry.
The population was very surprised. Actually, while officers were distributing candies in Cairo was held a crowded demonstration condemning the human rights violations by the police.
Source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London), January 27, 2009
The first prime of Star Academy 6 will air LIVE from Lebanon on February 20th.
LBC fanclub stated that LBC told them that the first prime will air LIVE on Friday, February 20th in a new improved version of Star Academy unlike any previous seasons.
Source: Waleg
Egyptian Endowments Minister Dr. Zaqzouq said that he changed the cover of the shrine of Imam Hussein in Al-Azhar region in Cairo from black to green.
Zaqzouq said that he adopted this measure after many Egyptians and media outlets accused him of covering the shrine in black upon a request of Shiites figures to spread Shiism in Egypt. hence, he decided to change the cover's color into green in response to these accusations.
Source: Alarabiya.net (Dubai-based, Saudi-owned), January 28, 2009
Lots of people around the world have big hopes for what the new American president Barack Obama might accomplish for the world, and the Jordanians are no exception.
The very active Jordanian Al-Amal Production Company has taken the first step of extending an open letter to Obama through a song.
The song is entitled 'A Letter from a Human being' -Risalat Insan- and will be performed by Super Star winner Diana Karazon.
Source: Waleg
Sources within the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice [CPVPV] in Saudi Arabia have revealed that the CPVPV will move to combat magic and those who practice it, and regulate the exercise of legitimate spiritual healing, by instituting a system designed to deal with such practices which are against Islamic Shariaa Law.
Sources close to the CPVPV leadership in the Saudi capital of Riyadh revealed that a number of legal consultancies were studying the draft version and procedural guidelines of this project. Asharq Al-Awsat managed to obtain a copy of this draft which gives the police the right to deal with witches and sorcerers, and the means to identify and convict them.
Source: Asharq Al-Awsat (Saudi Arabia), January 25, 2009
For the second time in the desert country's history, snow blanketed the northern United Arab Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah Sunday and covered the peak of the city's Jais Mountain for the time ever.
Source: Alarabiya.net (Dubai-based, Saudi-owned), January 25, 2009
Lebanon's only English-language newspaper, the Daily Star, has been banned from publication because of a legal dispute with one of its creditors, journalists said on Wednesday.
They said the daily's offices had been locked and bolted since last week with a legal notice sealed with red wax.
The last time the newspaper's website (www.dailystar.com.lb) was updated was on January 14. It was unclear when the newspaper would republish.
The real reasons for the closure of the daily last week were not clear at first but news of the credit problem began to leak after days of silence from its management.
The Daily Star was founded in June 1952 and its publisher Kamil Mrowa was assassinated in 1966.
The newspaper was forced to suspend publication twice during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war.
Source: Al-Arab (London), January 21, 2008
Menahi stars new comedy sensation Fayez al-Maliki as a naive Bedouin entangled in a get-rich-quickly scheme in Dubai, the region's tourism and trade hub where lifestyle is far less restricted.
