To many in the Arab world, Michael Jackson was the first ambassador of American music and pop culture; mainly during 80s before satellite TV becoming mainstream, and before the advent of internet to the region. He will truly be missed, such a legendary musician and performer.. As Jermaine said: May Allah be with you, Michael, always.
Michael Jackson died, he was only 50!.
from Abu Dhabi's The National newspaper.
Hat tip to 360east.com
(first paragraph…)
Tom Gara
Thinking outside the box: driven by a need to create jobs for an educated young population, the heart of technological entrepreneurship beats fast in Jordan.
If you spend a lot of time reading about start-up internet companies in the Middle East, the same country pops up time and time again: Jordan.
It is one of the smallest nations in the Arab world, lacking the population of Egypt, the wealth of the Gulf or the history of Syria. But what it has, without a doubt, is the most exciting community of technology start-ups in the region.
“A tiny bacterium has been coaxed back to life after spending 120,000 years buried three kilometres deep in the Greenland ice sheet.”
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17305-resurrection-bug-revived-after-120000-years.html
I got a link today about a new book launch in Lebanon about the "Memoires de Camille Aboussoua"; the book cover is quite inviting, so you click on the link and it’s selling for $100 in Lebanon. Whereas in the US, the Memoirs of Barack Obama are $15 each, and you can get it for $11 on Amazon!. Not withstanding the GDP difference, you wonder why the publishing industry in Lebanon is so expensive! I am not sure how this compares in France, or in other Arab regions.. Obama for $15 or Aboussouan for $100 ?!?!?
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