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Child Detention Figures Remain High

By Iqbal Tamimi • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Documents, Education, Iqbal's Choice, Israel, Newswire, Palestine

the average number of Palestinian children held in Israeli detention in 2009 remains high, at 375 per month



Iqbal Tamimi – Why would Rupert Murdoch want to buy a stake in Saudi Media?

By Iqbal Tamimi • Sep 5th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Internet and Communication, Iqbal's Choice, Israel, Newswire, Religion, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

It seems that the Western media is after Arab media platforms, or are they only after the deep Arab pockets? People in the Middle East are still in a state of shock after last week’s Yahoo business venture of buying Maktoob.com, the only Arab internet portal based in Jordan.
Now the latest news is that Rupert [...]



Iqbal Tamimi – Arabic Drama, politics and Palestine at Ramadan

By Mary Rizzo • Aug 26th, 2009 • Category: Culture and Heritage, Features, Iqbal's Choice, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies

Ramadan in the Arab World is connected with many things in my memory, but most of all the relationship that is growing even stronger between the people and their television sets.
As we used to fast when we were young, we did not think a great deal of the deep meanings of fasting, we only felt [...]