Good News

Today I am happy, as an Iranian, as a human. Today Abdolmalek Rigi, an Iranian Sunni rebel was arrested by Iranian Ministry of Intelligence.
Abdolmalek Rigi, militant leader of the Jundallah (Soldiers of God) which had claimed a series of attacks against civilians and soldiers in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province from bases in Pakistan, [...]

We are pleased to bring you the good news that Walid Al-Saqaf, the developer of alkasir circumvention software, which was developed with the support of Mideast Youth, won the Democracy Prize for 2010 from the Swedish Örebro University for his work.
Bellow is the press release from the university:
Arab Scholar and Software Developer Wins Swedish Democracy [...]

Yesterday was celebrated as Iran’s Clean Air, Blue Sky Day. Air pollution is a major issue in mega cities like Tehran. Most days, Tehran is clouded by a thick layer of smog making it difficult to breath especially for children and elderly.
Every year on January 19, they celebrate Clean Air day, encouraging people to use [...]

Arian Band, is the most successful and popular pop band in Iran. They have released four successful studio albums and are highly valued in Iran. Lately they’ve donated parts of their profit to “United Nations World Food Programme“. They’ve also released a related video clip.
Watch the video clip:
You can also download the song here, and [...]

This post includes information drawn from Shlomo Maital who wrote an article entitled The Palestinian (Almost) State.
As politicians busy themselves with endless debates; business people, both Palestinian and Israeli, are creating economic realities on the ground, realities which speak louder than words, and which point to the possibility of peace, and to a new Palestinian [...]

… continuation from Part 1
In the June Presidential elections in Iran we saw ex-president Rafsanjani maneuver the political scene carefully. At first there were rumors of him deciding to run against Ahmadinejad for the second time. Rafsanjani is not traditionally a Reformist. Nor are Pragmatist policies close to the Reformist Camp-especially pre June 2009. [...]

The Middle East and North Africa has a growing web presence. For those of us curious about the latest news and social networking activities from the region, we tend to spend too much time going through separate websites and feeds on Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and various blogs and websites from the region in an attempt [...]

“There is nothing more beloved to God than a youth who turns to Him.” ~ Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
It’s so interesting that most muslim countries start Ramadan all together. Inshallah it plants more friendship among our nations and bring us peace and justice..
Ramadan Mubarak to all, my dear muslim and non-muslim friends

TEHRAN (AFP)–Iran’s parliament plans to scrap stoning and amputation of a hand as punishments in a revised version of the Islamic penal code, the official IRNA news agency reported Monday.
“Parliaments judicial commission decided not to put some Islamic punishments including stoning in the (revised) law in line with the interests of the country,” commission head [...]

You have to hand it to those United Arab Emirates Gulf states. Their futuristic projects are simply something out of a popular science fiction novel; and 25 years or so ago, they definitely would have been. Just look at the towering Burj in Dubai, artificial islands, or their wind-powered rotating skyscraper to get a taste. [...]