Month: March 2007
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SYNTAX career opportunities
The ad above (click to download PDF) was published today in Al Ghad and Al Rai newspapers. Help us spread the word about the announced career opportunities. We also have a new email address for applications: c a r e e r s ( a t ) s y n t a x d i…
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My lame attempt to photograph the lunar eclipse
No tripod! No telescope! Just me standing in the garden with my digital camera! Can you see now why I didn’t study astronomy. Here is one that didn’t come out too bad: And here is a funny one: Not even NASA can make the moon look funnier! Read these related posts on 360east: Have a…
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Karawan: the ‘Rebells’ arrive in Tehran
From the pictures being posted on rebell.tv one can be sure that the Karawan team has safely arrived in Tehran. After an exciting time in Istanbul, the Karawaners Stefan and Bashar took a train eastwards across Turkey to reach Tatvan on the shores of Lake Van in the mountainous Kurdish populated far east of the…
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Wadi Saqra tranformations: demolition in our backyard
This was the scene outside the SYNTAX offices last week, as captured and manipulated by the talented Jad Madi and his new camera (click to see large version)! This house is located was located behind the office building in lower Wadi Saqra street. The rubble was carried out by trucks through the gate that leads…
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Ikbis: new and improved look and features
It’s unbelievable how behind I am with my blogging. I’ve been meaning to blog about the functional and visual interface improvements and the sites new features of ikbis for SOME WEEKS now. But things are simply CRAZY. OK. Let’s not wait any longer: 1. Internal messaging system: send and receive messages to and from other…
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The Jordanian blogosphere: growth and change
I have spent the last few hours catching up on what I have missed in the past few months: the troubles and turmoils of the Jordanian blogosphere. As all that I read is essentially old news, I will not bother to repeat it here. But it involves the death of JordanPlanet, the birth of JordanBlogs.net…
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Is there Islamophobia on Digg?
Yesterday I got the following message from a reader about alleged Islamophobia on Digg. I was reluctant to publish this because I don’t like to publish allegations without making sure they are based on some truth. Yet, I am publishing the comment below as is, asking people out there if they ran into similar situations…