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Israelis vandalize mosque near Haifa

June 9, 2010
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Israeli youth have reportedly vandalized a mosque with graffiti in Ibtin, a village east of Haifa, on Tuesday night. “There will be a war over Judea and Samaria,” “price tag” and “this structure is destined for demolition” were the three slogans spray-painted on the mosque walls, Israeli media reported. The graffiti was discovered by...
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Algerian convoy seeks to take medical supplies, humanitarian aid to Palestinians under siege in Gaza

June 9, 2010
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An aid convoy is setting out from Algeria towards Gaza, after the Guidance and Reform Society, the organizers of the humanitarian assistance, obtained the necessary permits from Egypt, Algeria media reported. “The convoy will be in support of the Freedom Flotilla since its ships were the first to try to break the blockade of...
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Education ministry denies teachers’ rights abuse report

June 9, 2010
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Bahrain’s education ministry on Wednesday denied claims that it was abusing teachers’ rights by depriving them of the two breastfeeding hours. A local paper on Tuesday said that teachers at a girls’ school in Muharraq, Bahrain’s second largest city, were up in arms with their principal for not allowing them to use their two...
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Saudi acquitted of theft charge after three years in prison

June 9, 2010
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A Saudi man wrongly accused of stealing a mobile phone in Qatar has been released after spending three years in prison. Doha court of first instance said that there had been a “severe technical deficiency” in filing the charges against him. The man’s woes started after a resident filed a case in August 2007...
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Irish woman sentenced to seven years for throwing copy of Quran in Qatar

June 9, 2010
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An Irish woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison after she was convicted of throwing the Quran at the women’s mosque at Doha airport nine months ago. According to the testimony of female cleaning workers, the accused on September 14 entered the mosque “wearing indecent clothes, took a copy of the holy...
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Born August 3, 1960 in Monastir, Tunisia
Career
Media career:
  • ABC News (Tunisia)
  • Bahrain Tribune
  • Gulf News
  • Bahrain Television News
Teaching career:
  • Monastir (Tunisia)
  • University of Bahrain
Education
  • MA  Mass Communications, University of Leicester
  • BA  in English & US literature and studies, University of Tunis
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