The heat wave gripping the Middle East has hospitalized labourers working under the scorching sun, broken down electricity substations, taken power stations to their ominous limits and caused lethal protests. However, weathermen said that while people should take all precautionary measures, they should not panic and should learn to deal with the situation. In...
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Archive for June 21st, 2010
Gulf countries in grip of heat wave
Dads to get six-day paternity leave in Tunisia
Tunisia’s labour union is pushing for allowing public sector employees to take five-month maternity and six-day paternity leaves. Under the proposal to be submitted to the government as part of collective bargaining, expecting mothers should be given one month before the due delivery date and two months off after giving birth regardless of whether...
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Bahraini former elections candidate says she is not tempted to run again
A Bahraini lawyer who was one of the first women to contest in the parliamentary elections said that she would not run again this year. “The Islamists’ domination has resulted in a crippled lower chamber that serves only one ideology and does not represent other tendencies,” Fatima Al Hawwaj said. “The current members of...
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Palestinian filmmaker appointed President of 2010 Doha Tribeca Film Festival jury
Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu Assad has been appointed President of the Jury for the 2010 Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) on October 26-30 2010. Abu Assad will be the first Jury President of the festival launched last year and will preside over DTFF’s Arab Film Competition awarding prizes for Best Arab Film and Best...
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Qatar forum to discuss effects of “low channels” on youth
Qatar will this weekend host a forum on the effects of “low” television channels on young people. According to organizers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) cultural forum on June 26-30, the meeting will discuss how some channels are “intellectually destroying, morally corrupting and financially abusing young people in the region.” “The theme of...
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Qatar launches $1 million dollar aid project in Darfur
Qatar Charity (QC) has launched a QR 4 million ($1,065,000) project to improve the lives of 65,000 people affected by the crisis in Darfur. The project, to be funded equally by QC and the Qatari government, seeks to provide food security and relief aids and to develop the Southern and Western provinces of Darfur....
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