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Tunisian bloggers are debating whether the entry of a blog by a gay Tunisian is welcome or not on their country's blog aggregator. ‘Houhou is the creator of TN.blog. Despite his efforts, he often gets criticized for reasons that are sometimes ridiculous. I would like to know how he manages to keep his cool despite such nonsense. Recently, “Tunisian Doctor” had a post entitled “I am leaving TN-Blog.” The reason he gave was that he “simply refuses to be associated with sexual “perverts” since a new gay blog has been added to TN.blog.” He asked Houhou to delete his link from the TN-blog list,' explains Leilouta.

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Jordanian blogger Hareega marks four years of blogging with a message to his readers: “Thank You.”

Marc Lynch discusses Sunni Islamic scholar Yusuf Al Qaradawi's latest book The Jurisprudence of Jihad in this post. “Qaradawi's intervention has thus far received no attention at all in the English-language media. It should, because of his vast influence and his long track record as an accurate barometer of mainstream Arab views,” he observes.

Fake Plastic Souk's Alex McNabb posted a list of what he describes as Dubai's best blogs, writes Dubai Sunshine, who reposts the list.