About Ayesha Saldanha
I am a translator and writer, so I live with words; nothing makes me happier than learning a new language! I was born in India, grew up in Britain, but feel most at home in the Arab world. I have spent time in various countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. These days I live in Bahrain, which may be tiny but is an incredibly complex and interesting place. I blog at bint battuta in bahrain.
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October 27th, 2009
Middle East & North Africa
At Do Unto Others, Samuel Nichols writes that Israeli military patrols have started setting fire to cars which are caught trying to cross the border from the West Bank into Israel. He posts a video here.
Middle East & North Africa
Lina Al Sharif, blogging at 360 km2 of Chaos, describes the trip around Gaza that she made with her university friends, and shows us a video of some of the places visited.
Middle East & North Africa
Velveteen Rabbi reports from an Israel-Palestine Blogger Panel in Washington, DC.
October 26th, 2009
Israel: “Ordinary Racism” In Media Coverage
October 17th, 2009
Tunisia: Watching Arab Media on HIV/AIDS
Zied Mhirsi is a Tunisian doctor and blogger, based in the USA, who is dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa. Last year, he started a blog to monitor Arab media coverage of HIV/AIDS.
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