oldie Arabic cartoons

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Aboali.
Categories: Ramblings, music.

غريندايزر

أغنية المقدمه أغنية النهايه فيديو المقدمه فيديو المقدمه 2 موسيقى الأنطلاق موسيقى الخطر الموسيقى الحزينه الموسيقى الحزينه 2 موسيقى القتال موسيقى الشك موسيقى الكاوبوى مقطع من حلقه


الرجل الحديدى

اغنية المقدمه فيديو المقدمه فيديو النهايه فيديو الاتحاد فيديو للقتال فيديو الرجل المزيففيديو التحول الاول


السندباد

اغنية المقدمه اغنية النهايه فيديو المقدمه فيديو النهايه مقطع من حلقه


جزيرة الكنز

أغنية المقدمه فيديو المقدمه

عدنان ولينا

اغنية المقدمه اغنيه النهايه فيديو المقدمه فيديو النهايه


الليث الابيض

اغنية المقدمه فيديو المقدمه فيديو قصير

هايدى

اغنية المقدمه فيديو المقدمه فيديو النهايه


فلونه

اغنية المقدمه فيديو المقدمه فيديو النهايه


جونجر

اغنية المقدمه فيديو المقدمه اغنية القتال الانطلاق


مغامرات نحول بشار

اغنية المقدمه فيديو النهايه


زينه و نحول

اغنية زينه ونحول فيديو المقدمه فيديو النهايه

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For Arab Metal Fans

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Aboali.
Categories: Arabism, Ramblings.
The makers of the documentary “Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey” are seeking metal fans from Middle Eastern countries who are attending the Desert Rock Festival in Dubai, March 9-10, 2007, to appear in their follow-up film, “Global Metal.”
“We are excited about filming at Desert Rock and meeting with fans from throughout the Middle East,” says directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn.  “We want to talk with metalheads from the Middle East about their love for metal and their experiences being metal fans in these countries.”
The filmmakers are seeking information from fans who are attending Desert Rock who currently live in the following countries:
Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

The Palestinian Territories

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen
If you (A) currently live in one of these countries, (B) are attending the festival and (C) are interested in being interviewed for “Global Metal” please contact the directors at: info@metalhistory.com
“Global Metal” is the follow-up film to “Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey” which explored metal’s impact and controversy over the past 35 years and featured interviews with Tony Iommi, Bruce Dickinson, Alice Cooper, Ronnie James Dio, SLAYER, Dee Snider, ARCH ENEMY, LAMB OF GOD, CANNIBAL CORPSE, EMPEROR and many more. The two-disc DVD set was released in North America in May and includes extended interviews, an interactive metal history chart, and a mini-doc on Norwegian black metal.
For more information, visit www.metalhistory.com.

Imperial map of the Middle East

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Smeghead.
Categories: Ramblings.

Interesting and fun bit of animation i stumbled on.

For most of you who might be history buffs, you’ll probably find inaccurate, but still. Its interesting. Perhaps someone can attempt to do a better job?

http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf

If you’re more interested in accuracy rather than colourful flash, then this might be more for you

http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/shiite-vs-sunni.html

FEb 14th, the new Leb National Holiday

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Smeghead.
Categories: Ramblings.

So Jumblat feels he can bark that loud. the word populist come to mind.  either that or he knows something most of us dont know. I’m primarily amazing at the short term memory most of our Lebanese brothers and sisters have. Wasnt that same chameleon a dear friend and ally to Damascus at one point? or Geagea , who is officially a murderer by all accounts. I have once given the lebanese far more credit than this. Are they that easily manipulated or is that what we’re lead to believe? perhaps they are that forgiving.

“Perhaps. The reality, however, is that Lebanon continues to live on borrowed time. Its economy - more than $30bn in public debt - is bankrupt. “There is not a businessman, not an architect, not an investor who wants to put money into this country,” a young American-trained urban planner said among the crowd yesterday. “Sure, we won’t have a civil war. But what is our country worth in financial terms?”"
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2271659.ece

the Lebanese seem to have mastered a talent in selective attention, fact avoidance and self delusion. I hardly call that crowd at Martyr square patriotic. And to call a remembrance for someone who in fact was never admired by the public before his death is even more puzzling. Normally, in a civilized environment or society, a sad memory of that nature is expressed in what is called a “one minute silence” allocated on a specific day and time where everyone around the country, who cares, participates. That was enough for 9/11 victims. But not for Hariri (radya allahu 3anhu). people have to make a day of it.
http://www.champress.net/?page=show_det&id=14823

Are you taking the Mickey?

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Smeghead.
Categories: Ramblings.

Because thats what the region needs. While sides are on the brink of confrontation, the Saudi prince finds that every now and then, people might need to let off some steam and enjoy themselves. Perhaps American battle ship marines and Iranians can mix it and have a laugh with Mickey for good times sake, just before they go back to business.

Mickey Mouse heads for Bahrain

By Kate Thomas

Published: 07 February 2007

A Saudi billionaire is said to be in talks with investors to bring Disneyland to the Middle East.

Prince Alwaweed bin Talal, the world’s eighth richest man, is reported to be considering investing in a £4bn Disneyland theme park in Bahrain.

While the park would feature the likes of Mickey and Minnie, visitors streaming through the gates of Disney Bahrain would be welcomed by characters from Aladdin and Fantasia.

It would not be the prince’s first foray into the world of Mickey Mouse. He already has a 10 per cent stake in Disneyland Paris’s operator Euro Disney, and signed a deal late last year to distribute Walt Disney products across the Middle East and north Africa.

The Bahrain newspaper Al-Waqt says that the need for a “project for family entertainment” in the region is long overdue.

If the scheme gets the green light, the first visitors to the park will be welcomed in 2013. The park would cover 16 million square metres, with work expected to start in May.

Disney has 11 theme parks worldwide and looks set to expand its empire in Shanghai to tap into the wealth created by China’s economic boom.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2245128.ece