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Radio Mazaj broadcasts popular Arabic songs on the net. Live streaming and a talk show makes it both fun and professional.

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AME Info published an article about best "digital marketting" methods in reaching Arab teens and young adults, currently accounting for nearly half the Arab Population.

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ArabicNights site reports that the BBC, the famous British broadcasting network, surprised guests of the Beirut International Book Fair when it presented Haifa Wehbe as its ambassador at the fair. On another note, Arab-Celebs.com has additional pics for Haifa.

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US Department of Treasury published some remarks noting that for the past twenty years, the productivity growth of arabic countries declined 0.7 each year, contrary to the positive productivity increase in United States, Europe and East Asia. It also states that unemployment in the region is 15 percent and 30 percent among younger generations.

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The DailyStar reports Qatar possibly becoming a tourist magnet.

Quoted from the article: "Government to front most of $15 billion needed for project"

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check Leb.Org, Lebanese White Pages, when looking for your old-time friends. Its members below are wearing its shirts, promoting Leb.org and support its mission: bringing Lebanon people together.

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For those who haven't read "Arabian Nights" and "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", I suggest you do so on this site. The site includes stories of "Aladdin The Wonderful Lamp", "Sindbad The Seaman", and many more.



Additional details on "The Arabian Nights: The Thousands Nights and One Night" is published at wikipedia. Contrary to popular beliefs that this is a children book, this article says it is not.

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Melody Hits posts musical videos, songs, and a live Arabic music radio channel.

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libanmall.com is an interesting Lebanese site. Just about anything that is Lebanese-related is published on the site: nightlife, photos, fashion, shopping, etc.

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Khaleej Times published an article on lebanon's economy having grown 5 percent in 2004 due to Arab investments and tourism.

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Miami Herald published an article on Haiti's Arab Community. Here's Google News 's summary and link to its details:

AN ARAB-HAITIAN HISTORY
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL,USA
Most of Haiti's Arab community can trace their roots to Syria, Lebanon
and Palestine, with a few families from Jordan and Algeria.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/10656742.htm

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Dailyfutures.com publishes daily futures and commodities news on their site. They also have an archive section

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Hello from Picassa (powered by Google) helps you send & talk about your pictures with friends, BLOGS & robots! Cool tool.

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pbs.org had an interview with a well known investor, Jim Rogers, on commodity returns. One report that Jim Rogers cites is from Yale International Center for Finance, which released a June 14, 2004 working paper, "Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures."

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The World

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