Al Jazeera’s Twitter account for Gaza conflict coverage
[via:Antti Vilpponen]
4 January 2009
4 July 2008
Yemen town has “world’s oldest skyscrapers”
“Shibam …, Yemen, is considered to have the world’s oldest skyscrapers. It has about 7,000 inhabitants …, the town’s house are made out of mud bricks. Some of these structures rise 5 to 9 stories high … in order to protect residents from Bedouin attacks. While Shibam has existed for around 2,000 years, most of the city’s houses come mainly from the 16th century.”
[via:NOTCOT]
30 June 2008
Movie to watch: Waltz with Bashir (animated Israeli anti-war documentary)
Waltz with Bashir, ex teenage soldier Ari Folman’s attempt to put together pieces of suppressed memories from his possible participation in e.g. a massacre during the Lebanon War of the early eighties, seems like an important movie. From Times:
“… the film’s most damning moment is reserved for the then Israeli Minister of Defence, one Ariel Sharon. An interviewee recalls that when he informed the minister in a late-night phone call that a massacre was suspected, Sharon said “Thank you for bringing it to my attention” and promptly went back to sleep.”