In lebanon

I am in lebanon right now and I wouldnt be able to post until I get a proper connection.

Not that ur interested anyway ;)

You are not to speak II

Emirates Reuters will continue its investigation on the characters of the ones who have been banned from publishing their views in the local media.

2) Dr. Mohammed Abdulla Al Roken

• Ph.D in constitutional Law from England
• Associate Professor of Public Law
• President of the UAE Bar Association until 2004

For more information about his achievments visit this website http://www.dubaiculturalcouncil.net/en/display.aspx?type=menu&id=1113

We wouldn't be exaggerating if we said that he is the most successful Emirati lawyer in the UAE. He writes in the international Arabic newspapers Assharq Al Awsat. Famous channels like CNN and BBC interview him whenever vital issues happen in the UAE.

He published 7 books and he is a member of three international organizations.

He too has been suspended from teaching long time before Dr. Saeed Hareb and was forced not to write in his weekly Column article in Al-Khaleej newspaper.

3) Dr. Ali Al Hammadi

Ph.D of management development from England

• The owner of Islamtime.com website
• The founder and the chairman of Creativity thinking center
• The founder and the chairman of Professional Management for Human Resources

A page wouldn't fit all his achievements http://209.15.171.39/moshref.asp (Arabic)

He isn't different than the others. He has his own TV show in a channel called Iqra' while the local media totally ignore him. He wasnt allowed to participate in the training camp in DSS this year.

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You are not to speak I

You'd better read the US Department of State Country Report 2005 on Human Rights Practices for the UAE if you haven't already.

What I found weird is that the authorities has ordered ten Emiratis not to communicate with the media. Why would the government do such thing? If they were a threat or criminals they should have gone to jail, but they should be left free if they were found innocent. This clueless statues doesn't sound right.

A 2002 de facto ban prohibiting 10 prominent intellectuals from publishing opinion pieces in the country's Arabic and English language media continued. The ban was lifted in 2004 for at least two of the individuals, and they have since returned to writing and teaching. There was one new report of an academic that was banned from teaching in the university, although no reason was initially given and no further details were available

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61701.htm

Who are those people and why did the government ban them from talking to the media or teaching? Emirates Reuters investigated and found the following:

1) Dr. Saeed Hareb Al Muhairy

• Ph.D. in Islamic International Relations
• Adviser to Vice Chancellor of the UAE University
• The vice chairman of Dubai International Holy Quran Award

For more information about his achievments visit this website
http://www.dubaiculturalcouncil.ae/en/display.aspx?type=menu&id=1163

He has membership in over 2o academic organizations and an author of more than 16 books. What did the goverment reward him?!

He was promoted last year into the Advicer to Vice Chancellor of the UAE University. Put in your mind that when an Emirati gets promoted to a consultant or an advicer in governmental institutions it means the government doesn’t want him anymore and he is being put as a decoration.

He has been suspended from teaching from May 2005. The governmental university didn't give reasons to its decision. He hasn’t been allowed to publish his opinion in the local media since 2002.

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The newspaper guy

Well, this is my first post in this blog and the 2nd after my failure attempt to create a stupid blog focusing on another issue.

Writing isn't really one of my best skills, especially if it was my thoughts we are talking about here.

I've always got the worst grades in composition exams. It is the subject I lose grades the most in. So I'll give it a shot here to see what it might lead me to.

As an introductory post, I'd like to give you an idea about what this blog is all about. I named it Emirates Reuters referring to the news paper agency. I don't want to sound stupid but I think you know that already. You can see that my first post is "The newspaper guy" which really sums up almost everything about me.

Yes, I am addict to newspapers, might be a weird habits to most of you or shall I call it hobby? Even I consider it stupid and it really gives me a hard time.

Why does this nickname suit me? Well, the first thing I do everyday after I wake up is reading newspapers. I cannot continue my day without reading them. I get my paper issues from Al Bayan, 7days, Al Emarat Alyoum and Emirates Today. I also read Al Ittihad, Al Khaleej, Assharq Al Awsat and Dar Alhayat daily on the net. I add to it sometimes Gulf News and Khaleej Times and of course Al Jazeera.net and Al Arabiya.net.

I got this nickname from my school colleagues. We have a Wireless LAN in college and instead of paying attention to the professor, all what I do is surfing the net and reading newspaper. I do that from the beginning of the class to its end. I used to be a freak; I rush to the net to read the news even though I already checked 5 minutes before.

The word "news" sounds boring already.

Anyway, my addiction isn’t really what this blog about. I only chose it because I didn't find a better subject to start with.

"I'll share my thoughts about things happening in the UAE and my life"